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Carr, Rodney; Palmer, Stuart; Hagel, Pauline – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2015
This article reports on an investigation into the validity of a widely used scale for measuring the extent to which higher education students employ active learning strategies. The scale is the active learning scale in the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement. This scale is based on the Active and Collaborative Learning scale of the National…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learner Engagement, Foreign Countries, Student Surveys
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Palmer, Stuart; Holt, Dale – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
Academic staff play a fundamental role in the use of online learning environments (OLEs) by students, yet studies investigating the perspectives of staff are limited, and the least common investigations are those comparing the relative perceptions of students and staff. Many OLE evaluations present a point-in-time snapshot of the system, but…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, College Students, Student Attitudes
Palmer, Stuart; Holt, Dale; Gosper, Maree; Sankey, Michael; Allan, Garry – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2013
Online learning environments (OLEs) are complex information technology (IT) systems that intersect with many areas of university organisation. Distributed models of leadership have been proposed as appropriate for the good governance of OLEs. Based on theoretical and empirical research, a group of Australian universities proposed a framework for…
Descriptors: Participative Decision Making, College Administration, Leadership Styles, Quality Control
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Palmer, Stuart; Holt, Dale; Challis, Di – Higher Education Research and Development, 2011
This paper reports on the third phase of a study of Australian Teaching and Learning Centres to identify factors that contribute to the effective strategic leadership of Centres. Focus groups at 10 Australian universities included 66 respondents, providing a diverse range of perspectives, from students to members of the university executive.…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Leadership, Foreign Countries, Universities
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Palmer, Stuart – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2012
While a growing number of higher education institutions are providing online modes of study for both on- and off-campus students, do the differences in demography, technology experiences and reasons for study between on- and off-campus students mean that they interact differently with online learning environments (OLEs)? Australia's Deakin…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Online Courses, Higher Education, Student Surveys
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Palmer, Stuart; Holt, Dale; Challis, Di – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2010
This paper is based on research to identify common factors that contribute to the effective strategic leadership of teaching and learning centres. The second of three phases of data collection involved a survey of Directors of Australian teaching and learning centres. The data collected were quantitatively analysed using a range of descriptive,…
Descriptors: Leadership, Data Collection, Surveys, Professional Development
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Palmer, Stuart; Holt, Dale – Research in Learning Technology, 2012
Evaluations of online learning environments (OLEs) often present a snapshot of system use. It has been identified in the literature that extended evaluation is required to reveal statistically significant developments in the evolution of system use over time. The research presented here draws on student OLE evaluations surveys run over the period…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Integrated Learning Systems, Longitudinal Studies
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Palmer, Stuart; Holt, Dale – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
Academic staff play a fundamental role in the use of online learning by students. Yet, compared to studies reporting student perspectives on online learning, studies investigating the perspectives of academic staff are much more limited. Perhaps the least common investigations are those that compare the perceptions of academic staff and students…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Environment, Course Evaluation, Comparative Analysis