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Students In Action Initiative, Theresa Ryan, Ziene Mottiar, Bernadette Quinn, Catherine Gorman, Kevin Griffin, Ruth Craggs, Deirdre Quinn
Students In Action Initiative, Theresa Ryan, Ziene Mottiar, Bernadette Quinn, Catherine Gorman, Kevin Griffin, Ruth Craggs, Deirdre Quinn
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The Students in Action Project in the School of Hospitality Management and Tourism was established in 2012 as a way of engaging students and working with stakeholders in a destination. The overall aim of the project was to immerse students in an active collaborative learning environment within the destination to identify ways in which tourism could be enhanced. In the 2014/2015 academic year the project involved over 300 students from a variety of programmes and modules working with local stakeholders in Wexford Town. To date the project has been successful in its aims to develop staff, student and community engagement …
Exploring Social Media As A Means Of Fostering Student Engagement, Rosie Hand
Exploring Social Media As A Means Of Fostering Student Engagement, Rosie Hand
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p>The overall of this project was to explore the emerging potential of social media as a tool to engage students and enhance their learning. The specific objectives were: to assess the potential uses of social media as a means to foster student engagement: to explore creative methods of leveraging existing and new social media technologies to enhance the overall student experience: to assist programme directors and lecturers in identifying opportunities where social media may be utilised to enhance module and programme delivery. Google+ was identified as an appropriate social media platform to engage with students for formal teaching purposes. …
Peer Assisted Learning Project, Maria-Jose Gonzalez, Odette Gabaudan
Peer Assisted Learning Project, Maria-Jose Gonzalez, Odette Gabaudan
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This report provides a comprehensive outline of the context for the Peer Assisted Learning Project and the process of implementation in the BA (hons) International Business and Languages in the academic year 2009-2010. It also includes a set of recommendations arising from the project and it concludes with an outline for future work in the area.
An Examination Of The Use Of Blended Learning To Support Improvement Of Engagement And Retention Of Part-Time Postgraduate Level Students Using Student Edited Podcasts, Deirdre Lawless, Damian Gordon
An Examination Of The Use Of Blended Learning To Support Improvement Of Engagement And Retention Of Part-Time Postgraduate Level Students Using Student Edited Podcasts, Deirdre Lawless, Damian Gordon
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Part time students must content with a large number of logistical factors which may inhibit their ability to attend all required instruction sessions. The vast majority of part-time students are in full –time employment and due to either family or work pressure may be unable to attend all classes. This can have a significant impact on the student learning experience. Students can quickly fall behind, become de-motivated and can increasingly seek deferrals from with examinations or the programme itself. Given the current economic climate it is to be expected that the numbers of students interested in upskilling will be increased …