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Revisiting Sensemaking: The case of the Digital Decision Network Application (DigitalDNA)

Archer, Elizabeth; Barnes, Glen (2017-08)

During this age of data proliferation, heavy reliance is placed on data visualisation to support users in making sense of vast quantities of information. Informational Dashboards have become the must have accoutrement for ...
Introduction to Atlas.ti: Basic operations, tips and tricks for coding (6th Edition)

Archer, Elizabeth; Herman H, Janse van Vuuren; Hugo D, van der Walt (Research Rescue, 2017)

The book and its chapters are structured in the same order that you would approach most research projects. It presents a thematic approach to analysis while being cognisant that each analysis is entrenched in its paradigm ...
Chapter 2: Feedback of monitoring data and its role in decision making at school and classroom level.

Schildkamp, Kim; Archer, Elizabeth (Sense Publishers: Rotterdam., 2017)
Some exploratory thoughts on Openness and an ethics of care.

Archer, Elizabeth; Archer, Elizabeth (lobethics.net, Global Series: Geneva, 2017-01)

Amidst the different claims and counter-claims of disruption, innovation and revolutions facing higher education, the notion of Openness is, on the one hand deeply embedded in the evolution of distance education, and ...
Re-examining dashboard development: putting the horse back in front of the cart

Archer, Elizabeth; Barnes, Glen (European Association of Institutional Research, 2015-08-31)

During this age of data proliferation, heavy reliance is placed on data visualisation to support users in making sense of vast quantities of information: Finding the signal in the noise (Silver 2012). Informational Dashboards ...
Big(ger) data as better data in open distance learning: some provocations and theses.

Prinsloo, Paul; Archer, Elizabeth; Barnes, Glen; Chetty, Yuraisha; Van Zyl, Dion (The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015-02)

In the context of the hype, promise and perils of Big Data and the currently dominant paradigm of data-driven decision-making, it is important to critically engage with the potential of Big Data for higher education. We ...
Benchmarking the habits and behaviours of successful students: a case study of academic-business collaboration

Archer, Elizabeth; Chetty, Yuraisha; Prinsloo, Paul (Athabasca University, 2014-02)

Student success and retention is a primary goal of higher education institutions across the world. The cost of student failure and dropout in higher education is multifaceted including, amongst other things, the loss of ...
Graduate Employability: Conceptualisation and findings from the University of South Africa

Archer, Elizabeth; Chetty, Yuraisha (Unisa, 2013-11)

A major motivation for students of all ages to enter tertiary education is to improve their access to the job market and increase the likelihood of success in their career trajectories (McCune, Hounsell, Christie, Cree, ...
Locating the local village within the global village: assessment possibilities and practical challenges

Scherman, Vanessa; Archer, Elizabeth; Howie, Sarah (UMALUSI, 2006-06)

The Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) situated at the Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria in South Africa has been working collaboratively with the Curriculum, Evaluation and Management (CEM) Centre ...
The interface between monitoring performance and how data are used: Striving to enhance the quality of education in schools

Scherman, Vanessa; Howie, Sarah; Archer, Elizabeth (Routledge, 2013)

The search for quality education within the context of the emerging global village has resulted in education systems across the world sharing many characteristics. Characteristics include an economic rationale for ...
Finding the best fit: the adaptation and translation of the Performance Indicators for Primary Schools for the South African context

Archer, Elizabeth; Scherman, Vanessa; Coe, Robert; Howie, Sarah (2010-03)

Reform and improvement are imperative in the current South African education system. Monitoring of school and learner achievement is an essential for establishing praxis for school improvement. Diversity of culture and ...
Beyond rhetoric: Leveraging learning from New Zealand's assessment tools for teaching and learning for South Africa

Archer, Elizabeth; Brown, Gavin, T.L. (Taylor & Francis, 2013-07)

South Africa and New Zealand have similar outcomes-based education curricula and share an assessment philosophy framework that encourages assessment for learning. There are, however, weighty differences ...
The usefulness of academic performance feedback to primary and secondary schools

Scherman, Vanessa; Smit, Brigitte; Archer, Elizabeth (Northwest University, 2013-07)

There has been an increased emphasis on providing schools with feedback on performance of learners with the aim of improving the quality of education. However, if feedback on learner performance is to be ...
South Africa: Optimising a feedback system for monitoring learner performance in primary schools.

Archer, Elizabeth; Howie, Sarah (SLO (Netherlands institute for curriculum development), 2013)

This chapter describes how and education design research approach was employed to enhance a feedback system of an existing learner performance monitoring system in a number of primary schools in South Africa. The design ...
Approaches to effective data use: Does one size fits all?

Archer, E.; Scherman, V.; Howie, S. (2013)

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