Please send suggestions for changes and edits to Mick Healey. A dissertation or final year project will usually have several key characteristics which are…
Teaching online requires re-thinking course design to align with the strategies that best suit the content and the students. The resources below stress the…
Seel and Dijkstra, 2004; Verloop and Lowyck, 2003; Berkvens and Van den Akker, 2013; Diamond, 1998; Valcke, 2007; Beetham, 2012 and O’Niell, 2015 describe in…
In the research literature various useful evidences can be found to help to design a good curriculum organization. However, there are no standard solutions. The…
Purpose of the eBook The purpose of this eBook was to collate and share many of the resources that I had written in the last few years on programme design, in…
Engaging and empowering first-year students through curriculum design perspectives from the literature. Catherine Bovill, Cathy J. Bulley and Kate Morss…
By Arthur W. Chickering and Zelda F. Gamson. From The American Association for Higher Education Bulletin, March 1987 encourages contact between students and…
There is an increasing value being placed on engaging and empowering first-year students. First-year curriculum design is a key driver and opportunity to ensure…
Most evaluations have focused on initiatives to develop academic and study skills: common areas of concern in first year that may also reflect the recent…