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Implications of Immersive Scheduling for Student Achievement and Feedback
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Goode, Elizabeth; Roche, Thomas; Wilson, Erica; McKenzie, John W. – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
Post-pandemic, many universities are seeking ways to better engage students and support them to stay with and succeed in their studies. Immersive scheduling, whereby students complete units over shorter time periods than the traditional 12-15 week semester or trimester, may be a way to do this and improve academic outcomes at scale. This paper…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Scheduling, Higher Education, Academic Achievement
Understanding Engagement in Intensive Learning: From Fuzzy Chaotic Indigestion to Eupeptic Clarity
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Reilly A. Dempsey Willis; Paulo Vieira Braga – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2024
This paper is framed by Nick Zepke's, Vicki Trowler's, and Paul Trowler's concept of student engagement being "chaotic", suffering from "indigestion" and "fuzziness". This study was conducted at a UK higher education institution that recently moved to a "block and blend" delivery approach. We investigated…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learner Engagement, Higher Education, College Students
Block Mode Delivery for Studio Design Teaching in Higher Education
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Chau, Hing-Wah; Jamei, Elmira; Li, Mengbi – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2023
Block mode delivery is widely practised in higher education institutions across the world. It is popular at postgraduate level, such as in business and management fields, but is less common at undergraduate level, especially for studio design teaching. There is a lack of literature on the block mode delivery for studio design teaching. The aim of…
Descriptors: Design, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students
Block Teaching and Active Learning Improves Academic Outcomes for Disadvantaged Undergraduate Groups
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Winchester, Maxwell; Klein, Rudi; Sinnayah, Puspha – Issues in Educational Research, 2021
In 2018, Victoria University adopted a new teaching delivery model, now known as the Block Teaching Model (BTM). The aim of this study focuses on how this new approach to teaching has impacted student learning and academic success, in particular for students who come from a disadvantaged background, compared with those who come from a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Block Scheduling, Active Learning, Academic Achievement