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Assessing student learning outcomes in higher education: challenges and international perspectives
2016
Profound structural and programmatic changes in higher education, due in part to globalisation and the harmonisation of educational structures and study models (Lucena et al. 2008; Brennan, Patel, ...
The Globalization Competence Assessment Framework
2012
The goal of this paper is to recommend suitable competence assessment instruments and methods for assessing globalization competence in the Information Systems domain. This is done by matching globalization competences with suitable competence assessment methods. The results of the analysis indicate that the most applicable competence assessment methods for assessing globalization competences in the Information Systems domain are written format assessments (especially essays), candidate self-reports, live interactions (especially group work), and computer simulations. The validity of the outcome is confirmed through a mixed method of document analysis and expert interviews by analyzing and …
Managing Sustainable Performance and Governance in Higher Education Institutions : A Dynamic Performance Management Approach
2022
This book aims to cover about a decade of research activities devoted to university management, exploring its specific organizational complexity, and adopting systemic approaches to managing its performance generation mechanisms. It also draws on the field experience spent as the academic delegate for scientific support to strategic planning, management control, performance evaluation, and statistical reporting at the University of Palermo, Italy. This work is included in a series on “System Dynamics for Performance Management.” The fast-changing evolutionary process of global higher education systems systematically poses new challenges related to the appearance of innovative elements that …
Designing and Evaluating Online Language Learning Materials for Higher Education
2011
Nowadays, finding, choosing and developing or adapting materials is a very important component of education as well as a key element for the success of the whole learning process. A language teacher is also a materials developer and the materials development process should aim at ensuring that local needs and wants do not dictate decisions and that important learning principles are not forgotten. In the case of materials for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), a very thorough and pedagogically-sound set of guidelines should be followed prior to the design of the materials. Following that, a careful evaluation should take place so as to guarantee that those guidelines have been follo…
Corporate Social Responsibility in the University Courses in Italy: An Empirical Analysis
2016
In recent years, the topic of Corporate Social Responsibility is widely discussed in various contexts: in businesses, government, not for profit organizations, university studies, with customers and users of various types of business, etc.
Competency Profile of the Elementary School Teacher : analysis of Pre-service Elementary School Teacher's Opinion
2014
ResumenEl objeto del presente estudio se centra en conocer la opinión del alumnado de la primera promoción del Grado en Educación Primaria de la Universidad de La Rioja (n=105) sobre las competencias que configuran el perfil del docente, con el fin de contrastarla con los resultados que nos brinda la investigación y esbozar propuestas para la formación de los futuros maestros. Para tal fin se diseña y administra un autoinforme integrado por diferentes atributos presentados en un formato de respuesta de tipo Likert. Los resultados han derivado en dos escalas; la primera determina el ser del docente y se agrupa en competencias para saber hacer y en competencias afectivo-emocionales; la segund…
Datorzinātne un informācijas tehnoloģijas
2011
Inclusive university teachers: What characterizes them and how do they think about disability
2021
espanolEl incremento de estudiantes con discapacidad en las universidades espanolas conlleva la necesidad de desarrollar practicas docentes inclusivas que garanticen la participacion y el aprendizaje de todo el alumnado. Con este trabajo se pretende: (1) conocer las concepciones que el profesorado universitario que ejerce practicas docentes inclusivas tiene sobre la discapacidad; (2) analizar las razones que les motivan para tener en cuenta las necesidades de los estudiantes con discapacidad, y (3) describir las caracteristicas que les definen. En el estudio participaron 42 docentes que fueron seleccionados como inclusivos por estudiantes con discapacidad de seis universidades publicas de d…
Factors Influencing the Choice of Higher Education Establishment for Marketing Strategies of Higher Education
2015
Abstract The world-wide competition of higher education programs makes education institutions to seek for most efficient ways to attract students. The presented academic research is devoted also to the issues on motives and influencing factors for the choice of study programs. The methods applied in the current paper are as follows: analysis of scientific publications, focus group discussions, surveys of possible future students. For the evaluation of different aspects of choice a scale of 1-10 was used. For the data analysis of the survey descriptive statistical analysis, cross tabulations and correlation analysis, as well as analysis of variance (ANOVA) and factor analysis were applied.
L’Higher education in trasformazione: tra il potenziamento dell’employability e stakeholder view
2021
The higher education evolution passes through the enhancement of employability. It is necessary to focus on the construction of professional skills on the one hand, and on the other to create a bridge with the work field. An exploratory survey was conducted with stakeholders for the internship of the SPPEfF Department of the University of Palermo in the A.Y. 2019/2020 with the aim of: identifying the skills valued in working contexts in order to modify the study plans of the departmental courses for the A.Y. 2020/2021