[Air-l] Intro, and question re maths quiz software

[Bronwyn Clarke]

Hello all,
I've been lurking on the list since joining AoIR for the Brisbane 
Conference in September, which was a great experience.

I've just completed my first year of part-time PhD candidature at the 
University of New England in Armidale, Australia. My research is exploring 
internet communities of romance genre readers and writers and their 
perspectives and impact on the genre. Cultural studies, popular culture, 
cyber-culture, technology, literary and genre studies, and gender issues - 
yes, it's a large and exciting topic to explore, and will definitely keep 
me busy for a while!

My other internet research interests revolve around my work as an 
educational developer, where I'm particularly interested in the use of 
social software and collaborative strategies in distance education at 
higher-ed level, and struggling with strategies for implementing these for 
large class sizes without tutorial support.

However, just now I'm on a short time-frame to find some open-source, 
easy-to-use quiz software that we can use to develop a series of tests for 
assessing numeracy and mathematical skills at higher-education level. As 
well as mathematical functions, we're looking for automatic grading, 
feedback facility, reporting and analysis of results at individual and 
group level. If any of the educators on the list can make a recommendation, 
could you please email me off-list? <bclarke6 at une.edu.au> I'd really 
appreciate it.

Looking forward to further involvement in the list and AoIR (and planning a 
paper for the Vancouver conference...)

Cheers,
Bronwyn

Bronwyn Clarke
Educational Developer
Teaching and Learning Centre
University of New England
Armidale NSW 2351
Australia

Ph: +61 2 6773 3746
Email: bclarke6 at une.edu.au
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