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Erin Sperling; Hilary Inwood; Laura Sims; Paul Elliott – Canadian Journal of Education, 2025
As teacher education can help communities transition to sustainable, just ways of being, this study reports on the development of, and research on, a national E-course for preservice teachers focused on Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE). This collaborative initiative brought together academics, community educators, and K-12 teachers…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Ecology, Justice, Preservice Teacher Education
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Hamel, Marie-Josée; Landry, Jill; Bibeau, Louis-David – Research-publishing.net, 2022
In this paper, we report on a study that took place during the COVID-19 pandemic and for which we interviewed ten experienced, university level, language instructors about their digital practices as they found themselves teaching in an Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) mode. The study sought to describe how, through their professional activities and…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, College Faculty, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Moubayed, Abdallah; Injadat, Mohammadnoor; Shami, Abdallah; Lutfiyya, Hanan – American Journal of Distance Education, 2020
E-learning platforms and processes face several challenges, among which is the idea of personalizing the e-learning experience and to keep students motivated and engaged. This work is part of a larger study that aims to tackle these two challenges using a variety of machine learning techniques. To that end, this paper proposes the use of k-means…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Electronic Learning, Individualized Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Wotto, Marguerite – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2020
Evolving information and communication technology creates new spaces, learning materials, and demands in training institutions. Higher education distance learning (HEDL) responses to these transformations are miscellaneous and its development strategies vary from a country to another. Interpreting before COVID-19 secondary data, this article…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Brown, Mark; Mhichil, Mairéad Nic Giolla; Beirne, Elaine; Mac Lochlainn, Conchúr – Journal of Learning for Development, 2021
This article offers a global overview of the burgeoning field of micro-credentials and their relationship to lifelong learning, employability and new models of digital education. Although there is no globally accepted definition of micro-credentials, the term indicates smaller units of study, which are usually shorter than traditional forms of…
Descriptors: Credentials, Lifelong Learning, Employment Potential, Models
Atherton, Graeme – Sutton Trust, 2020
This report, authored by Graeme Atherton, examines how universities who are seen as leading internationally and/or in their own national contexts are supporting greater access and success for learners from low-income and other marginalised groups. What can English universities learn from global institutions? By looking at how they work with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Success, At Risk Students, Low Income Students
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Kovanovic, Vitomir; Gaševic, Dragan; Dawson, Shane; Joksimovic, Srecko; Baker, Ryan S.; Hatala, Marek – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2015
With widespread adoption of Learning Management Systems (LMS) and other learning technology, large amounts of data--commonly known as trace data--are readily accessible to researchers. Trace data has been extensively used to calculate time that students spend on different learning activities--typically referred to as time-on-task. These measures…
Descriptors: Time on Task, Computation, Validity, Data Analysis
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Lee, Stella; Barker, Trevor; Kumar, Vivekanandan Suresh – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
It is a hard task to strike a balance between extents of control a learner exercises and the amount of guidance, active or passive, afforded by the learning environment to guide, support, and motivate the learner. Adaptive systems strive to find the right balance in a spectrum that spans between self-control and system-guidance. They also concern…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Centered Learning, Independent Study
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Moroney, Peter; Boeck, Deena – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2012
This article, based on a presentation at the University Professional and Continuing Education Association Annual Conference, March 29, 2012, provides concepts, terminology, and financial models for establishing and maintaining successful institutional partnerships. The authors offer it as a contribution to developing a wider understanding of the…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Higher Education
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Hopper, Tim F.; Sanford, Kathy; Fu, Hong – McGill Journal of Education, 2016
A common concern in teacher education programs is the fragmentation of knowledge between courses that contribute to separation between discipline-focused theoretical knowledge and teachers' practical work in schools. Drawing on reviews on innovative learning spaces in schools and analysis of teacher knowledge, we theorize a conceptualization of…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Alignment (Education), Educational Environment, Educational Innovation
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Mykota, David – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2013
With the growth rate of online learning outpacing traditional face-to-face instruction, universities are beginning to recognize the importance of strategic planning in its development. Making the case for online learning requires sound project management practices and an understanding of the business models on which it is predicated. The objective…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Strategic Planning, Case Studies, Models
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Leppisaari, Irja; Vainio, Leena; Herrington, Jan; Im, Yeonwook – Educational Media International, 2011
More and more, social technologies and virtual work methods are facilitating new ways of crossing boundaries in professional development and international collaborations. This paper examines the peer development of higher education teachers through the experiences of the IVBM project (International Virtual Benchmarking, 2009-2010). The…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Benchmarking
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Wickens, Christine M.; Wiesenthal, David L.; Flora, David B.; Flett, Gordon L. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2011
Two studies tested the applicability of Weiner's (1995, 1996, 2001, 2006) attributional model of social conduct to roadway environments. This model highlights the role of inferences of responsibility after making causal judgments for social transgressions. Study 1 employed written scenarios where participants were asked to imagine themselves…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Retraining, Diaries, Inferences
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Burkle, Martha; Cleveland-Innes, Martha – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2013
The purpose of this research was to analyze the experience of post-secondary first time online students combining time spent in the classroom-workshop with online course access, and their interactions with instructors. In the following discussion, and following the Cleveland et al. [1] model, a comparison between the categories "student's…
Descriptors: Student Role, Teacher Role, Online Courses, Workshops
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Jezegou, Annie – Journal of Distance Education, 2010
This article is based on a constructively critical analysis of the "community of inquiry" model developed by Garrison and Anderson (2003) as part of their "e-learning" research. The authors claim that certain collaborative interactions create "distant presence" fostering the emergence of a "community of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Interaction
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