All Outputs (459)

Sustainable developments in knitting (2012)
Journal Article
Power, E. (2012). Sustainable developments in knitting. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 9(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBG.2012.047519

The global community is aware that policies and practices regarding human consumption of resources need to change. Sustainability is a dominant factor within government policies worldwide. A recent report compiled on behalf of the European Union iden... Read More about Sustainable developments in knitting.

Resilient ecosystem service assessments for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Mak, C., James, P., & Scholz, M. (2012, June). Resilient ecosystem service assessments for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). Poster presented at College of Science and Technology Research Showcase Day, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) have been shown to be the preferred solution in dealing with excess urban flooding compared with traditional drainage methods (Woods-Ballard et al, 2007). Aside from flood prevention and water purification, SuDS a... Read More about Resilient ecosystem service assessments for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS).

Promoting employability skills through active learning (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Power, E. (2012, March). Promoting employability skills through active learning. Presented at 2nd Employability, Citizenship and Enterprise Conference, Manchester, UK

The Higher Education (HE) landscape in England has changed dramatically in the last two decades. There is a political drive to improve accessibility and transparency of information available to current and prospective students. This combined with the... Read More about Promoting employability skills through active learning.

New concepts of Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) utilizing BIM benchmarking techniques and sensing devices (2012)
Conference Proceeding
coates, S., Arayici, Y., & Ozturk, Z. (2012). New concepts of Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) utilizing BIM benchmarking techniques and sensing devices. In Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (319-329). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27509-8_27

Traditionally Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is conducted against the prescribed performance specification and it mainly relies on two activities; i) The effective collection of real world data and information and ii) the formulation of this data /... Read More about New concepts of Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) utilizing BIM benchmarking techniques and sensing devices.

Developing information literacy skills in re-registration nurses: An experimental study of teaching methods (2012)
Journal Article
Brettle, A., & Raynor, M. (2012). Developing information literacy skills in re-registration nurses: An experimental study of teaching methods. Nurse Education Today, 33(2), 103-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2011.12.003

Aim

To compare the effectiveness of an online information literacy tutorial with a face-to-face session for teaching information literacy skills to nurses.
Design

Randomised control trial.
Participants

Seventy-seven first year undergraduat... Read More about Developing information literacy skills in re-registration nurses: An experimental study of teaching methods.

Worsley New Hall: A Guide to Sources (2012)
Other
Alexandra, M. (2012). Worsley New Hall: A Guide to Sources. Salford

A bibliography of archives, published works and online resources relating to the history of Worsley New Hall, Worsley, Salford.

Inequality and higher education: marketplace or social justice? (2012)
Book
Hall, M. (2012). Inequality and higher education: marketplace or social justice?. London: Leadership Foundation for Higher Education

Professor Hall’s paper addresses the key social issues of poverty and inequality of educational opportunity, comparing the UK’s policy history and experience with that of South Africa and identifying the important roles that higher education leaders... Read More about Inequality and higher education: marketplace or social justice?.

Teaching and learning conversations (TLC): Flexible bite-size staff development by, with and for academics (2011)
Book Chapter
Nerantzi, C. (2011). Teaching and learning conversations (TLC): Flexible bite-size staff development by, with and for academics. In Engaging hearts and minds : Best practice guide (4-8). Oxford: UCISA Academic Support Group

This case study presents the new blended Teaching and Learning Conversations (TLC) programme offered by the Academic Development Unit at the University of Salford. The TLC programme is an informal academic development intervention that helps individu... Read More about Teaching and learning conversations (TLC): Flexible bite-size staff development by, with and for academics.

‘I didn’t know this was possible’ : reflections on a variety of Web 2.0, classroom-based and online technologies (2011)
Journal Article
classroom-based and online technologies

This case study reports on the Engaging and Enhancing Student Learning (EESL) module which forms the core module of the newly HEA and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) accredited blended Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) offered... Read More about ‘I didn’t know this was possible’ : reflections on a variety of Web 2.0, classroom-based and online technologies.

Integrating 3D scanning data & textile parameters into virtual clothing (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Power, E., Apeagyei, P., & Jefferson, A. (2011, October). Integrating 3D scanning data & textile parameters into virtual clothing. Presented at 2nd International Conference on 3D Body Scanning Technologies, Lugano, Switzerland

Hooked on coaching (2011)
Journal Article
Nerantzi, C. (2011). Hooked on coaching

Coaching is widely used and recognised in Business as a driver for improved performance for some time now. Coaching has also been introduced to the Education sector and especially Further Education has embraced it through National Initiatives such as... Read More about Hooked on coaching.

Open educational resources and practices for all: thoughts captured during, and shortly after, a short-term SCORE Fellowship (2011)
Journal Article
Nerantzi, C. (2011). Open educational resources and practices for all: thoughts captured during, and shortly after, a short-term SCORE Fellowship. Educational Developments, 12(3), 23-24

Engaging library staff with Web 2.0 innovations: the Learning 2.0 experience (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Mcnally, J., Adams, R., & Lucas, N. (2011, July). Engaging library staff with Web 2.0 innovations: the Learning 2.0 experience. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment (ECE) 6th International Conference : Creativity & Engagement in Higher Education, The University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

Beyond the closed e-portfolio: Designing for the digital curation of professional identities for lifelong learning (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Fenton, A. (2011, July). Beyond the closed e-portfolio: Designing for the digital curation of professional identities for lifelong learning. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment (ECE) 6th International Conference : Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education, The University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

MoRe (or) reflecting while dusting? (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Nerantzi, C. (2011, July). MoRe (or) reflecting while dusting?. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment (ECE) 6th International Conference : Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education, The University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK

Open Access at Salford – Where next? (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Bates, K., & Berry, J. (2011, June). Open Access at Salford – Where next?. Poster presented at LIBER 40th Annual Conference, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona

Having fully embraced Open Access for its scholarly communications, putting in place an Open Access Mandate, the University of Salford is now reflecting on its success and working on new opportunities.
This poster will outline a case study for the... Read More about Open Access at Salford – Where next?.

Investigating students' beliefs about autonomy in an Arab setting (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Al Ghazali, F. (2011, June). Investigating students' beliefs about autonomy in an Arab setting. Presented at SPARC, University of Salford

“Anyone there?”: online problem-based learning within academic development (2011)
Thesis
Nerantzi, C. “Anyone there?”: online problem-based learning within academic development. (Dissertation). Edinburgh Napier University

At the heart of this research project is Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in online settings within Academic Development (AD). A small scale trial was carried out over a period of 6 months with a group of academic developers and individuals who teach or... Read More about “Anyone there?”: online problem-based learning within academic development.

Steganalysis of compressed speech to detect covert voice over Internet protocol channels (2011)
Journal Article
Huang, Y., Tang, S., Bao, C., & Yip, Y. (2011). Steganalysis of compressed speech to detect covert voice over Internet protocol channels. IET Information Security, 5(1), 26-32. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-ifs.2010.0032

A network covert channel is a passage along which information leaks across the network in violation of security policy in a completely undetectable manner. This study reveals our findings in analysing the principle of G.723.1 codec that there are ?un... Read More about Steganalysis of compressed speech to detect covert voice over Internet protocol channels.

'Not too much facilitation going on' - issues in facilitating online problem-based learning in academic development (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Nerantzi, C. (2011, March). 'Not too much facilitation going on' - issues in facilitating online problem-based learning in academic development. Presented at Celebrating the Past and Embracing the Future: Evolution and Innovation in Problem-Based Learning, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria

This research examines online Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in Academic Development (AD). Research shows limited application of PBL within AD, with no evidence of online PBL in accredited provision aimed at connecting participants, and enabling collab... Read More about 'Not too much facilitation going on' - issues in facilitating online problem-based learning in academic development.