Understanding value in the student experience through student–staff partnerships

ABSTRACT

Questions such as ‘what is value in the student experience?’ and ‘how do we measure or assess value in higher education?’ remain an under-researched area. However, in the context of marketisation and competitive forces in higher education, there is a need to unpack what is value in the student experience. In this article, a conceptualisation of value that can be applied in higher education (known as value-in-use) is introduced and applied to a specific and increasingly important aspect of the student experience – student–staff partnerships. Qualitative survey data (n?=?97) and interviews (n?=?35) from ten cases of various manifestations of student–staff partnerships in the Australasian context is presented and assessed in relation to value. The findings highlight that student–staff partnerships may enhance value in the student experience and that value-in-use may be an appropriate lens through which to continue to explore how value is created and measured in the student experience.     

Blended learning in higher education: professional development in a Hong Kong university

ABSTRACT

Online learning has become a ubiquitous part of the educational landscape and how teachers are supported in developing approaches to teaching online is a fundamental aspect of the students’ learning experience. Based on the implementation of a professional development course on becoming an online teacher offered in a blended learning mode at one university in Hong Kong, this article proposes that offering this type of professional development in a blended mode is very effective in facilitating enhanced usage of the university’s learning management system. In a blended mode, teachers are actively engaged with blended learning and were found to make more extensive use of features/tools in Blackboard after they attended the professional development course. Results support that offering professional development in a blended mode provides teachers with an authentic student perspective, at the same time as they take guided steps in the teacher’s role in blended learning.     

高校学生党支部工作的几点思考

随着经济的发展和改革的不断深化,高校学生参与政治的热情有淡化的趋势。高校学生党支部面临着一系列新的挑战。必须加强党支部的培训和发展工作,改变工作方法,增强党支部的吸引力和凝聚力。     

中学生主体性与心理健康的相关研究

运用ZTX和MHT量表对郑州市两所中学学生进行问卷调查结果表明：中学生主体性水平与其心理健康水平存在显著负相关;中学生主体性水平越高,其心理健康水平则越高。     

创造良好育人环境,关注90后大学生心理健康

大学生心理健康是政府关心、学校担心、家长揪心的一个非常重要的问题。现在刚入学的大学生绝大部分是90后,由于他们生活、成长的家庭、社会、教育环境不同,与以往大学生存在一些差异,必须引起我们教育工作者的重视和思考。     

陶孟和与中国近代大学教育的改革和发展

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广西少数民族收割工具禾剪的考察与研究

禾剪,是广西少数民族使用的劳动工具,主要用来收割谷穗。通过研究,发现禾剪并不是原始和落后的代名词,其使用与广西少数民族种植的粮食作物、客观条件、文化传统有着密切的关系。     

少数民族传统体育文化资源开发利用的保障机制——以桂滇黔地区为例

由于少数民族传统体育文化保护起步晚和对其保护的公共投入不足,经济发展相对滞后、但传统体育文化资源占优的桂滇黔地区对通过开发传统体育文化具有的经济价值来弥补其保护资金不足有着更为迫切的需求。然少数民族传统体育文化资源的开发利用涉及诸多方面的利益,要实现其开发利用的可持续性,需从法律法规、资金支持、人才培养、规划评估、区域合作等方面建立起一整套有效的保障机制,使其开发利用的综合效益得到充分发挥。     

外包：西方大学提高管理效率的新工具

外包被引入大学管理,并在节约成本和提高效率方面显示了潜在的优势。本文详细探讨了外包在西方大学的应用与发展情况,分析了其流行于高教界的原因,以期对我国大学管理提供有益的借鉴。     

西部新农村建设地方高校的重大使命

建设社会主义新农村是中国现代化进程中的重大历史使命,西部地区的新农村建设尤其任重而道远。地方高校为西部新农村服务,既是满足社会的需要,也是高校自身发展的需要。因此高校探求服务新农村建设的新模式,是建设西部新农村的必要途径。绵阳师范学院"全国千县工程信息员培训基地"的成立是我校服务社会主义新农村建设的具体体现,为新农村建设培训优秀信息员奠定了良好的基础。