Designing pedagogical experiences to facilitate first year students' learning progression: a case study
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Paper/Presentation Title | Designing pedagogical experiences to facilitate first year students' learning progression: a case study |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Lawrence, Jill (Author) and Ryan, Regina (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | STARS Conference Handbook & Proceedings 2015 |
Number of Pages | 1 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://unistars.org/papers/STARS2015.pdf |
Conference/Event | 1st Students Transitions Achievement Retention & Success Conference (STARS 2015) |
Event Details | 1st Students Transitions Achievement Retention & Success Conference (STARS 2015) Parent Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention and Success (STARS) Conference Delivery In person Event Date 01 to end of 04 Jul 2015 Event Location Melbourne, Australia |
Abstract | Realising the potential for commencing students to succeed at university depends on designing a pedagogy that not only engages students in learning but also encourages them to actively reflect on that learning. This guiding philosophy underpins a first year undergraduate nursing course conducted at the University of Southern Queensland; a course characterised by a very diverse student cohort, an online teaching mode and an inter-disciplinary program emphasis. This paper documents a research study evaluating the course. The findings reveal that the course’s pedagogical design enables students to reflect on and progress their learning, particularly the learning thresholds related to their digital learning, time management and organisational capabilities as well as their capacities to seek support and learn independently. For a minority of students, however, the course’s online engagement was troublesome and although this can be tracked it remains a concern that needs to be explicitly confronted at the beginning of each course offering. |
Keywords | first year experience, higher education pedagogy |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390102. Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development |
Public Notes | Copyright retained by authors. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Arts and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q39xw/designing-pedagogical-experiences-to-facilitate-first-year-students-learning-progression-a-case-study
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