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Bal, Irene A.; Alvarado-Albertorio, Frances; Marcelle, Paula; Oaks-Garcia, Chandra T. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
Teacher preparation programs are essential to ensure pre-service teachers are equipped with the skills and knowledge necessary to teach in the PK-12 learning environment, but are rooted in a traditional paradigm of a compacted curriculum with little room for more content. The addition of Computational Thinking (CT) becomes one more thing to add to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Computation, Thinking Skills, Credentials
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Lumbini Barua; Barbara Lockee – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
The article highlights the growing significance of flexible assessment in higher education as institutions adapt to the increasingly diverse needs of their student populations. The demand for customizable educational experiences, heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic, has made flexibility in assessment essential for sustaining and improving student…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Adaptive Testing, Alternative Assessment
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Miller, Brant G.; Hougham, R. Justin; Eitel, Karla Bradley – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
The Adventure Learning (AL) approach to designing and implementing learning experiences has great potential for practitioners. This manuscript delineates the practical enactment of AL to support the K-12 community, teacher educators, and residential environmental science program providers in the conceptualization and delivery of their own AL…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Place Based Education, Instructional Design
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DeSchryver, Michael D.; Leahy, Sean M.; Koehler, Matthew J.; Wolf, Leigh G. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
In this paper we explore the philosophy, pedagogy and implementation of the third year course sequence in the M.A. in Educational Technology program at Michigan State University. We discuss how "little-r" revolutions in teaching and learning, i.e., technology facilitated revolutions specific to individual classrooms and contexts, are…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Design, Educational Media
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Terry, Laura; Mishra, Punya; Henriksen, Danah; Wolf, Leigh Graves; Kereluik, Kristen – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
This article describes the design and implementation of the year 2 curriculum and student learning experiences in the Michigan State University Master of Arts in Educational Technology program. We discuss the ways that this second set of courses builds on the first year of the program that students encounter, and also describe the theoretical…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Design, Masters Degrees