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Frymire, Christopher B. "Student satisfaction and involvement with third places at a university." Scholarly Commons, 2011. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/766.

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This study explored student understanding of third places at the University of the Pacific. As colleges and universities seek to develop the whole student, providing students places that develop a sense ofbelongingness will contribute to their social development. Research has also shown that providing this belongingness will improve student learning. The questions this study hopes to answer are how do students use spaces on campus, and how do these spaces affect student satisfaction and involvement with the University. The results provided by students showed connections between student respons

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Sweet, John. "Using personal and academic development to reconcile research with learning and teaching in a model for scholarship in higher education." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2011. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/using-personal-and-academic-development-to-reconcile-research-with-learning-and-teaching-in-a-model-for-scholarship-in-higher-education(561903ec-cabc-4c41-81ce-2e1283e911fb).html.

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This thesis traces the contested scholarship between the three activity topics of learning and teaching, research and academic and professional development. 11 published articles and 7 others that have been prepared for publication were used as exemplar articles for analysis. This included the history and context of the writing and the way in which the three topics hold together and the patterns or relationships that can be seen between them. Most of the articles aim to bring something new to the public arena and challenge the current status quo in Higher Education. The Learning and Teaching a

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Reddick, Susan Jane. "Strategies That Enhance Student Engagement in the Community College Learning Environment." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6267.

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From 2012 to 2015, students' academic performance at a community college in North Carolina fell below North Carolina Community College System baseline benchmarks despite the institution's adoption of several student success initiatives. Building from the established correlation between student academic achievement and academic engagement and the importance of noncognitive competencies in moderating student academic engagement, this qualitative case study investigated the academic experiences of 7 students who were members of the Paying It Forward mentoring program to determine the types of sup

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Gosselin, Donna Gosselin. "Faculty Self-Efficacy Instructing in a Hybrid Learning Environment at a Career College." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3773.

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Since the inception of the hybrid instruction model at a career college in the western United States, there has not been an exploration of faculty members' understanding of hybrid instruction. Therefore, campus administrators do not have a clear understanding of the faculty perception of teaching in a hybrid learning environment. Using Bandura's social cognitive theory, this qualitative narrative inquiry study was conducted to explore faculty self-efficacy instructing in a hybrid learning environment at the career college. A purposeful sampling method was used to select 9 faculty who have taug

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Buck, Julia M. "Perceptions of the online learning environment among college students who have never taken an online course." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009buckj.pdf.

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Maddox, Winston H. "Adapting to a Virtual Learning Environment." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1429557429.

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Bowman, Shennen. "Correlation of Cognitive Load with the Physical Learning Environment for Undergraduate College Students in an Introduction to Psychology Class." Thesis, Grand Canyon University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10937852.

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<p> A gap in the knowledge of literature was found in that no research had been performed examining the effect different physical learning environments have on cognitive load levels. This is important because high cognitive load levels are known to affect learning. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study is to examine the relationship between the overall, intrinsic, and extraneous cognitive load and the physical learning environment (online and traditional classrooms) of undergraduate college students in an Introduction to Psychology class, at a medium-sized liberal arts college.

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Tyndall, Christy L. "CALLED TO TEACH: A MIXED METHODS EXPLORATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE ADJUNCT FACULTY’S TEACHING SELF-EFFICACY." VCU Scholars Compass, 2017. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4715.

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Adjunct faculty teach over 50% of courses in U.S. higher education but little is known about them as educators. Strong evidence has been found in the K-12 literature demonstrating the link between teachers’ beliefs, instructional practices, and subsequent student outcomes. Teaching self-efficacy, beliefs in one’s capabilities to perform specific tasks in a particular context, is an important contributor to motivation and performance (Tschannen-Moran et al., 1998). This research advances teaching and learning literature in higher education and provides insight into an understudied population of

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Dodd, Patricia M. "Assessing the Efficacy of Learning Communities at Four North Texas Community Colleges." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2002. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3255/.

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This observational study involving intact groups and convenient sampling examined learning communities at four North Texas Community Colleges. The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference in cathectic learning climate, inimical ambiance, academic rigor, affiliation and structure among students in learning communities and freestanding classes. Learning communities are gaining nationwide popularity as instruments of reform in Higher Education. Recent studies have discussed the benefits of learning communities to student, faculty and institutions. As learning c

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Ransom, Whitney. "The Scholarship of Teaching: Contributing Factors to Improved Teaching Performance Among University Faculty Members." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2327.pdf.

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Hagemeier, Nicholas E., and Erin L. Hankins. "The Note-Taking Service: Perceptions of Service Implementation in a College of Pharmacy." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1463.

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Objectives: To assess student perceptions of a student-initiated note-taking service (NTS) upon implementation of a NTS in the first professional year of the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum in a college of pharmacy. Method: A survey instrument assessing perceptions of a NTS was developed and administered to first professional year students (N = 75, 92.6% response rate) prior to the conclusion of the first semester in which the student-initiated service was implemented. Topics addressed in the survey instrument included: service quality, perceived impact on course attendance, grades and student-f

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Casto, Andrew C. "REDRESSING THE ADJUNCT STAFFING MODEL IN AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION." UKnowledge, 2017. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/english_etds/63.

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Since their advent as supplemental staff at community colleges four decades ago, part-time instructors, or adjuncts, have since been employed with increasing frequency and in escalating numbers across all institutional types of American higher education. Currently comprising approximately forty percent of all postsecondary faculty, part-time instructors now outnumber full-time nontenure-track, tenure-track, and tenured faculty respectively on many campuses. This pervasive trend has created a professional climate of uncertainty and, in some cases, even hostility as American colleges and univers

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Stevens, Robert Allen. "Demise of an Antebellum College: A History of Illinois State University." Thesis, NSUWorks, 2015. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_etd/33.

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This dissertation investigated the demise of Illinois State University (ISU), a small antebellum Lutheran denominational college that existed from 1852 to 1867 in Springfield, Illinois. The professional higher education historiography has described the phenomenon of antebellum college demise, but a traditionalist theory of causality by unrestrained competition among religious denominations to found colleges, proposed in the early 20th century, was by the end of the century largely debunked by revisionist higher education historians as based on ahistorical concepts and inaccurate data. The stud

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Adams, William Edward. "Differences between student perceptions of the actual and the preferred science laboratory classroom learning environments at a South African college of education." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18316.

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This preliminary research study aimed to investigate, with the aid of the Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI), the actual and the preferred laboratory environments as perceived by 264 first, second and third year college Science and Biology students in Cape Town, South Africa. This investigation sought to answer the following main questions: * Are the English and the Afrikaans versions of the SLEI valid and reliable for use as perceptive instruments in a South African context? * What are the relationships between variables such as class membership, the year level of study, the type

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Valdivia, Cynthia L. "Elitism revisited : a survey of diversity in college-level forensics programs." Scholarly Commons, 1997. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2311.

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The American demographic landscape is no longer a homogeneous melting pot where all colors and flavors blend into indistinct variants. The challenges brought about by such a societal shift have made diversity issues increasingly important. Chief among them is the issue of organizational diversity. Although there has been an increase in organizational diversity research, there is a noted lack of organizational diversity research in the area of college-level forensics programs. This study seeks to fill this void. Specifically, the purpose of the study was to describe diversity levels in college

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Taljaard, Marinda. "Using E-learning to support IT education in a university environment a case study approach." Thesis, University of Port Elizabeth, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1015740.

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At the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE), the End User Computing course (EUC) acts as a service course for many departments. This implies that many students are forced by their curricula to register for this course. The ever-increasing numbers in EUC place a considerable load on existing human and physical resources. In lecture groups of 120 –160, students rarely get the attention they need, and the pace at which the content is delivered (too slow or too fast) may also inhibit the learning process. During an initial investigation into E-learning at UPE in 1999, a prototype virtual classroom w

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Vat, Kam Hou. "REALSpace AKE : an appreciative knowledge environment architected through soft systems methodology and scenario-based design." Thesis, University of Macau, 2011. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2492481.

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Payton, Whitney Monique. "Factors Affecting Institution Selection for Undergraduate Gates Millennium Scholars." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2016. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cauetds/27.

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College enrollment is experiencing an upward trend; however, the quality of institutions selected by minority students remains a question. Promising minority students are failing to select high quality colleges and universities, despite academic components that would leave them otherwise qualified for admission. In fact, nearly 80% of high academic achieving low-income, minority students under match when selecting a college or university (Obama & Obama, 2014). The purpose of this study was to examine the factors leading to selection of institution for Gates Millennium Scholars while examining

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Spicer-Sutton, Jama, James Lampley, and Donald W. Good. "Self-Assessment and Student Improvement in an Introductory Computer Course at the Community College Level 1." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/283.

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The purpose of this study was to determine a student’s computer knowledge upon course entry and if there was a difference in college students’ improvement scores as measured by the difference in pretest and post-test scores of new or novice users, moderate users, and expert users at the end of a college level introductory computing class. This study also determined whether there were differences in improvement scores by gender or age group. The results of this study were used to determine whether there was a difference in improvement scores among the three campus locations participating in thi

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Friswold-Atwood, Sarah. "Living-Learning Communities Effect on Students’ Self-Efficacy of their Successful Social and Academic Transition to College." UNF Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/845.

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This study investigated the effect of the integrated learning environment fostered by Living-Learning Communities on students’ self-efficacy towards their social and academic transition to college at a large regional institution in the Southeast. Grounded in a theoretical framework guided by Schlossberg's Model for Analyzing Human Adaptation to Transition and Bandura's Triadic Reciprocal Determinism, a two-part structural equation model analysis was conducted with SkyFactor survey data from 427 first-year students. The first analysis, which compared outcomes for LLC participants with non-parti

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Stewart, David W., Peter C. Panus, James Thigpen, Nicholas E. Hagemeier, and Lauren K. Brooks. "Pharmacy Student Self-testing as a Predictor of Exam Performance." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1465.

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Objectives: To determine if benefit exists in allowing students to self-test over relevant material as they progress through a professional course. Method: A total of 1,342 multiple choice questions were developed for pharmacy students to self-test for a pathophysiology course. Prior to each examination, students were allowed to take online quizzes which were randomly generated and related to the exam content. Quizzes were scored immediately, and students were shown the incorrect questions along with all answer choices. A matrix of intercorrelations and repeated measures ANOVA were generated u

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Essington, Garman Deanna, and Donald W. Good. "Student Success: A Comparison of Face- to-face and Online Sections of Community College Biology Course Review of Higher Education & Self Learn." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/284.

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The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if there were significant differences in student success in terms of face-to-face and online biology courses as categorized by gender, major, and age; and as measured by lecture grades, lab grades, and final course grades. The data used for analyses included data from 170 face-to-face sections and 127 online sections from a biology course during the fall and spring semesters beginning fall 2008 through spring 2011. Researchers have reported mixed findings in previous studies juxtaposing online and face-to-face course delivery formats, fro

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Russell, Kimberly. "AT THE HEART OF POLICIES AND PROGRAMS: COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY MEMBERS AND PEER MENTORS AS HUMAN LEVERS OF RETENTION." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/epe_etds/66.

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Student attrition prior to the completion of a credential is an issue that has increasingly demanded the attention of stakeholders in higher education, particularly in the community college sector, in which less than half of all students complete a credential after six years. The costs of student attrition are high and widespread, ranging from the financial costs for institutions and federal and state governments to the personal and monetary costs paid by those students whose personal and professional goals are not achieved. With the ever-increasing focus on accountability for institutions of

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Rowe, Tara. "College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Their Knowledge of Self-determination: A Study to Inform Educational Practices and Policies." UNF Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/783.

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.......................................................................................................................................... 2 Abstract The number of students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) attending postsecondary education has steadily increased in recent years. A need has been identified for campus administrators to better understand the needs of students with ASD (Becker & Palladino, 2016; Oswald, Winder-Patel, Ruder, Xing, Stahmer, & Solomon, 2017). In order to gain insight about students with ASD, research providing a foundation of understanding the unique characteris

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Kimball, Jeffrey. "Motivations of Students in the Open-Ended Use of Mobile Computing in Lecture-Based Classrooms." NSUWorks, 2015. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/366.

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While research supports the integration of mobile computing into instruction, there is disagreement concerning the unstructured use of mobile devices in lecture-based college classrooms. Research supports the argument that unstructured use creates distraction and decreased academic performance. Research also suggests that unstructured use actually supports lecture instruction through personalized learning situations. In either case, the motivations of students to use mobile device is often unclear. This study sought to investigate the motivations for students’ acceptance of mobile devices. The

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Douglas, Katherine P. "Rigorously applying the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A community college case study." 2008. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3325152.

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This case study investigated the influence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) on community college faculty. This study identified a five-phase progressive model of participation, entitled Questing in Conversation for SoTL faculty participants at Four Seasons Community College (FSCC). The results of participation for faculty include stronger connections with colleagues, increased curricula and pedagogical innovations, and the regular collection of student data to inform classroom practice and administrative decisions. These results occurred within an organizational field of prac

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Mathebula, Tendani Constance. "Challenges facing student nurses in clinical learning environment in Limpopo Province." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22761.

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The purpose of the study was to determine and understand the challenges that student nurses encounter in the clinical learning environment (CLE) in Limpopo Province, South Africa and how these challenges can be addressed. A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional survey was used. The population consisted of levels 2, 3 and 4 year student nurses from three campuses of Limpopo College of Nursing. The researcher used a self- developed questionnaire for data collection. Out of 206 questionnaires, 152 were returned fully completed, yielding 74% effective response rate. The study revealed some

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Nene, Jabulani Owen. "Investigating politeness among IsiZulu mother tongue and non-mother tongue speakers in higher education open distance learning environment." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24466.

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This study aims to explore politeness shown by lecturers during tuition and student support conversations with the objective of promoting polite interactions between IsiZulu mother tongue and non-mother tongue speakers in higher education in South Africa. In particular, the study investigates the way in which politeness in email communication influences learning outcomes within an ODL environment, using quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, a questionnaire as well as interviews to collect data from a cross-section of students from an Open Distance Learning (ODL) institution. All

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Dominic, Uzhenyu. "Work stress, work engagement and service delivery within Zimbabwe's changing distance-learning environment." Thesis, 2018. http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/25665.

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This research was conducted from the perspective of a positive human behaviour paradigm in the context of human resource management. It investigated the interrelationships between work stress, work engagement and service delivery of academics in a changing distance-learning environment in Zimbabwe, for which there is a paucity of research. A descriptive, cross-sectional survey design was applied to a sample of 83 academics at the largest distance-learning university, against the background of their ever-changing roles. A sample of 101 students was also included, so that the students provided b

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Diedericks, Johanna Catharina. "Positive work and organisational psychological functioning of academics in the open distance learning work environment." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22939.

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The research was conducted from the perspective of a positive psychological paradigm and investigated the interrelationship dynamics between the psychological constructs of resistance to change, work engagement and psychological capital which have been under-researched in the rapidly changing open distance learning work environment of academics. A quantitative survey was conducted on a probability sample of 423 (N=423) academics at a South African open distance learning higher education institution. Confirmatory- and exploratory factor analysis, in the absence of goodness of fit, revealed a fo

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Ezeala, Christian Chinyere. "Analysis of the undergraduate students' learning environment in a medical school in Zambia." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22650.

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This study analysed the learning environment of undergraduate medical and health sciences students of the School of Medicine University of Zambia who were studying at the Ridgeway Campus. Premised on the theory that learner’s perception of the learning environment determines approach to learning and learning outcome, the study utilized a descriptive, quantitative, and non-experimental design to articulate the issues that characterise the learning environment of the programmes. The aim was to provide framework based on these, and use it to propose a strategy for improving the learning environ

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Chabaya, Raphinos Alexander. "Academic staff development in higher education institutions : a case study of Zimbabwe state universities." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21930.

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This study investigated how institutional conditions and cultures enabled or impeded the development and implementation of academic professional development programmes in Zimbabwe State universities. The study was prompted by undervaluing of academic professional development in Zimbabwe State universities manifested by its absence in half of the institutions. Literature suggests that factors that enable or impede implementation of academic staff development programmes include irrelevant academic professional programmes and influence of departmental cultures. The critical theory paradigm guide

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Modise, Mpho-Entle Puleng. "Towards an effective and empathetic student support system in an open and distance education and e-learning environment : a case study from a developing country context." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25810.

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Faced with the influx of emerging technologies, educators must continuously equip themselves with the necessary skills to effectively impact on today’s learners. Central to successful curriculum reform and student retention is the realisation that educators need to engage in continuous professional development, to meet the learners’ needs. The purpose of this research study is to explore and study how educators’ skills, knowledge and experience in e-learning can contribute to the successful achievement of the institution’s and students’ educational goals and to the design of a quality support

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Goode, Heather Ann. "Curriculum and practice to develop critical thinking competencies in first-year students." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26729.

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Abstract in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa<br>Critical thinking competencies are not only seen as crucial for success in higher education, but also for future personal and workplace success. These competencies are commonly cited as a graduate attribute or goal of higher education, and resulting research has tended to focus on exploring and measuring the development of critical thinking competencies in students within higher education. However, few researchers have explored the curriculum and practice of academic staff within higher education in relation to their influence on developing cri

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