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Brandy L. Rhodes – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Faculty in higher education come from a wide variety of disciplines and settings and bring with them a wide variety of unique personal and professional knowledge, skills, and experiences. Faculty are expected to create learning experiences that are high-quality, effective, and that meet certain standards (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2023). Faculty…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Cooperation, College Faculty, Administrators
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Liechty, Janet M.; Parker, Vanessa L.; Keck, Anna-Sigrid – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2022
Rapid Cycle Quality Improvement (RCQI) is often required for behavioral health work force training and evaluation projects supported by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The RCQI process is well established within healthcare but under-utilized in academia to improve teaching and learning. We created and piloted the…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Social Work, Field Experience Programs, Clinical Experience
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Lawless, Brandi; Rudick, C. Kyle; Golsan, Kathryn – Communication Education, 2019
Given the political Right's attacks on U.S. academics as too liberal, we broach questions about knowledge production and curriculum development. We first explore how the Right has used arguments for freedom of speech and ideological diversity to undermine higher education's mission in the hope of polluting the public sphere with ideas that are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Academic Freedom, Ideology, Institutional Mission
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2016
Curriculum is the heart of the mission of every college. College curriculum approval processes have been established to ensure that rigorous, high quality curriculum is offered that meets the needs of students. While some concerns may exist regarding the effectiveness and efficiency of local curriculum processes, all participants in the process…
Descriptors: Guides, College Governing Councils, Curriculum Development, Educational Quality
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Sridharan, Bhavani; Leitch, Shona; Watty, Kim – Quality in Higher Education, 2015
This conceptual framework proposes a multi-level, multi-dimensional course alignment model to implement a contextualised constructive alignment of rubric design that authentically evidences and assesses learning outcomes. By embedding quality control mechanisms at each level for each dimension, this model facilitates the development of an aligned…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Quality Control, Scoring Rubrics, Higher Education
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Gong, Wen; Rojewski, Jay W. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2015
A model describing the development of curriculum and coursework for dual certification programs in two-year postsecondary vocational education institutions throughout China is described. Dual certification programs allow students to obtain an academic diploma and a national vocational qualification certificate concurrently. Chinese educators and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dual Enrollment, Educational Certificates, Student Certification
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Lu, Xingjiang; Yao, Chen; Zheng, Jianmin – International Journal of Higher Education, 2013
This paper focuses on the training of undergraduate students' innovation ability. On top of the theoretical framework of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD), we propose a teaching quality management model. Based on this model, we establish a multilevel decomposition indicator system, which integrates innovation ability characterized by four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, Quality Control, Innovation
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Mune, Christina; Goldman, Crystal; Higgins, Silke; Eby, Laurel; Chan, Emily K.; Crotty, Linda – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2015
Higher education institutions increasingly utilize learning management systems (LMS) to teach courses and programs in hybrid or online-only formats. Providing information literacy instruction in these emerging digital environments poses challenges to librarians as the delivery of instruction requires familiarity with navigating an LMS and…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Learning Modules, Online Courses, Database Management Systems
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Malik, Sufiana Khatoon – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2015
The current paper was produced with the purpose of suggesting strategies for bringing quality in distance education programs at higher education level. In recent times distance education is becoming an indispensable part of education system globally. Every institution is trying to offer their educational course through general as well through…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Quality, Distance Education, Higher Education
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Gaba, Ashok K.; Li, Wei – Open Praxis, 2015
India and China are two fast growing economies of the world and need large skill based manpower to sustain the economic growth. The existing formal higher educational system in these countries will not be able to meet the demand of the economy. The paper will try (i) to compare the development of economy and distance education in India and China…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Development, Educational History
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Baker, James; McHaney, Roger – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2009
A major motorcycle vendor, based in the U.S. Midwest, is the world's largest custom V-Twin motorcycle manufacturer and domestically the second largest motorcycle manufacturer behind Harley-Davidson. This project describes the process used used by a K-State undergraduate distance learning student to design and develop the initial version of a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Distance Education, Vendors, Motor Vehicles
Adelman, Clifford – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2009
The title of this document is a deliberate play on the title of the biennial reports on the progress of Bologna produced by the European Students' Union, "Bologna With Student Eyes." It is a way of paying tribute to student involvement in the Bologna reforms, and marking a parallel student working participation in the state system…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Qualifications, Educational Change
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Kamthan, Pankaj – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2007
Open Source Software (OSS) has introduced a new dimension in software community. As the development and use of OSS becomes prominent, the question of its integration in education arises. In this paper, the following practices fundamental to projects and processes in software engineering are examined from an OSS perspective: project management;…
Descriptors: Engineering, Computer Software, Quality Control, Computer Science
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McKnight, Roberta – International Journal on E-Learning, 2004
According to several surveys over the past six years, faculty support and training in information technology remains one of the most pressing issues in higher education (Greene, 2001; Gandel, et al., 2000; Lembke, et al., 2001; Kobulnicky, et al., 2002). In an effort to address this issue, various organizations have published guidelines or…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Information Technology, Distance Education, Higher Education
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Hall, Owen P., Jr.; Young, Terry W. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
To meet the challenges of the 21st century B-schools are revising curriculum, delivery and outcome assessment modalities. Today, the proportion of electives and other specialty offerings in many MBA programs now constitutes more than 50% of the total curriculum. However, this focus on customization, integration and flexibility is not without its…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Administrator Education, Business, Quality Control
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