All Outputs (52)

Reciprocal elucidation: a student-led pedagogy in multidisciplinary undergraduate research conferences (2017)
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© 2016 HERDSA. There is no previous study of the benefits of attending a national multidisciplinary conference dedicated to undergraduate researchers, despite the growing number of such conferences internationally. This paper addresses the gap in kno... Read More about Reciprocal elucidation: a student-led pedagogy in multidisciplinary undergraduate research conferences.

Evaluating undergraduate research conferences as vehicles for novice researchers and transferable skills development (2016)
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Purpose - This paper focuses on the undergraduate research conference as its sphere of study and investigates the significance of participation and socialisation in such activities on student attitudes and professional development. Using situated lea... Read More about Evaluating undergraduate research conferences as vehicles for novice researchers and transferable skills development.

Borderland spaces for learning partnership: opportunities, benefits and challenges (2016)
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© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper uses case studies and secondary literature to critically examine how learning spaces inhabited by geographers might be used productively as borderland spaces for learning part... Read More about Borderland spaces for learning partnership: opportunities, benefits and challenges.

A rock-surface microweathering index from Schmidt hammer R-values and its preliminary application to some common rock types in southern Norway (2016)
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An index of the degree of rock-surface microweathering based on Schmidt hammer R-values is developed for use in the field without laboratory testing. A series of indices - I2 to In, where n is the number of successive blows with the hammer - is first... Read More about A rock-surface microweathering index from Schmidt hammer R-values and its preliminary application to some common rock types in southern Norway.

Graduate attributes: implications for higher education practice and policy: Introduction (2016)
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The higher education landscape is shifting under neo-liberal forces that are increasingly aligning the goals of business, government and education. This shift is engendering debate around the world about the role of higher education institutions in p... Read More about Graduate attributes: implications for higher education practice and policy: Introduction.

Linking and implementation of fuzzy logic control to ordinate plant strategies (2013)
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Fuzzy control algorithms are used to give structure to the spatial categorisation of plant species by integrating digital elevation model data at increased resolution with data of selected climatic variables (mean precipitation, temperature, ground f... Read More about Linking and implementation of fuzzy logic control to ordinate plant strategies.

Implementing stochastic distribution within the utopia plane of primary producers using a hybrid genetic algorithm (2013)
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The two key variables in estimating the water-energy dynamic, which determines proportions of plant strategy components on a macro basis, are temperature and precipitation. Additionally, use of high-resolution elevation data facilitates formation of... Read More about Implementing stochastic distribution within the utopia plane of primary producers using a hybrid genetic algorithm.

Residential-source emission inventory for the Niger delta: A methodological approach (2013)
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This paper describes the methods applied to construct a GIS-based emission inventory infrastructure for specific air pollutants and greenhouse gases released from domestic cooking and lighting in the Niger Delta using publicly accessible data. The pu... Read More about Residential-source emission inventory for the Niger delta: A methodological approach.

Functional enrichment of utopian distribution of plant life-forms (2013)
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Adaptive fuzzy neural inference systems are used to illustrate the primary nodal number of plant life-forms. Categorization of two candidate areas is carried out using the water-energy dynamic (for Ecuador, South America) and Macedonia, Southern Euro... Read More about Functional enrichment of utopian distribution of plant life-forms.

From researched to researcher: student experiences of becoming co-producers and co-disseminators of knowledge (2013)
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Students who had previously been the subjects of pedagogic research were enabled to become active agents in the research process, co-producing and co-disseminating knowledge with an academic staff member. They jointly prepared and presented a paper a... Read More about From researched to researcher: student experiences of becoming co-producers and co-disseminators of knowledge.

A call for expanding inclusive student engagement in SoTL (2013)
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Scholars in higher education increasingly recognize the transformative potential of student-faculty
partnerships focused on inquiry into teaching and learning. However, some students tend to be privileged in SoTL initiatives while others are discour... Read More about A call for expanding inclusive student engagement in SoTL.

Mathematical methods to quantify and characterise the primary elements of trophic systems (2013)
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Mathematical approaches to plant characterisation are explained, there being a range of tools available to categorise and describe biological and environmental systems. Genetic algorithms (GAs) and fuzzy-logic are techniques used for multiple criteri... Read More about Mathematical methods to quantify and characterise the primary elements of trophic systems.

Editorial: Celebrating the scholarship of teaching and learning (2013)
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Integrating podcast technology effectively into student learning: A reflexive examination (2012)
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This paper examines undergraduate student perceptions of the learning utility of video podcasts. The perceived and actual effectiveness of the technology was assessed by written questionnaire, focus groups and assessment results. The podcasts were pe... Read More about Integrating podcast technology effectively into student learning: A reflexive examination.

Re-framing the geography dissertation: A consideration of alternative, innovative and creative approaches (2011)
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This paper reviews the opportunities and challenges for re-framing the purpose, process, product and assessment of final-year geography dissertations. It argues that the academic centralities of critical thinking, analysis, evaluation, effective comm... Read More about Re-framing the geography dissertation: A consideration of alternative, innovative and creative approaches.

Ecotourism in Amazonian Peru: Uniting tourism, conservation and community development (2011)
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With reference to two ecotourism enterprises that operate within Tambopata, Peru, this paper evaluates key principles necessary to enable the successful achievement of ecotourism in a little-developed tropical forest region. In so doing, it highlight... Read More about Ecotourism in Amazonian Peru: Uniting tourism, conservation and community development.

New technology, new pedagogy? Employing video podcasts in learning and teaching about exotic ecosystems (2011)
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This paper examines the experiences of undergraduate university students in response to the employment of video podcasts to support learning and teaching about exotic ecosystems. Six, 15-20-minute podcasts were made accessible to students through a v... Read More about New technology, new pedagogy? Employing video podcasts in learning and teaching about exotic ecosystems.

Evaluating the perceived effectiveness of video podcasts as a learning resource for geography (2011)
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This paper examines undergraduate student perceptions of the learning utility of video podcasts, with particular reference to their understanding of exotic ecosystems. The podcasts were made accessible to students through a virtual learning environme... Read More about Evaluating the perceived effectiveness of video podcasts as a learning resource for geography.

'Joined-up geography': Connecting school-level and university-level geographies (2010)
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Rainforest diversity and ecotourism: Exploring the links (2008)
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