John Milne
Biographic Data
| ID | 3753451 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Milne |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Milne |
| SIGNATURE | MILNE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Massey University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5786-3534 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1881 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sustainable embedded academic literacy development
This study reports on a four-year project to embed academic literacy within one core course of a Bachelor of Education program. It involves an interdisciplinary collaboration between learning advisors, as literacy specialists, and lecturers, as subject specialists. It examines their roles and responsibilities and lecturers’ perspectives when handing over the teaching of academic literacy to them. Data encompasses interviews with lecturers, meetin…
We enjoy doing reading together
Reading is one of many things vying for young people’s attention. In the case of volitional reading, young people between 8 and 15 are following trends of less enjoyment of reading and declining time spent reading. There are complex explanations for patterns of decline in their volitional reading related to how choice is afforded within social and material relations. This article offers a glimpse into the motivations for young people’s volitional…
Individual reading styles
Seismology
Pathways for improving support for the electronic management and marking of assignments
This article investigates the support e-learning can provide for the management and marking of assignments. The work is contextualised in the importance of assessment with assignments in tertiary education, in the theories about high quality marking of assignments, and the practical experiences of academics at tertiary institutions. The tasks that need to be carried out as part of assignment management and marking are detailed. A set of requireme…
Recommendations for the use of e‐tools for improvements around assignment marking quality
This article reports on selected aspects of a larger study on the use of electronic tools in the context of the management and marking of assignments. The study comprised a literature review, interviews and a review of e‐tools. The article briefly summarises the findings from the literature on what comprises quality in assignment marking. The focus then shifts towards the analysis of the interviews on e‐tool use for assignments that were conducte…
Technological support for assignment assessment
This article presents selected aspects of a large study on the use of e-learning tools in support of assignment assessment, which was comprised of a substantial literature review, an investigation into electronic tools, and interviews with 90 academics at New Zealand tertiary institutions. The article makes two main contributions. Based on the educational literature it provides an outline of good practice in assignment management and marking, dem…
"Britain's "Two Nations
Earthquakes and Other Earth Movements
John Milne (1850–1913) was a professor of mining and geology at the Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo. While living in Japan, Milne became very interested in seismology, prompted by a strong seismic shock he experienced in Tokyo in 1880. Sixteen years later Milne and two colleagues completed work on the first seismograph capable of recording major earthquakes. This book, originally published in London in 1886, explains why earthquakes happen…
Seismological Observations and Earth Physics
Civil Time
Sub-Oceanic Changes
Sub-Oceanic Changes (Continued)
Movements of the Earth's Crust
The Great Sea-Waves in Japan
The Stone Age in Japan; with Notes on Recent Geological Changes which Have Taken Place
The only kitchen midden which has yet been described is, I believe, that discovered
Earthquakes and Other Earth Movements
John Milne (1850–1913) was a professor of mining and geology at the Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo. While living in Japan, Milne became very interested in seismology, prompted by a strong seismic shock he experienced in Tokyo in 1880. Sixteen years later Milne and two colleagues completed work on the first seismograph capable of recording major earthquakes. This book, originally published in London in 1886, explains why earthquakes happen…
The Stone Age in Japan; with Notes on Recent Geological Changes which Have Taken Place
The only kitchen midden which has yet been described is, I believe, that discovered
Civil Time
The Stone Age in Japan; with Notes on Recent Geological Changes which Have Taken Place
The only kitchen midden which has yet been described is, I believe, that discovered
Movements of the Earth's Crust
The Great Sea-Waves in Japan
Sub-Oceanic Changes
Sub-Oceanic Changes (Continued)
Civil Time
Seismological Observations and Earth Physics
Earthquakes and Other Earth Movements
John Milne (1850–1913) was a professor of mining and geology at the Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo. While living in Japan, Milne became very interested in seismology, prompted by a strong seismic shock he experienced in Tokyo in 1880. Sixteen years later Milne and two colleagues completed work on the first seismograph capable of recording major earthquakes. This book, originally published in London in 1886, explains why earthquakes happen…
"Britain's "Two Nations
Technological support for assignment assessment
This article presents selected aspects of a large study on the use of e-learning tools in support of assignment assessment, which was comprised of a substantial literature review, an investigation into electronic tools, and interviews with 90 academics at New Zealand tertiary institutions. The article makes two main contributions. Based on the educational literature it provides an outline of good practice in assignment management and marking, dem…
Recommendations for the use of e‐tools for improvements around assignment marking quality
This article reports on selected aspects of a larger study on the use of electronic tools in the context of the management and marking of assignments. The study comprised a literature review, interviews and a review of e‐tools. The article briefly summarises the findings from the literature on what comprises quality in assignment marking. The focus then shifts towards the analysis of the interviews on e‐tool use for assignments that were conducte…
Pathways for improving support for the electronic management and marking of assignments
This article investigates the support e-learning can provide for the management and marking of assignments. The work is contextualised in the importance of assessment with assignments in tertiary education, in the theories about high quality marking of assignments, and the practical experiences of academics at tertiary institutions. The tasks that need to be carried out as part of assignment management and marking are detailed. A set of requireme…
Seismology
Individual reading styles
Sustainable embedded academic literacy development
This study reports on a four-year project to embed academic literacy within one core course of a Bachelor of Education program. It involves an interdisciplinary collaboration between learning advisors, as literacy specialists, and lecturers, as subject specialists. It examines their roles and responsibilities and lecturers’ perspectives when handing over the teaching of academic literacy to them. Data encompasses interviews with lecturers, meetin…
We enjoy doing reading together
Reading is one of many things vying for young people’s attention. In the case of volitional reading, young people between 8 and 15 are following trends of less enjoyment of reading and declining time spent reading. There are complex explanations for patterns of decline in their volitional reading related to how choice is afforded within social and material relations. This article offers a glimpse into the motivations for young people’s volitional…
Geology (6 works) · Geology (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Higher education (4 works) · Student Assessment and Feedback (4 works) · Astrobiology (3 works) · Earth (classical element (3 works) · Environmental Science (3 works)