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Download full textRebecca Turner; Debby R. E. Cotton; Emily Danvers; David Morrison; Pauline E. Kneale – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2024
This study examined how academic staff responded to a cross-institutional change initiative to integrate immersive scheduling into the first-year undergraduate curriculum. Immersive scheduling, also referred to as block or compressed delivery, sought to create a supportive first-year experience, to ease students' transition to university. Adopting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Block Scheduling
Paulo Ricardo Vieira Braga; Carmen Maria Ortiz Granero; Ellen Buck – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2024
The recent increase in the number of higher education institutions adopting block teaching has prompted questions about the appropriateness of assessment methods that were commonly used in a semesterised delivery model. This paper explores student and faculty perceptions of summative assessment methods in a block and blend mode of delivery at a…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Summative Evaluation, Block Scheduling
Thomas Roche; Erica Wilson; Elizabeth Goode – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2024
Universities across the globe are considering how to effect meaningful change in their higher education (HE) delivery in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and shifting student learning preferences. This paper reports on a descriptive case- study of whole-of-institution curriculum reform at one regional Australian university, where more traditional…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Educational Change, COVID-19, Pandemics
Samantha J. Newell; Natasha van Antwerpen – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2024
The demand for intensive educational experiences is increasing, necessitating a focus on ensuring quality and providing adequate student support. Increasing opportunities for student collaboration, including teacher/student co-creation of learning materials, has strong potential to increase engagement and support. Given increased interest in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Online Courses, Teamwork
Elizabeth Goode; Thomas Roche; Erica Wilson; Jacky Zhang; John W. McKenzie – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2024
Despite growing interest in immersive block models in higher education, very little is known about the experiences of international students in these non-traditional forms of learning. To enable an initial view of how international students perceive and perform in an immersive block model, we used an exploratory mixed methods approach to examine…
Descriptors: Success, Student Satisfaction, Student Experience, Foreign Students
Reilly A. Dempsey Willis; Paulo Vieira Braga – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2024
This paper is framed by Nick Zepke's, Vicki Trowler's, and Paul Trowler's concept of student engagement being "chaotic", suffering from "indigestion" and "fuzziness". This study was conducted at a UK higher education institution that recently moved to a "block and blend" delivery approach. We investigated…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learner Engagement, Higher Education, College Students
