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Swinging Bridge - December 5, 2007, Erin Schubert Dec 2007

Swinging Bridge - December 5, 2007, Erin Schubert

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Swinging Bridge - November 4, 2007, Erin Schubert Nov 2007

Swinging Bridge - November 4, 2007, Erin Schubert

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Meeting The Literacy Needs Of Adult Learners Through A Community-University Partnership, Jill A. Jones Nov 2007

Meeting The Literacy Needs Of Adult Learners Through A Community-University Partnership, Jill A. Jones

Faculty Publications and Presentations

What is the best approach to scaffolding graduate students to higher knowledge and a heightened awareness of their own pedagogy? This article addresses that key educational question by investigating and depicting one atypical scenario, a collaborative model between a university graduate Remedial Reading class and a local adult literacy coalition. The purpose of this study was to examine the phenomena of signifacnt learning gains that occurred for the graduate students. The co-researchers utilized hybrid discourse and grounded theory in order to gain a new perspective on a familiar situation, the learning process that occurs within a university classroom. The educational …


Swinging Bridge - October 24, 2007, Erin Schubert Oct 2007

Swinging Bridge - October 24, 2007, Erin Schubert

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Swinging Bridge - October 10, 2007, Erin Schubert Oct 2007

Swinging Bridge - October 10, 2007, Erin Schubert

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Thumbs Up To Undergraduate Research At Umw, Jack Bales Oct 2007

Thumbs Up To Undergraduate Research At Umw, Jack Bales

Administrative and Professional Faculty Research

With newly minted college graduates flooding the job market or graduate schools, each one is naturally searching for an edge to stand out among the competition. According to Mary Washington students, UMW's Undergraduate Research Program is earning high marks for helping provide that edge.


Swinging Bridge - September 19, 2007, Erin Schubert Sep 2007

Swinging Bridge - September 19, 2007, Erin Schubert

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Voices From Lawrence, Kansas: Diverse Adult Learners In A University Community, Angela White, Norma Herrod Sep 2007

Voices From Lawrence, Kansas: Diverse Adult Learners In A University Community, Angela White, Norma Herrod

Educational Considerations

Nestled in a neighborhood of modest bungalows, the Lawrence Adult Learning Center (LALC) is a part of the greater Lawrence High School campus. The high school annex building houses LALC, along with Native American Student Services, special education offices and personnel, and Lawrence Public Schools Nursing Services.


Outfront Adult Education Center: The Impact Of Closing The Adult Learning Center In Leavenworth, Kansas, Jewell Shepard Sep 2007

Outfront Adult Education Center: The Impact Of Closing The Adult Learning Center In Leavenworth, Kansas, Jewell Shepard

Educational Considerations

Every adult learning center is continually changing, reflecting demographic changes in their community and state and federal mandates. OutFront is not just changing; it is closing. Effective June 30, 2007, The University of Saint Mary, our host institution, ceased its sponsorship of OutFront.


The U.S. Academic Profession: Some Thoughts On The Past, Present, And Future, Michael W. Simpson Sep 2007

The U.S. Academic Profession: Some Thoughts On The Past, Present, And Future, Michael W. Simpson

Essays in Education

This essay reflects the personal and professional, the past as well as the present as they relate to the nature of college and the professors that work in them. The past is not seen nostalgically by the author, but such a romanticized view may be hindering professional empowerment by professors themselves in these times of massive administrative growth. Suggestions are given on how to possibly save the humanity of the profession and the spirit of higher education.


Pacific Review Fall 2007, Pacific Alumni Association Aug 2007

Pacific Review Fall 2007, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.


Black And Latino Studies And Social Capital Theory, Pedro Caban Aug 2007

Black And Latino Studies And Social Capital Theory, Pedro Caban

Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies Faculty Scholarship

Three and one-half decades have transpired since the establishment of the first Black, Chicano and Puerto Rican studies programs. Since then, a substantial body of scholarship on the African American and Latino experience in the USA has been produced. One area of recent scholarly interest is the origin, goals and trajectory of the Black, Chicano and Puerto Rican studies movements of the 1960s. New scholarship has generated important insights on the relationship between activist scholarship and community empowerment in the context of the 1960s nation-wide political struggle for social and racial justice. The intellectual and political need to further develop …


Undergraduate Commencement Exercises Program, May 19, 2007 May 2007

Undergraduate Commencement Exercises Program, May 19, 2007

Bryant University Commencements

Bryant University Commencement Exercises Program, May 19, 2007.


Swinging Bridge - May 4, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe May 2007

Swinging Bridge - May 4, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Swinging Bridge - April 20, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe Apr 2007

Swinging Bridge - April 20, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Pacific Review Spring 2007, Pacific Alumni Association Apr 2007

Pacific Review Spring 2007, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.


A Profile Of The 2007 Western Washington Unviersity Graduating Class, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Chris Stark Apr 2007

A Profile Of The 2007 Western Washington Unviersity Graduating Class, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Chris Stark

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Summary and analysis of statistics for the 2007 Western graduating class.


Swinging Bridge - March 30, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe Mar 2007

Swinging Bridge - March 30, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


University Of Nebraska At Omaha Strategic Planning Event Friday, March 2, 2007, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness Mar 2007

University Of Nebraska At Omaha Strategic Planning Event Friday, March 2, 2007, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Strategic Planning Forums

University of Nebraska at Omaha, Strategic Planning Event, Friday, March 2, 2007.


Swinging Bridge - March 2, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe Mar 2007

Swinging Bridge - March 2, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Swinging Bridge - February 16, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe Feb 2007

Swinging Bridge - February 16, 2007, Jeremy Samsoe

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


Florida First Year Teachers' Perceptions Of Preparedness To Meet National Educational Technology Standards For Teachers (Net, Larry Bedenbaugh Jan 2007

Florida First Year Teachers' Perceptions Of Preparedness To Meet National Educational Technology Standards For Teachers (Net, Larry Bedenbaugh

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if first year teachers in Florida perceived they were adequately prepared by their preservice education programs to meet the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). The study was designed to gather data about first year teacher perceptions of personal technology proficiency and self-reported technology integration practices. The data were measured using the First Year Teacher Perceptions Related to Preparedness to Meet National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) survey instrument. The sample (N=257) for this study was drawn from the population of Florida first year PreK-12 public classroom teachers from the …


Learning Designs: Bridging The Gap Between Theory And Practice, S. Bennett, S. Agostinho, Lori Lockyer, Lisa Kosta, J. Jones, R. Koper, Barry Harper Jan 2007

Learning Designs: Bridging The Gap Between Theory And Practice, S. Bennett, S. Agostinho, Lori Lockyer, Lisa Kosta, J. Jones, R. Koper, Barry Harper

Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)

This paper summarises the work being conducted in an ongoing research agenda focused on exploring how the ‘learning design’ construct can be used to support university educators to create both pedagogically sound and interoperable e-learning experiences. The premise of this work is that a learning design can be used to support the pedagogical design process and the integration of international e-learning standards, such as learning object metadata and IMS-LD, enabling resources and tools to be technically interoperable across different standards-compliant systems. The paper presents the rationale guiding this research focus, describes the features of the research that is underway, and …


From The Web To Writing: The Role Of Collaboration In Providing First Year University Students With The Skills To Succeed, Sarah E. O'Shea, Julie Mundy-Taylor Jan 2007

From The Web To Writing: The Role Of Collaboration In Providing First Year University Students With The Skills To Succeed, Sarah E. O'Shea, Julie Mundy-Taylor

Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)

In contemporary university environments not only have student populations become more diverse, but also institutions have embraced technological advances to create new facets to the teaching and learning process. The challenges offered by virtual learning as well as the impact of email and e-learning remain largely under-researched both broadly and in relation to first year transition. First year students are now expected to not only acquire the implicit academic discourse in a timely fashion but also master the computing skills so central to contemporary university delivery. Skills central to effective and efficient academic research and writing are often perceived in …


Moving Towards A University-Wide Implementation Of An Eportfolio Tool, S. R. Lambert, L. E. Corrin Jan 2007

Moving Towards A University-Wide Implementation Of An Eportfolio Tool, S. R. Lambert, L. E. Corrin

Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Papers

The University of Wollongong has been strategically exploring ePortfolios since 2002. Building on lessons learnt from student trials across two different disciplines in 2002/3 and 2006, the project team is on the verge of implementing a university wide ePortfolio tool customisable for all students across all faculties. This paper describes the steps taken on the road thus far, including a description and justification of a new project structure and consultative framework developed to guide the implementation.


Changing Universities, Kevin Kelly Jan 2007

Changing Universities, Kevin Kelly

Conference papers

No abstract provided.


Academic Change In Higher Education In Europe, Kevin Kelly, Mike Murphy Jan 2007

Academic Change In Higher Education In Europe, Kevin Kelly, Mike Murphy

Conference papers

This paper analyses academic change in higher education internationally but mainly in Europe. It examines one College in Ireland as it faces major change and examines whether best practice change that has been successful elsewhere might be appropriate in this particular setting, with it’s own culture and history. Research is ongoing, using qualitative inquiry and fourth generation evaluation which seeks to address the concerns and issues of stakeholders. It is an illuminative evaluation project that seeks to allow senior management in the College see what is happening elsewhere and evaluate whether such methods might be appropriate in their own college. …


University Futures: The Direction, Shape And Provision Of Higher Education In The University Of The Future, Arlene Finn, John Ratcliffe, Lorcan Sirr Jan 2007

University Futures: The Direction, Shape And Provision Of Higher Education In The University Of The Future, Arlene Finn, John Ratcliffe, Lorcan Sirr

Reports

The aim of this study is to help create an awareness of the changing milieu within which Higher Education (HE) will operate over coming decades, while concurrently exploring its possible alternative forms. The specific objectives of the study are to review literature relevant to the University of the Future in a global, European and Irish context. We have sought to determine key trends which have the potential to affect the future of Higher Education (and the institutions charged with its delivery), under the headings of Demography, Society, Technology, Governance, Economy and Environment, and to identify different possible formats for the …


Inter-Agency And University Research Collaboration: A Study Of The Another Road To Safety Program, Amy Conley Wright Jan 2007

Inter-Agency And University Research Collaboration: A Study Of The Another Road To Safety Program, Amy Conley Wright

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Presentation at the California Social Work Education Center Leadership Symposia on Evidence-Based Practice in Human Services on 28 June 2007.


Well I Got Here ... But What Happens Next? Exploring The Early Narratives Of First Year Female Students Who Are The First In The Family To Attend University, Sarah E. O'Shea Jan 2007

Well I Got Here ... But What Happens Next? Exploring The Early Narratives Of First Year Female Students Who Are The First In The Family To Attend University, Sarah E. O'Shea

Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)

There is much literature and research pertaining to the First Year Experience but little that acknowledges or explores how this varies between different cohorts of students. The so-called massification of higher education has led to what Rendon (1994) terms a ‘tapestry of differentiation’ (p.33) amongst students. No longer is the typical candidate a school leaver originating from predominantly white, middle class enclaves where the tradition of attending further education is well established. Instead, many students now access university through non-traditional modes of entry or may be the first in the family to attend such an institution and as such, may …