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Kathleen M. Quinlan; Guadalupe Sellei; Wissia Fiorucci – Teaching in Higher Education, 2025
With increasing calls for authentic assessment in higher education, the reference point for authenticity has been questioned. Typically, researchers define authenticity in relation to purposes of higher education, which are contested. Advancing the notion of educational authenticity rather than professional, societal, disciplinary, or…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Performance Based Assessment, Learner Engagement, Higher Education
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Wilson, Caroline; Sims, Stuart; Dyer, Jen; Handley, Fiona – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2022
The higher education sector is under increasing pressure to deliver more and to evidence the fruits of its contribution to society. There is a particular focus on the enhanced engagement of students in order to maximise success, and for this engagement to be achieved equitably across the student body, regardless of demographic backgrounds. This…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Learner Engagement, Outcomes of Education
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Scott Grant; Grace Yue Qi; Yu-Ju Lan; Pei-Yu Cheng – Educational Technology & Society, 2024
Based on the concept of Communities of Practice (CoP), this study describes the design and implementation of an online academic conference, Pedagogy and Practice in Technology Enhanced Language Learning (PPTELL) 2021, as a backdrop for exploring how to effectively promote the development of academic citizenship within the PPTELL CoP. To address…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Electronic Learning, Program Design, Program Implementation
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Wilson, Caroline; Broughan, Christine; Marselle, Melissa – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
In this article we explore the potential for attempts to encourage student engagement to be conceptualised as behaviour change activity, and specifically whether a new framework to guide such activity has potential value for the Higher Education (HE) sector. The Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) (Michie, Susan, Maartje M van Stralen, and Robert West.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Behavior, Behavior Change, Intervention
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Young, Shawna; Uy, Ana; Bell, Joyce – Innovative Higher Education, 2017
The Student Engagement in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (SERSCA) Program at California State University, Stanislaus provides support for student engagement in these areas from idea conception through dissemination. Through assistantships, mini-grants, the Student Research Competition, and travel grants, the Program is designed to…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Scholarship, Creative Activities, Student Research
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Campbell, Rebecca; Blankenship, Benjamin B. – To Improve the Academy, 2020
Colleges and universities have a commitment to improve the student experience, increase persistence, and provide paths to degree completion. Course redesign, focused on student success, is a promising strategy for realizing that commitment. This article examines some of the particulars when course redesign is explicitly linked to student success.…
Descriptors: Courses, Higher Education, Academic Persistence, Learner Engagement
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Hodgson, Yvonne; Benson, Robyn; Brack, Charlotte – Educational Action Research, 2013
The benefits of students learning together in peer-assisted learning (PAL) programmes have been widely reported. Implementing and evaluating PAL programmes provide specific challenges for academic staff. This paper explains how action research was used to design, trial and refine a same-year PAL programme to enhance student engagement. The PAL…
Descriptors: Action Research, Peer Teaching, Program Design, Theory Practice Relationship
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Jimoyiannis, Athanassios – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2012
A theoretical framework for designing, implementing and researching students' engagement, learning, and personal development in e-portfolios is described in this article. After providing an overview of the research on e-portfolios in education, the paper analyses the theoretical foundations of e-portfolio learning. Following it proposes a…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Student Motivation, Independent Study