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Message of Support: Using mobile technologies to support the transition of students on articulation routes from Higher National level to degree (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fotheringham, J., & Alder, E. (2011, November). Message of Support: Using mobile technologies to support the transition of students on articulation routes from Higher National level to degree. Presented at 10th European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL 2011)

This paper explores the role mobile technologies can play in supporting students' transition to second and third year of university degree study along articulation routes from Higher National Certificate (HNC) and Higher National Diploma (HND) study... Read More about Message of Support: Using mobile technologies to support the transition of students on articulation routes from Higher National level to degree.

A student led approach for students with mental health problems. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Webster, B., & MacDonald, A. (2011, December). A student led approach for students with mental health problems. Presented at Opening Doors: Enabling healthcare students with disabilities to reach their potential

No abstract available.

Events management education. (2011)
Book Chapter
Leask, A., & Barron, P. (2011). Events management education. In The Routledge Handbook of Events. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203803936.ch30

This chapter considers the development of events management education and the close association that this has with the development of academic research in the events management sector. The chapter starts with an introduction to the sector and the eme... Read More about Events management education..

Creation of an online virtual Cisco router learning environment. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rietsche, R., Russell, G., & Karduck, A. P. (2011, July). Creation of an online virtual Cisco router learning environment. Presented at Computers and Advanced Technology in Education

Online learning environments are an important aspect to many University courses. They allow flexibility in student approaches, and permit students from a range of backgrounds to take part in education. This paper considers an online learning environm... Read More about Creation of an online virtual Cisco router learning environment..

Factors that influence student e-learning participation in a UK Higher Education institution. (2011)
Journal Article
Penny, K. I. (2011). Factors that influence student e-learning participation in a UK Higher Education institution. Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 7, 81-95

E-learning involves the use of information and communication technologies to deliver teaching and learning and is becoming increasingly important in the delivery of higher education. An online questionnaire survey was designed to gather information o... Read More about Factors that influence student e-learning participation in a UK Higher Education institution..

Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions. (2011)
Book Chapter
Foster, M. (2011). Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions. In M. Foster (Ed.), Working with Cultural Diversity in Higher Education. Staff and Educational Development Association

Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions – a case of online study skills resource SPICE (Student Pre-arrival Induction for Continuing Education) (2011)
Journal Article
Foster, M. (2011). Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions – a case of online study skills resource SPICE (Student Pre-arrival Induction for Continuing Education). Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education,

In the current educational landscape, with increasingly diverse student groups on programmes, traditional induction many not always be best suited to the needs of the students and programmes of study. Research shows that an extended induction which a... Read More about Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions – a case of online study skills resource SPICE (Student Pre-arrival Induction for Continuing Education).

How academic IT departments manage changing IT environments (2011)
Journal Article
Buchanan, W. J. (2011). How academic IT departments manage changing IT environments. VitAL Magazine, 5, 26-32

Matching what industry wants with what applicants want is a major problem for any IT academic department is matching what the jobs market requires to the types of courses which appeal to applicants. At the current time there is massive demand in the... Read More about How academic IT departments manage changing IT environments.

Write-TEL (Writing for Publication in Technology Enhanced Learning) (2011)
Journal Article
Smyth, K., Whitton, N., & Fotheringham, J. (2011). Write-TEL (Writing for Publication in Technology Enhanced Learning). UCISA, 51-58

The Write-TEL project sought to provide a well structured, online supported opportunity for a group of educators from different institutions to write up one of their own technology enhanced learning (TEL) initiatives as the focus of their first publi... Read More about Write-TEL (Writing for Publication in Technology Enhanced Learning).

Evaluation of the personal development portfolio in higher education: An explorative study (2011)
Journal Article
Head, K. S., & Johnston, J. H. (2012). Evaluation of the personal development portfolio in higher education: An explorative study. Nurse Education Today, 32(8), 857-861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2011.10.017

Personal Development Profiles (PDPs) have been an important and necessary feature of United Kingdom (UK) Higher Education for more than a decade. There is significant agreement as to their core purpose and their key features are of relevance to highe... Read More about Evaluation of the personal development portfolio in higher education: An explorative study.

Using social media in higher education (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fotheringham, J., & Smyth, K. (2011, November). Using social media in higher education. Paper presented at CIPD Centres Conference

No abstract available.

Helping Eastern students to master Western critical thinking (2011)
Journal Article
Chiu, Y. J., & Cowan, J. (2012). Helping Eastern students to master Western critical thinking. Asia Pacific education review, 13(1), 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-011-9189-2

It is possible that some of the problems that confront Eastern learners when they are asked to engage in critical thinking come from the misleading association of the title with criticising negatively and even with disagreeing. In some other educa... Read More about Helping Eastern students to master Western critical thinking.