A learner developer perspective: critiquing dominant practices and cultures within university spaces

The Impact of Leadership Practices Within Cultures

Purpose This study investigated the behaviors of leaders across economically-distressed regions within four countries (Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, Philippines), whether the impact of their behavior would be differentially affected by culture, and the psychometric properties of the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) in this setting. Design Health care leaders and their constituents were surveye...

On Annotating Learner Language: A CL Perspective

Common Information Model – A Developer ’ s Perspective etrep 02 . pdf

The Common Information Model (CIM) defines a utility industry standard object-model for the development and integration of applications used for electric power systems engineering, planning, management, operation and commerce. This paper addresses the following questions: • Why was it developed? • What does it model? How is it defined? • What is the impact on software developers? • Who is using...

E-Learner Characteristics and E-Learner Satisfaction: A Study of Taiwanese EFL University Students

The present study aimed at furthering the understanding of the potential effects of e-learner characteristics on e-learner satisfaction in an EFL context. Specifically, it examined the collective impact of computer anxiety, computer-mediated communication (CMC) apprehension, metacognitive self-regulation strategy use, mastery goal orientation, and performance goal orientation on EFL e-learner s...

Supporting students of diverse cultures and faiths - Experiences from a University perspective.

BACKGROUND University of Bedfordshire is a large University with over 24000 students from over 100 countries. The main religions recorded are Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jewish and Sikhism amongst others. Around 45% of them do not have any recorded religion. The Mental Health Advisor will come across a wide range of students from different backgrounds each with their own unique pre...