SEDA Series
About the Book Series
Written by experienced and well-known practitioners and published in association with the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA), each book in the series contributes to the development of learning, teaching and training and assists in the professional development of staff. The books present new ideas for learning development and facilitate the exchange of information and good practice.
Managing Educational Development Projects: Effective Management for Maximum Impact
1st Edition
Edited
By Carole Baume, Paul Martin, Mantz Yorke
September 01, 2002
Educational development is a major issue for higher education institutions (HEIs). It constitutes a major part of the research work of many academics. This practical volume, written by experienced practitioners in the field, is a guide to successfully managing an educational development project....
Academic and Educational Development: Research, Evaluation and Changing Practice in Higher Education
1st Edition
By Ranald Macdonald, James Wisdom
April 01, 2002
Part of the well-known Staff and Educational Development Series, this practice oriented book brings together leading research and evaluation approaches and supporting case studies from leading educational researchers and innovative teachers.With much emphasis on change, innovation and developing ...
Computer-assisted Assessment of Students
1st Edition
Edited
By Brown, Sally, Bull, Joanna, Race, Phil
October 01, 1999
This text draws on a range of expertise to share good practice and explore new ways of using appropriate technologies in assessment. It provides a strategic overview along with pragmatic proposals for the use of computers in assessment....
Benchmarking and Threshold Standards in Higher Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Armstrong, Sally Brown, Helen Smith
September 01, 1999
The specification of standards in higher education has long been the subject of international debate. This text covers the rationales, operational issues and perspectives on benchmarking and standards from international viewpoints....
Inspiring Students: Case Studies on Teaching Required Courses
1st Edition
Edited
By Kemel Ahmet, Stephen Fallows
September 01, 1999
This text looks at the problems of teaching HE students whose main interest and discipline lies elsewhere. Contributors describe strategies they have developed to inspire students and case studies are used to transfer key ideas to other teachers....
Assessment for Learning in Higher Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Knight, Peter
October 01, 1998
Combining a range of case studies with theoretical research, this volume analyzes current developments and best practice. The contributors discuss innovative approaches in assessment, peer assessment, the NCVQ model, the positive side of assessment, staff training for assessment, and much more....
Motivating Students
1st Edition
Edited
By Steve Armstrong, Sally Brown, Gail Thompson
February 01, 1998
This work brings together the experience of educators, trainers and students searching for ways of increasing student motivation. Links between motivation and training, learning and assessment processes are examined through case studies set in a broad range of subject discipline contexts....
Flexible Learning in Action: Case Study in Higher Education
1st Edition
By Hudson, Rachel, Lyn, Oates, Maslin-Prothero, Sian
December 01, 1997
First Published in 1997. Pressures to find ways of delivering courses to new markets, lifelong learners and part-time students have all contributed to the growth in finding ways of delivering flexible learning. This book provides case studies to illustrate the diversity of approaches and gives ...
Facing Up to Radical Change in Universities and Colleges
1st Edition
Edited
By Armstrong, Steve, Thompson, Gail (both Senior Lecturers, Sunderland Business School)
February 01, 1997
This text explores how academics face up to radical changes in the learning environment. With the implementation of new technologies to support teaching and learning there is a need for more strategic approaches to teaching and learning....
Management of Independent Learning Systems
1st Edition
Edited
By Knight, Peter (Lecturer, Department of Educational Research, University of Lancaster), Tait, Jo (University of Lancaster)
July 01, 1996
This work focuses on the competences associated with self-motivated life-long learners who are accustomed to working with autonomy, and provides models for exploring ways to develop competences in a changing world....
Resource Based Learning
1st Edition
By Sally Brown, Brenda Smith
July 01, 1996
Resource-based learning has emerged as a response to the changing expectations of students. This text provides strategies for its implementation, development evaluation and discusses the implications for resource centres....
Research, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Brown, Sally, Smith, Brenda
January 01, 1995
Exploring the issue of how educational staff can balance successfully their research and teaching activities, this volume argues that the entire system governing the relationship amongst research, teaching and learning should be dismantled and rebuilt, focusing on symbiosis rather than conflict....