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Ann E. Williams; Natalie E. Williams – Communication Teacher, 2024
This paper provides a theory-based introduction to instructional design that can be used in pedagogy seminars, training sessions, professional development events, colloquiums, and/or programmatic guidebooks. It includes a series of activities designed to assist instructors in the classes they teach. The exercises combine theory with practice to…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Theories, Seminars, Teacher Workshops
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Sui, Jinxue; Yang, Li – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2023
It is imperative to bridge the disparity between college students' practical capabilities and professional expectations. To help facilitate such a progression, an electronic engineering course oriented around the Creative Innovation Practice project has been designed with the objectives of student-centric instruction, integration of both…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Engineering Education, Constructivism (Learning), Experiential Learning
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Stamov Roßnagel, Christian; Fitzallen, Noleine; Lo Baido, Katrin – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
The constructive alignment (CA) of university teaching has received considerable attention from a policy-making perspective, but much less so from a student perspective. Against this background, we explored the relationships between CA and student motivation, and between CA and perceived learning demands. Fifty-six students from two second-year…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Undergraduate Students, Learning Strategies, Difficulty Level
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McHaney, Roger; Reiter, Lauren; Reychav, Iris – International Journal on E-Learning, 2018
This article describes the development of a simulation-based online course combining sound pedagogy, educational technology, and real world expertise to provide university students with an immersive experience in storage management systems. The course developed in this example does more than use a simulation, the entire course is delivered using a…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Constructivism (Learning), Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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Parvaresh, Shahrzad; Pirnajmuddin, Hossein; Hesabi, Akbar – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2019
While enacting innovative learner-centered practices has been reported to instigate, at least initially, student negative responses in diverse contexts, studies in translation education adhering to teaching approaches informed by social-constructivism have paid no great attention to student resistance, as one potential threatening factor, in…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods, Translation, Constructivism (Learning)
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De Leo-Winkler, Mario A.; Canalizo, Gabriela; Wilson, Gillian – International Journal of STEM Education, 2016
Background: We report the results of an undergraduate course in astrophotography designed to engage non-STEM majors in the natural sciences to train future amateur astronomers and citizen scientists. Over 200,000 students enroll in introductory astronomy elective classes every year in the US alone, which will possibly be their only encounter with…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Astronomy, Photography, Mathematics Anxiety