Browsing by Subject "higher education"
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Academics' views on Personalised e-Learning in Higher Education
(ICEP12, 2012-12-06)The challenges for academics in meeting the learning requirements of students are many and varied. This research focuses on the concept of personalised learning, where activities are specifically selected to suit the ... -
Challenges encountered in creating personalised learning activities to suit students learning preferences
(Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global), 2013)This book chapter reviews some of the challenges encountered by educators in creating personalised e-learning activities to suit students learning preferences. Technology-enhanced learning (TEL) alternatively known as ... -
The Economic and Societal Impact of University College Cork
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Embedding inclusive education initiatives and access routes into the higher education landscape in the Republic of Ireland
(joinIN ? Inclusive Higher Education Network Europe, 2022)The Inclusive National Higher Education Forum (INHEF) was established by stakeholders who want to develop real and meaningful higher education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities across the Republic ... -
Exploring Female Academics Underrepresentation in Senior Leadership Positions: case of Public and Private Universities in Tanzania
(2022)Tanzania recognizes that gender equality and female empowerment are important for sustainable development of the country. The revised frameworks for EFA in the 2030 education agenda and the SDG5 give a central position ... -
Game-Based Learning of Data Structures Based onAnalogies: Learning Gains andIntrinsic Motivation in Higher Education Environments
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Computer Science & Statistics. Discipline of Computer Science, 2022)Many researchers have considered video games as effective learning tools. According to them, video games can increase intrinsic motivation and promote active learning. However, video games are a flexible medium, and they ... -
International student adjustment in Irish universities: Language-related challenges and the role of EAP
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2021)The present study explores the role of language in non-native English speaking (NNES) international students adaptation in Irish universities, as well as the role of EAP in-sessional programmes in adaptation. This is ... -
It's a Two-way Street: Informing Irish Pre-sessional EAP Programs with a Needs Analysis of Irish Higher Education
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Linguistic Speech & Comm Sci. C.L.C.S., 2022)Increased student mobility has led to an increase of international students studying at Irish universities. The predictor of English LX students academic success primarily relies on standardized tests, however, the use ... -
Measures and Metrics: exploring some of the philosophical roots of accountability regimes in higher education with a specific focus on the Irish context
(2012)This paper reports on project aimed at examining the impact of accountability regimes on academic identity/identities in Ireland. Framed by a view of Foucaultian power relations and the Zizekian idea that academic life may ... -
Platformization of Academic Work in a COVID-19 Reality: Experiences of Foreign Language Faculty in Research-Intensive Universities in the United States
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2023)Despite research on how the coronavirus pandemic has changed work generally, a paucity of studies exists on the impact of the pandemic on academic work. One study suggests that remote, hybrid, and educational platform-mediated ... -
Queen’s University Belfast at 175: A Reflection on its Foundation and Development, 1845-2020
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A Risk Worth Taking? A Study of Mature Students’ Experiences in Two Irish Universities
(Graduate Students’ Union of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2014)Policy forecasts suggest that mature students (aged +23) will form an increasing part of a more diverse student body in Irish higher education going forward. This presents challenges for a provision that has been geared ... -
Science and Gender Relations: The Development of Science Identity of Female Students and Early Career Researchers in Physics and Physical Sciences in Higher Education
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2021)This thesis investigates women s science identity development in physics and the physical sciences in higher education through a gender perspective. It arises from the real-life sociological issue of women s lower level ... -
Shaping transdisciplinary, challenge-based education using knowledge creating teams from five European universities: A realist evaluation
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2023)There are increasing calls both within universities (Gibbons, Limoges, Nowotny, Schwartzman, Scott & Trow, 1994; Sterling, 2004; Stauffacher, Walter, Lang, Wiek & Scholz, 2006; Kueffer, Underwood, Hirsch Hadorn, Holderegger, ... -
Socialisation, Role theory, and Infrapolitics: Officers of the Irish Defence Forces and Civilian Higher Education since the 1960s
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Education. Discipline of Education, 2020)The military profession has a long history, and its institutions of education have been central to the development of military officers. Questions about the higher education of officers became increasingly important in the ... -
'There Was Never Really Any Question of Anything Else': Young People's Agency, Institutional Habitus and the Transition to Higher Education
(2012)International research into educational decision-making has been extensive, focusing on the way in which young people and their families assess the different options open to them. However, to what extent can we assume that ... -
Web-mediated education and training environments: A review of personalised interactive e-learning resources
(Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global), 2013)This chapter reviews the concept of personalised eLearning resources in relation to integrating interactivity into asynchronous learning. Personalised eLearning resources are learning resources which are selected to suit ...