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From:         Stephanie Fishkin <fishkin@ALUDRA.USC.EDU>
Subject:      New posts on psychology software development project (fwd)

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Subject: New posts on psychology software development project


Dear Colleague,

Would you be kind enough to circulate these details of four posts on
a new CBL development project to anyone who might be interested?

Thanks very much,

Nick Hammond

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        COMPUTER-BASED RESOURCES FOR INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY
            UFC Teaching & Learning Technology Programme


Department of Psychology                     Department of Psychology
University of York, UK                    University of Sheffield, UK


                                  I

Four posts are available on this new three-year project, two based at
the University of York and two at the University of Sheffield.  The
project will undertake a major national development of software and
of computer-based materials to support introductory undergraduate
psychology courses.  Developments will be based on both Apple
Macintosh and IBM PC platforms.  The work will be coordinated from
the University of York whilst Sheffield will be the lead technical
site.  A further nine psychology departments will assist in
developing materials, and over 20 departments in evaluation of the
developments.  The project has the active support of the British
Psychological Society.  We are seeking applicants for a project
manager (York) and for three postgraduate or postdoctoral research
assistants (one at York, two at Sheffield).

                                  II

The post of project manager is central to the project; he or she will
be responsible for the day-to-day running of the project and for
ensuring effective educational and technical coordination.  The
successful candidate will be a psychologist with a broad view of
educational issues and expertise in the theory and practice of
computer-based learning.  The appointment will be made on the
research grade 1A or grade II scale (starting salary in the range
15,220 to 19,686 pounds).

The three research assistants will be responsible for the development
of authoring facilities and of a variety of learning support
facilities, and for providing technical advice to the development
sites.  We are seeking to cover a range of skills across these posts,
including: technical expertise in hypertext systems (such as
HyperCard and ToolBook), in authoring systems and in programming
languages (such as C++); experience in the development of computer-
based learning tools or materials; experience of multimedia and of
video technology; and experience in screen or graphical design.
Appointments will be made on research 1A scale (starting salary in
the range 12,857 to 15,832 pounds).

                                 III

At both sites, the work will be conducted in the context of related
research and development projects.  At York, the project will be
associated with the existing Computers in Teaching Initiative (CTI)
Centre for Psychology and a number of research projects in HCI in the
departments of Psychology and Computer Science.  At Sheffield, the
project will join the Learning Research Group which is involved in a
number of interdisciplinary projects in the areas of intelligent
tutoring and authoring.

                                 IV

The closing date for receipt of applications is 25th September.
Appointments will start on 1st November or as soon as possible
thereafter.  Four copies of applications in the form of a CV
(including names of two referees) and a covering letter should be
sent to: Personnel Office, University of York, Heslington, York YO1
5DD, UK.  Queries should be addressed to Dr Nick Hammond (0904-433146;
email NVH1@UK.AC.YORK).






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Stephanie Fishkin, Dept. of Psychology, USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061
fishkin@aludra.usc.edu

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