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The link between off campus work for students, reduced academic performance and increased mental health issues
(International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2018-03-05)
Despite the Free Fees Initiative (introduced in 1996) Irish students pay an annual registration fee of 3,000 (Cassells, 2016). This, in combination with rising accommodation and living costs, means that the annual cost ...
Empowering learners with self-selecting learning tools
(International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2018-03-05)
Students need to be encouraged while in the liminal space i.e. the learning journey in the process of mastering a threshold concept (Land et al, 2014) (Meyer & Land, 2003). However, this learning journey can either be a ...
Supporting online students through the liminal space from facilitated online modules to self-starting a thesis
(International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2018-03-05)
Most third-level institutes now offer online education (Bowers & Kumar, 2015). Allen et al. (2016) report that in excess of 28% of all American higher education students are enrolled on at least one online course. Online ...
Re-boot learning: providing an e-tivity scaffold for engagement for early research activity through blog technology embedded within teaching and learning
(International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2018-03-05)
Increasing student numbers in higher education over the last decade has challenged educational environments. The challenge for educators is to re-think learning environments and delivery methods such that a student-educator ...
P-PAC (partnership in pedagogy, accreditation and collaboration): a framework to support student transition to emplyability in industry. A lean systems case study
(Production Engineering Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Polish Association for Production Management, 2018-12)
The global economic crisis of the past decade and the accruing shifts in labour market policy, coupled with the rapid advances in technology have resulted in a far less certain future employment horizon than ever before ...
Lego® Serious Play® as a Business Innovation enabler
(NUI Galway, 2018-11-14)
Improvements in innovation and quality processes can be achieved through the use of novel approaches such as LSP, which enables abstract thinking and advocates an open-mind for unconventional solutions. Within the scope ...
An evaluation into the limitations and emerging trends of Six Sigma: an empirical study
(Emerald, 2018)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the limitations and emerging trends of Six Sigma through an empirical study. Six Sigma is one of the most powerful business process improvement strategies used by numerous ...
The student voice: the students own views on smartphone usage and impact on their academic performance
(International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2018-03-05)
By the time they are 12 years of age, 90% of Irish children will have a smartphone (Bielenberg, 2017). This rise in smartphone ownership has meant that mobile technology has become an integral part of our daily lives. ...