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Download full textStephen P. Gordon; Jovita M. Ross-Gordon – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2024
This article considers the potential benefits of integrating the knowledge base on adult learning with teacher inquiry. The first part of the article provides an overview of key concepts discussed in the literature on adult learning, including the characteristics of adult learners, self-directed learning, experiential learning, transformative…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Student Characteristics, Independent Study
Direct linkLeijon, Marie; Gudmundsson, Petri; Staaf, Patricia; Christersson, Cecilia – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2022
This review maps patterns in research on Challenge Based Learning (CBL) in higher education (HE) between 2009 and 2020. How is CBL defined in HE settings? How is CBL in HE grounded scientifically in the research? The results show a shift of CBL from being a concept coined by a multinational technology company targeting learning in schools, to…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Higher Education, Adult Learning, Definitions
Perry, Shannon A. B. – Journal of Transformative Education, 2023
This literature review explores how various challenges and possibilities of enacting collaborative inquiry (CI) in online contexts intersect with this holistic action research method's aims of transforming participant being, knowing, and doing. This article asks how digital tools and virtual platforms enable and constrain the democratic…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Inquiry, Electronic Learning, Transformative Learning
Damanik, Juli Yanti – Journal of English Teaching, 2022
Demonstrating good writing skills in English is considered important to master for students in tertiary level. In addition, as higher education institutions in Indonesia have been conducting teaching and learning activities online to mitigate COVID-19 viral spread, students' engagement in learning has been reported to be low due to boredom and…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, Adult Students
Jin, Bora; Kim, Junghwan; Baumgartner, Lisa M. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2019
This review aims to understand everyday learning of older adults using mobile devices. Specifically, for both academic and practical implications, we wanted to know what theoretical perspectives researchers adopted and how mobile devices play a role in older adults' informal learning. We analyzed 28 empirical studies (15 qualitative, 10…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Adult Learning, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Doyle, Louise; Kelliher, Felicity; Harrington, Denis – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2016
The aim of this paper is to review the relevant literature on organisational learning and offer a preliminary conceptual framework as a basis to explore how the multi-levels of individual learning and team learning interact in a public healthcare organisation. The organisational learning literature highlights a need for further understanding of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Workplace Learning, Active Learning, Teamwork
Xu, Zhihong; Banerjee, Manjari; Ramirez, Gilbert; Zhu, Gang; Wijekumar, Kausalai – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
Learning to write well can be a significant contributor to English language proficiency. The large population of English language learners (ELLs) has highlighted the need for educational technology as an important support for the different approaches to writing instruction for ELLs. In this meta-analysis, we examined the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Allen, Pamela; Withey, Paul; Lawton, Deb; Aquino, Carlos Tasso – Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
The aim of this study was to provide a reflection of current trends in higher education, identify some of the changes in student behavior, and potential identification of non-traditional classroom facilitation with the purpose of strengthening active learning and use of technology in the classroom. Non-traditional teaching is emerging in the form…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Teaching Methods, Nontraditional Students, Learner Engagement
van Driel, Jan H.; Meirink, J. A.; van Veen, K.; Zwart, R. C. – Studies in Science Education, 2012
This review provides an overview of the the current state of research on professional development in science education. An analytical frame was used, based on what is known about PD from educational research. Clarke and Hollingsworth's model for teacher professional growth was also used to categorise the studies according to their aims and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Faculty Development, Science Education, Science Teachers
Chapman, Diane D.; Aalsburg Wiessner, Colleen; Storberg-Walker, Julia; Hatcher, Tim – Online Submission, 2006
New Learning is an innovative process, aimed at collaborative learning in professional and scholarly events, that we suggest may be the "next generation" of evaluation. In this manuscript we review the literature of evaluation, describe what new learning is and how it works, and then compare and contrast it with traditional evaluation methods and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Cooperative Learning, Conferences, Research Methodology
Alansari, Eissa M. – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2006
The purpose of this study is to review the success of implementation of cooperative learning in various courses delivered at the Center for Community Service and Continuing Education at Kuwait University. According to recent research in the field of social cognition, learning situations which make use of the social context often achieve superior…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes
Collis, Betty; Waring, Burney; Nicholson, Gerry – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
Business needs in multinational corporations call for courses that involve problem solving and creating and sharing new knowledge based on workplace situations. The courses also need to be engaging for the participants. Blended learning at Shell International Exploration and Production involves these kinds of outcomes in courses designed around a…
Descriptors: Corporations, Education Work Relationship, Computer Assisted Instruction, Web Based Instruction
