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Maloney, Krisellen; Kemp, Jan H. – College & Research Libraries, 2015
There has been longstanding debate about whether the level of complexity of questions received at reference desks and via online chat services requires a librarian's expertise. Continued decreases in the number and complexity of reference questions have all but ended the debate; many academic libraries no longer staff service points with…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Services, Reference Services, Questioning Techniques
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Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Röbken, Heinke; Ehrenspeck-Kolasa, Yvonne; von Ossietzky, Carl – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
This study builds upon a Delphi study carried out by Zawacki-Richter (2009) which posited a validated classification of research areas in the special area of distance education. We now replicate the study for the broader field of adult and continuing education (ACE). The aims of this paper are: firstly, to develop a categorisation of research…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Research, Delphi Technique
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Segalas, Jordi; Mulder, Karel F.; Ferrer-Balas, Didac – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study how experts on teaching sustainability in engineering education contextualize sustainability; also to evaluate the understanding of sustainability by engineering students. The final aim is to evaluate what pedagogy experts believe provides better opportunities for learning about sustainability in…
Descriptors: Expertise, Engineering Education, Research Administration, Engineering