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Smathers, Carol A.; Lobb, Jennifer M. – Journal of Extension, 2017
The tool kit Mobilizing Rural Communities to Prevent Childhood Obesity is the product of a seven-state multidisciplinary research project focused on enhancing obesity prevention efforts by integrating community coaching into the work of rural community coalitions. The interactive tool kit is available at no cost both in print form and online, and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Child Health, Extension Education, Prevention
Moran, Carrie; Mulvihill, Rachel – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2017
The UCF Libraries are continually developing new forms of library instruction to meet the needs of a growing student body with the same number of librarians. These efforts attempt to find the balance between impersonal online tutorials and time-intensive embedded librarianship. The pros and cons of each model employed at our growing university are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Instruction, Web Based Instruction, Sustainability
Stockley, Denise; Balkwill, Laura-Lee; Hoessler, Carolyn – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2016
In 2008, Queen's University launched an online tutorial called CHRPP, the Course in Human Research Participant Protection, and published a paper about its purpose, design, and usability in Balkwill, Stevenson, Stockley, and Marlin (2009). CHRPP was originally created to raise awareness among research students about the federal policy regarding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Ethics, Research Administration
Zhang, Qinqin; Goodman, Maren; Xie, Shiyi – College & Research Libraries, 2015
This research examines students in a first-year engineering course who receive library instruction by using a newly developed online module and attending optional in-person tutorials. It aims to evaluate the outcomes of library information literacy instruction using this module combined with in-person help. Results show a significant improvement…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students, Learning Modules
Prescott, Lynda – Open Learning, 2016
For students new to higher education, the task of developing their academic writing skills, and particularly the principles and practices of source-referencing, can be daunting. Although institutions and teachers can and do provide positive guidance on this score, all too often students veer into inadvertent plagiarism through lack of confidence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Open Universities, Writing Instruction
Webb, Katy Kavanagh; Hoover, Jeanne – College & Research Libraries, 2015
Librarians designed a biology tutorial not only to address an assignment, but also to make tutorials more accessible to students with various learning styles. The Science Librarian created the content by using aspects of the Information Literacy Standards for Science and Technology/Engineering, an informal survey of biology faculty, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Academic Libraries, Library Instruction, Tutorial Programs
Mundy, Julia – Accounting Education, 2012
This Teaching Note reports on an initiative designed to increase the number of students who undertake homework in the absence of formal rewards, such as additional marks. While the initiative was successful in increasing the number of students who attempted the homework each week, preliminary findings suggest it may have been accompanied by a fall…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Accounting, Homework
Baker, Ruth L. – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2014
Did you ever wish for an easy-to-maintain tool to create course-level or assignment-level instruction for online or distance students? LibGuides can provide the solution! LibGuides provide a versatile and easy-to-maintain platform for delivering step-by-step, scaffolded tutorials that enhance learning outcomes through chunking, reduced strain on…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Instructional Materials, Tutorial Programs, Delivery Systems
McDonald, James E.; Robinson, Rosanna L. – Bioscience Education, 2014
The transition to undergraduate study is often a challenging step for students as they progress from relatively smaller school/college classes with a high degree of contact time with familiar staff to a university department where one-on-one interaction with staff members is significantly reduced. The first year tutorials module offers one of the…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Learning Modules, Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen
Jacoby, Jennifer C.; Heugh, Sheelagh; Bax, Christopher; Branford-White, Christopher – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2014
The student cohort on the University Science Extended Degree (SED) course is diverse in terms of educational experience. One of the key facets of teaching at this level is to engage and prepare students for higher levels of education in the sciences. The purpose of this evaluation is to relate a specific virtual framework, designed for students…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Instructional Improvement, Educational Experience, Biology
Jackson, T. A.; Evans, D. J. R. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2012
The General Medical Council states that United Kingdom graduates must function effectively as educators. There is a growing body of evidence showing that medical students can be included as teachers within a medical curriculum. Our aim was to design and implement a near-peer-led teaching program in an undergraduate medical curriculum and assess…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Smith, Julian; Groves, Mark; Bowd, Belinda; Barber, Alison – International Journal of Higher Education, 2012
This study examined the effectiveness of a Blended Learning (BL) environment designed to facilitate the learning of study skills with a large (over 200) and diverse undergraduate student cohort in a Higher Education (HE) institution in the UK. A BL environment was designed using the model provided by Kerres & De Witt (2003), and was also…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Blended Learning, Skill Development, Learning Strategies
Johnston, Nicole – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2010
Information literacy is an integral generic skill or graduate attribute in higher education, with many higher education institutions developing information literacy policies and including information literacy in graduate attribute policies. Barrie (2007) notes that universities around the world are increasingly concerned with ensuring that their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Work, Information Literacy, Information Skills

Finlay, Paul N.; And Others – Management Education and Development, 1991
Describes a short course to expose managers to expert systems, consisting of (1) introductory lecture; (2) supervised computer tutorial; (3) lecture and discussion about knowledge structuring and modeling; and (4) small group work on a case study using computers. (SK)
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Expert Systems

Kane, D.; Sherwood, B. – Computers and Education, 1980
Describes and illustrates the tutorial and homework exercise lessons, student routing, course organization, administration, and evaluation of a PLATO computer-based course in classical mechanics. An appendix lists 41 lessons developed for the course. (CMV)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Descriptions, Homework, Learning Modules
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