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What Is Student Engagement in Online Learning … and How Do I Know When It Is There? Melbourne CSHE Discussion Paper
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Kennedy, Gregor – Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, 2020
The term 'engagement' is much researched but tricky to define in the field of educational technology and online learning. In this short paper I will offer three perspectives on what 'engagement' means in online learning environments and provide some advice to educators on how student engagement in online learning might be promoted. The…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Large-Scale Professional Development Programme
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Main, Katherine; Pendergast, Donna – Professional Development in Education, 2017
An evaluation of the effectiveness of a large-scale professional development (PD) programme delivered to 258 schools in Queensland, Australia is presented. Formal evaluations were conducted at two stages during the programme using a tool developed from Desimone's five core features of effective PD. Descriptive statistics of 38 questions and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
The Positive Influence of Active Learning in a Lecture Hall: An Analysis of Normalised Gain Scores in Introductory Environmental Engineering
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Kinoshita, Timothy J.; Knight, David B.; Gibbes, Badin – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
Burgeoning college enrolments and insufficient funding to higher education have expanded the use of large lecture courses. As this trend continues, it is important to ensure that students can still learn in those challenging learning environments. Within education broadly and undergraduate engineering specifically, active learning pedagogies have…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Engineering Education, Lecture Method, Undergraduate Students
Developing Future Health Professionals' Capacities for Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
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Hendrick, Antonia; Britton, Katherine Frances; Hoffman, Julie; Kickett, Marion – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2014
This article details reflections of an interdisciplinary team of educators working with groups of health sciences students in preparing them for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The first-year common core unit discussed here is one attempt to equip future health practitioners with skills and knowledges to work adequately…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Health Sciences, Cultural Awareness, College Students