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Direct linkBreen, Michelle; Waters, Jesse; O'Shea, Louise – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2023
This study will provide some inspiration and practical insights to academic libraries and educators within tertiary education who wish to experiment with digital upskilling programmes in their institutions. 2,661 students registered for extra-curricular digital skills workshops over a three-week period in the spring of the 2021 academic year, at a…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
Bernard T. Drumm; Ronan Bree; Caoimhin S. Griffin; Niall O’Leary – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Laboratory practicals in life science subjects are traditionally assessed by written reports that reflect disciplinary norms for documenting experimental activities. However, the exclusive application of this assessment has the potential to engage only a narrow range of competencies. In this study, we explored how multiple modes of laboratory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Biological Sciences, Science Laboratories
Maloney, David M.; Ryan, Anne; Ryan, Deirdre – Contemporary School Psychology, 2021
A pilot programme 'Successful Transitions' was conducted by the 'Shannon Consortium' and funded by the Higher Education Authority Strategic Innovation Fund from 2014 to 2016. Second level students who were currently engaged in challenging academic work involving key threshold concepts were selected for instruction designed to improve…
Descriptors: Self Management, Self Esteem, Skill Development, Secondary School Students
Jeanneau, Catherine; O'Riordan, Stéphanie – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Fostering skills development is one of the tenets of education. For a long time, the traditional binary teacher-student interaction was used as the sole approach to teaching and learning but it is now overwhelmingly regarded as insufficient. The present paper reports on an initiative based on the principles of peer learning. The discussion groups…
Descriptors: International Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cultural Awareness
Download full textCooney, Adeline; Darcy, Eamon; Casey, Denis – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2018
Writing from sources is an important academic skill but students find it a difficult skill to learn. The lesson study method was used to design and evaluate learning and teaching strategies aimed at improving students' writing from sources skills. The team developed a seven-part lesson plan and associated learning activities and practice…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills, Skill Development
Healy, Margaret; Doran, John; McCutcheon, Maeve – Accounting Education, 2018
Studies of cooperative learning have focused largely on specific interventions within individual modules. The aim of this paper is to examine the student perceptions of their cumulative experiences at the end of a four-year undergraduate programme, during which cooperative learning work was implemented in a piecemeal manner, and explore how gender…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Outcomes of Education, Academic Ability, Transfer of Training
O'Donovan, Dermot – Industry and Higher Education, 2018
This article explores the varied learning experiences among third-year students undertaking a structured work placement module in the furniture and wood manufacturing industries. Using situated learning theory, the article considers the outcomes of in-depth interviews with 10 students and offers an insight into the multifaceted interactions…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Work Experience Programs, Job Placement
Lyons, Rena; Brennan, Sara; Carroll, Clare – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2016
The everyday lives of children with disabilities are not well understood, with few studies exploring how participation in everyday life is conceptualized and given meaning. The overall aims of this study were, first, to explore parental views of their children's participation and, second, to identify barriers and facilitators in relation to…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Children, Parent Attitudes, Qualitative Research
Salmon, Nancy; García Iriarte, Edurne; Burns, Emma Q. – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2017
Participation of people with disabilities in producing and using research is critical for monitoring the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Research Active Programme (RAP) is a module designed to build research capacity of students with intellectual disabilities. RAP was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Capacity Building, Research Skills
