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The Process of Creating a Cross-University Network for Formative and Shared Assessment in Higher Education in Spain and Its Potential Applications
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Lopez-Pastor, Victor M.; Castejon, Javier; Sicilia-Camacho, Alvaro; Navarro-Adelantado, Vicente; Webb, Graham – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2011
During the academic year 2005-2006 a Cross University Network for Formative and Shared Assessment in Higher Education was formed among 48 academics from 16 different universities within Spain and representing a range of academic areas. The Network was formed in response to the determination of a group of individuals who were dissatisfied with, or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Evaluation Methods, Educational Innovation
The Impact of Teacher Beliefs on Flexible Learning Innovation: Some Practices and Possibilities for Academic Developers
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Errington, Edward – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2004
It has long been acknowledged that the beliefs of university teachers can have a significant impact on the success of flexible learning innovations in tertiary settings (Errington, 1985, 2001; McDiarmid, 1990; Pajares, 1992; Calderhead, 1996; Richardson, 1996; Hofer & Pintrich, 1997; Tatto, 1998). The infrastructure for the adoption or rejection…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Instructional Innovation, Higher Education
Restructuring a Master's Degree Dissertation as a Patchwork Text.
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Maisch, Maire – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2003
Describes the introduction of the Patchwork Text format into the dissertation on a Master's degree in Social Work. Discusses the rationale for rethinking the conventional dissertation and the "patches" making up the revised dissertation format. Draws upon completed dissertations of two students on the program to illustrate how the characteristics…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Innovation, Learning Experience