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Open Learning and Formal Credentialing in Higher Education: Curriculum Models and Institutional Policies
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Reushle, Shirley, Ed.; Antonio, Amy, Ed.; Keppell, Mike, Ed. – IGI Global, 2016
The discipline of education is a multi-faceted system that must constantly integrate new strategies and procedures to ensure successful learning experiences. Enhancements in education provide learners with greater opportunities for growth and advancement. "Open Learning and Formal Credentialing in Higher Education: Curriculum Models and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, Student Centered Learning, Open Education
Reconceptualising Assessment Feedback: A Key to Improving Student Learning?
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Beaumont, Chris; O'Doherty, Michelle; Shannon, Lee – Studies in Higher Education, 2011
This article reports the findings of research into the student experience of assessment in school/college and higher education, and the impact of transition upon student perceptions of feedback quality. It involved a qualitative study of 23 staff and 145 students in six schools/colleges and three English universities across three disciplines.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Higher Education, Independent Study, Program Effectiveness
Are Mash-Ups the Future for Online Learning Platforms? Psychology A-Level Students' Judgements about VLE and MUPPLE Interfaces
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Jarvis, Matt; Gauntlett, Lizzie; Collins, Hayley – Psychology Teaching Review, 2011
Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) have become ubiquitous in colleges and universities but have failed to consistently improve learning (Machin, 2007). An alternative interface can be provided in the form of a mashed-up personal learning environment (MUPPLE). The aim of this study was to investigate student perceptions of its desirability and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Undergraduate Study, Independent Study, Focus Groups
Independent Study and Project Work: Continuities or Discontinuities.
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Cuthbert, Katherine – Teaching in Higher Education, 2001
Explores whether there are continuities or differences between independent study and project work, using published commentaries, review of independent study degrees in the United Kingdom, and review of models of independent study and project work. Develops a new model, proposing that differences are primarily a matter of degree. Outlines value of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Independent Study, Models
Distance Learning and Adult Students. A Review of Recent Developments in the Public Education Sector.
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Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education, Leicester (England). – 1983
This descriptive state-of-the-art report presents a survey of recent distance learning developments in Britain, mainly by local colleges in the public education sector, and discusses the motivation and experience of adult learners. Distance learning in general is examined, and current models of provision and the audiences served by these programs…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Continuing Education, Correspondence Study, Delivery Systems
Proceedings of the Annual Adult Education Research Conference (23rd, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 1-3, 1982).
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. Dept. of Adult and Continuing Education. – 1982
These proceedings of a conference on research in the field of adult education contain the texts of 40 conference papers and 4 symposia. Included among the areas examined in the individual reports are the following: education participation scale factor structure and correlates for 12,000 learners, a comparative analysis of adult education research…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
The Final Frontier: Exploring Spaces in the Education of Adults. SCUTREA Annual Conference (29th, Warwick, England, July 5-7, 1999).
Merrill, Barbara, Ed. – 1999
This document contains 51 papers from a conference devoted to the theme of exploring spaces in adult education. The following are among the papers included: "Exploring Everyday Spaces: Women's Transitions from Welfare to Paid Work and Education" (Cynthia Lee Andruske); "Lost in Space? Re-valuing the Impact of Education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students