Student Non-Completion on ICT Programmes

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Student Non-Completion on ICT Programmes

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National Forum, University of Limerick

Discipline(s)

Teaching & Learning|Information and Communication Technolgies

Topic(s)

National Forum Publications, Student Success

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CC BY

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Student Non-Completion on ICT Programmes

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This report is based on findings from a National Forum-funded research project on student non-completion on ICT programmes led by a team based at the University of Limerick.

The Paper summarises international literature on student non-completion with a focus on students of ICT ; it outlines proven initiatives and pedagogic practices designed to tackle ICT student non-completion and it presents the results of exploratory case study research on ICT non-completion at the University of Limerick. It also includes further considerations arising specifically from the institutional case study as well as those arising more generally from the question of non-completion in the Irish context.

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National Forum, and University of Limerick (11/01/2016). Student non-completion on ict programmes. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/student-non-completion-on-ict-programmes/ License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY).

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