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Scholar Practitioner, Reflexive Professionals, the ART of Autobiographical Professional Development

This paper reflects upon Davies (2017) proposition of the ethical, values-focussed HR professional by presenting an autobiographical reflexive account of a group of recent Masters graduates who completed a reflexive digital bricolage (Armstrong, 2018) as their final research project (Human Resource Reflective Project). The challenges facing encouraging CPD in students as future professionals beyond the […]

Development and validation of an Information Literacy Self-Efficacy Scale for medical students

The aim of this research is to develop and validate a scale for the evaluation of medical students’ information literacy self-efficacy beliefs, as this plays a crucial role in the development of lifelong learning objectives. Curriculum developers and medical educators need to have a good understanding of information literacy in order to decide when specific […]

The Rise of Learning Engineering

It has been 50 years since Nobel laureate Herb Simon, a Carnegie Mellon University professor and expert in artificial intelligence, called for a new field of technical competence in the learning domain that he called “learning engineering.” During the intervening 50 years, a number of professional disciplines and practices have recognized the opportunities and challenges […]

A Playful Approach to Fostering Motivation in a Distance Education Computer Programming Course: Behaviour Change and Student Perceptions

The central role of motivation to learn in distance education has been noted, and gamification has been proposed as one approach to promote student motivation. This study explores promoting motivation in a distance education, third-year computer programming course via a gamified approach to improve coursework participation and student experience. Motivation was examined from a Self-Determination […]

Instructional Design in Higher Education: Defining an Evolving Field

This white paper provides an overview of the growing field of instructional design in higher education, from why the field is growing to how designers are functioning in their role. While the practice of instructional design dates to the 1940s (O’Malley, 2017), there is still much to be defined with respect to the role of […]

h $60 million in NSF funding, U. of Texas will build the fastest supercomputer in higher ed

The University of Texas at Austin will soon have its own world-class supercomputer, courtesy of a $60 million award from the National Science Foundation that was announced Wednesday. edscoop

Announcing the Global MBA from Macquarie University

As more than 300 million people enter the global workforce in the next 10 years, we need top universities from around the world to offer programs that prepare knowledge workers to succeed in a rapidly changing economy. To address this need, Coursera has sought out university partners who are not only committed to broadening access […]

Outrage Over University’s $999 Online Textbook

An online textbook priced at almost $1,000 has infuriated students trying to navigate an already confusing textbook marketplace, but Louisiana-Lafayette officials insist they had “good intentions.” Inside Higher Ed

Education groups sue DeVos for delaying protections for online students

Two teacher unions are suing the Education Department and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over the agency’s delay of rules meant to protect students earning degrees online. The Hill

Download Studies: Advancing learning through smart learning analytics: a review of case studies

Advancing learning through smart learning analytics: a review of case studies Smart learning analytics (Smart LA) – i.e. the process of collecting, analyzing and interpreting data on how students learn – has great potentials to support opportunistic learning and offer better – and more personalized – learning experiences. The purpose of this paper is to […]