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Shortland, Sue – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2010
This article explores, via a case study of sustained developmental peer observation practice within the UK higher education sector, the hypothesis that feedback can play a role in facilitating continuing professional development (CPD). Despite the potentially evaluative and threatening nature of feedback, an unanticipated issue…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Professional Continuing Education, Feedback (Response), Case Studies
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Oates, Tim – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2008
The analysis presented in this paper offers different examples of how timing issues have adversely affected a series of innovations in education and training. The term "'temporal discontinuity" is used since the problems cannot simply be characterised as "'undue rushing" or "impatience on the part of policy makers."…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Time Perspective
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Norris, Donald M.; Lefrere, Paul – Research in Learning Technology, 2011
This paper presents a patterns-based model of the evolution of learning and competence-building technologies, grounded in examples of current practice. The model imagines five simple stages in how institutions use "expeditionary change" to innovate more nimbly. It builds upon three assertions. First, the pervasiveness of web-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Competence
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Breen, Paul, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
As our world becomes increasingly diverse and technologically-driven, the role and identities of teachers continues to change. "Cases on Teacher Identity, Diversity, and Cognition in Higher Education" seeks to address this change and provide an accurate depiction of the teaching profession today. This thought-provoking collection of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Professional Identity, Teacher Role, Teacher Responsibility
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Shurville, Simon; Browne, Tom; Whitaker, Marian – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: This paper seeks to examine the emerging role of the Senior Academic Technology Officer (SATO) in higher education. It aims to consider two existing templates for this professional role derived from mainstream information management and information technology: the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the Chief Technology Officer (CTO).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Information Management
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Cheng, May May-hung; Yeung, Yau-Yuen – Teacher Development, 2010
This paper argues with evidence that conditions for teacher professional development can be enhanced for mentor teachers through a Learning Centre (LC) project which has been introduced in Hong Kong as a collaborative project between the government, a primary school, a secondary school, and the Hong Kong Institute of Education. The LC teachers…
Descriptors: Mentors, Interviews, Workshops, Foreign Countries
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Convery, Andy – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2009
Whilst researching a teacher's use of miniature "handheld" computers (PDAs) with students, it became apparent that the related research literature implied unwarranted benefits arose from using this technology in the classroom setting. Focusing closely upon one exemplar UK government-commissioned research study, this paper attempts to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Foreign Countries, Technology Integration
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Stephen, Christine; Ellis, Jennifer; Martlew, Joan – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2010
This paper examines the extension of active learning pedagogical practices familiar in preschool settings to the first class of primary school. Policy and practice guidance in the UK is advocating the benefits of experiential learning as a way of engaging young children as they move into primary school but for teachers this means a move to new…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Experiential Learning, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
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Goria, Cecilia, Ed.; Speicher, Oranna, Ed.; Stollhans, Sascha, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Nottingham hosted the fifth annual conference in the "Innovative Language Teaching at University" series. Under the heading "Enhancing participation and collaboration" the conference, organised by Cecilia Goria, Oranna Speicher and Sascha Stollhans, took…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Classroom Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Pickernell, David; Clifton, Nick; Senyard, Julienne – Industry and Higher Education, 2009
Universities are increasingly encouraged to take a leading role in economic development, particularly through innovation. Simultaneously, economic development policy itself is increasingly focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), creating overlapping interactions in the roles of government policy, universities and SMEs and the…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Innovation, Public Policy, Universities
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Lunn, Jenny – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2008
The economic, social, and cultural interests of the nation demand that graduates have sound knowledge of global issues, the skills for working in an international context, and the values of a "global citizen." Research funded by the British government's Department for International Development sought to assess how such "global…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Rewards, Educational Opportunities
Learning and Skills Network (NJ3), 2010
Creating a fertile space for debate and ideas in order to drive innovation in learning and skills is integral to LSN's (Learning and Skills Network's) mission. To achieve this LSN has pioneered a new approach to making learning work from classroom to boardroom--and created the Centre for Innovation in Learning. This new, independent think tank…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Skills, Ability, Learning Experience
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Fraser, John – Industry and Higher Education, 2010
Since the 1980 passage of the US Bayh-Dole Act, academic technology transfer has gained profile globally as a key component of knowledge-driven economic development. Research universities are seen as key contributors. In this article, focusing on the USA and drawing on over twenty years of experience in the field of academic technology transfer in…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Research Universities, Technology Transfer, Foreign Countries
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Jenkins, Martin; Browne, Tom; Walker, Richard; Hewitt, Roger – Interactive Learning Environments, 2011
This article summarises the key findings from a UK survey of higher education institutions, focusing on the development of technology enhanced learning (TEL). TEL is defined as any online facility or system that directly supports learning and teaching. The 2008 survey builds upon previous UCISA surveys conducted in 2001, 2003 and 2005 and for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, School Surveys
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Jones, Ken; Thomson, Pat – Journal of Education Policy, 2008
Facing difficulties in the implementation of its "standards" agenda, the English government has recently introduced a set of policy strategies and initiatives which seek to promote enjoyment, innovation and creativity in education. One such initiative is Creative Partnerships (CP). Funded predominantly from the Arts portfolio, CP brings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity, Innovation, Educational Policy
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