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Direct linkAllison, Meredith; Miller, Paul – International Journal for Academic Development, 2018
Undergraduate research is recognized as a high-impact educational practice (Kuh & O'Donnell, 2013), and increasingly it occurs world-wide in higher education, in particular in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. In each of these countries, undergraduate research is delivered through a variety of pedagogical approaches that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Research, Undergraduate Students, Higher Education
Carpentier, Vincent – Policy Reviews in Higher Education, 2021
This paper explores the historical relationship between the expansion of the UK HE system through sectorial diversification, processes of differentiation/convergence and (in)equalities since the 1960s. It examines the extent to which the connections and tensions between three stories of resource, mission and social differentiations might be…
Descriptors: Social Differences, Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Mission, Educational History
Scanlon, Eileen – Open Learning, 2011
This article comments on some trends in the evolution of science teaching at a distance using the Open University UK (OU UK) experience as a benchmark. Even from the first years of the university there was an understanding of the potential role for media in developing methods for teaching science at a distance, in particular the potential for…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Science Education, Teaching Methods
Cavanaugh, Cathy – 2002
The development and implementation of effective distance education happens in an iterative cycle. The three stages are: (1) procurement and preparation of the resources necessary to meet the distance education goals; (2) delivery of instruction using the best practices from education, business and research; and (3) analysis of the results of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Distance Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Development
Watson, David; Taylor, Richard – 1998
This book evaluates the cogency, relevance, and prospects for success of the 1997 Dearing report and recommendations (1997) for lifelong learning and the university system in the United Kingdom. Part 1 sets the scene in terms of changes between Robbins's 1963 report and Dearing's. Three chapters cover changes in United Kingdom higher education…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Development
Download full textLentell, Helen; O'Rourke, Jennifer – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
Open and distance learning (ODL) is increasingly being regarded as a viable policy option for developing countries with limited educational resources for buildings, books and trained teachers, seeking to increase accessibility for large numbers of learners in education and training opportunities. Advocates of ODL as an appropriate solution to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Distance Education, College Faculty, Educational Opportunities
