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Cathy-Ann Michelle Alexander – ProQuest LLC, 2022
All students are entitled to a well-developed and meaningful education that prepares them to take on challenges and responsibilities in a global and democratic society. However, assessments have created barriers for many students. This study was undertaken in a New York City high school in which end-of-course and Regents assessment is a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Exit Examinations, High School Students, Standardized Tests
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Leaver, Betty Lou; Campbell, Christine – L2 Journal, 2023
Language-related Study Abroad (SA) experiences can be catalysts for learner transformation in the areas of cognition, socialization, and/or affect by virtue of the location and experience. An Open Architecture Curriculum Design (OACD) framework can support, promote, and enhance such transformation, as evidenced in eight programs for young adults,…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Transformative Learning, Socialization, Curriculum Design
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O'Brien, Kelsey; Forte, Michele; Mackey, Thomas P.; Jacobson, Trudi E. – Open Praxis, 2017
This article examines metaliteracy as a pedagogical model that leverages the assets of MOOC platforms to enhance self-regulated and self-empowered learning. Between 2013 and 2015, a collaborative teaching team within the State University of New York (SUNY) developed three MOOCs on three different platforms--connectivist, Coursera and Canvas--to…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Self Management
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McCormack, Tim; McBeth, Mark – Composition Forum, 2016
As Brian Huot and Ellen E. Schendel assert, when assessment has more than validation in mind, it "can become a means for proactive change" (208). In response to this idea of assessment as an optimistic and opportunistic enterprise, this article describes how the structural design of our "equal opportunity" writing program and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Law Enforcement, Writing Instruction, Equal Education
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O'Connor, Eileen A. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2015
Opening with the history, recent advances, and emerging ways to use avatar-based virtual reality, an instructor who has used virtual environments since 2007 shares how these environments bring more options to community building, teaching, and education. With the open-source movement, where the source code for virtual environments was made…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Simulated Environment, Open Source Technology
Miller, Melissa L. – Online Submission, 2015
This paper addresses the concern of educating diverse university students in an increasingly digital environment. Specifically, educators question the quality of student online research skills and how to address gaps in research skills in both the virtual and physical classroom. A 2012 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in collaboration…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Web Based Instruction, Higher Education, College Students
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Sato, Eriko; Sohn, Heejeong; Chen, Julian ChengChiang; Adebowale, Kayode C. V.; Jourdain, Sarah – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2015
Our pilot project created blended/online courses to accommodate the growing needs of precollegiate and collegiate students interested in learning Korean and Japanese. In the initial phase, we conducted a survey of students' experiences with and perceptions about blended/online Asian language learning. We found a general lack of familiarity with,…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Korean
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Catalano, Amy – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2014
This article describes a study in which seven students with diverse disabilities participated in a one-credit online library research course which had been adapted to be accessible using the best practices literature on distance education for students with special needs. Students provided feedback on the design of the course and participated in…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Special Needs Students, Educational Improvement, Qualitative Research
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Olson, Bradley G.; Mata, Marvin; Koszalka, Tiffany A. – International Journal on E-Learning, 2013
Purpose: The Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University in collaboration with the Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation Department in Syracuse University's School of Education recently undertook a curricular reform effort that included translation of the residency program's annual core didactic lecture series to an…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Medical Education, Online Courses, Program Descriptions
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Torff, Bruce – Educational Forum, 2014
Folk belief theory is suggested as a primary cause for the persistence of the achievement gap. In this research-supported theory, culturally specified folk beliefs about learning and teaching prompt educators to direct more rigorous curriculum to high-advantage students but not to low-advantage students, resulting in impoverished pedagogy in…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Schools, Change Strategies
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2011
Although it is known that many persons under community supervision need and eventually want correctional education programs, little is known about the providers and characteristics of these educational programs. This report provides an overview of initiatives at the national and state levels supporting new approaches to community supervision and…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Teaching Methods, National Organizations, Supervision
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Loike, John D.; Rush, Brittany S.; Schweber, Adam; Fischbach, Ruth L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
Columbia University offers two innovative undergraduate science-based bioethics courses for student majoring in biosciences and pre-health studies. The goals of these courses are to introduce future scientists and healthcare professionals to the ethical questions they will confront in their professional lives, thus enabling them to strategically…
Descriptors: Biology, Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Science Instruction
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Secondary Curriculum Development. – 1972
Designed to help teachers of automotive services select the body of knowledge and experiences leading to the development of salable skills which might be necessary at various levels of complexity, this guide suggests an alignment of content, with teaching suggestions, for use in developing a vocational program to prepare youth and adults for…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides
ZILINSKY, PIETER – 1966
A REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF THE N.Y. STATE SYLLABUS, "RUSSIAN FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS," REVEALS THAT IT PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF RUSSIAN PROGRAMS IN THE STATE. IT DESCRIBES A 4- TO 6-YEAR SEQUENCE OF STUDY DIVIDED INTO LEVELS, WHICH, HOWEVER, DO NOT NECESSARILY CORRESPOND TO THE SCHOOL GRADES. EACH LEVEL DOES CONTAIN…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Audiolingual Methods, Course Content, Cultural Education
Pape, Liz – School Administrator, 2006
In recent years, thanks to the evolution of the Internet, wide availability of classroom computers and increased broadband access, blended learning is emerging as a new tool in the K-12 educational toolkit. Defined as learning that combines online and face-to-face approaches, blended learning is accomplished through the combined use of virtual and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, High Schools, Computer Mediated Communication, Conventional Instruction