The latest edition maintains the excellence and appeal of the previous editions. Its clear text and outstanding illustrations, together with the complementary problems book make this an essential companion for students and lecturers alike.

The article presents a method to the development of a dashboard for large-scale lectures (more than 100 students) based on information derived from educational IT-applications, which play an increasingly important role in the field of university education. Via mobile devices, IT-applications enable students to interact with lecturers as well as their fellow students in large-scale settings, e.g...

Over the last two decades there have been fundamental shifts in the way teaching and learning are perceived and conducted within the tertiary education sector. One is a move from teacher-centred to student-centred education, and another is a move from the traditional to the virtual classroom. However, there are indications that academics and students have not universally embraced this new educa...

The aim of this article is to shed some light on patterns of and major motives for the adoption of different types of disruptive learning innovations by Unisa academics. To realise the aim of the study, the following questions were addressed: What are the reasons for adopting disruptive learning innovations? What is the level of interaction with disruptive innovations? What training do Unisa ac...

Almost all universities include some form of assignment in their courses. The assignments are either carried out in either in groups or individually. To effectively manage these submitted assignments, a well-designed assignment submission system is needed, hence the need for an online assignment submission system to facilitate the distribution, and collection of assignments on due dates. The ob...

This study aimed to investigate nursing lecturers’ perception regarding their pedagogical practice regarding HIV/AIDS, using Complex Thought as the theoretical framework. This is qualitative research with 13 lecturers who graduated in Nursing, belonging to seven Higher Education Institutions in São Paulo, and was undertaken between January and July 2010. The study respected ethical principles a...

background and purpose: the application of diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic evidence in day-to-day management of patients has been in constant focus during the last two decades. this study is an attempt to investigate attitude and knowledge of post-graduated medical students and lecturers towards evidence-based medicine (ebm) and assess their preferences to clinical practice guidelines. ...

A DEFINITION OF LITERARY LITERACY: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF LITERATURE SYLLABUSES AND INTERVIEWS WITH PORTUGUESE LECTURERS OF LITERATURE Rita Baleiro School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism, University of the Algarve (Portugal) [email protected] Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present a definition of literary literacy in the context of majors in languages, literatures and cultures, in P...