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Using the 3V model to explore virtuality, veracity and values in liminal spaces (2011)
Book Chapter
Burden, K., & Atkinson, S. (2011). Using the 3V model to explore virtuality, veracity and values in liminal spaces. In S. D'Agustino (Ed.), Adaption, resistance and access to instructional technologies: assessing future trends in education (199-215). The University of Hull. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-854-4

Adaptation and adoption of immature emergent technologies for instruction fails to account for the challenge to, and creation of, new concepts of self, identity and community both in real and virtual spaces. New insight is necessary to develop social... Read More about Using the 3V model to explore virtuality, veracity and values in liminal spaces.

Measuring flow experience in an immersive virtual environment for collaborative learning (2011)
Journal Article
van Schaik, P., Martin, S., & Vallance, M. (2012). Measuring flow experience in an immersive virtual environment for collaborative learning. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 28(4), 350-365. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2011.00455.x

In contexts other than immersive virtual environments, theoretical and empirical work has identified flow experience as a major factor in learning and human–computer interaction. Flow is defined as a ‘holistic sensation that people feel when they act... Read More about Measuring flow experience in an immersive virtual environment for collaborative learning.

Higher education as a system: The English experience (2011)
Journal Article
Filippakou, O., Salter, B., & Tapper, T. (2012). Higher education as a system: The English experience. Higher Education Quarterly, 66(1), 106-122. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2273.2011.00506.x

With particular, although not exclusive, reference to England, this article explores the appropriateness of describing higher education as a system. It has two main purposes: to explore the grounds for labelling English higher education as a system a... Read More about Higher education as a system: The English experience.

Student‐led research training within the PhD: “PhD experience” conferences (2011)
Journal Article
Mercer, T., Kythreotis, A., Lambert, C., & Hughes, G. (2011). Student‐led research training within the PhD: “PhD experience” conferences. International journal for researcher development, 2(2), 152-166. https://doi.org/10.1108/17597511111212736

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to highlight the significance of student‐led initiatives in PhD development.

Design/methodology/approach
– A case study is presented utilizing Kolb's model of learning from experience to identify with stude... Read More about Student‐led research training within the PhD: “PhD experience” conferences.

Lifelong learning: A language game in search of its rules (2011)
Book Chapter
Gilroy, P., & Gilroy, P. (2012). Lifelong learning: A language game in search of its rules. In D. N. Aspin, R. Bagnall, K. Evans, J. Chapman, D. N. Aspin, J. D. Chapman, K. Evans, & R. Bagnall (Eds.), Second International Handbook of Lifelong Learning (51-59). Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2360-3_3

Any novice to the literature of lifelong learning cannot help but discern two threads that weave their way through the material. The first is what appears to be the inherent ambiguity of the term, and the second the focus on learning, however defined... Read More about Lifelong learning: A language game in search of its rules.

Between 'Bastard' and 'Wicked' leadership? School leadership and the emerging policies of the UK Coalition Government (2011)
Journal Article
Wright, N. (2011). Between 'Bastard' and 'Wicked' leadership? School leadership and the emerging policies of the UK Coalition Government. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 43(4), 345-362. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2011.606893

Barker argues that in England under New Labour, school leaders and teachers have been 'bastardised' and suggests that the situation in 2010, with a general election afforded an opportunity in education policy for the 'pendulum to swing'. In this arti... Read More about Between 'Bastard' and 'Wicked' leadership? School leadership and the emerging policies of the UK Coalition Government.

Developing perceptions of interculturality: a troublesome space? (2011)
Book Chapter
Montgomery, C. (2011). Developing perceptions of interculturality: a troublesome space?. In B. Preisler, I. Klitgard, & A. Fabricius (Eds.), Language and learning in the international university: From English uniformity to diversity and hybridity (59-75). Channel View Publications and Multilingual Matters

Refocusing educational leadership in an age of overshoot : embracing an education for sustainable development (2011)
Journal Article
Bottery, M. (2011). Refocusing educational leadership in an age of overshoot : embracing an education for sustainable development. International studies in educational administration, 39(2),

This article argues that many of the aims and objectives of educational leadership need to be re-focused upon a largely neglected issue, that of an education for sustainable development (ESD). Research suggests that the concept of ESD - and particula... Read More about Refocusing educational leadership in an age of overshoot : embracing an education for sustainable development.

A Critical Review of Contemporary Practice in Internationalisation in the Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST) Subject Communities (2011)
Report
Caruana, V., & Ploner, J. (2011). A Critical Review of Contemporary Practice in Internationalisation in the Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST) Subject Communities. London: Higher Education Academy

This report identifies and critically reviews contemporary practice in the field of internationalisation within the HLST subject communities in order to inform curriculum development and pedagogy geared towards the development of international perspe... Read More about A Critical Review of Contemporary Practice in Internationalisation in the Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism (HLST) Subject Communities.

From 'ritual' to 'mindfulness': Policy and pedagogic positioning (2011)
Journal Article
Adams, P. (2011). From 'ritual' to 'mindfulness': Policy and pedagogic positioning. Discourse, 32(1), 57-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2011.537071

Schools and professionals respond to statute in different ways. However,professional activity is more than mediated response to policy. Versions ofpedagogy are not simply envisaged on high and enacted in the workplace. Thispaper examines how professi... Read More about From 'ritual' to 'mindfulness': Policy and pedagogic positioning.

The idea of quality in higher education: a conceptual approach (2011)
Journal Article
Filippakou, O. (2011). The idea of quality in higher education: a conceptual approach. Discourse, 32(1), 15-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2011.537068

The paper suggests that the idea of quality in higher education is ideologically constructed and conducted. In a spiral of mutual reinforcements, quality regimes naturalise experience, while the theories of that practice legitimise the naturalness of... Read More about The idea of quality in higher education: a conceptual approach.

Critical discourse analysis of interprofessional online learning in health care education (2011)
Book
Loke, J. C., Colquhoun, D., & Lee, K. W. (2011). Critical discourse analysis of interprofessional online learning in health care education. Nova Science

This book demonstrates how information about the student inter-professional online learning experience which may not have been captured in existing approaches, may be observed using CDA. This book exemplifies the importance of research work which set... Read More about Critical discourse analysis of interprofessional online learning in health care education.