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McKee, Connor; Ntokos, Konstantinos – Research in Learning Technology, 2022
Microlearning, in which lecture recordings are segmented into parts, saw renewed focus as a means of maintaining student engagement amid the challenging conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. While many institutions shifted to remote provision with segmented lecture recordings, there is a lack of consensus about the length that these segments should…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Electronic Learning, Learner Engagement, Higher Education
Darryll Willem Bravenboer; Mandy Crawford-Lee; Clare Dunn – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2024
Purpose: Apprenticeships in England, while defined by level and typical duration, are not quantified regarding the number of learning hours required to achieve the outcomes specified, as with other regulated qualifications and accredited programmes. This paper proposes an approach to ascribe credit to apprenticeships recognising both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Credits, Higher Education
Aysan-Sahintas, Zeynep; Okur, Seda; Demir, Muslume – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2019
Examining the awareness of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners and their on-task behaviours during pair work activities in the classroom, this qualitative case study aimed to reveal the effectiveness of peer interaction in L2 learning and the factors that have an impact on the effectiveness of peer interaction in pair work tasks. The…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Interaction, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Ozan, Ozlem; Ozarslan, Yasin – Educational Media International, 2016
This paper examines learners' behaviors while watching online video lectures to understand learner preferences. 2927 students' 18,144 video events across 13 courses on Sakai CLE LMS, which were integrated with Kaltura Video Platform and Google Analytics, were analyzed. For the analysis of the quantitative data, one-way ANOVA, Chi-square test of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Lecture Method, Educational Technology
Baleni, Zwelijongile Gaylard – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2015
Online and blended learning have become common educational strategy in higher education. Lecturers have to re-theorise certain basic concerns of teaching, learning and assessment in non-traditional environments. These concerns include perceptions such as cogency and trustworthiness of assessment in online environments in relation to serving the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Computer Assisted Testing, Formative Evaluation
Kennedy, Eileen; Laurillard, Diana; Horan, Bernard; Charlton, Patricia – Distance Education, 2015
This article reports on a design-based research project to create a modelling tool to analyse the costs and learning benefits involved in different modes of study. The Course Resource Appraisal Model (CRAM) provides accurate cost-benefit information so that institutions are able to make more meaningful decisions about which kind of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Decision Making, Time on Task, Faculty Workload
Sadowski, Christina; Pediaditis, Mika; Townsend, Robert – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Higher education institutions, and the way education is delivered and supported, are being transformed by digital technologies. Internationally, institutions are increasingly incorporating online technologies into delivery frameworks and administration -- both through internal learning management systems (LMS) and external social networking sites…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Social Media
Hagel, Pauline; Carr, Rodney; Devlin, Marcia – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
Student engagement has rapidly developed a central place in the quality agenda of Australian universities since the introduction of the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE). The AUSSE is based on one developed in the USA. The main arguments given for adopting this survey in Australia are that it provides a valid instrument for…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Context Effect, Foreign Countries, Surveys
Kuiper, Alison; Solomonides, Ian; Hardy, Lara – Distance Education, 2015
This paper reports on an investigation into how staff teaching in compressed courses can encourage student engagement and enhance student use of learning time, despite significant restraints of time as well as distance. Typically these courses (described here as units) are expected to have comparable learning outcomes to their full-semester…
Descriptors: Time on Task, Learner Engagement, Time Management, Outcomes of Education
Kétyi, András – Research-publishing.net, 2015
Following on preliminary research (Kétyi, 2013), in this project we looked for a mobile language learning solution, which combines computers and mobile devices. Our main idea was to explore whether by integrating mobile devices in our language teaching practice, our students at the Budapest Business School would gain valuable additional learning…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods, Courseware
Roberts, Amanda; Weston, Kathryn – Professional Development in Education, 2014
The Research Excellence Framework has led to increased scrutiny on the volume/quality of writing produced by academics within higher education institutions. This paper describes the initiation of a writing support programme for teacher educators in a new university and analyses its impact. A key finding has been that supporting staff to write is…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Higher Education, Writing Improvement, Writing for Publication
Korkofingas, Con; Macri, Joseph – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2013
This paper examines, using regression modelling, whether a statistically significant relationship exists between the time spent by a student using the course website and the student's assessment performance for a large third year university business forecasting course. We utilise the online tracking system in Blackboard, a web-based software…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Students, Statistical Significance
Liu, Xianghu – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study investigates the attitudes towards, and practices of, computer-assisted autonomous learning in learning English of 160 students from three different higher education institutions in China. To do this, a questionnaire was completed by 160 participants, and follow-up in-depth interviews were undertaken with six participants and six of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Learning
Yamada, Reiko – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2014
Ensuring gains in the learning outcomes of college students has become a major concern for Japanese higher education institutions. In recent decades, national and public as well as private universities have been forced to embed learning outcomes into their curriculum. A number of studies have shown that the learning outcomes of students are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Delialioglu, Omer – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
This study investigates how blending of different instructional approaches with technology affects students' engagement. A computer networks course was designed and implemented for the first eight weeks of the semester as a lecture-based blended learning environment and for the second eight weeks of the semester as a problem-based blended learning…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Educational Environment, Time on Task, Computer Networks