Dear colleagues

We are very pleased to announce that the third issue of the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (JLDHE) is now published online at http://www.aldinhe.ac.uk/ojs/

The list of contents is below. The editors would be grateful to receive feedback and comments, and we are always happy to receive draft papers and other material for future editions.

With best wishes

John Hilsdon and Andy Hagyard
Editors


Contents of Issue 3:

Editorial: Learning Development as ‘Engagement’
John Hilsdon, Andy Hagyard

Papers

Coming to writing
Helen Bowstead

Students as partners in blending learning
Paul Alan Brett, Glynis Cousin

Preparation for Higher Education: A study of collaborative partnerships in easing the transition to HE
Helen Bussell

“If only we knew what they wanted”: bridging the gap between student uncertainty and lecturer’s expectations
Anna Magyar, Daniel McAvoy, Kathrin Forstner

"The confidence to do things that I know nothing about" - Skills development through extra-curricular inquiry activity
Jamie Peter Wood, Sabine Little, Louise Goldring, Laura Jenkins

Case Studies

Engaging students in enhanced academic transitions - a case of online study skills resource SPICE (Student Pre-arrival Induction for Continuing Education)
Monika Foster

Simulating practice to enhance learning for 14-16 year old Health and Social Care students
Karen Anne Murrell

Opinion Pieces

Engaging students in and with good academic work
David Baume

University teachers need to be researchers rather than priests of cargo cults
Dave Thomas Burnapp

Fanning the flames of non-conformity
James Garo Derounian

Investigation of the relevance of the notion of a threshold concept within generic learning development work
Carol Edwards

Academic writing masterclasses: ‘shared live editing’ in a group
Gavin Fairbairn

Getting students engaged
Phil Race

Enhancing the e-learning environment using wikis and blogs
Susan Wikinson

Book Reviews

Learning Development in Higher Education
Marianne Cole

Cite them right – is it an essential referencing guide?
Liz Wilding


John Hilsdon
Head of Learning Development
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University of Plymouth
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Plymouth
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