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Microcredentials for Excellence

A Practical Guide

By: Rebecca Ferguson,Denise Whitelock

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Microcredentials for Excellence

A Practical Guide

By: Rebecca Ferguson,Denise Whitelock

Institutions all over the world are setting up microcredentials in responses to calls from governments and industry. These are short courses, usually offered online, with an emphasis on the needs of the workplace. More targeted than typical degree courses, they cover role-specific knowledge and help with essential workplace skills. They enable learners to study alongside their work, refreshing and updating their skills. With microcredentials, individuals can access the qualifications they need to get the jobs they want, retraining and upskilling whenever necessary. These are exciting possibilities, but how can they be achieved? Written for everyone with an interest in the policy, practice, or production of microcredentials, this book takes a realistic look at what is possible. Rooted in experience, research and practice, it identifies what makes these new courses distinctive and provides guidance on how to go about producing them and supporting learners. Differences in scale, funding, learners, and presentation are just some of the factors that mean microcredentials are not typical courses. Setting them up and sustaining them effectively requires thought and change in all areas of an institution, as well as new or extended partnerships with employers and professional organisations. Microcredentials for Excellence: A Practical Guide examines the range of roles that contribute to a successful microcredential as well as processes and frameworks developed to help with the development of a microcredentials programme. The book: - describes approaches to teaching and learning that work well with these courses; - identifies methods of course production and learning design that have proved successful when making the move to microcredentials; - suggests ways in which learners can be supported during their studies, especially in terms of wellbeing, accessibility, and mental health; - examines innovative practices in assessment and feedback that address some of the challenges for microcredentials in these areas; - explores the internal and external quality standards that may be applied, together with ways of evaluating and developing courses to meet these standards; and - looks ahead to possible futures for microcredentials, taking into account the different visions proposed by those developing them and those influencing that development.

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Ubiquity Press

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1914481496

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9781914481499

Australian Theatre, Modernism and Patrick White

By: Denise Varney,Sandra D'Urso

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Australian Theatre, Modernism and Patrick White

By: Denise Varney,Sandra D'Urso

In the early 1960s the board of governors of the Adelaide Festival of Arts in Australia rejected two Patrick White plays, The Ham Funeral in 1962 and Night on Bald Mountain in 1964. Australian Theatre, Modernism and Patrick White documents the scandal that followed the board’s rejections of White’s plays, especially as it acted against the advice of its own drama committee and artistic director on both occasions. Denise Varney and Sandra D’Urso analyze the two events by drawing on the performative behaviour of the board of governors to focus on the question of governance. They shed new light on the cultural politics that surrounded the rejections, arguing that it represents an instance of executive governance of cultural production, in this case theatre and performance. The central argument of the book is that aesthetic modernism in theatre and drama struggled to achieve visibility and acceptability, and posed a threat to the norms and values of early to mid-twentieth-century Australia. The recent productions indicate that despite the Adelaide Festival’s early hostile rejections, White’s plays endure.

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162

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Anthem Press

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1783088370

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The Tiger in Men

By: Denise Robins

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The Tiger in Men

By: Denise Robins

It was a wild and passionate night - a night that drives beautiful Fenella to marry a stranger, and begin the most hair-raising adventure of her life. Moments before, Fenella finds her blond fiancé Max with another woman, and in a blind fury she rides with the stranger through the Canadian wilderness to the magistrate's office - to become Mrs. Gail O'Shean. Then they part forever, or so she thinks. Try as she might, Fenella cannot forget Gail's handsome face and beautiful eyes. Max wants her back desperately. But suddenly, in a rush of kidnapping, bandits, and sheriff posses, Fenella is involved in a breathtaking intrigue. Three men want her, but only one loves her. Will she discover him before it was too late?

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175

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Hodder & Stoughton

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1444750925

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9781444750928

Illusion of Love

By: Denise Robins

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Illusion of Love

By: Denise Robins

Soon after Pamela Morris marries Lord Julian Eden in 1918, his plane is shot down and he is presumed dead. Julian's terminally ill mother offers her daughter-in-law a home at Eden Hall, but Pamela has married again. So Stella, Pamela's kind-hearted sister, takes her place to make the old lady's last days happy...

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172

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Hodder & Stoughton

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1444750461

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Dance in the Dust

By: Denise Robins

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Dance in the Dust

By: Denise Robins

A sweeping historical novel from the Queen of Romance, originally published in 1959 and now available for the first time in eBook. Seduction, betrayal, rapture. Esmond, Earl of Mornbury and the handsomest man in all England, had renounced his elegantly reckless lifestyle - only to be shattered by a cruel tragedy. Grief-stricken, he resumed his dissolute living and fought a deadly duel before retreating to a monastery to suffer alone. But now Queen Anne urges marriage upon him, and Esmond's thoughts turn to the lovely Magda, whom he has seen just once, but who captured his interest and desire. The preparations for the match are put in place. But a shocking discovery awaits Esmond on his wedding day... a revelation that will put love to the ultimate test. He is England's most charming rogue - she is treachery's pawn. They thought nothing could stand between them - but will her terrible betrayal destroy their love?

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1444782177

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Digital Discourse

New Directions for Technology-Enhanced Learning

By: Denise Whitlock

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Digital Discourse

New Directions for Technology-Enhanced Learning

By: Denise Whitlock

Written to promote e-learning excellence, Digital Discourse outlines and illustrates the effectiveness of computer mediated discourse in teaching and technology-enhanced learning courses. It offers a coherent and effective teaching approach through the use of digital discourses. This approach has proven to be successful in raising student participation and reflection in the learning process. Grounded in pedagogical research conducted through The Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, this book provides evidence of the mediating role of such discourse in the development of thinking and also in the construction of different communities of practice. It includes further examples in the US that show how e-learning environments provide enriched learning opportunities offered by a dialogic approach. Up-to-date and innovative in its approach, this book focuses on the practical and theoretical aspects of digital discourses, including Aesopic Dialogue or the sharing and telling of stories. It further examines a number of recent developments that exhibit innovation in electronic communication that encourage the learning process; the most recent developments in pedagogical communication tools, such as "BuddySpace" and "BuddyFinder" are discussed together with the role of mobile technologies in support of learning dialogues. Digital Discourse is the perfect resource for those interested in understanding the role of discourse in the promotion of reflective teaching and learning and offers: a selection of examples, action points, activities, tools and resources an insightful perspective into the use of social computing tools such as to social computing tools such as Wiki, blogs, YouTube and MySpace practical advice on how to overcome the initial hurdles that can act as barriers in e-learning environments. Practicing lecturers, course leaders, designers, staff developers and students will find this book an invaluable resource. It presents new opportunities for the use of technology enhanced discourse learning and sheds light on the true power of discourse thinking in higher education.

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041599022X

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Microcredentials for Excellence

A Practical Guide

By: Rebecca Ferguson,Denise Whitelock

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A Practical Guide

By: Rebecca Ferguson,Denise Whitelock

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Book's by Denise Whitelock

Microcredentials for Excellence

Microcredentials for Excellence

Australian Theatre, Modernism and Patrick White

Australian Theatre, Modernism and Patrick White

The Tiger in Men

The Tiger in Men

Illusion of Love

Illusion of Love

Dance in the Dust

Dance in the Dust

Digital Discourse

Digital Discourse

Microcredentials for Excellence

Microcredentials for Excellence

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