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Fieldwork is central to the culture, practices and pedagogy of geography, earth and environmental sciences, and many other disciplines, including biosciences, built environment, religious studies and the social sciences. It can be defined, in the context of student learning, as “any arena or zone within a subject where supervised learning can take place via first-hand […]
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The EDOR Project is funded as part of the JISC/HEA Phase 2 of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Open Material for Accredited Courses (OMAC) Programme. The EDOR Project aims to establish a collection of critically evaluated teaching materials on a range of educational and staff development topics for the broader UK HE community. All materials […]
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The Learning from WOeRK project is funded through the Higher Education Academy/JISC Open Educational Resources Programme – Phase 2. The Learning from WOeRK Project will produce open resources which support learning in the workplace and continuing professional development (CPD). Resources equivalent to 360 credits are being developed under 3 broad themes: learning through work, research […]
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The University of Plymouth currently has three Open Educational Resources (OER) projects funded by JISC and the Higher Education Academy. These projects are funded from Phase 2 of the HEFCE-funded Open Educational Resources (OER) programme, managed jointly by the Higher Education Academy and JISC. The programme runs between August 2010 and August 2011, it will build on and […]
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UsPaCe: Not reinventing the wheel but using the wheels to make a better vehicle: the use of Web 2.0 to enhance the support Foundation Degree students undertaking work based learning. As part of its Evidence Based Practice Employability and Employee Learning Seminar Series, the HEA is sponsoring a seminar at the University of Plymouth […]
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Enhancing Learning through Technology: Evidence-based Practice Seminar Series and Syntheses. As part of its HEFCE funded Enhancing learning through Technology programme the Higher Education Academy is working with institutions to synthesise and disseminate good practice in the use of technology to enhance learning teaching and assessment for the benefit of the wider HE community. Activities […]