Nicola Parker: Information and Change: Research Tasks and Quality Learning in Higher Education
BA, (Auck), Grad Cert in Higher Education (Teaching and Learning), UTS; MA (Inf Studies), UTS.
Doctoral Candidate.
Email: njparker@uts.edu.au
Thesis Title: Information and Change: Research Tasks and Quality Learning in Higher Education.
Thesis Topic : The principal issue my thesis addresses is: how do information and learning intersect? The study uses a phenomenographic approach to focus on the experiences of the coursework postgraduates students themselves for a qualitative exploration of high achieving postgraduate course work students' conceptions of information seeking and learning.
Principal Supervisor: Mairéad Browne, Emeritus Professor, University of Technology , Sydney , Australia .
Publications
Book contributions
Parker, N. J. & Kirk J. 2001, ‘Information Science Education' in the International Encyclopaedia of Information and Library Science , 2 nd edn., eds. John Feather & Paul Sturges, Routledge Ltd, London, UK.
_____. 1996, Management Consulting Knowledge Update: a tool for the small firm consultant , Econsult Management Consultants, Sydney.
R efereed Journal Articles
Parker, N. J. 2001, ‘Student learning as information behaviour: exploring Assessment Task Processes' , Information Research , vol. 6, no. 2 available at http://informationr.net/ir/iraindex.html#p accessed on 1 October 2002.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Parker, N. (in press), ‘Diversity in High Places: Variation in highly achieving students' experiences of course work assignments', The 12th International Improving Student Learning Symposium: Improving Student Learning: Diversity and Inclusivity , Jury's Inn, Birmingham, 6-8 September 2004 , OCSLD, Oxford Brookes University.
_____. (2004) ‘Assignment information processes: what's 'enough' for high achievement?' Summary of a research note delivered at the ISIC 2004 conference, Dublin, 1-3 September, 2004, Information Research , 10 (1) summary 3 available at http://InformationR.net/ir/10-1/abs3 .
Other journal articles and conferences
Parker, N. 2003, ‘Processes and Meaning in Individual Postgraduate Assignments: the Effects of Affect?', HERDSA 2003 Conference: Learning for an Unknown Future , Christchurch, New Zealand, 6-9 July 2003 , available at http://surveys.canterbury.ac.nz/herdsa03/ano.htm , accessed on 10 April 2004.
_____. 2002, ‘ Assignments and Learning: Exploring Postgraduate Experiences of Information and Assessment Processes', Current Issues on Phenomenography: an International Symposium , Canberra, Australia, 27-30 November 2002 hosted by the EARLI Special Interest Group on Experience and Understanding (SIG 10) and the Centre for Educational Development and Academic Methods, Australian National University.
_____. 2000, ‘Information and Change: Exploring the Processes of Learning from Literature' The 6 th UTS Postgraduate Research Student Conference: The Making of Meaning , University Graduate School and Students Association, University of Technology , Sydney .