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Remote, distant, on-line learning is gathering momentum. However the ability of traditional 'class-based' teachers and lecturers is not keeping pace with this change. The framework being developed at the University endeavour to provide a variety of...

With the continued advances in information and communication technology comes the interconnectivity of education institutions, businesses and industries. Either by default or association, the traditional education system will need to change and...

Research suggests education needs to embrace IT, use it to provide quality flexible teaching and learning. In order to be competitive organisational structures need to reflect the environment, changing from the rigid, inflexible internal/stable...

In one sense the availability of a variety of software solutions should obviate the need for repeating material, students can simply be pointed at a learning resource and given encouragement to engage. In practice as soon as there are more than 2 or ...

The University of Central Lancashire Department of nursing is one of the largest in the UK and represents a complexity of provision which is not prevalent in most UK universities. This particular project focused on the development and delivery of an ...

E-valu8 aimed to utilise technology to support students in effective methods of evaluating the quality of their learning experience, enabling open interaction, collaborative and personal action planning. The objectives explored ways of engaging and...

Abstract: There is a requirement for students to ‘hit the ground running’, their engagement with peers, institution, faculty, department are often fraught with problems. On arrival they have to assimilate information such as adapting to surroundings,...

Abstract: TAG – The Alternative Guide to UCLan aims to be a dynamic, interactive, web based platform of support, which enables potential students to develop realistic expectations of HE. The information provided by UK universities to potential...

The session argues that information provided by UK universities to potential students is designed to highlight the positive aspects of the university to entice students into applying rather than a realistic view of university life. The literature...