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Dr David Skelton ITP Liason Faculty of Business & Computing Eastern Institute of Technology Private Bag 1201, Taradale Napier, Hawke´s Bay New Zealand Email: dskelton@eit.ac.nz Phone: (0064) 06-974-8000 ext 5457 Profile David holds a Master of Information Systems (Hons) from Massey University, and a Doctor of Science Education from Curtin University of Technology. He is based at the Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) as a senior lecturer in Information Technology, and Projects/Internships coordinator for the Bachelor of Computing Systems degree at EIT. David is a committee member of the Hawkes Bay branch of the NZ Computer Society and a member of the Association of Information Systems. Recent research in co-op includes investigating the conversion rate of internships to career-level jobs , academic assessment compared to industry assessment, and the development of a new internship programme at EIT. David has also published internationally in the area of blended learning environments and e-learning. Before joining EIT as a full-time academic in 1996, David had significant experience working in the IT industry as a network technician, and more recently as an IT services manager. Click here to view David's home page.