“…Numerous attempts have been made to identify these characteristics, using a variety of theoretical perspectives, from qualitative and quantitative approaches, from various disciplinary standpoints (McMillan, 2007) and from the student point of view (Vulcano, 2007), but there is no universally accepted definition of effective university teaching (Johnson & Ryan, 2000;Paulsen, 2002;Trigwell, 2001).…”