scholarly journals EscapED: A Framework for Creating Educational Escape Rooms and Interactive Games to For Higher/Further Education.

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Jane Clarke ◽  
Daryl J. Peel ◽  
Sylvester Arnab ◽  
Luca Morini ◽  
Helen Keegan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Further Education ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Interactive Games ◽  
Future Design ◽  
Education Environment

Game-based learning (GBL) is often found to be technologically driven and more often than not, serious games for instance, are conceptualised and designed solely for digital platforms and state of the art technologies. To encourage a greater discussion on the potential benefits and challenges of a more holistic approach to developing GBL that promote human centered interactions and play for learning, the authors present the escapED programme. The escapED programme was conceived following the recent entertainment trend of escape rooms and is used for developing non-digital GBL approaches within education. escapED aids the design and creation of educational Escape Rooms and Interactive Gaming Experiences for staff and students in further/higher education settings. The paper first presents a pilot study that was used to assess the feasibility and acceptance of University teaching staff of embedding interactive GBL into a higher education environment. The authors then present the escapED theoretical framework that was used to create the prototype game for the pilot study as a tool to aid future design and development of on-site interactive experiences. The paper also presents an external developer report of using the escapED framework to develop a prototype game for teaching research methods to Southampton University students. Finally, the authors present a discussion on the use of the escapED framework so far and plans for future work and evaluation in order to provide engaging alternatives for learning and soft skills development amongst higher education staff andstudents.

scholarly journals Evaluating the performance of teaching staff members, a step towards teaching performance development of higher education in Sebha University

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Zamzam Amhimmid Mare
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Analytic Description ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Teaching Performance ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Performance Development ◽  
The University

This study aims to show the importance of evaluating the teaching performance level of the University teaching members. It also aims to provide the suggested mechanisms for evaluating the teaching performance of the teaching staff members of Sebha University. This study was based mainly on documents and analytic description to collect information about the importance and ways of evaluating teachers with reference to some of the international experiences on teaching performance development. This study concluded that the absence of an experienced entity that would develop the teaching performance of faculty members is one of the main reasons for the weak teaching performance at Sebha University. Based on the results of the study, it is recommended that there should be a planned system based on measured standards and criteria for evaluating staff members to improve the quality of teaching in the higher education domain. 

scholarly journals Exploring industry-university partnerships in the creation of short courses and micro-credentials

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Fitzgerald ◽  
Henk Huijser
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Position Paper ◽  
Course Development ◽  
University Partnerships ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Short Courses ◽  
University Industry

This paper explores industry-university partnerships in the creation of short courses and microcredentials. It is a position paper that precedes a pilot study. We scan the higher education environment for current practices and begin to explore the notion of a more consistent and strategic approach. Partnerships refer to both industry as partners in course development, and industry as partners in developing meaningful learning experiences in the context of professional and career development. The pilot study that this paper is connected to aligns with national and international frameworks and explores university-industry partnerships, to ensure such partnerships can be leveraged to offer better value to learners with regards to workplace and lifelong learning.

Managing knowledge transfer partnership for a rural community

Kybernetes ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 629-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Wiltshier ◽  
Michael Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Entrepreneurial Learning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Key Skills ◽  
Market Town ◽  
The Uk

Purpose – This paper aims to propose a knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) model, using higher education (HE) students researching in the UK. It is focused on community engagement via charitable trusts, New Opportunities Wirksworth (NOW) & Ecclesbourne Valley Rail (EVR). The researchers designed and implemented a pilot study that explored the potential of a small, yet attractive and active, market town to diversify and regenerate using tourism. This project, which has been funded by the UK Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF), has been devised to operate and monitor a KTP in the culturally important heritage market town of Wirksworth, in Derbyshire. Design/methodology/approach – A systems-thinking constructivist approach is used and employs problem-based learning (PBL) through engagement of students in research and data collection. The authors identified that skills for sustainable development within the community are dependent on the reintegration of complex, inter-dependent and inter-disciplinary factors. A holistic approach to the learning and knowledge shared within the community underpins UK initiatives to promote capacity development in ways to change knowledge applications across product and service boundaries. Therefore, in addition to encouraging diversification and regeneration through tourism, this project supported the University of Derby's academic agenda to promote experiential and entrepreneurial learning in students working at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. This paper accords with the current university initiatives to meet the student employability agenda through the application of PBL and knowledge management. Findings – The creation of outcomes and recommendations for Wirksworth's stakeholders provides sustainability through the knowledge creation and sharing processes. There are seven outcomes that chart a path to development and knowledge transfer (KT) and sharing. The authors simultaneously provided an environment for students to gain skills and a community to acquire new knowledge, and these are the outcomes and output of this project. New learning styles may support inclusive academic practice (see related samples of PBL such as Ineson and Beresford in HLST resources 2001). Implications for building a KT community through the social capital accumulated in the project are explored. Originality/value – In taking PBL from the classroom to the community, the authors have created a new KT environment in which skills can be acquired and a regeneration strategy can be tested in a work-or-practice-related setting. Students recognise that they are building learning for themselves that is unique in that it cannot be recreated in a classroom setting. The authors see this project developing into a robust long-term partnership between communities and institutions with KT benefits to teaching staff in addition to students. These benefits will include new skills for PBL, working collaboratively with partners in the community to develop key skills in HE students, innovation in assessment, inclusive learning and teaching, experiential and entrepreneurial learning in practice.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL OF FACULTY MEMBERS

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-83
Author(s):  
Юлия Масалова ◽  
Yuliya Masalova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
High School Teacher ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Employment Potential ◽  
The University

The purpose of the work is to evaluate the potential of a high school teacher; the subject of study is employment potential and competitiveness of the university faculty member; research methods include analysis of statistical data and online-survey. The article presents the results of the research potential of the university teaching staff in the conditions of ongoing reforms in higher education and in connection with changing requirements to higher education institutions forfaculty members. It was determined that faculty members demonstrate high loyalty and commitment, but average engagement. It was revealed that the institution creates proper conditions for development and self-realization, creativity and communication. It was confirmed that university professors have a high scientific and innovative potential and willingness to conduct research. The conclusion is that the employment potential of university staff is not used to the full. It was determined that the majority of the teaching staff appreciates personal competitiveness. And only one out of five is aware of the need to develop their personal competitiveness in line with the new requirements. The results of the study may be useful for university governance within the management of human resources quality.

scholarly journals Competency-Based Approach in Higher Education System: Socio-Psychological Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-34
Author(s):  
Viktoriia Ravilevna Sagitova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Tabular Form ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Psychological Analysis ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University

The paper presents an analysis of the concept of competence and competency in the works of domestic and foreign authors, and a comparative analysis of the characteristics of the concepts of competence in foreign and domestic science is carried out in tabular form. The author's definition of competence is given, which made it possible to conduct an empirical pilot study of the formed competencies of the university teaching staff.

scholarly journals Different Views? The Experiences of International Students Studying HE in Three Non-university Settings

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-262
Author(s):  
Madeleine King ◽  
Maxine Courtier ◽  
Chet Shaw ◽  
Cynthia Anderson ◽  
John Widdowson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Value For Money ◽  
College Staff ◽  
The Status ◽  
Australian English ◽  
College Setting

The purpose of the research was to discover the views of three groups of International students who were undertaking their Higher Education (HE) in a publicly-funded college, rather than a university setting. A comparative survey was undertaken by International students attending an American Community College, an Australian Technical and Further Education Institute and a group of English colleges which offer Higher Education. All three groups were satisfied with their provision. The college setting was perceived to offer higher levels of support than would have been available at a university, plus enhanced employability prospects and lower fees than those charged by a university. The status of an Australian, English or American HE qualification was important, as was the reputation of their particular college. The market for International students is highly competitive and largely driven by universities. The English experience suggests that colleges should focus on the marketing of specialist courses. In all cases, the fact that teaching staff were primarily teachers, rather than researchers was highly valued by respondents, as was their currency in their subject. However, there were strong feelings about value for money and the ability to engage with Home students and wider Australian, British or American culture. International students choose to study abroad because they want to broaden their own horizons and learn more about other cultures: many respondents found these opportunities to be limited. In order to help address this, an International student recruitment Checklist for senior college staff is presented as part of the research findings. Keywords: Higher Education, International students, colleges, value-for-money.

Higher technical skills

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine King ◽  
Melinda Waters ◽  
John Widdowson ◽  
Arti Saraswat
Keyword(s):  
Staff Development ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Communications Networks ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Internal Communications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a joint study carried out with groups of colleges in England and technical and further education (TAFE) institutes in Australia. It looks at the factors which promote the delivery of higher technical skills and the infrastructure arrangements that are needed for success. It relates these to the debate concerning the promotion of higher and degree apprenticeships (HAs and DAs) in England. Design/methodology/approach The report is derived from a series of interviews with college and TAFE staff. A policy comparison is also included to provide context. Findings The outcome of the study suggests that similar factors affect the decision to offer, pursue and contribute to the development of higher technical skills in both countries. HAs and DAs are an English construct and the experience of colleges involved in HAs adds a valuable contribution to discussions surrounding the marketing and delivery of DAs. The Australian decision not to pursue either structure encourages reflection on what it is that governments are trying to achieve and what lessons can be learned from their approach. Research limitations/implications The study was carried out within the non-university sector in both countries. Colleges and TAFE institutes are more likely to offer practice-based higher education (HE), have teaching staff with industry backgrounds and have long-established engagement with employers that may be found within universities. The paper was therefore written from a distinctive environment. However, it is likely that the issues identified apply to universities and private providers of HE as much as to colleges and TAFEs. Practical implications The findings suggest that developing HAs or DAs should not be seen merely as just another marketing opportunity. The hybrid nature of both structures requires a holistic approach to delivery on the part of institutional leaders that leads to significant overhaul of internal communications networks, quality assurance schemes and staff development. Originality/value The paper is one of relatively few published documents which focus on the role of dual sector colleges and TAFE institutes in the delivery of HE and higher technical skills. It offers insight into how government pressure for a particular style of HE, deemed necessary for the national economic interest of both countries, can be made into a reality. By using the expertise that already exists within the college and TAFE sectors and their established links with employers, more effective changes can be made at a faster pace.

scholarly journals Listening out and dealing with otherness. A postcolonial approach to higher education teaching

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-243
Author(s):  
Angelika Thielsch
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Individual Learning ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Academic Teaching ◽  
Higher Education Teaching ◽  
Cultural Musicology ◽  
Definition Of

Postcolonial pedagogy invites academic teaching staff to create situations, in which hegemonic modes of knowledge production can be critically reflected and one’s own entanglement as disciplinary socialised member of (western) academia experienced. Such a postcolonial approach has been applied to a seminar in the context of cultural musicology and its impact on teaching and learning analysed. In this paper, the findings of the accompanying research are presented and discussed in relation to the concept of Bildung, theories on individual learning (in higher education) and current processes to internationalise the curricula. Throughout the argumentation, I will demonstrate how postcolonial pedagogy may cause the construction of otherness and why this simultaneously constitutes the biggest challenge as well as the profoundest reward when applying such an approach to university teaching. In addition to that, this paper introduces a definition of postcolonial pedagogy and offers recommendations to foster its implementation in higher education contexts.

Methodological preparedness of a teacher at a higher educational institution as a tool for developing an inclusive educational environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 81-85
Author(s):  
Olga Yurievna Muller
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
High Level

The article is devoted to the organization of an inclusive educational process in higher education institutions, which is not possible without the formation of a high-level methodological preparedness of the entire teaching staff of an educational institution. The subject of the analysis is the methodological preparedness of a teacher at a higher educational institution to work in an inclusive education environment. In order to examine the object of this research and clarify its internal content, the author considers the structure of methodological preparedness of a teacher at a higher educational institution in an inclusive education environment.

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