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Choose Your Own Adventure! An empirical study on gamification of postgraduate learning on research project design

Journal of Play in Adulthood
It is difficult to teach complex topics such as academic research to student cohorts who are widely heterogeneous in prior knowledge, learning goals, and learning preferences.
Daisy Abbott
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The Interplay Between Self-Regulated Professional Learning And Teachers’ Work-Practice [PDF]

, 2015
This paper explores the relationship between practice and learning in the workplace, by focusing on the case of teachers. It is widely acknowledged that (teacher’s) professional learning is heavily informed by practice, and that an individual’s capacity ...
Allison Littlejohn, Chalmers, Colin Milligan, Delfino, Delfino, Donatella Persico, Enos, Järvelä, Knight, Laurillard, Lave, Littlejohn, Mor, Sitzmann, Van Eekelen, Vescio, Zeidner   +16 more
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Bioengineering facets of the tumor microenvironment in 3D tumor models: insights into cellular, biophysical and biochemical interactions

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The tumor microenvironment is a dynamic, multifaceted complex system of interdependent cellular, biochemical, and biophysical components. Three‐dimensional in vitro models of the tumor microenvironment enable a better understanding of these interactions and their impact on cancer progression and therapeutic resistance.
Salma T. Rafik, Deniz Bakkalci, Alexander J. MacRobert, Umber Cheema   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating from ‘heroic’ leadership to a distributed leadership model in a virtual community of practice

Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education
Third space workers face the dual forces of an often-flexible working space yet a tendency for their work to be ill-defined and for them to become professionally isolated.
Ian Johnson, Ed Bickle, Ralitsa Kantcheva   +2 more
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Variation in which key motivational and academic resources relate to academic performance disparities across introductory college courses

International Journal of STEM Education, 2020
Background Differences in post-secondary academic outcomes along dimensions of gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status are a major concern.
Lorraine Blatt, Christian D. Schunn, Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, Benjamin Margolin Rottman   +3 more
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The impact of frailty syndrome on skeletal muscle histology: preventive effects of exercise

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Frailty syndrome exacerbates skeletal muscle degeneration via increased ECM deposition and myofiber loss. This study, using a murine model, demonstrates that endurance exercise attenuates these histopathological alterations, preserving muscle integrity. Findings support exercise as a viable strategy to counteract frailty‐induced musculoskeletal decline
Fujue Ji, Hae Sung Lee, Haesung Lee, Jong‐Hee Kim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The power of social capital: the significance of relationships in third space practice

Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education
Relationships, and relational working, are key for third space professionals in higher education and their practice. This article considers the literature on third space working and social capital, explores findings from qualitative data collected ...
Diane Nutt, Emily McIntosh
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Development of the ALDinHE recognition scheme: Certifying the ‘Learning Developer’ title

Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2018
Over the last fifteen years, the pedagogy of learning development has become increasingly established within UK universities (Hilsdon, 2018). As such, there have never been more individuals who professionally identify with the ‘learning developer’ title.
Steve Briggs
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Holistic Learning: A workforce development paradigm [PDF]

, 2015
The development of workforce knowledge, skills and attitudes are widely acknowledged in extant literature as being pivotal levers to deliver process improvement and efficiency.
Adjaie John, Godfaurd, Ene, Gloria Unoma, Goulding, Jack Steven, Pour Rahimian Leilabadi, Farzad   +3 more
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Current trends in single‐cell RNA sequencing applications in diabetes mellitus

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Single‐cell RNA sequencing is a powerful approach to decipher the cellular and molecular landscape at a single‐cell resolution. The rapid development of this technology has led to a wide range of applications, including the detection of cellular and molecular mechanisms and the identification and introduction of novel potential diagnostic and ...
Seyed Sajjad Zadian, Khodakaram Jahanbin, Shekoofeh Nikooei, Marzieh Rostaminejad, Arezoo Rahimi, Pedram Abdizadeh, Behnam Alipoor   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source