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Evaluating WhatsApp Usage for Equitable Academic Engagement at University of Kabianga
Background: The widespread adoption of WhatsApp for academic purposes in higher education institutions across sub-Saharan Africa has outpaced institutional policy frameworks, creating both opportunities for enhanced communication and challenges related to equity, professionalism, and pedagogical effectiveness. This study investigates the use of WhatsApp for academic engagement among undergraduate students and lecturers at the University of Kabianga (UoK), a…
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“Did they use it, and did it help?” Exploring how students engage with interactive online feedback resources between formative and summative assignment submissions in a first-year nursing degree module.
Rationale: Formative feedback is a key component of nursing education, supporting both academic and practical skill development. However, feedback is consistently reported as an area of dissatisfaction within higher education in the UK, with both students and lecturers feeling dissatisfied with the feedback process. The feedback provided needs to not only identify areas for improvement but then needs to be utilised in a way that can positively impact the student’s learning. Technology can offer options to help bridge…
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Cyborgs and Centaurs, and how they inspired my research on the impact of Generative AI on educators’ professional identities in Higher Education.
Cyborgs and Centaurs, and how they inspired my research on the impact of Generative AI on educators’ professional identities in Higher Education. Maria Calonico Keywords: Generative AI, higher education, professional identity, academic identity, CPD, disruptive technologies. Generative AI (GenAI) can be defined as ‘a category of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that generate new outputs…
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Diminishing Distance: Fostering belonging by mature HE students as Communities of Inquiry
Diminishing Distance: Fostering belonging by mature HE students as Communities of Inquiry Bina Radia-Bond Key words: Communities of Inquiry; Higher Education; belonging; online learning; TEL; mature students. The initiative of the ‘university of the air’ in England over fifty years ago was pivotal in the advancement of social mobility through opening access to…