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Beauty In The Struggle: Realizing Full Access To Higher Education, Julia Van Der Ryn, Lynn Sondag

Lynn Sondag

Presentation focused on the relationship between access to a dynamic education, which includes the arts and engenders creative and critical thinking, and a thriving democracy.

Establishing A Low-Fidelity Simulated Hospital Setting: Upgrading Nursing Skills Lab (Poster), Margaret Fink

Margaret Fink

Establishing A Low-Fidelity Simulated Hospital Setting: Upgrading Nursing Skills Lab (Poster), Margaret Fink

Margaret Fink

Student Peer Mentoring In Australian Higher Education: An Investigation, Nick Mcghie

Nick McGhie

This thesis is an exploration of student peer mentoring programs which are increasingly popular in Australian higher education. The thesis investigates the motivations behind student peer mentoring programs offering transition-in support for students. The thesis investigates whether programs are run to benefit the students or to serve the interests of the institution. The thesis explores the current context of higher education in Australia and moves to a case study of the University of Wollongong. Interview data is used to analyse how staff and students navigate the institutional narrative surrounding student peer mentoring and its uses.

Beauty In The Struggle: Realizing Full Access To Higher Education, Julia Van Der Ryn, Lynn Sondag

Julia van der Ryn

Presentation focused on the relationship between access to a dynamic education, which includes the arts and engenders creative and critical thinking, and a thriving democracy.

Teaching “Threshold Six” And The Paleolithic Era To First Year Students, Cynthia Taylor

Cynthia Taylor

First Year Experience ‘Big History’ As The Cornerstone Of 21st Century Liberal Education, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

International Ict Research Collaboration: Experiences And Recommendations, Erich Prem, Emma Barron, Arcot Desai Narasimhalu, Ian Morgan

Arcot Desai NARASIMHALU

This paper presents results of a study into the collaboration experiences of researchers. The focus is on long-distance collaboration in information and communication technologies (ICT) research and technology development, i.e. between the EU on the one side and Australia, Singapore or New Zealand on the other. The aim of the study was to provide useful recommendations for researchers who engage in international collaboration and to improve the quality of international co-operation projects. The emphasis here is on the views and experiences of Europe"s international partners. The paper analysis collaboration motives, challenges, co-operation types and provides recommendations for project initiation, networking, …

Big History: Foundational General Education For The Twenty-First Century, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Making The Most Of Dilemmas In Service-Learning, Julia Van Der Ryn, David Donahue

Julia van der Ryn

No abstract provided.

Beauty In The Struggle: Embracing The Dynamic Tensions In Transformative Education, Julia Van Der Ryn, Kendra Woodglass

Julia van der Ryn

No abstract provided.

Thinking For The 21st Century: Big History As A First Year Experience, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Making Learning Visible: The Genesis Of A Learning Community, Elizabeth Predeger, Randy Magen, Deborah Periman

Randy Howard Magen

A brief history on the genesis of a faculty-designed Faculty Learning Community (FLC), Making Learning Visible, on one Northwest campus, will set the stage for a shared dialogue of possibilities. A view through the eyes of faculty members involved in the evolution of this community of learners will be shared. Engaging participants as a "think tank," we will collaboratively design a learning community template for creating a campus culture of sustained excellence.

Engaging Faculty In A Critical And Creative Process Of Assessing Gen Ed Components Which Use Service-Learning Pedagogy, Julia Van Der Ryn

Julia van der Ryn

No abstract provided.

First Year Experience "Big History": An Innovative First-Year Sequence For The Twenty-First Century, Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

Pre-Conference Workshop: Advancing Academic Partnerships To Improve Student Success, Mojgan Behmand, Michael Reder, Mary Brau

Mojgan Behmand

Understanding The Social Consequences Of Microblogging, L. Qiu, Angela K.-Y. Leung, N. Tang

Ka Yee Angela LEUNG

Microblogging has recently become a new form of communication that is rapidly changing everyone’s life. Through services such as Twitter, millions of people can broadcast short messages to their followers via instant messaging, SMS, or web interfaces. However, few studies have been conducted to understand the impact of these emerging phenomenons. In this study, we seek to understand the social consequences of microblogging. Further, we want to examine which aspects of microblogging are related to the consequences. We recruited 120 undergraduates and randomly assigned them to one of four groups (29 to 31 participants in each group). Each group was …

The Early Novels Database And Undergraduate Research: A Case Study, Rachel Buurma, Anna Levine, Richard Li

Rachel S Buurma

No abstract provided.

Building The Architecture Of Inclusion For Higher Education, Lynn Sondag

Lynn Sondag

A collaborative regional and national research project organized by Imagining America and the Center for Institutional Social Change formed to advance full participation and linking diversity and engagement.

Curriculum Materials Collections And Centers: Legacies From The Past, Visions Of The Future, Rita Kohrman

Rita Kohrman

The history of curriculum materials centers and collections can be traced from the earliest times and must continue to to relevant to the every changing nature of teacher education. This book addresses the past, present, and future conditions of these unique libraries and collections.

Perfil Formativo Generado En Los Entornos Cscl: Un Estudio De Caso, Ivan Jorrín Abellán

Ivan M. Jorrín Abellán

En este trabajo se presenta el "Perfil Formativo aplicable a espacios de enseñanza-aprendizaje CSCL (Computer Supported Collaborative Learning)" que ha emergido del estudio profundo de la asignatura de Arquitectura de Ordenadores de 4º Curso de la titulación de Ingeniería en Telecomunicación en la Universidad de Valladolid durante cuatro cursos académicos. Esta tesis doctoral plantea un conjunto de recomendaciones prácticas experienciales que los practicantes de este tipo de ambientes colaborativos pueden aplicar a sus procesos de diseño y puesta en práctica de espacios CSCL. Del estudio de caso analizado emergen también una propuesta de esquema de diseño de espacios CSCL, y …

Neoliberalizing Higher Education In Greece: New Laws, Old Free-Market Tricks, Panayota Gounari

Panayota Gounari

Amid a financial crisis that has shifted politics in Greece to conservative market-driven ideologies and policies, specific major changes are proposed by the Greek Ministry of Education for primary, secondary and higher education. With the gradual disappearance of public space and of the welfare state, under the pressure and the auspices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), education becomes one more space quickly geared up towards privatization, marketization of learning and educational goals while the character of free public education is radically redefined. This article addresses the changes in higher education legislation and policy in Greece and analyzes the discursive …