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The Development of a Shared E-Learning Resource across Three Distinct Programmes Based at Universities in England, Ireland and Scotland
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Hyde, Abbey; McGarry, Julie; Thompson, Sue; Wilkie, Kay; Aubeeluck, Aimee – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2015
Recent discourses embedded in higher education policies advocate institutional collaboration and globalisation, while inter-professional learning and student-centred learning have each found favour as good practice in educational delivery. In this article, we detail the process of developing a novel innovation that operationalized components of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Shared Resources and Services, Intercollegiate Cooperation
Material Matters for Learning in Virtual Networks: A Case Study of a Professional Learning Programme Hosted in a Google+ Online Community
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Ackland, Aileen; Swinney, Ann – Research in Learning Technology, 2015
In this paper, we draw on Actor-Network Theories (ANT) to explore how material components functioned to create gateways and barriers to a virtual learning network in the context of a professional development module in higher education. Students were practitioners engaged in family learning in different professional roles and contexts. The data…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Communities of Practice, Social Networks, Learning Modules
The Modular Market. Studies in Further Education.
Theodossin, Ernest – 1986
Origins of modular courses and the module in British postcompulsory education are considered, along with characteristics of modules, credit transfer, five case studies, and marketing in further and higher education. A module is a measured part (or course) of an extended learning experience that leads to specified qualifications. A designated…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Credits, College Instruction, College Transfer Students
Units and Competences: A Case Study of SCOTVEC's Advanced Courses Development Programme.
Black, Harry; And Others – 1992
A project evaluated the overall effectiveness of the Advanced Courses Development Programme (ACDP) of the Scottish Vocational Education Council. A peer review of selected Higher National (HN) unit specifications involved 195 subject experts who completed evaluation questionnaires on specifications in their specialist areas. The main body of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advanced Courses, Articulation (Education), Case Studies