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Indexing technique for XML documents (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Haj, S., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2007, June). Indexing technique for XML documents. Presented at International Conference on Internet Computing, ICOMP 2007, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Critical discourse analysis: How can awareness of CDA influence teaching techniques? (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Al Ghazali, F. (2007, February). Critical discourse analysis: How can awareness of CDA influence teaching techniques?. Presented at TESOL Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is a creative and disciplined enterprise which is based on a speech act theory that says that language is used not only to describe things but to do things as well (Brown and Yule, 1985). It is essentially an approac... Read More about Critical discourse analysis: How can awareness of CDA influence teaching techniques?.

Conference proceedings 2007 (2007)
Presentation / Conference
SPARC. (2007, January). Conference proceedings 2007. Presented at SPARC, University of Salford

The relationship between self-access centres and sociocultural elements in language learning (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Al Ghazali, F. (2007, January). The relationship between self-access centres and sociocultural elements in language learning. Presented at TESOL Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Abstract As Kennedy and Edwards (1998) point out, infusing an innovation into a different society is not always easy due to the cultural discrepancy between adopters of the innovation from one side and its recipients from the other. This dissimil... Read More about The relationship between self-access centres and sociocultural elements in language learning.

Collocations and word-combinations in English: Considerations, classifications, and pedagogic implications (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Considerations, classifications, and pedagogic implications. Presented at TESOL Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Language is a means of communication among people, and language fluency is influenced by how this language is acquired. The speed of articulation is affected not only by one's ability of retention but also by the amount of prefabricated chunks stored... Read More about Collocations and word-combinations in English: Considerations, classifications, and pedagogic implications.

Foundation degrees: foundation for what? Skills needs, lifelong learning and widening participation? (2006)
Presentation / Conference
O'Doherty, E. (2006, January). Foundation degrees: foundation for what? Skills needs, lifelong learning and widening participation?. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

Foundation degrees were established as a policy solution to the intermediate skill needs of the economy and as a means to effect social justice. This paper examines the outcomes of this policy using an analysis of student enrolment data from 2004-05... Read More about Foundation degrees: foundation for what? Skills needs, lifelong learning and widening participation?.

Conference proceedings 2006 (2006)
Presentation / Conference
SPARC. (2006, January). Conference proceedings 2006. Presented at SPARC, University of Salford

Why do I need the library if I've got Google? (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Sales, N., Tatham, L., & Higgins, E. (2005, April). Why do I need the library if I've got Google?. Presented at ALT Association of Law Teachers Conference, Edinburgh University

Conference proceedings 2004 (2004)
Presentation / Conference
SPARC. (2004, January). Conference proceedings 2004. Presented at SPARC, University of Salford

Conference proceedings 2003 (2003)
Presentation / Conference
SPARC. (2003, January). Conference proceedings 2003. Presented at SPARC, University of Salford

The professional development of new higher education teachers from a communities of practice perspective: the challenge of 'accounting for change' in 'situated pedagogy'
Presentation / Conference
Lisewski, B. The professional development of new higher education teachers from a communities of practice perspective: the challenge of 'accounting for change' in 'situated pedagogy'. Presented at Third Education in a Changing Environment Conference, University of Salford, UK

This article examines the professional development of new Higher Education teachers using the analytical framework of communities of practice theory. Contextualized within the embryonic Higher Education national framework of professional teaching st... Read More about The professional development of new higher education teachers from a communities of practice perspective: the challenge of 'accounting for change' in 'situated pedagogy'.

Carrot or stick?: Persuading academic staff of the benefits of using an Open Access Institutional Repository
Presentation / Conference
Slade, S., & Bates, K. Carrot or stick?: Persuading academic staff of the benefits of using an Open Access Institutional Repository. Poster presented at 6th Internation Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Conference, University of Salford

Objective: To demonstrate how the University of Salford Library has engaged with academic staff using both promotional tools, and an institutional mandate, to encourage the use of the institutional repository (USIR), promote Open Access and increase... Read More about Carrot or stick?: Persuading academic staff of the benefits of using an Open Access Institutional Repository.

If you love them, set them free: Developing digital archive collections at Salford
Presentation / Conference
Kenna, H., & Bates, K. If you love them, set them free: Developing digital archive collections at Salford. Poster presented at OR2012 (The 7th International Conference on Open Repositories), Edinburgh

During the past eighteen months The Library at the University of Salford has been developing a number of Open Access digital collections, using our currently hosted EPrints repository as the infrastructure to enable access to them. We have concentrat... Read More about If you love them, set them free: Developing digital archive collections at Salford.