Research Programs
The research embodied in all 11 listed projects have theoretical, practical, and experiential benefits designed to result in significant improvements in a defined social, economic, environmental, and/or cultural context.
Our projects range from the inchoate (eg P4) to the mature (eg P2) and well established (eg P1) and as shown below encompass a broad range of topics.
P# | Project descriptive title | CBS research goals | Curtin research goals |
| P1. | MarkIT – AEG | Investing in innovation; industry links | Commercialization; industry partner links; encouraging HDR |
| P2. | Academic Malpractice and Plagiarism Analysis | Adapt appropriate information & communication strategies | Improve quality, efficiency & effectiveness |
| P3. | Flexible Query Answer Systems (FQAS) | Adapt appropriate information & communication strategies | Investing in the future; information & communications technology enhancement |
| P4. | Assignment Assessment Rubrics – Information Technology to support assignment specification and evaluation | Investing in innovation; Provide innovative, student-centred teaching | Improve quality, efficiency & effectiveness |
| P5. | AEG supported Formative Evaluation | Innovative teaching & student centred learning | Encouraging HDR |
| P6. | Measurement in Computerised Assessment | Emphasises applied discipline | Investing in the future |
| P7. | Geo-physical data analysis & interpretation: Data Mining /Warehousing, On-Line Analytical Processing, Ontological modelling | Cultivate local and international partnerships with resources industry | Resources and energy partnerships |
| P8. | SmartSearch – enhancing the quality of search outcomes | Industry links; Investing in innovation | Encouraging HDR; information & communications technology enhancement |
| P9. | A Grounded Methodology for Intelligent Educational Systems Development | New paradigm for eLearn systems development; implement strategies to improve the quality of student-centred T&L methodologies | Productive partnerships between IS specialists and educationalists |
| P10. | A pedagogical framework to facilitate higher order thinking skills using next generation learning support systems | Investing in the knowledge economy | Information & communication technologies; Improve quality, efficiency & effectiveness |
| P11. | Connecting generations: bridging the experiences of Generation-Y and the Silent Generation | Community links; management of social systems | Communities & changing environments |