Volume 4, Issue 1

Abstract

This issue showcases a rich variety of first year issues reported from an assortment of national and international settings.  In the Feature, Professor Phil Long (University of Queensland) and Associate Professor Shane Dawson (University of South Australia) share their views about the issues and challenges associated with learning analytics.  Reflecting the adage from last century that successful student engagement is the result of a combination of warmth and challenge the articles and practice reports focus on both the cognitive challenge  (e.g., assessment, forms of knowledge, distance learning, research skills, peer learning, etc.) and the affective warmth (e.g., help-seeking, collaboration, identity development etc.) aspects of student behaviour.