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Schoonenboom, Judith; Sligte, Henk; Kliphuis, Eja – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2009
The literature on the re-use of learning materials has largely focused on the development of materials. This paper explores how re-use can be stimulated after learning materials have been developed and made available. We searched for and developed guidelines that support staff and/or management most frequently adopt in cases of (un)successful…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Higher Education, Guidelines, Case Studies
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Rutter, Malcolm – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2009
This case study describes the use of a synchronous communication application (MSN Messenger) in a large academic computing environment. It draws on data from interviews, questionnaires and student marks to examine the link between use of the application and success measured through module marks. The relationship is not simple. Total abstainers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Questionnaires, Grades (Scholastic)
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Middleton, Andrew – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2009
This paper discusses a university-wide pilot designed to encourage academics to creatively explore learner-centred applications for digital audio. Participation in the pilot was diverse in terms of technical competence, confidence and contextual requirements and there was little prior experience of working with digital audio. Many innovative…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Case Studies, Interviews, Higher Education
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de Boer, Wim; Collis, Betty – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2005
Changes in higher education frequently involve the need for more flexibility in course design and delivery. Flexibility is a concept that can be operationalized in many ways. One approach to conceptualizing flexibility within courses is to distinguish planning-type flexibility, which the instructor can designate before the course begins and which…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Computer Software
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Price, Geraldine A. – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2006
Research into the behaviours manifested by the dyslexic condition has often focused upon younger dyslexic pupils and the lower-order skill difficulty in decoding and encoding. A surge in interest in the writing process has shifted the focus to higher-order skills, and a growing body of research is emerging within the higher education context…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Writing (Composition), Dyslexia, Writing Processes
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Smith, Janice – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2005
This year sees the 40th anniversary of the first policy paper regarding the use of computers in higher education in the United Kingdom. The publication of this paper represented the beginning of the field of learning technology research and practice in higher education. In the past 40 years, policy has at various points drawn from different…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Policy