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Kara Dadswell; Stjepan Sambol; Zali Yager; Nina Van Dyke; Michaela Pascoe; Clare Dallat; Claire Brown; Alexandra G. Parker – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2024
Design thinking is often proposed as an educative strategy to enhance growth mindset, problem solving, and creativity, but there are very few evaluations of the impact of experiential design thinking programs. The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether an online design-thinking workshop provided to outdoor education staff could…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Program Evaluation, Teacher Workshops, Faculty Development
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Monica Ward; Fiona O'Riordan; Danielle Logan-Fleming; Dervila Cooke; Tara Concannon-Gibney; Marina Efthymiou; Niamh Watkins – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2024
Assessment is a central feature of teaching and learning. It is both complex and challenging in ordinary times, and these aspects are magnified in an online learning environment. Given its central role, it is crucial that its design and purpose is rigorous and robust. This paper presents justification for using interactive oral assessment as an…
Descriptors: Verbal Tests, Oral Language, Experiential Learning, Case Studies
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Seeto, Eva-Marie – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2016
In January 2016, the International Association of Student Affairs and Services (IASAS) offered a global professional mentoring programme that would link student affairs leaders internationally with new graduates and early career professionals in student services. Protégé participants were primarily new graduates of preparatory programmes in…
Descriptors: Mentors, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Professional Development
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McCarthy, Josh – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
This paper reports on a pilot study using the "Café," the collaborative application for education as an online learning environment within the Facebook framework, for first-year tertiary design students. The "Café," a new e-learning application, has been designed based on five principles of user interface design--visibility,…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Electronic Learning, Pilot Projects, College Freshmen
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Blackley, Susan; Bennett, Dawn; Sheffield, Rachel – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
This pilot study examined student engagement with a web-based digital professional portfolio through the 3C process of collect-critique-curate. To overcome common problems associated with electronic portfolios, including cost; specificity; lifelong access; and ease of use, the study used "Weebly" as its portfolio platform. The creation…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Electronic Learning, Pilot Projects
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Hannon, J. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2013
The framing of "implementation" of learning technologies in universities can have profound effects on approaches to teaching and learning that may be insufficiently acknowledged by practitioners. This paper investigates a case that demonstrated the formation of strong connections between technology and pedagogy, in which a learning…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, Electronic Learning, Case Studies, Pilot Projects
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Lambrinidis, George – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2014
The increasing number of external students enrolling at Charles Darwin University has led to the university investing in new technologies to provide better support for students studying online. Many students, however, come from non-traditional backgrounds and lack some of the skills and confidence to participate successfully in an e-learning…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Pilot Projects
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Reyna, Jorge – International Journal on E-Learning, 2016
In January 2009 the School of Education, University of Western Sydney decided to appoint an e-learning officer with the aim of improving the quality of online learning environments across course units. The e-learning officer had built a strong relationship with 45 academics across two campuses, with a positive impact on the application of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Program Implementation, Schools of Education, Foreign Countries
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Bissoonauth-Bedford, Anu.; Stace, Ray – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2015
This paper reports on a pilot study designed to develop writing proficiency in French via collaborative writing activities at intermediate level at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Twenty four students in the final year of French studies program took part in this innovative approach which integrates multimodal functionality of the…
Descriptors: French, Pilot Projects, Writing Improvement, Collaborative Writing
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Michael, Kathy – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify student and staff experiences with online learning at higher education (HE) using the software Elluminate Live! Design/methodology/approach: This paper adopts a qualitative approach, focusing on the reflections of participants (student and teacher) collated over a 12 month period of piloting online…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Electronic Learning, Feedback (Response), Curriculum Development
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers of the 13th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2016), October 28-30, 2016, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by the University of Mannheim, Germany, and endorsed by the…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Technological Advancement
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Sutton-Brady, Catherine; Scott, Karen M.; Taylor, Lucy; Carabetta, Giuseppe; Clark, Steve – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2009
This paper presents the findings of a podcasting trial held in 2007-2008 within the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Sydney, Australia. The trial investigates the value of using short-format podcasts to support assessment for postgraduate and undergraduate students. A multi-method approach is taken in investigating…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Crump, Stephen; Boylan, Colin – Education in Rural Australia, 2008
This paper provides information on the background to the two pilot investigations into "interactive distance e-learning" [IDeL] following the introduction in New South Wales and in the Northern Territory of Australia of satellite-supported two-way broad-band internet services for school-age and adult distance education. The context is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Geographic Isolation
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Thomson, Rosemary; Wilson, Gail – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
The Assessment Snapshots digital resource is a current project to support academic learning about assessment by diffusing knowledge and understanding of locally contextualised good practice in assessment at the University of Western Sydney. An initial collection of Snapshots was made available to academic staff on the university web site in early…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
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Newman, Linda; Findlay, John – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
The authors report on a project in which a new experiential form of professional learning combined ethical thinking processes with a collaborative meeting technology known as the Zing team learning system (ZTLS). A new software program called "Working Wisely" was built by the completion of the project. The ZTLS in combination with…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Experiential Learning, Early Childhood Education, Pilot Projects
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