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Denny, Eleanor – Higher Education Quarterly, 2021
This paper examines students' perspectives on the main transitional challenges experienced when commencing higher education. It explores which students are most affected by the transition and is the first paper to provide an overview of student recommendations to help improve the transition in an Irish context. The study involves large-scale…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs
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Singh, Jitendra – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how lean management principles can be used in teaching and learning processes while preparing classes for non-traditional adult learners (NALs). Careful planning and the application of lean methods can result in NALs' enhanced engagement and success at academic institutions.…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Adult Students, Curriculum Design, Administration
Tedrick, Lou; Sumsion, Zach; Smith, Mary; Cutshall, Charlie – Training, 2012
"Training" magazine taps 2012 Training Top 125 winners and Top 10 Hall of Famers to provide their learning and development best practices in each issue. This article looks at strategies to foster technology innovation and implementation and onboarding.
Descriptors: Best Practices, Change Strategies, Success, Innovation
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Taylor, Jean M.; Dunn, Margie; Winn, Sandra K. – Online Learning, 2015
A team of instructional designers, educators, and the School of Liberal Arts (SLA) academic program coordinator from a nonprofit online college, collaborated on producing short voice-over videos with interactive elements that address the most common technology frustrations of beginning students. These videos were inserted into the "Start…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Online Courses, Virtual Universities, Pilot Projects
Copp, Susan L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The objective of this research was to use technology to develop an on-line orientation manual for clinical research coordinators. Many clinical research coordinators begin their careers as staff nurses and have little knowledge related to clinical research. As such, when they transition to a career in clinical research they lack the knowledge…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Nurses, Learning Modules, Coordinators
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Heather J. Stenerson; Penny M. Davis; Andrea M. Labash; Mavis M. Procyshyn – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2009
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan tracked a cohort of 39 international medical graduates (IMGs) in rural Saskatchewan and discovered that 51% left the province within five years (personal communication). A study by Basky, Mathew, Edwards, and Rourke (2007) found that half a cohort of IMGs in rural Newfoundland and Labrador…
Descriptors: Physicians, Foreign Countries, Labor Turnover, Adjustment (to Environment)
Finlay, Finola, Ed.; Orum, Jennifer, Ed. – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2009
The British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) has designed The Articulation Committee Companion to serve as both an introductory resource for new members and as an ongoing reference for committees. The Companion includes a brief overview of the province's articulation committees and their essential role in the post-secondary…
Descriptors: Committees, Articulation (Education), Foreign Countries, Best Practices