The Interesting Teaching and Learning of Malay Language to Foreign Speakers: Language through Cultures by Mazlina Baharudin, Siti Ajar Ikhsan

“…In this study, the selected respondents were the two groups of students from TWG, Konstanz, Germany who have followed the Malay Language and Culture Program in the Languages, Literacies and Translation Center, University of Sains Malaysia, Penang, in 2011. …”
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Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: a critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes by Pownall, M, Azevedo, F, König, LM, Ashcroft-Jones, S, Zaneva, M, Robertson, O

“…Our review highlighted how embedding open and reproducible scholarship appears to be associated with (i) students' <i>scientific literacies</i> (i.e. students’ understanding of open research, consumption of science and the development of transferable skills); (ii) <i>student engagement</i> (i.e. motivation and engagement with learning, collaboration and engagement in open research) and (iii) students' <i>attitudes towards science</i> (i.e. trust in science and confidence in research findings). …”

Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: a critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes by Madeleine Pownall, Flávio Azevedo, Laura M. König, Hannah R. Slack, Thomas Rhys Evans, Zoe Flack, Sandra Grinschgl, Mahmoud M. Elsherif, Katie A. Gilligan-Lee, Catia M. F. de Oliveira, Biljana Gjoneska, Tamara Kalandadze, Katherine Button, Sarah Ashcroft-Jones, Jenny Terry, Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir, Filip Děchtěrenko, Shilaan Alzahawi, Bradley J. Baker, Merle-Marie Pittelkow, Lydia Riedl, Kathleen Schmidt, Charlotte R. Pennington, John J. Shaw, Timo Lüke, Matthew C. Makel, Helena Hartmann, Mirela Zaneva, Daniel Walker, Steven Verheyen, Daniel Cox, Jennifer Mattschey, Tom Gallagher-Mitchell, Peter Branney, Yanna Weisberg, Kamil Izydorczak, Ali H. Al-Hoorie, Ann-Marie Creaven, Suzanne L. K. Stewart, Kai Krautter, Karen Matvienko-Sikar, Samuel J. Westwood, Patrícia Arriaga, Meng Liu, Myriam A. Baum, Tobias Wingen, Robert M. Ross, Aoife O'Mahony, Agata Bochynska, Michelle Jamieson, Myrthe Vel Tromp, Siu Kit Yeung, Martin R. Vasilev, Amélie Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Leticia Micheli, Markus Konkol, David Moreau, James E. Bartlett, Kait Clark, Gwen Brekelmans, Theofilos Gkinopoulos, Samantha L. Tyler, Jan Philipp Röer, Zlatomira G. Ilchovska, Christopher R. Madan, Olly Robertson, Bethan J. Iley, Samuel Guay, Martina Sladekova, Shanu Sadhwani

“…Our review highlighted how embedding open and reproducible scholarship appears to be associated with (i) students' scientific literacies (i.e. students’ understanding of open research, consumption of science and the development of transferable skills); (ii) student engagement (i.e. motivation and engagement with learning, collaboration and engagement in open research) and (iii) students' attitudes towards science (i.e. trust in science and confidence in research findings). …”
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STS education (science, technology and society) for the early years of elementary school: the earth and the universe in focus by Bruna Cristina Carvalho Gomes, Dulcimeire Aparecida Volante Zanon

“…These evidences showed that teaching from a STS perspective contributed to both scientific and native language literacies. Among the implications of this work, we highlight the importance of the early years teacher’s actions who, when being creative, dynamic, motivated, with well-defined goals and objectives, seeks to overcome the current Science teaching to migrate to an investigative and attractive model for the children.…”
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A review of the challenges and merits of collaborative learning in online translation classes by Mansour Amini, Latha Ravindran, Kam-Fong Lee

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The use of ePortfolio in health profession education to demonstrate competency and enhance employability: A scoping review by Anita Hamilton, Terri Downer, Belinda Flanagan, Laine Chilman

“…Data were synthesised into themes that describe the role of ePortfolios in demonstrating competencies in higher education or improving employability they were (1) Self-Directed Learning, (2) Deeper Learning, (3) Expanding Literacies, (4) Successful Implementation. These studies highlight that ePortfolio is both a product and a process. ePortfolios support students to gather artefacts that demonstrate professional competency which can be applied in the job-seeking process. …”
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V.S. Naipaul’s <i>Half a life</i>, <i>Magic seeds</i> and globalisation by R. Balfour

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Norwegian pre-service teacher students’ and public health nursing students’ views on health – a qualitative study of students’ perceptions by Turid Kristin Bigum Sundar, Hanna Sargenius, Lisbeth Gravdal Kvarme, Bente Sparboe-Nilsen

“…Subsequently, a research project, Literacies for Health and Life Skills, was initiated at Oslo Metropolitan University. …”
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Racial Illiteracies and Whiteness: Exploring Black Mixed-Race Narrations of Race in the Family by Karis Campion, Chantelle Jessica Lewis

“…By identifying these moments in Black mixed-race lives, we complicate some of the studies that document the racial literacies of white parents and explore how mistakes are made. …”
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Tele-proximity: Tele-community of Inquiry Model. Facial Cues for Social, Cognitive, and Teacher Presence in Distance Education by Chryssa Themeli, Anna Bougia

“…Educators seem to be equally affected by the “transactional distance” and the new digital literacies needed for facilitating online learning. …”
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How learning development and learning design can inform each other: reflections and discussion points by Catherine Turton

“…In particular, it discusses how Learning Development values, as laid out by ALDinHE provide a grounding for the author, and how the substantial body of work in Academic Literacies (Lillis, 2019) provides a critical framing for working with academic teams when exploring issues of belonging, identity and student learning within Learning Design. …”
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Editor's welcome, PORTAL, Vol. 6, No. 1, January 2009 by Paul Allatson

“…The guest editors and the PORTAL editorial committee would like to acknowledge and thank the following institutions and individual for the support that made this special issue possible: the Australian Research Council’s Cultural Research Network; the former Institute for International Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney; the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne; and the ARC Cultural Literacies Node Convener, Mark Gibson.…”
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Young People and Seniors in Finnish 'Mobile Information Society' by Virpi Oksman

“…What kinds of informal and formal learning strategies do young people and seniors have in acquiring mobile phone and other ICT literacies? Young age groups have for long been the most active mobile phone users, but in the last few years the mobile phone use of over 60-year-olds has also been growing very rapidly in Finland and in other countries. …”
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Multimodal engagement through a transmedia storytelling project for undergraduate students by Melissa Shamini Perry

“…This paper paves the way for further exploration of the use of transmedia storytelling as a multimodal pedagogical tool to develop various literacies, educational competencies as well as 21st century skills amongst tertiary students.…”
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The Interesting Teaching and Learning of Malay Language to Foreign Speakers: Language through Cultures by Baharudin, Mazlina, Ikhsan, Siti Ajar

“…In this study, the selected respondents were the two groups of students from TWG, Konstanz, Germany who have followed the Malay Language and Culture Program in the Languages, Literacies and Translation Center, University of Sains Malaysia, Penang, in 2011. …”
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The Effectiveness Of Motion Graphic In Learning Chinese Character Stroke Order Through Cognitive Load Theory Assessment by Cao, Wenjun

“…The six CCSOMG were developed by adopting the cognitive load theory as the important theoretical grounding and the ADDIE model as the instructional design framework and implemented in the language classes at the USM School of Languages, Literacies, and Translation. A proper experimental design was used to conduct this study. …”
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Laying the Groundwork for STEAM: Scaling and Supporting 3D Design and Printing in Higher Education by Jason R. Harron, Randy Emert, Dominic M. Thomas, Jeff Campana

“…In recent years, the availability of affordable, reliable, and highly maintainable 3D printers has created an opportunity to infuse CAD and 3DP as a shared set of literacies that can cross disciplinary boundaries. The 3DPE consists of a decentralized series of 3DP labs, a centralized 3DP server, and faculty training. …”
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How a MOOC can effectively facilitate student transitions to an online distance postgraduate programme by Eva Kubincova, Vicki H.M. Dale, John Kerr

“…A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews was undertaken with participants on the PGCert to investigate learner experiences of both the MOOC and PGCert, and to establish the extent to which the MOOC supported learners’ transitions into the PGCert in terms of their (1) foundation knowledge, (2) study skills, (3) digital literacies, (4) readiness for self-directed learning, and to determine whether additional efforts could have been directed to more effectively support student transitions. …”
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Second Flexner Century: The Democratization of Medical Knowledge by Ronald S. Weinstein MD, FCAP, FATA, Amy L. Waer MD, FACS, John B. Weinstein PhD, Margaret M. Briehl PhD, Michael J. Holcomb BS, Kristine A. Erps, Angelette L. Holtrust, Julie M. Tomkins MA, MA, Gail P. Barker MBA, PhD, Elizabeth A. Krupinski PhD

“…In the 21st century, what we refer to as the “Second Flexner Century” shifts focus from the education of medical students to the education of the general population in the “4 health literacies.” Compared with the remarkable success of the first Flexner Revolution, retrofitting medical science education into the US general population today, starting with K-12 students, is a more daunting task. …”
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A systematic review for netizens’ response to the truth manipulation on social media by Muhammad Akram, Asim Nasar, Adeela Arshad-Ayaz

“…It looks at the possibilities of altering netizens’ cognitive abilities by improving their critical social media literacies through fact-checking. The study results show that knowledge gaps persist in truth manipulation on social media and the cognitional aspects in response to fabricated narratives. …”
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