This study investigated the characteristics of deep and surface approaches to learning in online students’ responses to instructor’s qualitative feedback given to a multi-stage, ill-structured design project. Further, the study examined the relationships between approaches to learning and two learner characteristics: epistemic beliefs (EB) and need for closure (NFC). Four emerging themes were i...

Skill certification promotion is one of the main policies facilitated by the technological and vocational education, where application software instruction is regarded as the core curriculum to foster skill certification. With its close connection with problem-solving learning, application software instruction relies heavily on hands-on operation incorporating information technology to adequate...

The evaluation of virtual learning environments (VLEs) and similar applications has, to date, largely consisted of checklists of system features, phenomenological studies or measures of specific forms of educational efficacy. Although these approaches offer some value, they are unable to capture the complex and holistic nature of a group of individuals using a common system to support the wide ...

Quality marks intend to improve the quality of organisations and/or products and services by certification. Their scope, objectives and outcomes, however, vary. Therefore, it is necessary to match the objectives of a quality mark with the requirements of an educational organisation. Sometimes, the only outcome of a quality mark is the marketing effect. Quality marks, however, can start and main...

Recent years have witnessed rapid advancement in mobile learning technology. A major issue is the identification of the factors that would relate to the diverse needs of users. If mobile learning is intended to enhance distance, interactive, and collaborative learning, then it is mission critical to understand the impact of individual, social, and technological factors that would play a role in...

BACKGROUND Learning in the clinical environment is an important part of nursing education. Several recent studies focusing on clinical learning have been based on hospital settings. Little is known about primary health care (PHC) as clinical environment where district nurses (DNs) or nurses supervise students. It is important to understand more about opportunities and difficulties in supervisin...

In today’s business environments organizations deal with complex problems that require holistic solutions originating from both business and technical domains. Such initiatives require business professionals that have a deeper understanding of the holistic nature of the problems, and can offer integrated solutions that leverage practices from various domains. In order to equip professionals wit...