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Improving the Learning Design of Massive Open Online Courses
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Rubens, Wilfred – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2014
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) can be regarded as a promising next step in the evolution of distance education. However, they have been criticised for their poor learning design. This article describes the development of an adequate learning design in a series of nineteen MOOCs (called online master classes). A formative evaluation focuses on…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Instructional Design, Educational Technology
All Mixed Up? Instrumental and Emancipatory Learning toward a More Sustainable World: Considerations for EE Policymakers
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Wals, Arjen E. J.; Geerling-Eijff, Floor; Hubeek, Francisca; van der Kroon, Sandra; Vader, Janneke – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2008
World wide, policymakers are looking for ways to use education and communication strategies to create a world that is more sustainable than the one currently in prospect. They often find themselves trapped between instrumental (behavior change) and emancipatory (human development) uses of such strategies. This study sheds light on this apparent…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Behavior Modification, Behavior Change, Sustainable Development
Teacher Educators Working on Their Own Professional Development: Goals, Activities and Outcomes of a Project for the Professional Development of Teacher Educators
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Koster, Bob; Dengerink, Jurrien; Korthagen, Fred; Lunenberg, Mieke – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2008
This article reports on the professional development of teacher educators within the context of a national project, "Professional Quality of Teacher Educators," where a professional standard and a standards-based procedure of (self-)assessment and professional development have been created and effectively implemented. This project…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teacher Educators, Self Evaluation (Individuals), National Standards
RCE Rhine-Meuse: Towards Learning for Sustainable Development
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van Dam-Mieras, M. C. E.; Rikers, J. H. A. N. – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2007
In the context of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), United Nations University (UNU) initiated the creation of a network of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) for Education for Sustainable Development. This paper describes the philosophy behind the activities performed by one of those RCEs, RCE Rhine-Meuse, an RCE…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advisory Committees, Sustainable Development, Nonformal Education