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Emma Allen – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2023
Student-staff partnership, understood as the situation when students and staff work together on a project, contributing equally but in potentially different ways, is an innovation that is gaining traction on university campuses worldwide. This case study details my first foray into the partnership arena. I invited undergraduate students from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Partnerships in Education
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Cramp, Andy; Lamond, Catherine – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
This paper explores the significance of designing online learning led by the principle of direct and meaningful participant engagement. It considers the notion of kindness as a crucial value contributing to pedagogy and the development of meaningful learning relationships. The paper challenges the "delivery" approach to online learning,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Interpersonal Relationship
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Khan, Amanat Ullah; Hassan, Manzurul; Atkins, Peter – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2014
Internationalization of geography in higher education comes in many guises. This paper discusses some of these, with particular attention to curriculum development and transfer. The context is Bangladesh and a case study is presented of a link programme between three higher education institutions in that country and one in the UK. The British…
Descriptors: Higher Education, National Curriculum, Geography, Curriculum Development
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Pagano, Rosane; Paucar-Caceres, Alberto – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2013
Providing high quality formative feedback to large and very diverse cohorts of students taking short intensive blocks of teaching (block release) has become crucial in management education provision. The paper proposes the exploitation of classroom response technology (CRT) to evaluate learning activities of students taking block release modules.…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Taylor, Antony Richard; Hooley, Tristram – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2014
This study evaluates the impact of an intervention on business school graduates' employability comprising of a curriculum-based career management skills (CMS) module and an industrial placement year. The study uses data from the destinations of leavers of higher education survey to examine the employability of different groups within the cohort…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Career Education
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Tomkinson, Bland; Hutt, Ian – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate online problem-based learning (PBL) as a route to achieving sustainability education using sponsored projects. Design/methodology/approach: The Royal Academy of Engineering sponsored project at Manchester; to foster education in sustainability through inter-disciplinary problem-based approaches,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Sustainability, Pilot Projects
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Ashworth, Mary; Bloxham, Sue; Pearce, Leonie – Studies in Higher Education, 2010
This article draws on developing theory regarding assessment and marking to explore the impact of staff values regarding widening participation on grading decisions. It reports on an innovative creative arts module delivered for students with complex disabilities. Data collection included observation of teaching, interviews with staff, students…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Academic Standards, Inclusive Schools, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
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Groves, Mark; Bowd, Belinda; Smith, Julian – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2010
In recent years the student population in the UK has grown considerably, and students are entering higher education with a more diverse range of qualifications and skills. This is particularly the case in post-1992 universities with a widening participation agenda, as these institutions have a larger share of students from non-traditional…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Experiential Learning, Learning Processes
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Walker, Caroline; Gleaves, Alan – Irish Educational Studies, 2008
The article reports on and discusses findings from a project to investigate students' perceptions and understandings of creativity as an assessment criterion within a specific context within the higher education curriculum. The study found that, although students were familiar with creativity as a requirement of course assessments across a great…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Creativity, Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2016, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, 1-3 July, 2016. This conference is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2016, 1-4 July. The e-Learning (EL) 2016 conference aims…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Conferences (Gatherings), Electronic Learning, Computer Science Education
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Azzawi, May; Dawson, Maureen M. – Bioscience Education e-Journal, 2007
The effectiveness of lecture-integrated and web-supported case studies in supporting a large and academically diverse group of undergraduate students was evaluated in the present study. Case studies and resource (web)-based learning were incorporated as two complementary interactive learning strategies into the traditional curriculum. A truncated…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Achievement, Learning Strategies, Prior Learning
Tuxworth, Eric N. – 1982
In this report, the author reviews the actual and potential use of competence and performance based teacher education (C/PBTE) in regard to further education in England. He describes the concept of further education, reviews existing practices, and makes a number of suggestions for future action. The author first outlines the development and use…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Competency Based Teacher Education, Continuing Education