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The Impact of repeated lying on survey results (2013)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., & Penny, K. I. (2013). The Impact of repeated lying on survey results. SAGE Open, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012472345

We study the effects on results of participants completing a survey more than once, a phenomenon known as farming. Using data from a real social science study as a baseline, three strategies that participants might use to farm are studied by Monte Ca... Read More about The Impact of repeated lying on survey results.

Knowledge management and e-learning in higher education: a research study based on students’ perceptions (2012)
Journal Article
Dukic, D., Dukic, G., & Penny, K. I. (2012). Knowledge management and e-learning in higher education: a research study based on students’ perceptions. International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 8, 313-327. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJKL.2012.051679

In order to achieve economic and social progress, it is particularly important to incorporate knowledge management into the education system. E-learning as a knowledge transfer tool is closely connected to knowledge management. This article examined... Read More about Knowledge management and e-learning in higher education: a research study based on students’ perceptions.

The use of podcasts to enhance research-teaching linkages in undergraduate nursing students (2012)
Journal Article
Strickland, K., Gray, C., & Hill, G. (2012). The use of podcasts to enhance research-teaching linkages in undergraduate nursing students. Nurse Education in Practice, 12(4), 210-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2012.01.006

An understanding of research is important to enable nurses to provide evidencebasedcare. However, undergraduate nursing students often find research a challenging subject. The purpose of this paper is to present an evaluation of the introduction of p... Read More about The use of podcasts to enhance research-teaching linkages in undergraduate nursing students.

Freedom to learn: a radically revised pedagogy to facilitate lifewide learning in the academic curriculum. (2011)
Book Chapter
Cowan, J. (2011). Freedom to learn: a radically revised pedagogy to facilitate lifewide learning in the academic curriculum. In N. J. Jackson (Ed.), Learning for a Complex World (122-136). Authorhouse™

Higher education has progressed fairly steadily to a common pedagogical approach which centres on the idea of alignment. In this arrangement, intended learning outcomes are identified and declared; learning activities which will enable the desired le... Read More about Freedom to learn: a radically revised pedagogy to facilitate lifewide learning in the academic curriculum..

Diversity, value and technology: exposing value pluralism in institutional strategy (2011)
Journal Article
Johnson, M., & Smyth, K. (2011). Diversity, value and technology: exposing value pluralism in institutional strategy. Campus-wide information systems : CWIS, 28, 211-220. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650741111162699

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to explore ways in which value pluralism in institutional learning-technology strategy can be exposed and managed with the use of learning activities involving stakeholder groups across and between educational in... Read More about Diversity, value and technology: exposing value pluralism in institutional strategy.

Reflections on the development of a dynamic learning, teaching and assessment strategy (2011)
Journal Article
Strickland, K., McLatchie, J., & Pelik, R. (2011). Reflections on the development of a dynamic learning, teaching and assessment strategy. Campus-Wide Information Systems, 28, 294-298. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650741111162761

Developing learning, teaching and assessment strategies that foster ongoing engagement and provide inspiration to academic staff is a particular challenge. This paper demonstrates how an institutional learning, teaching and assessment strategy was d... Read More about Reflections on the development of a dynamic learning, teaching and assessment strategy.

Regular Revision Stupid! The Retention of Knowledge after the End of Module Delivery. (2010)
Journal Article
Jaworski, P. M. (2010). Regular Revision Stupid! The Retention of Knowledge after the End of Module Delivery. Journal advances in higher education : research, education and innovation in the European research area / SPACE, European Network for Business Studies and Languages, 3, 53-62

The paper is devoted to measuring the effectiveness of an IT-assisted continuous assessment regimen used for the Economics 1 module delivered to four cohorts of first year undergraduate students of Napier University Business School in two academic ye... Read More about Regular Revision Stupid! The Retention of Knowledge after the End of Module Delivery..

Let us teach the way we preach: using economic concepts in IT-assisted continuous assessment scheme for introductory economics module. (2009)
Journal Article
Jaworski, P. M. (2009). Let us teach the way we preach: using economic concepts in IT-assisted continuous assessment scheme for introductory economics module. Journal advances in higher education : research, education and innovation in the European research area / SPACE, European Network for Business Studies and Languages, 2, 5-20

The paper describes the process and impact on student learning of a new IT-assisted continuous assessment scheme used in Economics 1 first year undergraduate module delivered at Napier University Business School in the academic years 2006/07 and 2007... Read More about Let us teach the way we preach: using economic concepts in IT-assisted continuous assessment scheme for introductory economics module..

Online learning for the forest and timber industries. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridley-Ellis, D., Nolte, S., & Condon, P. (2008, June). Online learning for the forest and timber industries

Online learning offers advantages for all levels of training and development in the timber industries, from new recruits at technician level to chartered professionals. Learners and employers both value the flexibility it affords, while educators val... Read More about Online learning for the forest and timber industries..

Collecting student feedback: a comparison of questionnaire and other methods (2008)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Laybourn, P., Cairncross, S., Gray, M., Brown, N., Goldfinch, J., & Earl, S. (2008). Collecting student feedback: a comparison of questionnaire and other methods. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 33, 675-686. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602930701773000

A study was conducted comparing the feedback received from students about teaching obtained using different instruments. Twelve first- and second-year undergraduate modules were selected from seven different schools within a single university. Studen... Read More about Collecting student feedback: a comparison of questionnaire and other methods.

Adoption of information and communication technologies for educational purposes in Malawian Secondary Schools (2008)
Thesis
Ziba, A. S. K. Adoption of information and communication technologies for educational purposes in Malawian Secondary Schools. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3798

The adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has often been motivated by ideas of bridging the digital divide and promoting socio-economic progress within these countries. For example, many LDC... Read More about Adoption of information and communication technologies for educational purposes in Malawian Secondary Schools.

Promoting the science and engineering of timber to children. (2008)
Journal Article
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2008). Promoting the science and engineering of timber to children. Timber Engineering,

The UK’s young people are generally very poorly informed about the opportunities that exist for them in wood science and timber engineering, and commonly perceive the sector to be old-fashioned, unrewarding, environmentally damaging, and requiring of... Read More about Promoting the science and engineering of timber to children..

Napier University & Greengables Community Education Centre: partnership working to increase access to Higher Education (2008)
Journal Article
Greig, J., & MacKenzie, R. (2008). Napier University & Greengables Community Education Centre: partnership working to increase access to Higher Education. Community Health Exchange E-bulletin, 120,

One key approach for improving recruitment to Higher Education and to build social capital is Widening Access. This approach seeks to reduce inequalities in access and our attempts to recruit “non-traditional” students is not just to compensate for t... Read More about Napier University & Greengables Community Education Centre: partnership working to increase access to Higher Education.

Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition )(Scotland) Act 2007. (2007)
Book Chapter
Ashton, C. (2007). Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition )(Scotland) Act 2007. In Current Law Statutes. Thomson

Places health promotion at the heart of schools' activities
Ensures that food and drink served in schools meets nutritional requirements set out by Scottish Ministers
Ensures local authorities promote the uptake and benefits of school meals and, in... Read More about Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition )(Scotland) Act 2007..

Avoiding plagiarism, developing identities: Responsibility, academic literacies and the curriculum (2007)
Report
Gourlay, L., & Greig, J. (2007). Avoiding plagiarism, developing identities: Responsibility, academic literacies and the curriculum. JISC

The incidence of plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct has become a cause for concern across the higher education sector in recent years. A range of factors have been identified as contributing to the incidence of plagiarism, and institut... Read More about Avoiding plagiarism, developing identities: Responsibility, academic literacies and the curriculum.

Widening access and learner diversity in health & social care: lessons from practice teaching. (2007)
Journal Article
Greig, J., & MacKenzie, R. (2007). Widening access and learner diversity in health & social care: lessons from practice teaching. The Journal of practice teaching in health and social work, 7(3), 43-48. https://doi.org/10.1921/19642

The attempt to recruit non-traditional students to health and social work is not just to compensate for the decreased availability of traditional students but because it is socially just. The non-traditional student journey can be lengthy; starting w... Read More about Widening access and learner diversity in health & social care: lessons from practice teaching..

Educational migration – students leaving a region to study elsewhere: the link to religion in Northern Ireland (2007)
Book Chapter
Hollywood, E., & McQuaid, R. W. (2007). Educational migration – students leaving a region to study elsewhere: the link to religion in Northern Ireland. In C. Larsen, W. Mathejczyk, J. Kipper, & A. Schmid (Eds.), Monitoring of Regional Labour Markets in European States (17-22). Rainer Hampp Verlag

This paper reviews data sources concerning the key patterns and drivers of educational migration and non-return in Northern Ireland (NI). In particular it considers the sources of data that can be used to analyse the migration of university undergra... Read More about Educational migration – students leaving a region to study elsewhere: the link to religion in Northern Ireland.

Managing Scottish higher and further education: a comparison of (re)gendered organizations. (2007)
Journal Article
Thomson, E., & McTavish, D. (2007). Managing Scottish higher and further education: a comparison of (re)gendered organizations. Public Management Review, 9(3), 421-433. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719030701425811

This article outlines the traditional gendered nature of further and higher education and how this has been challenged by long term developments. The focus on managerialism and competition provides a context for a re-invigorated 'agentic' (associated... Read More about Managing Scottish higher and further education: a comparison of (re)gendered organizations..