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The higher degree by research student as ‘master’: Utilising a design thinking approach to improve learner experience in higher degree research supervision

This article presents a work-based learning and research approach to professional postgraduate education specifically in the case of Higher Degree by Research (HDR) programs. It highlights a prototype of the Cohort-based Advisory Team (CAT) model as a useful strategy. The authors propose that a design thinking approach that empathises with the student experience as the […]

Using Peer Assisted Learning to improve academic engagement and progression of first year online law students

The University of Southern Queensland’s online study environment continues to grow with over 16,000 students studying online. Pre-Covid-19, online enrolments typically represent around 67% of all students studying at USQ. This article usefully analyses quantitative data in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot of an online peer-assisted learning program for first-year Law students. […]

Supporting Online Doctoral Students to Increase Persistence and Completion

The literature indicates that approximately 50% of those who seek a doctoral education complete the degree.  Research indicates that persistence is one of the key issues that students struggle with and negatively impacts their ability to graduate. Other factors include the ability to maintain enrollment; topic selection; and ability to maintain a dissertation supervisor (Seagram, […]

Design, Development, Implementation, and Support (DDIS): Supporting Online Doctoral Candidates

This paper describes a protocol for an effective response to nontraditional online doctoral candidates based on the development of advanced cognitive processes, academic writing skills, and functional knowledge. The Design, Development, Implementation, and Support (DDIS) protocol is a three-phase protocol that integrates the requisite skills, concepts, and expertise with mentor and candidate response, interactions, technologies, […]

U. Wisconsin taps analytics to ensure students learn during pandemic

The University of Wisconsin, Madison implemented data analytics tools to ensure students are learning from their classes, which has become especially important to assess student engagement in online learning during the pandemic, UW’s student learning team said in an event last week. edscoop

3 Reasons to Go Online with New Student Orientations

Moving new student orientations to a fully online or blended format has made these programs more affordable, convenient, and accessible for students and their families, and more efficient and streamlined for college and university staff. EDUCAUSE Review

Advising the Online Student: A Breakout of Advising Frequency, Preferences, and Satisfaction of Online Students

This breakout study reviews the findings of a 2017 study of Penn State University’s World Campus undergraduate online students.  The study surveyed students to report demographic, academic, preferences, and satisfaction information and sought to develop relationships between these variables by their levels of academic success.  This breakout study focuses on the findings related to three […]

‘Studytable’ gives Purdue U. classmates new ways to connect

Students at Purdue University will soon have a new way to communicate with their classmates, even as the pandemic continues to force social distancing requirements and complicate in-person courses at the West Lafayette, Indiana, institution this fall. edscoop

Stanford’s ‘Club Cardinal’ game gave students a virtual hangout

Students at Stanford University earlier this month rolled out a virtual version of the university’s campus in a browser-based game that serves as a social network for students, faculty and alumni to hang out and interact while the physical campus remains closed. edscoop

Download Report: A New Reality: Getting Remote Learning Right

This spring, school leaders and educators across the world entered what the superintendent of one major district has called “truly uncharted waters.” The spread of the novel coronavirus—and the subsequent shutdown of many school systems—has created a new reality in K–12 education, one in which many educators and families have had to make a rapid, […]

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