Exploiting critical factors for higher education course construction of teaching in a second language

This study aims to identify and empirically evaluates the critical factors of successful technology transfer (TT) from higher education institutions (HEI) to industry and to develop a TT model in the Indian context. With the help of questionnaire survey, the perception profile of 318 respondents was collected from PAN-India. Utilizing the survey data, factor analysis identified six constructs representing five critical factors of TT and an outcome factor. The results of multiple regression analysis indicate significant effect of all five critical factors on an outcome factor. The findings of the study validate the TT Model and identify supportive and promotive TT environment factor, market and finance factor and HEI factor to be the most important factors of successful TT. This study may help the policymakers in strategizing future initiatives to improve the rate of successful TT.

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Internationalization of higher education and the use of MOOCS to improve second language proficiency: the MOVE-ME project

Beyond the language classroom: researching MOOCs and other innovations ◽

10.14705/rpnet.2017.mooc2016.667 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 5-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Donatella Troncarelli ◽

Andrea Villarini

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Second Language ◽

Language Proficiency ◽

Internationalization Of Higher Education ◽

Second Language Proficiency

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Web-Based Instructions

Cases on Transnational Learning and Technologically Enabled Environments ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-749-7.ch017 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 302-326

Author(s):

Mohammed Saleh Al Balawi

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Faculty Attitudes ◽

Faculty Members ◽

Current Status ◽

Critical Factors ◽

Web Based ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Based Instruction ◽

Insight Into

Factors affecting faculty decisions in the conventional university setup in Saudi Arabia for participating or not participating sin Web-based instruction (WBI) were investigated in this study. Incentives and barriers to WBI, faculty attitudes, and participants’ demographic information were also explored. The study was aimed to investigate the attitudes of the faculty members at three Saudi universities toward WBI in an effort to describe the current status of WBI in the Saudi higher education system. In addition, results of the study could also provide the Saudi universities and the faculty with insight into factors affecting adoption of WBI. Finally, since there have been few implementations of WBI across the country, it was important to explore how WBI is currently used in Saudi universities and to determine critical factors that could affect the implementation of WBI.

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Encountering Unfamiliar Educational Practices Abroad

Handbook of Research on Study Abroad Programs and Outbound Mobility - Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0169-5.ch006 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 137-162 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

B Jane Jackson

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Second Language ◽

Hong Kong ◽

Tertiary Education ◽

East Asian ◽

Mainland China ◽

The World ◽

Mobility Programs ◽

Hong Kong Sar ◽

Macau Sar

As internationalization efforts intensify across the globe, the number of students who are studying outside their home country for part of their tertiary education has increased significantly. The vast majority of students from East Asian nations (Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Korea, Macau SAR, Mainland China, and Taiwan) study in a second language while abroad, with English the most common medium-of-instruction. As institutions of Higher Education (HE) in other regions compete for students from this part of the world, increasingly, questions are being raised about what students gain from outbound mobility programs. Scholars have drawn attention to the need for systematic empirical research that critically examines the experiences of student sojourners in order to determine the most effective ways to support and enhance their learning (e.g., linguistic, cognitive, social, academic, (inter)cultural, and professional).

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