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Freidig, Amy – Journal of Extension, 2019
The Wisconsin Master Gardener Program team used the Google+ Community platform to provide an engaging online discussion forum for asynchronous continuing education experiences. Applications of such a tool for volunteer online education have numerous benefits, including the capacity for asynchronous posting, ease of posting, privacy options, wide…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Asynchronous Communication, Continuing Education, Discussion Groups
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Hobbs, Renee; Coiro, Julie – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2019
The authors introduce readers to three design features of the University of Rhode Island's Summer Institute in Digital Literacy, a 42-hour, weeklong professional learning experience in digital literacy for educators, librarians, college faculty, and other adult learners. The program is explicitly designed to promote reflection on one's motivations…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Institutes (Training Programs), Summer Programs, Professional Development
Jonathan James; Tali Malkin; Deborah Nusche – OECD Publishing, 2025
Did you ever wonder how rising inequality and polarisation will shape education? Or how advances in artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and other technologies could transform teaching and learning? Trends Shaping Education is a triennial report exploring the social, technological, economic, environmental and political forces transforming…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Global Approach, Conflict, International Cooperation
Balu, Rekha; Lee, Shawna; Steimle, Samantha – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2018
Building Bridges and Bonds (B3), a federally funded study of Responsible Fatherhood programs, is testing a set of innovative approaches designed to help fathers advance their parenting and employment skills. One of these innovations is a new smartphone-based application called DadTime. It is one of the first mobile applications specifically…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Attendance, Parent Participation, Fathers
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Neff, Victoria; Negoescu, Ana; Vanek, Jen – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2021
This article describes an innovative workplace English initiative that aims to improve access to English language instruction for immigrant workers. Developed by the National Immigration Forum, Skills and Opportunity for the New American Workforce (SONAW) is a first-of-its-kind, blended training program comprising 40% face-to-face instruction and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Immigrants
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Feller, Rich, Ed.; Furbish, Dale, Ed. – Career Development Quarterly, 2013
The authors are pleased to introduce the second pair of articles in the National Career Development Association (NCDA) Centennial Special Series celebrating the 100th anniversary of NCDA. In this issue, JoAnn Harris-Bowlsbey reviews the development and use of computer-assisted career guidance systems, and Juliette N. Lester, James Woods, and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Counseling, Occupational Information, Career Information Systems
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Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2016
This document provides Q&A with webinar presenter, Susan Riley. Riley's presentation looks at broad ideas of clarifying best practices in using arts integration (AI) and/or STEAM at any grade level. Questions cover topics such as: the creativity crisis in US schools, integrating art into math adult education (GED and ESL), theater arts in the…
Descriptors: Art Education, STEM Education, Integrated Activities, Creativity
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Harris-Bowlsbey, JoAnn – Career Development Quarterly, 2013
The first computer-assisted career planning systems were developed in the late 1960s and were based soundly on the best of career development and decision-making theory. Over the years, this tradition has continued as the technology that delivers these systems' content has improved dramatically and as they have been universally accepted as…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Career Planning, Computer Uses in Education
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Shepherd, Craig E.; Skrabut, Stan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2011
Electronic portfolios (eportfolios) can increase reflection, develop content and pedagogy skills and facilitate communication between teachers and administrators. However, they have limitations. Despite resources that teacher institutions devote to eportfolios, research suggests that most implementations are of limited duration. In a climate where…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Lifelong Learning, Sustainability, Program Implementation
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Jurjus, Rosalyn A.; Krum, Janette; Goldman, Ellen F. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2013
Medical school curricula are undergoing transformational change in response to calls for integrating content across courses and years to enable better retention and application and for individualizing learning to meet the diverse backgrounds and thus differing needs of students. To address the related teaching challenges, faculty can employ solid…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Anatomy, Science Laboratories, Adult Learning
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Rich, Peter J.; Trip, Tonya – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2011
The increasing ease and ubiquity of video has resulted in a proliferation of video annotation tools used and designed for improving education. While similar, each tool has its relative strengths and weaknesses. Choosing the "right" tool can have an impact on the experience of teachers and the effectiveness of video as a means for improving…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Computer Software, Educational Improvement, Computer Uses in Education
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Mann, Dale; Reardon, R. M.; Becker, J. D.; Shakeshaft, C.; Bacon, Nicholas – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2011
This paper describes the use of advanced computer technology in an innovative educational leadership program. This program integrates full-motion video scenarios that simulate the leadership challenges typically faced by principals over the course of a full school year. These scenarios require decisions that are then coupled to consequences and…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning
Ecclesfield, Nigel – Adults Learning, 2010
Teachers in adult and community learning (ACL) are making increasing use of technology in their work, while the overwhelming majority of providers are devising strategies for the implementation and monitoring of e-learning and technology. These are two of the findings of a survey, commissioned by Becta, the government agency promoting the use of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Adult Education, Access to Computers, Educational Technology
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Alexander, Curby; Hammond, Thomas C. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2012
In this article the authors present Five-Picture Charades, an instructional activity designed to introduce preservice and in-service teachers to the technical and pedagogical uses of digital images in the classroom. Because digital images can be repurposed into several different types of digital media projects, Five-Picture Charades is described…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Computer Uses in Education, Multimedia Materials
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Alquézar Sabadie, Jesús Maria; Castaño Muñoz, Jonatan; Puni, Yves; Redecker, Christine; Vuorikari, Riina – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2014
The potential benefits of OER have led many European governments to implement policies supporting their creation and use. This chapter aims to put these OER policies in context, discussing their focus and scope and highlighting challenges and bottlenecks. On the basis of the analysis of the current state of the art, it is argued that one of main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resource Units, Computer Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services
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