This paper considers the rationale for using video diaries as a method of qualitative data gathering for research into students' experiences of Higher Education (HE). In particular the paper considers how video diaries have been employed for researching students' views and attitudes to their own learning and development. The paper examines the literature on the purpose of reflective video diary...

In many countries, education is more than a means for enabling progress and avoiding poverty; it is also critical for the development of knowledge societies and knowledge-based economies. It has been suggested that information and communication technologies (ITCs) can play a number of roles in education. Although lessons may be learned from best practices around the world, there is no specific ...

Higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United Kingdom are undergoing strategic changes, not least being the introduction of a new fees scheme and the identification of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as central to their strategic vision. However, little is known about the contexts and processes of formulating and implementing information systems strategy to support univer...

This paper is about the use of a Mixed Methods approach in an investigation that sought to assess the available Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) infrastructure capable of supporting Collaborative Web Technologies (CWTs) in a Blended Learning (BL) environment in Tanzanian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). We first used questionnaires to collect information about available ICT...

An increase in labour market insecurity, the diminution of collectivist institutions such as award structures, and the introduction of more individualised employment regulation (such as Australian Workplace Agreements) under the Workplace Relations Act has resulted in some employers seeking to utilise individualised employee relations that promise increased fl exibility and productivity by rest...

With the rapid expansion of higher education in the Asia-Pacific Region, the need for community engagement by higher education institutions (HEIs) becomes a more important institutional and social goal. In addition to the traditional moral and ethical objective of service and outreach by HEIs, there are political and economic motivations of engagement in the massified higher education system. H...

Assessment of discriminant validity is a must in any research that involves latent variables for the prevention of multicollinearity issues. Fornell and Larcker criterion is the most widely used method for this purpose. However, a new method has emerged for establishing the discriminant validity assessment through heterotrait-monotrait (HTMT) ratio of correlations method. Therefore, this articl...