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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Virtual Carrots, Sticks and Student Engagement: Supporting Student Researchers
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Cassidy, Claire; Rimpilainen, Sanna – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2011
This article describes a three-year research project which aimed to introduce a technological innovation in working with three cohorts of undergraduate students to support them in completing their final-year dissertations through the use of a Virtual Research Environment (VRE). An additional aim of the project was to establish, amongst the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Evidence, Undergraduate Students, Focus Groups
Using a Virtual Research Environment to Support New Models of Collaborative and Participative Research in Scottish Education
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Wilson, Alastair; Rimpilainen, Sanna; Skinner, Don; Cassidy, Claire; Christie, Donald; Coutts, Norman; Sinclair, Christine – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2007
Drawing on research supported within the Scottish "Applied Educational Research Scheme" this paper explores the use of the Virtual Research Environment (VRE) in developing "communities of enquiry" in Scottish education and research. It focuses on the role of VREs in influencing collaborative working and educational research. The paper uses three…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Methodology, Ethics, Foreign Countries