Higher Learning Research Communications

Higher Learning Research Communications
VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 - ARTICLES:
Internationalization 2011: An Overview
Drummond Bone
Peer Mentoring at the Universidad Europea de Madrid:
An Educational Strategy for the Development of
General and Specific Competences
Paloma Velasco Quintana, Agueda Benito Capa
As an international, multilingual and open-access
publication, the Higher Learning Research Communications
Journal (HLRC, ISSN:2157-6254) aims to advance
universal knowledge on teaching and learning in higher
education through a better understanding of institutional
policies and actual educational practices.
Focused on scholarly research around the world, the
HLRC Journal seeks to foster the collaboration of
innovative minds to influence and share groundbreaking
instructional methods, cutting-edge approaches and
global thought leadership in the field of higher education.
Through a collaborative and inclusive endeavor, the
journal hopes to dynamically improve higher education
by disseminating knowledge and transformative ideas
that will have a positive global impact on education.
Innovative approaches for teaching and learning and
trailblazing educational policies and best practices
constitute the very core of the HLRC Journal’s scope.
Journal’s Focus
-Higher Education
-Teaching and Learning
-Education Policy
and Practice
-Internationalization
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Can the Use of Clickers or Continuous Assessment
Motivate Critical Thinking? A Case Study Based on
Corporate Finance Students
Lucía Morales
B-Learning Under Examination: Advantages,
Disadvantages and Opinions
Sergio Bemposta Rosende, María José García García,
Juan José Escribano Otero
The Value and Benefits of Fieldtrips in Tourism and
Hospitality Education
Edmund Goh
Capacity Building Through Integration and
Transformational Leadership - A Case Study
Sacha Michael Stocklin
VOLUME 2 NUMBER 1 - ARTICLES:
University Rankings: The Web Ranking
Isidro Aguillo
World Business Leaders Interaction in Higher
Education: A Novel Experience
Gustavo Coronel, Kathleen Mathai
Development and Assessment of Key Skills in
Undergraduate Students: An Action-Research
Experience
Ana Fernández-Santander, María José García-García,
Beatriz Sáez-Pizarro, María José Terrón-López
Tw i t t e r . c o m / H L R C J o u r n a l
Reflexiones Sobre el Rol de las Ciencias
Sociales en la Educación Liberal del Siglo XXI
Jonathan Eastwood
VOLUME 2 NUMBER 2 - ARTICLES:
Challenges in European Higher Education
Andreas G. Orphanides
General Education: Learning from the Past,
Preparing for the Future
Karen Gersten
Can Students' Concept of Learning Influence Their
Learning Outcomes?
Despina Varnava Marouchou
A Conceptual Framework for Mentoring Doctoral
Students
Iris M. Yob, Linda Crawford
FUTURE ISSUES:
VOLUME 2 NUMBER 3 - September 2012
Special Issue on Accreditation
VOLUME 2 NUMBER 4 - December 2012
Special Issue on Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure in
a Globalized World
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For more information please contact:
Carmen M. Méndez
Executive Director and Publisher
Higher Learning Research Communications
[email protected]
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HLRCJournal
Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
Denise Dezolt, Walden University, USA
Carlos Mujica, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
Juan Salcedo, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain
Senior Consulting Editors
Drummond Bone · Joseph Duffey
Manuel Krauskopf · Richard Riley · David Wilson
Advisory Board
Higher Learning Research Communications
www.HLRCJournal.com
Published collaboratively by:
Universidad
Europea de Madrid
Agueda Benito,
Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain
José Joaquín Brunner,
Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
Manuel Campuzano,
Universidad Tecnológica de México, Mexico
Simón Cueva,
Universidad de las Américas, Ecuador
Leopoldo de Meis,
UFRJ, Brazil
Orhan Erdem,
Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
Ana Fanelli,
CEDES, Argentina
Carlos Enrique González,
Universidad del Valle de México, Mexico
Halil Guven,
Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
Daniel Levy,
University at Albany SUNY, USA
David López,
National Hispanic University, USA
Craig Marsh,
Laureate Education, Netherlands
Rogerio Meneghini,
Scielo/ Bireme/PAHO, Brazil
David Post,
Pennsylvania State University, USA
Germán Ramírez,
Laureate Education, USA
Graciela Risco,
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Peru
Jamil Salmi,
World Bank, USA
Susan Saxton,
International Baccalaureate, Netherlands
Simon Schwartzman,
IETS, Brazil
Ned Strong,
Harvard University, USA
Dominic Szambowski,
INTI Education Group, Malaysia
Claudia Uribe,
International Development Bank, USA
Despina Varnava-Marouchou,
European University Cyprus, Cyprus
Iris Yob
Walden University, USA
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