Karen Sheppard
Biographic Data
| ID | 4437840 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Sheppard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | Sheppard |
| SIGNATURE | SHEPPARD K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2912-087X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Thinking like a critical realist: Getting Through the Portal
A pedagogical evaluation of an institution's digital assessment platform (DAP): Integrating pedagogical, technical and contextual factors
An assessment for learning approach is foundational for student learning. The necessity to shift teaching and learning online as a response to COVID-19 has propelled digital assessment into the mainstream within higher education institutions. User experience is a common indicator of effectiveness of technologically enhanced initiatives; however, measuring the pedagogical impact of digital assessment initiatives has not been straightforward. This …
The loneliness of a long-distance critical realist student: The story of a doctoral writing group
As doctoral students from New Zealand and Australia, advised by supervision teams with a diversity of critical realist experience from limited to none, we came independently to the 2018 Critical Realism conference – primed to seek increased understanding, confidence, motivation, and reassurance. We certainly found these things from the pre-conference, presentations, and individuals within the critical realist community. We also found each other, …
Insights into how academics reframed their assessment during a pandemic: Disciplinary variation and assessment as afterthought
COVID-19 caused substantial change in learning and teaching in higher education. In this article we explore how assessment changed in the initial semester of emergency remote teaching in an Australian university. Seventy academics responsible for courses (unit of study), representing a wide array of disciplines, completed an online survey at the end of the semester in June 2020. They answered questions regarding their experiences and actions in s…
The loneliness of a long-distance critical realist student: The story of a doctoral writing group
As doctoral students from New Zealand and Australia, advised by supervision teams with a diversity of critical realist experience from limited to none, we came independently to the 2018 Critical Realism conference – primed to seek increased understanding, confidence, motivation, and reassurance. We certainly found these things from the pre-conference, presentations, and individuals within the critical realist community. We also found each other, …
Insights into how academics reframed their assessment during a pandemic: Disciplinary variation and assessment as afterthought
COVID-19 caused substantial change in learning and teaching in higher education. In this article we explore how assessment changed in the initial semester of emergency remote teaching in an Australian university. Seventy academics responsible for courses (unit of study), representing a wide array of disciplines, completed an online survey at the end of the semester in June 2020. They answered questions regarding their experiences and actions in s…
A pedagogical evaluation of an institution's digital assessment platform (DAP): Integrating pedagogical, technical and contextual factors
An assessment for learning approach is foundational for student learning. The necessity to shift teaching and learning online as a response to COVID-19 has propelled digital assessment into the mainstream within higher education institutions. User experience is a common indicator of effectiveness of technologically enhanced initiatives; however, measuring the pedagogical impact of digital assessment initiatives has not been straightforward. This …
Thinking like a critical realist: Getting Through the Portal
Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Discipline (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Realism (2 works) · Academic writing (1 works)