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Hurst, Glenn A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
The Group Exercises is a distinctive collaborative group working activity completed by approximately 170 second-year undergraduate chemistry students each year in June. The activity comprises students working in randomly allocated teams of 4-6 members to complete a structured learning package to solve chemistry problems with industrial relevance…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Large Group Instruction, Learning Activities
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Chorianopoulos, Konstantinos – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Many educational organizations are employing instructional videos in their pedagogy, but there is a limited understanding of the possible video formats. In practice, the presentation format of instructional videos ranges from direct recording of classroom teaching with a stationary camera, or screencasts with voiceover, to highly elaborate video…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Taxonomy
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Dingwall, Stephanie – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
The combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest turned education on its head this quarter. To keep students engaged, a plethora of techniques were employed, ranging from synchronous lectures and activities via the Zoom platform to the asynchronous online discussion board Piazza. Consideration of students' nonacademic struggles also…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Science Instruction, Biochemistry, Introductory Courses
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Ozadowicz, Andrzej – Education Sciences, 2020
The blended learning method with its supporting electronic tools is a very well-known approach in academic education. In most of its practical applications, direct face to face contacts between students and the teacher as well as students with each other in groups are important elements in the organization of lectures and classes. This is of…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses
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Lynch, Grace; Paasuke, Philip – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
In response to an exponential growth in enrolments the "Tutorial Support Management" (TSM) model has been adopted by Open Universities Australia (OUA) after a two-year project on the provision of online tutor support in first year, online undergraduate units. The essential focus of the TSM model was the development of a systemic approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, School Holding Power, Undergraduate Study
Twigg, Carol A. – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2009
In addition to experiencing the generic quality and cost problems faced by all colleges and universities, community colleges face problems particular to their student populations. They need to design more flexible schedules for working adult students, create a greater sense of community or engagement for commuting students, address the special…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Commuting Students, Community Colleges, Educational Strategies