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Hesterman, Sandra – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2016
An emerging challenge for the Australian higher education sector is the delivery of authentic eLearning to support the collaborative construction of knowledge through the provision of real-life tasks in an online environment. This paper describes research conducted in a fourth-year university course where students from across the nation were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, College Students, Group Activities
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McKevitt, Conor Thomas – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2016
Assessment is one of the most important elements of student life and significantly shapes their learning. Consequently, tutors need to ensure that student awareness regarding assessment is promoted. Students should get the opportunity to practise assessing work and receive tutor feedback so that they might improve on both the work and their…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Tutors, Feedback (Response)
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Carmichael, Erst; Farrell, Helen – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2012
A graduate's ability to be a critical thinker is expected by many employers; therefore development of students' critical-thinking skills in higher education is important. There is also a perception that today's students are technologically "savvy", and appreciate the inclusion of a technological approach to learning. However, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews, Educational Resources, Instructional Effectiveness
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Fujimoto, Yuka; Hagel, Pauline; Turner, Paul; Kattiyapornpong, Uraiporn; Zutshi, Ambika – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2011
Academics often treat students' discipline-specific literacy as unproblematic. In doing so they may underestimate the difficulties for university students as they move between subjects of study that may involve different disciplines, language genres and academic practices. This paper describes an initiative aimed at supporting students in reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Discourse, Periodicals
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Pio, Edwina – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2004
This paper reports the results of assessment as an embedded learning opportunity through evidence from a course on Management and Spirituality for business students offered in 2002 and 2003 in the USA and Europe. It discusses how assessment can be strategically used to nudge students' minds through learning experiences that expand current mental…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Spiritual Development, Learning Experience, Management Development
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Morris, Maureen; Porter, Anne; Griffiths, David – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2004
Our initial intention was to set out to explore the potential for implementing outcome-based assessment practices in a first year statistics unit. It has evolved into a search for a pedagogy enabling clear definition of the desired learning outcomes in our students, and alignment of instruction, student resources and assessment with these…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, College Instruction, Alignment (Education), College Students