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Hi James
Thanks for posting to the forum. I think this is a really good idea for a learning community. I’m a big fan of Graham Gibbs’ 53 Ideas – they are always so clearly articulated and based on solid experience. Gibbs implies that teachers need to take more responsibility for learner development within their own teaching rather than relying on centralised study skills support. Whilst I don’t disagree with this in principle, I could anticipate colleagues resisting this. As Gibbs notes, many academics would not see this as their responsibility. How do we change this mindset? An interesting point for a community to consider.
On a separate issue, I was interested in your comments about about the different perceptions of full time and part time students on your courses. Why do you think this is. Construction courses also have a large number of part time students (it’s approximately 50/50 FT/PT) but I don’t think there is quite such a dramatic difference between the two. Do you think PT students are naturally more engaged?