Bob Foster

Hi, I'm Bob Foster.

               

I live in Axbridge in Somerset, United Kingdom.

I'm a Retired Training Engineer who developed learning facilitation systems within a corporate environment (Sample). I have also had a book chapter published within the Dialog Studies series from John Benjamins publishing company. My MCQ-Creation Workshop exploring the fascinating task of creating Multiple Choice Questions has run regularly at the London International Conference on Education.

My more recent projects are:

- 'Stranger on the Shore - Illustrated Talk' (click the 'Forthcoming' link)

- My Recitals

- The Axbridge Church Celebration of the Creative Arts

- The iSax Saxophone Quartet 

- The Bon Accord Duo

- Home Tuition for Computer users

- Home Tuition for Clarinet and Saxophone players

- The Axbridge Earth Hour Concerts

Publications:

2014

• Foster, R.M. (2014) Dialogue-oriented analysis of constructivist teaching and learning within a UK company'. pp 77-95 In 'Educating in Dialog: Constructing meaning and building knowledge with dialogic technology [Dialogue Studies, 24]  2014.  xviii, © John Benjamins DOI: 10.1075/ds.24 ISBN 9789027210418     ISBN 9789027269348

2013

• Foster, R.M. (2013) Universities training students for a MOOC-Education. In 'Proceedings of VI Global Universities in Distance Education (GUIDE) conference, Athens, Greece. 3 - 4 Oct 2013 (pdf )
• Foster, R.M. (2013) Training staff to use a new MCQ Generation methodology (CAREGen) in the UK Electricity Distribution Industry. In 'International Journal of Digital Society (IJDS), Volume 4, Issues 1 and 2, March/June 2013 723 - 729 (pdf )
• Foster, R.M. (2013) Improve MCQ-Creation Skills To Support Corporate Learning. In Proceedings of Ireland International Conference on Education (IICE) April 15-17, 2013, Dublin, Ireland (pdf poster)

2012

• Foster, R.M. (2012) Using a new MCQ Generation methodology (CAREGen) in the UK Electricity Distribution Industry. In 'International Journal of Digital Society (IJDS), Volume 3, Issues 1 and 2, March/June 2012 643 - 651 (pdf poster)
• Foster, R.M. (2012) Evaluating an application of the CAREGen MCQ Creation Methodology. In Proceedings of London International Conference on Education (LICE) 2012, London, UK (pdf)

2011

• Foster, R.M. (2011) Creating a High Voltage Cable-Jointing Knowledge check using the CARE Generation Methodology. In Proceedings of London International Conference on Education (LICE) 2011, London, UK (pdf)

2010

• Foster, R.M. (2010) Automatic generation of Multiple Alternate Choice (MAC) test item stems by applying Causal Relation Explication, Addition and Manipulation (CREAM) to pre-processed source documents. In proceedings of London International Conference on Education (LICE) 2010, London, UK (abs pdf poster)
• Foster, R.M. (2010) Multiple Alternative Choice test items (MACs) deliver more comprehensive assessment information than traditional 4-option MC test items. In proceedings of London International Conference on Education (LICE) 2010, London, UK (abs pdf)
• Foster, R.M. (2010) Improve the output from a MCQ test item generator using Statistical NLP. In proceedings of the International Conference in Alternative Learning Technologies (ICALT) 2010, Sousse, Tunisia (abs pdf poster)
• Robert M. Foster (2010) Adapting multiple-choice item-writing guidelines to an industrial context In proceedings of the International Conference on Enterprise and Information Systems (ICEIS) 2010, Funchal, Madeira (abs pdf)
• Foster, R.M. (2010) Cataphoric lexicalisation In proceedings of the International Conference on Enterprise and Information Systems (ICEIS) 2010, Funchal, Madeira (abs pdf poster)

2009

• Foster, R.M. (2009). Improving the Output from Software that Generates Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) Test Items Automatically using Controlled Rhetorical Structure Theory. In Proceedings of RANLP 2009 Student Research Workshop, Borovets, Bulgaria, September 2009. pp. 29 to 34 (abs pdf poster)

   

• Foster, R.M. (2009). Controlled Specific Learning Objectives. In Proceedings of ACORN Graduate Conference, Aston University, May 2009. (abs poster)


















 
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