Hello all, I've been lurking on the list since joining AoIR for the Brisbane Conference in September, which was a great experience. I've just completed my first year of part-time PhD candidature at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia. My research is exploring internet communities of romance genre readers and writers and their perspectives and impact on the genre. Cultural studies, popular culture, cyber-culture, technology, literary and genre studies, and gender issues - yes, it's a large and exciting topic to explore, and will definitely keep me busy for a while! My other internet research interests revolve around my work as an educational developer, where I'm particularly interested in the use of social software and collaborative strategies in distance education at higher-ed level, and struggling with strategies for implementing these for large class sizes without tutorial support. However, just now I'm on a short time-frame to find some open-source, easy-to-use quiz software that we can use to develop a series of tests for assessing numeracy and mathematical skills at higher-education level. As well as mathematical functions, we're looking for automatic grading, feedback facility, reporting and analysis of results at individual and group level. If any of the educators on the list can make a recommendation, could you please email me off-list? <bclarke6@une.edu.au> I'd really appreciate it. Looking forward to further involvement in the list and AoIR (and planning a paper for the Vancouver conference...) Cheers, Bronwyn Bronwyn Clarke Educational Developer Teaching and Learning Centre University of New England Armidale NSW 2351 Australia Ph: +61 2 6773 3746 Email: bclarke6@une.edu.au Blog (learning and teaching online): http://melete.wordpress.com/ Photoblog (rural Australia): http://thewolery.wordpress.com