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Lambert, Chris G.; Rennie, Allan E. W. – Education Sciences, 2021
Education systems and institutions, often historically considered to be resolute, slow-moving entities transformed virtually overnight during the earlier stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating nimbleness in adversity. This paper describes the first-hand experiences of teaching staff and students from a UK university which pivoted to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Emergency Programs, Distance Education
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Hou, Junxia; McDowell, Liz – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2014
This article reports some of the findings of a longitudinal ethnographic research study on the intercultural transition experiences of 50 engineering students in a China-U.K. articulation program. It focuses on the interaction between these students and the U.K.-based cohort, mainly home students. The findings indicate that lack of suitable…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Cultural Awareness, Longitudinal Studies, Barriers
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Murray, Paul; Douglas-Dunbar, Andrew; Murray, Sheran – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report an attempt to quantitatively evaluate pedagogies designed to help learners clarify their personal values systems in a sustainability context. Design/methodology/approach A pre-test/post-test survey was used to assess shifts in values orientations among 113 undergraduates from the same discipline,…
Descriptors: Values, Sustainable Development, Surveys, Control Groups
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers