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Direct linkBruno, Giuseppe; Diglio, Antonio; Kalinowski, T. Bartosz; Piccolo, Carmela; Rippa, Pierluigi – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
In this paper, we propose a methodology to support the Curriculum Design and Development (CDD) process with the aim of aligning competences provided by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with the ones required by companies. The proposed methodology stems from the identification of companies' training needs and aims at classifying a set of…
Descriptors: Universities, School Business Relationship, Energy Conservation, Program Descriptions
Download full textPulker, Hélène; Stickler, Ursula; Vialleton, Elodie – Research-publishing.net, 2021
The School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the Open University (OU) radically re-designed its modern languages curriculum in 2014, launching its first suite of new modules in 2017. The institution as a whole has since also developed a new employability framework. Our paper describes the principles underpinning the design of the new…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism
Joesbury, Mark – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2015
This Account of Practice describes the introduction and development of action learning within a level 5 module of "Communications at Work" delivered as part of a Business & Technology Education Council (BTEC) Professional Certificate in Management (CMS) between 2005/2006 and 2009/2010. This will commence with a personal narrative and…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Experiential Learning, Part Time Students, Management Development
Brown, Stephen – Research in Learning Technology, 2013
This paper reflects on challenges universities face as they respond to change. It reviews current theories and models of change management, discusses why universities are particularly difficult environments in which to achieve large scale, lasting change and reports on a recent attempt by the UK JISC to enable a range of UK universities to employ…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Higher Education
Pegg, Ann – Higher Education Academy, 2014
This international research considered two key questions: (1) What self-scrutiny, strategies, planning and processes do universities with a successfully reformed curriculum undertake?; and (2) How do these universities measure and evaluate the impact of whole curriculum reform in relation to learning and teaching and the student experience?…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
Millwood, Richard; Powell, Stephen – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: This paper seeks to describe and analyse an approach to course design as part of a strategic, technology-inspired, cross-university intervention to widen participation. A curriculum framework was developed for students who wished to make their work the focus of their study and could not readily access current university provision. A…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Intervention, Action Research, Cybernetics
Williams, Roy Trevor; Mackness, Jenny; Gumtau, Simone – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
It is ironic that the management of education has become more closed while learning has become more open, particularly over the past 10-20 years. The curriculum has become more instrumental, predictive, standardized, and micro-managed in the belief that this supports employability as well as the management of educational processes, resources, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Online Courses, Assistive Technology
Stubbs, Mark; Range, Phil – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The need to establish more flexible and adaptable university curricula has been recognised as a strategic priority in recent years and has been supported by a number of initiatives including the Curriculum Design and Delivery programme funded by the Joint Information System Committee (JISC) in the UK. The challenges of addressing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Design, College Curriculum, Information Systems
Peer reviewedGeis, Fred – BioScience, 1975
Describes the concept of the Open University as this has been translated into actuality in Britain, discusses the science curriculum, identifies some weaknesses of the Open University, and points out parallel efforts in the United States. (PB)
Descriptors: College Science, Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Higher Education
Cloonan, Martin – British Journal of Music Education, 2005
Popular Music Studies (PMS) is now taught in over 20 higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK and numerous others across the world. This article outlines the constituent parts of PMS in the UK and questions its status as a discipline in its own right. It concludes by arguing that, having established itself, PMS will need to deal with two key…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Music Education, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Wade, Winnie, Ed.; Sutton, John, Ed. – 1994
This publication contains interim reports from 26 programs developed at 22 British higher education institutions in response to a government "White Paper" that called for development of more flexible patterns of teaching and learning. Each description includes the institution's title, names of key personnel, short description of the…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), College Instruction, Continuous Progress Plan, Courses
Higgs, David, Ed. – 1986
Proceedings of a seminar on communications skills training for English-as-a-Second-Language teachers in the context of aid projects overseas are presented in the form of papers, presentations, and summary narrative. They include: "Educational Project Management: Survey of Communications Skills Requirements in Aid Projects in Indonesia"…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Arabs, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
Webber, Richard, Ed.; Deyes, Tony, Ed. – 1986
Proceedings of a seminar on instructional methodology in training programs for English-as-a-Second-Language teachers are presented in the form of papers, presentations, case study reports, and summary narrative. They include: "Debate on Appropriate Methodology" (Roger Bowers, Henry Widdowson); "Report Back on 1985 Case Study"…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages)
