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The Development Of A Student Focused Model For Transition To University, Lynne Cohen, Catherine Ferguson, Bronwyn Harman, Mary Boyce, Anne Harris, Megan Le Clus

eCULTURE

The transition to university is a well recognised challenge, especially for non-traditional students. This paper presents a student-focused model for the transition to university, developed through an extensive literature review, discussions with a range of professionals nationally and internationally, and first year teaching practice. The model was applied to the development of a range of strategies to be implemented at one institution. The use of the model may facilitate the development of a university-wide approach to the issues of student transition to university and the first year in higher education experience. The model will allow a balanced approach to be ...

Improving Assessment Outcomes Through The Application Of Innovative Digital Technologies, Julia Wren, Alistair Campbell, John Heyworth, Christine Lovering

eCULTURE

Assessing students’ live performances is challenging because the marker needs to make complex judgements often very quickly while at the same time recording information and viewing the performance. The challenge increases when multiple markers are involved and moderation of marks is required. It can be difficult to maintain sound assessment principles, such as fairness and validity, and to offer students quality and timely feedback. This paper describes a two phase, qualitative, action research project which trialled the use of an innovative, digital technology-supported assessment tool designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of assessment and moderation of live performances. The ...

Designing An Authentic Blend: Development Of A ‘Real-Life’ Learning Environment For Higher Education , Tara Smith, Jenni Parker

eCULTURE

Increasing student enrolments in higher education have created new challenges for universities to address, if they are to provide a quality learning experiences for all students. One key challenge is identifying how to construct more flexible, interactive and engaging student-centred environments that can support students’ transition to the workplace. This article describes how teaching and learning processes have been reengineered to design an authentic blended learning environment that offers students real-life learning experiences supported by new technologies.

Embedding Innovative Assessment Practices To Develop Critical Appraisal Skills In A Third Year Social Science Unit, Susan Teather, Catherine Moore

eCULTURE

There is a growing imperative in tertiary education (nationally and internationally) to enable lifelong learning as a graduate outcome (Bologna Process, 2010: Boud & Falchikov, 2006; Oliver, 2011). At ECU our new undergraduate curriculum framework titled Curriculum 2012: enabling the learning journey promotes lifelong learning and assessment for learning. Lifelong learning implies developing both the capacity to learn and the ability to direct learning. In order to successfully direct their own learning beyond university students need to be able to identify the standard of performance to which they should aspire as a result of that learning, accurately locate where they are in relation ...

First Year Experience (Fye): International Students’ Experiences , Catherine Ferguson, Bronwyn Harman, Lynne Cohen, Shelley Beatty, Mary Boyce, Sue Sharp, Kevin Vanderplank

eCULTURE

International students confront a range of challenges during their transition to living and studying in Australia. Despite these challenges over 80% of international students reported high satisfaction with their life and study within Australia. This qualitative study reports on the experiences of 53 first year international students at ECU. Participants were students from across a range of study areas who responded to an online or face to face survey. Participants were required to respond to four questions which were analysed thematically to provide a summary of their experiences. Survey questions included their positive and negative experiences of being a first ...

No School Left Uncorrupted: How Cheating, High-Stakes Testing, And Declining Budgets Affected Student Achievement In Philadelphia, James R. Sadler

CUREJ - College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal

The No Child Left Behind education act, signed by President Bush in 2002, imposed high-stakes testing standards on all schools in the nation. A decade later, amidst a cheating scandal and a budget crisis, the School District of Philadelphia experienced dramatic standardized test score declines after nine years of increases. This study aims to place these declines in the context of national, state, and local education policy and provide statistical evidence for the cause of the declines. School climate among schools flagged for cheating and budget decreases experienced by all Philadelphia schools significantly contributed to the declines. Nevertheless, the major ...

May Term Introductory Remarks, Jonathan Green

Remarks and Messages

No abstract provided.

Ua44/1 Admissions Office Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Finding Aids

Publications created by Admissions regarding WKU and the admissions process.

Ua36i/30 Lowell Harrison Faculty/Staff Papers, Wku Archives

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Records created by and about Lowell Harrison during his tenure as history professor at Western Kentucky University from 1967-. Harrison served as University Historian and wrote the 75th anniversary history "Western Kentucky University" as well as numerous articles.

• Series 1. Correspondence
• Series 2. Western Kentucky University Research
• Series 3. Personal Papers

Ua30/2 Parking & Transportation Services, Wku Archives

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Records created by and about Parking & Transportation Services.

Ua35 Provost / Vice President For Academic Affairs, Wku Archives

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Unprocessed records created by the Provost's Office / Vice President for Academic Affairs and its reporting offices.

• Series 1. Publications
• Series 2. Committees
• Subseries 1. Academic Council
• Subseries 2. Faculty Research Committee
• Subseries 3. Council of Academic Deans
• Series 4. International Programs
• Series 8. Veterans Upward Bound
• Series 11. Honors Program
• Institutional Research (UA56)
• Student Publications (UA11)
• Academic Relations/Special Events (UA11)
• Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science in Kentucky

The following offices have reported to the Provost in the past:

• Public Service and Continuing Education (was UA35/1)
• Western Kentucky Educational Programs - Owensboro (UA35/2)
• Eagle University Consortium - Fort Campbell ...

The D.B. Weldon Library's Instruction Portfolio: A Grassroots, Team-Based Approach, Kim Mcphee, Melanie Mills, Marg Sloan

Western Libraries Staff Presentations

In an effort to address ever-shifting staffing levels and evolving service demands, staff in the Research & Instructional Services department of The D.B. Weldon Library at Western University developed and implemented a new and strategic approach to structuring their work. The ‘Portfolio Model’ provides a framework for organizing the primary functions of the department - collections, instruction and reference - while at the same time preserving liaison at its core. Through a close examination of this grassroots effort and in particular, the achievements realized and challenges faced by the team of librarians and library assistants who together comprise the ‘Instruction Portfolio’, this ...

Interview Of Dominic Galante, Dominic Galante, Lewis T. Mladjen

All Oral Histories

Mr. Dominic Galante was born in 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The youngest of three children and a first-generation Italian-American, the majority of his life, both professional and private, was spent in Philadelphia. As a child Mr. Galante was raised in a devout Catholic home and attended Catholic grade school in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia. Upon graduating from Northeast Catholic High School in 1962 he planned on joining the workforce, as attending college was not financially possible. In the fall of 1962, with the help of his high school typing teacher, he was interviewed and hired at LaSalle College ...

Controversial Policy Change In A Community College: Exploring The Institutional Consequences, Jessica Chambers

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Interview Of John J. Mcgoldrick, F.S.C., Ph.D., John J. Mcgoldrick F.S.C., Ph.D., Christine M. Thieme

All Oral Histories

Brother John Joseph McGoldrick (b. 1948), grew up in Southwest Philadelphia with his parents and older brother. Attending Most Blessed Sacrament School and later West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Boys, Brother John was part of a strong Catholic community. It was here at West Philadelphia Catholic High School, where Brother John was introduced to the Christian Brotherhood. It was at this time that he realized that the life of service with the Brotherhood was the type of life he’d like to lead. At the age of fifteen, Brother John attended the junior novitiate and after graduating high school ...

Ua3/9/6 Gary Ransdell Interviews & Oral History File, Wku Archives

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Interviews and oral histories with and about Gary Ransdell.

Ua3/9/5 Gary Ransdell Speech File, Wku Archives

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Speeches written and delivered by Gary Ransdell.

Ua3/9/4 Gary Ransdell Installation File, Wku Archives

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Records created and received by the President’s Office in preparation of Gary Ransdell’s installation as president.

Ua3/9/2 Gary Ransdell Subject File, Wku Archives

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Unprocessed subject files created by the President’s Office during the Gary Ransdell administration.

Ua3/8/11 Thomas Meredith Publications, Wku Archives

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Publications created by and about the president's office during Thomas Meredith's administration.