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nhancing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Evaluation of a Scheme to Improve Teaching and Learning Through Action Research

This paper reports on evaluation of a scheme to improve University teaching through action research over a five-year period in the science, engineering, and technology division of a large Australian dual sector University. Between 2002 to 2006 this scheme directly committed approximately A$210,000 in grants and involved over 130 teaching and other staff in sponsoring […]

Using Focus Groups for Student Evaluation of Teaching

Traditional means of evaluating instruction, though reliable, are limited in scope. In this paper, I provide an argument and a template for the use of focus groups as a supplemental tool for gathering student feedback. I begin with a brief discussion of focus groups and an examination of the traditional student evaluation process. Next, I […]

Student Course Evaluations: Common Themes across Courses and Years

Student course evaluations were analyzed for common themes across five different basic science, clinical, and innovative courses from the first and third years of medical school. Each course had both unique and common numerically scaled items including an overall quality rating item. A principal components analysis was conducted for each course to determine the items […]

iPod Course Design

Do you have effective pedagogical strategies for the iPod? Do you know how to plan and design content for the device? Start here.Read the Full Article

Multiple perspectives on blended learning design

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Classical Rhetoric and Digital Communication: A Canon Blast into the Net

Welcome to the first special issue under the new Kairos organization model. This issue features two items of interest for readers: the first Kairos publication of the annual CCCC’s Reviews and the Topoi section’s presentation of “Classical Rhetoric and Digital Communication: A Canon Blast into the Net.”Read the Full Article

Web-Based Learning Environment: A Theory-Based Design Process for Development and Evaluation

Web-based courses and programs have increasingly been developed by many academic institutions, organizations, and companies worldwide due to their benefits for both learners and educators. However, many of the developmental approaches lack two important considerations needed for implementing Web-based learning applications: (1) integration of the user interface design with instructional design and (2) development of […]

Report of best practice: Development of ethics manual as an integral component of undergraduate curriculum and application for graduates and practitioners

An ethics manual to support undergraduate lectures or practitioners in a healthcare environment has been developed. The manual was developed from course materials designed to ensure an integrated approach throughout a four year pharmacy program as teaching professionalism, as well as professional ethics, has become increasingly important and a focus of significant research in the […]

Mobile Usability in Educational Contexts: What have we learnt?

he successful development of mobile learning is dependent on human factors in the use of new mobile and wireless technologies. The majority of mobile learning activity continues to take place on devices that were not designed with educational applications in mind, and usability issues are often reported. The paper reflects on progress in approaches to […]

Collaborate!

Teaching and learning is reaching new heights via powerful (and sometimes, unexpected) collaboration tools: meeting, conferencing, class capture applications–even wikis and open source course management systems. Find your campus collaboration model here.Read the Full Article