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Robert Farrow; Paz Díez-Arcón – Open Praxis, 2024
Open educational resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are either in the public domain or published on an open licence which permits various forms of redistribution, reuse and repurposing. Many organisations and higher education institutions around the world are using such resources, and anecdotally many believe this is…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Educational Innovation, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries
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John Kelly; Nicolette S. Richardson; Diane E. Gregory; Megan Murtagh; David M. Andrews – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2024
Human anatomy is a key subject area within undergraduate kinesiology programs. However, literature detailing the course structures, available resources, and teaching approaches used to deliver anatomy education in kinesiology programs is lacking. The present study sought to address this deficit by surveying instructors in Canadian university and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Kinesiology, Anatomy
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Robert N. Wilson; Parker J. Holman; Martin Dragan; Rebecca E. K. MacPherson; Shawn M. Beaudette – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2024
Supplemental instruction (SI) confers student success, as represented by grades, knowledge retention, and student engagement. However, studies often report professional, not undergraduate, program findings. To measure these effects, students studying human anatomy at a university in Ontario, Canada, attended structured (peer-assisted) or…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Peer Teaching, Student Educational Objectives, Undergraduate Students
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Kolomitro, Klodiana; Inglese, Jenna; Stockley, Denise; Scott, Jill; Wright, Madison – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2023
Purpose: In 2010, the Ontario Universities Quality Assurance Council was established and became responsible for monitoring the quality of university programs, and each university was tasked with establishing institutional quality assurance purposes. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the quality assurance process at…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Foreign Countries
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Deirdre Maultsaid; Michelle Harrison – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
As a response to the increasing commercialization of postsecondary education, educators argue for a practice of care in education. Open pedagogy (OP) seems like an ideal practice where care, trust, and inclusion can be realized. OP is characterized as a democratic and collaborative pedagogical practice, in which students and teachers work to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Open Education, Teaching Methods
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Paary Balakumar; Heather Fice; Samuel Richer; Tamara L. Western; Jacqueline Yao – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2024
Introductory science courses can be a struggle for instructors and students not only because of the challenging nature of the material, but also due to differences in the background knowledge of students. Provision of pre-lecture resources reviewing or introducing key concepts is recommended to support diverse students. In this paper, we describe…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Genetics, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes
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Alexandria Parker; Evan Noronha; Amanda Bongers – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
The rise of global environmental issues has stressed the importance of sustainability and green chemistry teachings. Nevertheless, these topics remain largely untouched in most post-secondary organic chemistry lecture courses. This article investigates the barriers to integrating green and sustainable chemistry into organic chemistry classrooms…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
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Sofia Ferreyro Mazieres; Rachael A. Lewitzky; Douglas McDougall – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2024
The transition from elementary to secondary school presents challenges for students, including the shift from a streamed to a destreamed mathematics curriculum. This paper explores the Ontario context, where all students began taking the same grade 9 mathematics course in 2021-2022. The Grade 9 Mathematics Research Project investigated current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, High School Teachers, Grade 9
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Ishita Kapoor; Jennifer Roters; Timothy I. Murphy; Caroline Drolet – Journal of Educators Online, 2024
Owing to an exponential increase in the number of courses offered online, it is crucial to understand this mode of delivery on a deeper level. In this study, associations among course performance, the use of online resources (i.e., online homework assistance, practice questions and practice tests), mode of delivery (online versus in-person), and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Instructional Materials, Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
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Griffiths, Ed – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2022
Communication strategies (CSs) have been generally viewed as ways in which learners may circumvent, and ideally overcome, communicative difficulties. However, over 40 years of research in this area has been largely confined to theory and experimental studies, and it is not clear to what extent CS research has filtered into contemporary second…
Descriptors: French, Communication Strategies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Florence Martin; Swapna Kumar; Albert Ritzhaupt; Drew Polly – Online Learning, 2024
Bichronous online learning is the intentional blending of asynchronous and synchronous online learning experiences. Twelve award-winning online instructors participated in interviews to discuss best practices they use, and benefits and challenges in bichronous online courses. When sharing best practices for bichronous online courses, online…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Asynchronous Communication, Synchronous Communication, Teaching Methods
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Becker, Sandra; Jacobsen, Michele – Information and Learning Sciences, 2022
Purpose: Using Johansson-Sköldberg "et al."'s (2013) descriptions of design discourses, this study aims to analyze teacher interviews, research notes and teacher and student artifacts to determine if engagement in design practices led to changes in the teacher's thinking. Design/methodology/approach: This article presents results from a…
Descriptors: Design, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Institute of International Education, 2021
A central component of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) is curriculum co-development between U.S. and Canadian academics from the African Diaspora and host collaborators at African higher education institutions. The CADFP aims to build the capacity of African higher education institutions by increasing and enhancing…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Universities, International Education, Immigrants
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Gruno, Jennifer; Gibbons, Sandra L. – European Physical Education Review, 2021
The long-standing challenges and issues associated with girls' disengagement from secondary school physical and health education (PHE) are serious and well documented. This disengagement has provided the incentive for the examination of alternative strategies to facilitate girls' engagement in PHE. This paper discusses the first phase in a…
Descriptors: Females, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Health Education
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Koole, Marguerite; Anderson, Kerry; Wilson, Jay – in education, 2020
This qualitative research project explored the key characteristics, attitudes, and experiences of makerspace facilitators in Saskatchewan. The aim was to gather knowledge and wisdom from early adopters of makerspace from a variety of contexts ranging from "tinkerspaces" to increasingly popular school-based spaces in order to inform early…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers, Beginning Teachers
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