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Rebecca Turner; Debby Cotton; David Morrison; Pauline Kneale – Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
Engaging with interdisciplinary learning during higher education (HE) study can provide students with skills and modes of thinking informed by multiple worldviews. Opportunities for interdisciplinary learning in the English HE system are limited; associated primarily with postgraduate study or later undergraduate stages. This paper reports on an…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, College Freshmen, Instructional Innovation, Curriculum Development
Lori M. Herzog – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Organizations are dynamic, and employees must pursue continuing education to remain current on the most recent innovations, technological advances, and competencies in their respective career fields. However, employees often experience obstacles in completing continuing education, resulting in a lack of course material acquisition and, ultimately,…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Learning Modules, Electronic Learning, Andragogy
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Monica Hill; Marina A. Hendricks; Sarah B. Cavanah; Piotr S. Bobkowski – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2025
This study examined high school journalism educators' perspectives on field trips to attend workshops and conferences sponsored by college and university journalism programs. In-depth interviews were conducted with 29 educators from across the United States, representing a broad range of scholastic journalism programs, schools, and professional…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Journalism Education, Field Trips
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Fatima Zahra Lotfi; Tono Suwartono; Brahim Maziane; Sri Nurhayati; Youssef Laajan; Brahim Nachit – Educational Process: International Journal, 2025
Background/purpose: Collaborative concept maps (CCMs) stand out for their ability to organize knowledge and enhance retention. However, their use in higher education raises questions about their effectiveness. This study aims to evaluate the effect of CCMs on learning of students enrolled in the Master's program in Training and Supervision…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Higher Education, Cooperative Learning, Masters Programs
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Zeinab Baba; Stephanie Kienle; Heather B. Edelblute – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: Understand student concerns with returning to in-person instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic using an e-learning module. Participants: 925 undergraduate and graduate students returning to in-person instruction in Fall 2021. Methods: Five modules educated students about COVID and the transition to in-person learning and collected…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses, Learning Modules
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Mawere, Talent – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
It is imperative that every student be empowered with Information and Communication Technology skills early in their academic careers. This is expected to help students achieve higher grades in their academic endeavours and prepare them for their future careers. Global trends have shown that information communication technologies appropriation in…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Higher Education, Information Technology, Introductory Courses
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John Butcher; Renu Bhandari; Karen Foley; Mick McCormick; George Curry – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2024
This article explores the sustained impact of an Access module on mature students from disadvantaged backgrounds as they progress to undergraduate study. Framed in the context of OfS concerns about attrition and conceptualisation of dispositional, situational and institutional barriers, student survey and tutor focus group data were collected in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Disadvantaged, Student Personnel Services
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Esquibel, Joseph; Rook, Deborah L.; LoRe, Sondra M.; Starnes, John H.; Miller, Jillian M.; Buntz, Jennifer G.; Hugo, Alys; Nieuwsma, Christianne B.; Seitz, Heather; Bissell, Ahrash; Gross, Louis; Kiser, Stacey; Lenhart, Suzanne; Mills, Michael A.; Neuhauser, Claudia; Corriette, Irene; Prescott, Sarah; Jenkins, Kristin P.; Karpakakunjaram, Vedham – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Mastery of quantitative skills is increasingly critical for student success in life sciences, but few curricula adequately incorporate quantitative skills. Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges (QB@CC) is designed to address this need by building a grassroots consortium of community college faculty to (1) engage in interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, College Science, Community Colleges
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Silvia-Jessica Mostacedo-Marasovic; Cory T. Forbes – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: A faculty development program (FDP) introduced postsecondary instructors to a module focused on the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus, a socio-hydrologic issue (SHI) and a sustainability challenge. This study aims to examine factors influencing faculty interest in adopting the instructional resources and faculty experience with the FDP,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Learning Modules, Program Evaluation, Program Attitudes
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Sewagegn, Abatihun A.; Diale, Boitumelo M. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2021
The purpose of the study was to investigate the practices and challenges of modular/block teaching in higher education institutions of Ethiopia. A descriptive survey design was used with instructors and students. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used to gather data and analysed quantitatively (descriptive and inferential…
Descriptors: Learning Modules, Block Scheduling, Public Colleges, College Students
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Lee, Tien Tien; Taha, Hafsah; Sharif, Aisyah Mohamad; Rahim, Nurulsaidah Abdul – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2021
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a new trend in flexible education due to its flexibility to study anything, anywhere and anytime. It has the potential to attract a huge number of learners to study courses unlimitedly via the online platform. This is a design and development study where a Chemistry MOOC was developed in an OpenLearning…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Electronic Learning, Learning Modules
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Munakata, Mika; Vaidya, Ashwin; Monahan, Ceire; Krupa, Erin – PRIMUS, 2021
This paper describes the development and implementation of course modules intended to encourage creative thinking in an undergraduate general education mathematics course. The modules were designed to address the characteristics of creativity outlined in the literature through explorations of mathematics relevant to non-mathematics majors. A…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Creative Thinking, Undergraduate Study, College Mathematics
Rabidoux, Salena; Rottmann, Amy – Liberal Education, 2017
Generally speaking, whenever teachers are mentioned, so too are teachers' unions. However, that is not the case in "right-to-work" states. Teachers in North Carolina, for example, do not have a collective voice to represent them in local or state political arenas, where politicians are usually not well versed in educational practices. As…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, Teacher Collaboration, Team Teaching, Online Courses
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Dejene, Wondifraw – Cogent Education, 2019
The purpose of this study was to assess the implementation of modularization in Ethiopian higher education institutions with particular reference to the instructional process (active learning and continuous assessment). Mixed research design was employed. Three universities were focus of the study. Three hundred and eight undergraduate students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
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Prendergast, Mark; Spassiani, Natasha A.; Roche, Joseph – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
Students with intellectual disability (ID) have to overcome many barriers and difficulties in order to access all levels of education and partake in college life. Thankfully, educational institutes around the globe are slowly beginning to examine how they can support equal rights of individuals with ID. In Ireland, one university has recently…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, College Students, Barriers, Access to Education
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