E-learning policy and project implementation can be said to act as a driver of change in educational institutions, but institutions can change in markedly different ways. This paper reports on recent qualitative research ...
This article scopes some of the key political elements in the higher educational use of the read/write web, or Web2.0 as it is commonly known. It investigates ways in which these tools can be used to enhance deliberative ...
The ELINOR (Electronic Library and INformation Online Retrieval) project to develop a
digitized collection of undergraduate texts and other learning materials has been operating at De
Montfort University since March ...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to concentrate on establishments that are known as the "built heritage", often described as "historic houses". Many operate in a similar vein to small businesses and often have a more ...
If we are to accept that peer-led learning (peer mentoring, peer tutoring and related approaches) are of benefit to students, how are we to approach the implementation of such approaches at the institutional level in a way ...
Teaching information literacy is about empowering users, not following a sterile curriculum. To be effective, we need to provide a mixture of teaching and learning activities to accommodate diversity.
The read/write web, or Web 2.0, offers ways for users to personalise their online existence, and to develop their own critical identities though their control of a range of tools. Exerting control enables those users to ...
A traditional deficit approach to supporting learning, that is reactive, remedial and specialist, is costly, and limited in its impact. (Cottrell, 2001; Wolfendale, 1996; Peelo and Wareham, 2002;Tinto, 1997). The result ...