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A data mining approach to analysis and prediction of movie ratings (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Saraee, M., White, S., & Eccleston, J. (2004, September). A data mining approach to analysis and prediction of movie ratings. Presented at The Fifth International Conference on Data Mining, Text Mining and their Business Applications,, Malaga, Spain

This paper details our analysis of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), a free, user-maintained, online resource of production details for over 390,000 movies, television series and video games, which contains information such as title, genre, box-off... Read More about A data mining approach to analysis and prediction of movie ratings.

Improving dissertation assessment (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Pathirage, C., Haigh, R., Amaratunga, R., Baldry, D., & Green, C. (2004, September). Improving dissertation assessment. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

During the last decade, there have been increasing calls for higher education to improve standards, increase the quality of assessment, and for greater accountability of lecturers. It is recognised that consistency in assessment is even more importan... Read More about Improving dissertation assessment.

Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Senaratne, S., Amaratunga, R., Kagioglou, M., Baldry, D., Aouad, G., & Bowden, A. (2004, September). Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

The higher education system in the UK has significantly changed over the last decade due to a growing emphasis on student learning activities, quality assurance procedures and research funding mechanisms. According to previous studies, there is no au... Read More about Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions.

Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Senaratne, S., Amaratunga, R., Kagioglou, M., Baldry, D., Aouad, G., & Bowden, A. (2004, September). Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

The higher education system in the UK has significantly changed over the last decade due to a growing emphasis on student learning activities, quality assurance procedures and research funding mechanisms. According to previous studies, there is no au... Read More about Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions.

An evaluation of a virtual assessment environment (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Young, A., & Clarkson, R. (2004, September). An evaluation of a virtual assessment environment. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford

This paper reports the preliminary results of a project that investigated the use of computer-based simulation to improve the validity of assessment and provide unlimited formative assessment without use of lecturer time. Specifically it aimed to dev... Read More about An evaluation of a virtual assessment environment.