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Higher Education's Future: A New Global Order, Ellen Hazelkorn
Higher Education's Future: A New Global Order, Ellen Hazelkorn
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Assessing University-Based Research: Advocating Best Practice, Ellen Hazelkorn
Assessing University-Based Research: Advocating Best Practice, Ellen Hazelkorn
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Personalised E-Learning: Facilitating Students' Understanding And Mastery Of New Concepts, Eileen O'Donnell, Victoria Macarthur, Mary Sharp
Personalised E-Learning: Facilitating Students' Understanding And Mastery Of New Concepts, Eileen O'Donnell, Victoria Macarthur, Mary Sharp
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Each individual perceives and experiences life and learning in their own unique way. Past experiences can influence our understanding and mastery of new concepts. Occasionally, learners meet obstacles in their learning experiences which they find difficult to surmount.Not all learners require the same learning experience to reach the required thresholds or basic units of understanding which are expected to succeed with their course of study. Threshold concepts are part of the fundamentals of a subject which one builds upon to eventually achieve the required learning outcomes. The provision of personalised e-learning resources to assist students to surmount their personal learning …
Supporting Lecturers In Writing And Publishing Educational Research, Roisin Donnelly, Martina Crehan
Supporting Lecturers In Writing And Publishing Educational Research, Roisin Donnelly, Martina Crehan
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Academic writing in the context of producing quality research articles is something which all academics engage in and there is evidence of increased attention to supporting the development of the writing and subsequent output of academics and research students. However, while scholarly writing is learnt in complex ways, critical thinking is an intrinsic part of such writing. In practice the teaching of critical thinking is difficult and there is a lack of discussion about what it means within the context of the writing process. Critical thinking can only be acquired with practice and this study describes a pedagogic intervention with …