One aim of academic development is to help university teachers become aware of and capable of using student-focused ways of experiencing teaching. Phenomenographic approaches which focus on variation and relevance ...

This paper describes five 'ways of experiencing dissemination, from distributing project products and information to experiencing dissemination as an ongoing two-way engagement aimed at bringing about change in the culture ...

E-learning on the Internet is constituted by the options that this global technology gives the user. This article explores these options in terms of the lifestyle choices and decisions that the learner will make about the ...

In the past adult, vocational further education students enrolled in tertiary institutions saw themselves as mere students. Now, however, many see themselves as clients or customers of the institution. It would appear, ...

Many students resist having to take responsibility for their own learning rather expecting this to be the responsibility of their teaching academics. This resistance is often associated with Asian cultures where there is ...

The paper discusses the implications of the current phenomenon of adolescent engagement in digital spaces. Young people are increasingly active Web 2.0 users, and their interactions through these technologies are altering ...

In this discussion paper we seek to challenge prevailing wisdoms in higher education regarding the value of measuring teaching quality, prescribing standards for professionalism and using student satisfaction as an indicator ...

Introduction. Reports findings from research in progress investigating judgment and decision making during information seeking in the workplace, in particular, the assessment of enough information. Characteristics of ...