NDLI: The stepping stones project

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Bentley, Hilary Allan, Dr Jo Davies, Dr Jenny
Abstract	Widening participation in higher education institutions is bringing about major changes to the student profile. New universities, especially, have found that a higher proportion of students now come from non-traditional backgrounds. Since there is seen to be a correlation between increasing access to students from non-traditional backgrounds and higher drop-out rates [1] this trend presents problems in terms of achievement, progression and retention.Meeting the diverse needs of students will accelerate changes already underway to enhance teaching and learning in universities, but there are obstacles, particularly the reluctance to bring about changes to the curriculum design and delivery in case standards should become diluted.In line with results obtained nationally, statistical examination of our first-year database showed that students with a GNVQ background had an enhanced risk of non-completion. The learning styles and strategies adopted by students and the particular further education institution where they previously studied are also thought to be influential in determining a student's chance of success. It is therefore vital that changes to curriculum, delivery, assessment and support are underpinned by detailed knowledge of the approaches to learning adopted by our students, and those factors which enable and encourage students to adopt a deep approach to learning, since a student's approach to a given learning activitiy depends upon his or her perception of the requirements of the task [2].A longitudinal study is underway to investigate the influence of entrance qualification, feeder institution, learning styles and achievement at level one. The research aims to enable early detection of students at risk of being unsuccessful and to identify the factors within the further education environment that lead to successful learning in higher education. The poster will outline the underlying issues, the rationale and the approach being taken.
Starting Page	229
Ending Page	229
Page Count	1
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00978418
DOI	10.1145/961290.961586
Journal	ACM SIGCSE Bulletin (SGCS)
Volume Number	35
Issue Number	3
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	1978-02-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Widening participation Progression and achievement Retention
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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