Peter Hartley, John Hilsdon, Christine Keenan

Learning Development in Higher Education (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows how Learning Development enhances the student experience and promotes active engagement. Written by staff from the UK's largest collaborative Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), the book includes important insights for everyone interested in supporting student retention, progression and success.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350306271
• Artikelnr.: 62710251

Autorenporträt

Peter Hartley is an independent HE Consultant, and Visiting Professor at Edge Hill University, following previous roles as Professor of Education Development and head of the Educational Development unit at Bradford, and Professor of Communication at Sheffield Hallam. As a National Teaching Fellow since 2000, he has promoted technology in education, and developed award-winning software. Alongside work on innovations such as new learning spaces and programme assessment, his longstanding interests in human interaction produced several popular textbooks (Interpersonal Communication, Group Communication) and he is now developing the third edition of Business Communication (2nd edition in 2015). He is also working on student notetaking and visual thinking, focusing on concept mapping.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: DEFINING LEARNING DEVELOPMENT.- What is Learning Development and How Has it Developed?; J.Hilsdon.- Models of Learning Development in Higher Education Institutions; B.Glass & L.Murray.- Is Learning Development part of the Problem?; A.Barlow, A.Philips & J.Ackroyd.- Raising the Student Voice; S.Sinfield et al..- PART II: SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN TRANSITION.- A PDP perspective on supporting students through transition into HE; C.Keenan.- Learning Developers Supporting Early Student Transition; E.Foster, S.Lawther & J.McNeil.- The Case for One to One Academic Advice for Students; J.Turner.- The Assignment Success Programme; M.Sedgley.- Enabling Transitions Through Inclusive Practice; V.Chapman.- PART III: DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE ACADEMIC PRACTICES.- Building Student Confidence in Maths and Numeracy; M.Gill & M.Greenhow.- Negotiating and Nurturing: Challenging Staff and Student Perspectives of Academic Writing; R.Bell.- Learning Resources That Students Will Use: Producing a Web Based Multimedia Resource to Improve Group Working Skills C.Elston, P.Hartley & J.Braham.- The Student as Producer: Learning by Doing Research; A.Hagyard & S.Watling.- Visualising Learning; P.Ridley.- PART IV: STUDENTS AND TECHNOLOGY.- When Worlds Collide: Learning Development and E-Learning; B.Glass, D.Holley & S.Sinfield.- Defining and Supporting the New Digital Students; N.Currant, B.Currant, R.Whitfield & P.Hartley.- The Focus of Attention: Distractions from Study for the Generation Y Student; K.Shahabudin.- PART V: LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE.- Learning from the Past and Looking Into the Future; M.Verity & P.Trowler.- Learning Development: Work in Progress; J.Hilsdon, C.Keenan & S.Sinfield.