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Lecture Recording: What does research say about its effect on attendance?

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Others argue that the correlation between lecture attendance and performance is weak at best (Horton, Wiederman, & Saint, 2012; Walbeek, 2004). It is difficult to draw just one conclusion from the research I have read. The studies are usually small-scale with data from one course, and correlation does not equal causation.

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Imagine how we would be if we were less afraid

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Brown (2012, p.67) Glen’s research into the health and welfare of pack animals on expedition and across the global mountain tourism industry led to the development of new industry standards and the development of multispecies awareness-based Action Research methodologies to help deliver emergent futures.

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Mini-series: Balance for better – Diversifying Wikipedia

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Cronon, 2012) At The University of Edinburgh, we have quickly generated real examples of technology-enhanced learning activities appropriate to the curriculum and transformed our students, staff and members of the public from being passive readers and consumers to being active, engaged contributors. Bibliography Wadewitz, A.

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The power of the interdisciplinary

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Described as ‘one of the more contentious curriculum issues’ (Blackmore and Kandiko, 2012, p. The word ‘interdisciplinary’ denotes a spectrum of experience and there are several different approaches to introducing interdisciplinary provision into the university curriculum. References: Blackmore, P., and Kandiko, C. Strober, M.

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Assessment and distributed learning

Teaching Matters Online Learning

An expanding focus of educational research on how knowledge and performance are produced through interactions between people, tools, environments and systems has drawn attention to concepts such as distributed cognition* and sociomateriality**. This is particularly important in light of the increasing need to adapt to technological change.

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Assessing students through online role-playing

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Higher Education Research & Development , 27(1), pp.55-67. Before joining Edinburgh, she was a visiting Lecturer and Research Associate at the University of Chester, while also teaching online for the University of the West Indies MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean.

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Resource lists: Sharing good practice for staff and students

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Separate bibliographies may be created using Resource Lists to encourage students to explore a subject or carry out their own research. Angela manages the Resource Lists service, which she has been working on since 2012 when there was just one list published!