Outputs (183)

Exploring mobile learning in the Third Space (2016)
Journal Article
Schuck, S., Kearney, M., & Burden, K. (2017). Exploring mobile learning in the Third Space. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 26(2), 121-137. https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2016.1230555

© 2016 Association for Information Technology in Teacher Education. Mobile learning is enabling educators and students to learn in ways not previously possible. The ways that portable, multi-functional mobile devices can untether the learner from for... Read More about Exploring mobile learning in the Third Space.

Examining barriers to internationalisation created by diverse systems and structures in vocational education and training (2016)
Journal Article
Shaw, A. J., Shaw, K. J., & Blake, S. (2016). Examining barriers to internationalisation created by diverse systems and structures in vocational education and training. International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 3(2), 88-105. https://doi.org/10.13152/IJRVET.3.2.2

In a global society, all educational sectors need to recognise internationalism as a core, foundational principle. Whilst most educational sectors are taking up that challenge, vocational education and training (VET) is still being pulled towards the... Read More about Examining barriers to internationalisation created by diverse systems and structures in vocational education and training.

Assessing collaborative learning: big data, analytics and university futures (2016)
Journal Article
Williams, P. (2017). Assessing collaborative learning: big data, analytics and university futures. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(6), 978-989. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2016.1216084

Traditionally, assessment in higher education has focused on the performance of individual students. This focus has been a practical as well as an epistemic one: methods of assessment are constrained by the technology of the day, and in the past they... Read More about Assessing collaborative learning: big data, analytics and university futures.

Not so simple: The threats to leadership sustainability (2016)
Journal Article
Bottery, M. (2016). Not so simple: The threats to leadership sustainability. Management in Education, 30(3), 97-101. https://doi.org/10.1177/0892020616653059

This article begins by examining the possible meanings of ‘sustainability’, and argues that most meanings are prescriptive rather than descriptive in nature: they tend, either overtly or covertly, to recommend the particular end-states that writers d... Read More about Not so simple: The threats to leadership sustainability.

When worlds collide - examining the challenges faced by teacher education programmes combining professional vocational competence with academic study, lessons from further education to higher education (2016)
Journal Article
Shaw, A. (2016). When worlds collide - examining the challenges faced by teacher education programmes combining professional vocational competence with academic study, lessons from further education to higher education. Universal journal of educational research, 4(5), 1111-1116. https://doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2016.040521

This paper examines the challenges faced by higher education institutions in designing, teaching and quality assuring programmes of study which, of necessity, must combine the gaining of professional vocational competence with academic study. The pap... Read More about When worlds collide - examining the challenges faced by teacher education programmes combining professional vocational competence with academic study, lessons from further education to higher education.

Beyond books: the concept of the academic library as learning space (2016)
Journal Article
Fallin, L. (2016). Beyond books: the concept of the academic library as learning space. New library world, 117(5-6), 308-320. https://doi.org/10.1108/NLW-10-2015-0079

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: The paper aims to explore the issues surrounding the user conceptualisation of academic libraries. The paper will solidify the role of academic libraries as learning spaces and problematise how lib... Read More about Beyond books: the concept of the academic library as learning space.

Tourism, conflict and contested heritage in former Yugoslavia (2016)
Journal Article
Naef, P., & Ploner, J. (2016). Tourism, conflict and contested heritage in former Yugoslavia. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 14(3), 181-188. https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2016.1180802

Although, historically, there have always been travellers crossing the Balkan Peninsula, Todorova (1994 Todorova, M. (1994). The Balkans: From discovery to invention. Slavic Review, 53, 453–482. doi: 10.2307/2501301) notes that early travellers were... Read More about Tourism, conflict and contested heritage in former Yugoslavia.

Barriers and challenges facing pre-service teachers use of mobile technologies for teaching and learning (2016)
Journal Article
Burden, K., & Hopkins, P. (2016). Barriers and challenges facing pre-service teachers use of mobile technologies for teaching and learning. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 8(2), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijmbl.2016040101

This study examined the perceptions, attitudes and beliefs of pre-service teachers using the iPad for their professional learning purposes and for teaching during their school placements. The sample consisted of 117 pre-service teachers undertaking a... Read More about Barriers and challenges facing pre-service teachers use of mobile technologies for teaching and learning.

Transnational partnerships in higher education in China: The diversity and complexity of elite strategic alliances (2016)
Journal Article
Montgomery, C. (2016). Transnational partnerships in higher education in China: The diversity and complexity of elite strategic alliances. London Review of Education, 14(1), 70-85. https://doi.org/10.18546/LRE.14.1.08

Transnational partnerships between universities can illustrate the changing political, social and cultural terrain of global higher education. Drawing on secondary data analysis of government educational statistics, university webpages and a comprehe... Read More about Transnational partnerships in higher education in China: The diversity and complexity of elite strategic alliances.

Further education colleges and leadership: Checking the ethical pulse (2016)
Journal Article
Dennis, C. A. (2016). Further education colleges and leadership: Checking the ethical pulse. London Review of Education, 14(1), 116-130. https://doi.org/10.18546/LRE.14.1.11

In this paper I check the ethical pulse of Further Education at the moment of its coming of age. Using a philosophical lens, I select and review post-2010 literature, to argue that FE colleges persist in a diminished form within a learning economy. I... Read More about Further education colleges and leadership: Checking the ethical pulse.