Chris Thorn
PROJECT AFFILIATION:
- SCALE
- Roles: Project Evaluator, Project Researcher
PROFESSIONAL ROLES
- Higher Ed: Education, Researcher
BIO
EXPERTISE
Program Evaluation
Building Collaborative Research and Development Partnerships
Development and use of Value-Added Metrics
Social and Technical Capacity Assessment
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Thorn, Christopher A. (2005). Systemic Reform Efforts in the U.S.: Role of Information Technology in Fostering Collaboration within New Partnerships. In Adrie Visscher, Javier Osorio, and Arthur Tatnall (Eds.). Information Technology in Educational Management, Dordrecht, Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers.Thorn, Christopher A. (2005). The Challenge of Supporting Complex University-School District Partnerships: Scaling up for Whole District School Reform. In Madanmohan Rao (Ed.). Cultures of Knowledge: How KM Practitioners Nurture and Sustain Knowledge Creating Cultures, McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.
Thorn, Christopher A. 2004. Building New Systems for Decision Support: Was there a baby in that bathwater? In Arthur Tatnall (Ed.). Web Portals: the New Gateways to Internet Information and Services, Idea Group Inc. Melbourne, Australia.
Thorn, Christopher A. 2003. Guest Editor's Remarks. Qualitative Research Journal - Special Edition on Teaching Qualitative Methods with Software. Association for Qualitative Research, Latrobe University, Australia.
Thorn, Christopher A. 2003. Making Decision Support Systems Useful in the Classroom: Designing a Needs Assessment Process. In Ian Selwood, Alex Fung, and Tuulikki Paturi (Eds.). Information Technology in Educational Management, Dordrecht, Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
