Statistical Assessment of Peer Opinions in Higher Education Rankings: The Case of U.S. Engineering Graduate Programs
Journal Article
Ghaisi, A., Fountas, G., Anastasopoulos, P., & Mannering, F. (2019)
Statistical Assessment of Peer Opinions in Higher Education Rankings: The Case of U.S. Engineering Graduate Programs. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 11(3), 481-492. https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-09-2018-0196
Unlike many other quantitative characteristics used to determine higher education rankings, opinion-based peer assessment scores, and the factors that may influence them, are ...
Choices of approaches in e-moderation: conclusions from a grounded theory study
Journal Article
Vlachopoulos, P., & Cowan, J. (2010)
Choices of approaches in e-moderation: conclusions from a grounded theory study. Active learning in higher education, 11, 213-224. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469787410379684
Much has been published in recent years about the desirable nature of facilitated interactions in on-line discussions with educational purposes. However little has been report...
Evaluation of Assessment Method to Incorporate Graduate Attributes in Building Surveying Module
Journal Article
Chowdhry, S., & Garnier, C. (2016)
Evaluation of Assessment Method to Incorporate Graduate Attributes in Building Surveying Module. Journal of Today's Ideas - Tomorrow's Technologies, 4(2), 118-171. https://doi.org/10.15415/jotitt.2016.42008
This study aims at finding out whether an alternate assessment strategy in Sustainable Developments module to improve the student's employability skills and qualities. The exp...
The Scottish Mathematics Support Network
Journal Article
Ahmed, S., & Durkacz, K. (2012)
The Scottish Mathematics Support Network. MSOR Connections, 12, 42-44. https://doi.org/10.11120/msor.2012.12020042
The preliminary meeting of the Scottish Mathematics Support Network was held at the University of St Andrews on 18 July 2008. The aim of the meeting was to initialise a suppor...
Stand-up comedy for researchers
Book Chapter
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2014)
Stand-up comedy for researchers. In I. Daly, & A. Brophy Haney (Eds.), 53 interesting ways to communicate your research, 57-58. The Professional and Higher Partnership Ltd
Effective researchers need both to conduct high-quality research and to communicate it - to subject specialists, researchers in other fields, research participants, business, ...
A study of the impact of technology-enhanced learning on student academic performance.
Journal Article
Chowdhry, S., Sieler, K., & Alwis, L. (2014)
A study of the impact of technology-enhanced learning on student academic performance. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 2,
In university education a lot of emphasis is placed on the use of the virtual learning environment (VLE) in teaching to enhance the student learning experience. As a result, t...
Dan Ridley-Ellis
Journal Article
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2014)
Dan Ridley-Ellis. The Networker,
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Dealing with affective needs in e-learning: Contrasting two cases in two cultures.
Book Chapter
Chiu, Y. J., & Cowan, J. (2009)
Dealing with affective needs in e-learning: Contrasting two cases in two cultures. In B. Olaniran (Ed.), Cases on Successful E-Learning Practices in the Developed and Developing World: Methods for the Global Information Economy, 42-57. Hershey. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-942-7.ch004
This chapter presents and contrasts descriptions of two cases of online affective support provided to support students engaged in higher level learning tasks. The cases are se...
Adaptation of learning and teaching methods for the delivery of an undergraduate program in Myanmar
Conference Proceeding
Leitch, K., MacIver, A., & Smith, I. (2017)
Adaptation of learning and teaching methods for the delivery of an undergraduate program in Myanmar. In L. G. Chova, A. L. Martinez, I. C. Torres, & I. Academy (Eds.), INTED2017 Proceedings, 4083-4088. https://doi.org/10.21125/inted.2017.0988
The establishment of a democratically elected government in 2015 has facilitated the development of much of the Myanmar’s long neglected educational infrastructure. Newly form...
Developing the ability for making evaluative judgements
Journal Article
Cowan, J. (2010)
Developing the ability for making evaluative judgements. Teaching in Higher Education, 15(3), 323-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562510903560036
It is suggested that a more specific emphasis should be placed in undergraduate education on the explicit development of the ability to make evaluative judgements. This higher...