Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education: Volume 14 Issue 1

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Embracing educational disruption: a case study in making the shift to a remote learning environment

Ida Fatimawati Adi Badiozaman, Hugh John Leong, Wallace Wong

As an institution that has invested in e-learning infrastructure and technology for e-learning delivery, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak conducted The Digital Educator…

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Behavioral intention of “digital natives” toward adapting the online education system in higher education

Sudin Bag, Payel Aich, Md. Aminul Islam

The aim of the study is to examine the intention of students toward the online education system with emphasis on online examination in higher education. The study investigated…

Current teaching methods in STEM departments – A road map for fundamental university educational reform: evidence from Lebanon

Mira Sabat, Roula M. Abdel-Massih, Amjad Kanaan, Sara Salloum, Mireille Serhan, Roula Fares, Nicolas Haddad, Antoine Melki

The purpose of this paper is to: (1) explore existing practices of STEM faculty at a private Lebanese university and (2) assess the extent of implementation of active learning…

Commercialization of academic research: assessing the perception of academicians at a public university in Malaysia

Nur Syazwani Suhaimi, Muhammad Abi Sofian Abdul Halim, Hafiza Aishah Hashim

This study examines the perception and attitudes of academicians regarding factors that influence the commercialization of university research.

Training and development climate and administrative employees' productivity in higher education

Paul Tristen Balwant, Rebecca Mohammed, Riann Singh

The purpose of the present study is to investigate mediating mechanisms in the relationship between the training and development climate at higher education institutions and…

Gender diversity indices for interpreting the phenomena in expanding higher education

Wen-Ching Chou, Dian-Fu Chang

This study aims to explore the higher education expansion phenomenon and to what extent that expansion could reshape the pattern of gender.

How achievement goals affect students' well-being and the relationship model between achievement goals, academic self-efficacy and affect at school

Dorothea Wahyu Ariani

This study aims to examine how students with different goals differ in their subjective well-being, including academic self-efficacy (ASE) and affect at school (AAS). There are…

Talent management practices on employee performance among academic staff of Malaysian private universities: employee engagement as a mediator

Mohammed Sani Abdullahi, Kavitha Raman, Sakiru Adebola Solarin

The aim of this paper is to examine the effect of talent management (TM) practices on employee performance (EP) among academic staff of Malaysian private universities (MPU…

Disciplinary differences in the language needs of engineering students in Iran: a cross-disciplinary analysis

Razieh Gholaminejad

Although English for academic purposes (EAP) courses are vital components of engineering disciplines in the universities of Iran, studies investigating engineering students'…

Medical students' perception and satisfaction on peer-assisted learning in formative OSCE and its effectiveness in improving clinical competencies

Nurul Haizum FarahDiyana Latjatih, Nurhanis Syazni Roslan, Puteri Shanaz Jahn Kassim, Siti Khadijah Adam

Peer-assisted learning (PAL) in formative objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is an approach used to evaluate the students' clinical competence. This study aims to…

The effect of students' conceptions of feedback on academic self-efficacy and self-regulation: evidence from higher education in Pakistan

Shafaque Fatima, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Ismail Saad

This study investigated the influence of students' conceptions of feedback (ScoF) dimensions on academic self-efficacy (SE) and self-regulation (SRG).

Demonstration of the relationship between MSD and online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

Kochu Therisa Karingada, Michael Sony

The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown has caught many educational institutions by surprise and warranted an abrupt migration from offline to online learning. This has resulted in an…

Plagiarism in higher education across nations: a case of language students

Majid Farahian, Farnaz Avarzamani, Mehrdad Rezaee

Many scholars have recognized the cultural dependency of the concept of plagiarism and have investigated the influence of cultural attitude on university students' plagiarism;…

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The impact of the student–instructor relationship on student-centric measures

Matti Haverila, Kai Christian Haverila

On the basis of the justice, attachment, social support, self-determination theories, this research paper examines the impact of the student–instructor relationship construct on…

Investigating immersive learning technology intervention in architecture education: a systematic literature review

Annisa Ummihusna, Mohd Zairul

This study intends to review the existing studies on the application of immersive learning technology (ILT) in architecture education field. A systematic literature review (SLR…

Studying approaches: samples in China, Kuwait, and USA

Marcelline Fusilier, Rafiqul Bhuyan, John Russell, Shan Lin, Shuai Yang

Student approaches to studying were explored in business courses with samples in China, Kuwait and the USA. Information on approaches to studying is critical as delivery and…

A capability maturity model for assessment of active learning in higher education

Fernanda Gobbi de Boer Garbin, Carla Schwengber ten Caten, Diego Augusto de Jesus Pacheco

Although active learning methodologies are recognized as an effective means to achieve expected educational demands, in practice, the teaching and learning processes are still…

Significance of developing spirituality among management students: discerning the impact on psychological resources and wellbeing

P.M. Nimmi, Alka K. Binoy, George Joseph, R. Suma

The unending ambivalence in the academic environment and the job market is detrimental to management graduates' wellbeing. The study looks into the possible intervening methods to…

Knowledge sharing through WhatsApp: does it promote EFL teachers' reflective practice?

Majid Farahian, Farshad Parhamnia

Reflective practice can greatly improve teachers' professional development, and various studies have demonstrated that teachers' knowledge sharing has a positive impact on their…

Decision-making system for higher education university selection: comparison of priorities pre- and post-COVID-19

Krishnadas Nanath, Ali Sajjad, Supriya Kaitheri

University selection in higher education is a complex task for aspirants from a decision-making perspective. This study first aims to understand the essential parameters that…

Examining multiple engagements and their impact on students' knowledge acquisition: the moderating role of information overload

Hafiz Muhammad Basit Feroz, Salman Zulfiqar, Sadaf Noor, Chunhui Huo

Knowledge acquisition is a pivotal concern for the students and many sources help them to obtain knowledge. In this paper, the authors theoretically examine three engagements such…

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Community partners' experiences of higher education service-learning in a community engagement module

Martina Jordaan, Nita Mennega

The purpose of this empirical research paper is to investigate the self-perceived role of the community partner of a higher education service-learning and community engagement…

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An educational intervention focused on teaching Qualified Empathy to social work students in Finland

Eija Raatikainen, Leigh Anne Rauhala, Seija Mäenpää

The main goal of the one semester long intervention for first-year Bachelor of Social Services students was to enable them to increase their awareness of a variety of cultures and…

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Developing and testing student engagement scale for higher educational students

Ahmed Faisal Siddiqi, Muhammad Salman Shabbir, Mazhar Abbas, Arshad Mahmood, Rabia Salman

The purpose of this study is to develop and empirically test the student engagement scale and to understand the factors that contribute to student engagement at higher educational…

Perceptions of undergraduate students on the effect of cooperative learning on academic achievement

Mohammad Reza Keramati, Robyn Margaret Gillies

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of embedding cooperative learning (CL) into the Primary and Secondary Education Course (PSEC) on the academic achievement of…

Expectation as a key determinant of international students’ satisfaction: A case study of business school MSc students

Ahmed Beloucif, Messaoud Mehafdi, Naa Ayeley Komey

The purpose of this paper is to explore international postgraduate students’ expectations of UK university education, covering various aspects of student expectation at a leading…

Design and evaluation of the project and program crashing games

David Rumeser, Margaret Emsley

The purpose of this paper is to help project management (PM) game designers and educators in simulating complexity in PM games and in assessing the effect of simulated project…

Statistically, Does peer assisted learning make a difference on a UK engineering degree programme? HETL Scotland 2017

Anne Louise Nortcliffe, Sajhda Parveen, Cathy Pink-Keech

Black British minority ethnics (BME) students are nationally underachieving in comparison to their Ethnic Chinese and White peers, showing typically a 16 per cent graduate…

Quality of learning experience, student satisfaction and perceived overall experience in the COVID-19 context

Venugopal Prabhakar Gantasala, Swapna Bhargavi Gantasala, Tareq Na'el Al Tawil, Prerana Prasad

The intention for this study was to explore any relationship that might exist between quality of learning experience (QLE), the second construct student satisfaction (SS) and the…

Making internationalization of higher education a national strategic focus

Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe, Juliet Thondhlana

This paper contributes to knowledge on the internationalization of higher education (HE) through presenting a “lived” experience on how to optimize internationalization outcomes…

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ISSN:

2050-7003

Online date, start – end:

2009

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Dr. Patrick Blessinger