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Rasmussen, Lauge Baungaard; Hansen, Mette Sanne – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
This paper explains how engineering students at a Danish university acquired the necessary skills to become emergent facilitators of organisational development. The implications of this approach are discussed and related to relevant viewpoints and findings in the literature. The methodology deployed for this paper is empirical and conceptual. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Graduate Students, Facilitators (Individuals)
Knoester, Matthew; Gichiru, Wangari P. – Journal of International Social Studies, 2014
The University of Evansville, like many universities, requires a seminar for all incoming first-year students to prepare students for college-level writing, along with the reading and discussion of challenging texts. Often, these courses share particular books to allow in-coming students to share a "common experience." This article…
Descriptors: Democracy, First Year Seminars, Social Studies, Foreign Countries
Wieman, Carl; Gilbert, Sarah – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
We have created an inventory to characterize the teaching practices used in science and mathematics courses. This inventory can aid instructors and departments in reflecting on their teaching. It has been tested with several hundred university instructors and courses from mathematics and four science disciplines. Most instructors complete the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Instruction, Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
Reyes, Xaé Alicia – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2012
This article is a reflective essay that examines the experiences of a Multicultural Educator from a non-mainstream perspective. The author, of Latino descent, has attended schools in Puerto Rico and in the United States, and has taught at universities in both. Experiences teaching and learning within and outside of the United States are compared…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Experience, World Views
Cooper, James L.; Robinson, Pamela – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2014
The authors describe several types of classroom assessment techniques (CATs) and cognitive scaffolding procedures that they have developed over the years. They then bring the procedures together in a sample lecture/group learning class presentation.
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Lecture Method
Bruce, Susan – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2013
"Using your profanisaurus" derives from a project, "The Production of University English", whose earliest findings were published in "Arts and Humanities in Higher Education" in 2005. By analysing "ordinary" discussions in "ordinary" English Literature classes in diverse universities, the project…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, English Literature, College Instruction
Simoni, M. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
This paper describes an initial study of using tablet PCs and interactive course software in integrated circuit (IC) design courses. A rapidly growing community is demonstrating how this technology can improve learning and retention of material by facilitating interaction between faculty and students via cognitive exercises during lectures. While…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Classroom Techniques
Sullivan, Patrick; Zhang, Yufeng; Zheng, Fenglan – College Composition and Communication, 2012
This article is a pragmatic, classroom-focused conversation about the teaching of writing among three teachers living in the United States and China, separated by many thousands of miles and many centuries of tradition and culture. Our focus here is on classroom concerns: actual student writing, assignment design, and assessment. We seek to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, College Instruction, Writing Teachers
Sanna, A.; Lamberti, F.; Paravati, G.; Demartini, C. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2012
Computer-based assessment of exams provides teachers and students with two main benefits: fairness and effectiveness in the evaluation process. This paper proposes a fully automatic evaluation tool for the Graphic and Virtual Design (GVD) curriculum at the First School of Architecture of the Politecnico di Torino, Italy. In particular, the tool is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Source Technology, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Graphics
Musial, Jennifer – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2011
This essay ruminates on the connective tissue between teaching undergraduates and teaching yogis/yoginis. In this essay, the author employs bell hooks's work, particularly her work on love, compassion, and "engaged pedagogy" from "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" and "Teaching Critical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Instruction, Metacognition
Sloan, Roberta H. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2013
An eTextbook and iPad were used in a pilot program, and the impact on the course was assessed to guide the development of a college policy. Students in the course completed three questionnaires to provide feedback about their perceptions of the eTextbook and iPad. During the pilot program, students' perceptions of the usefulness, ease of use, and…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Electronic Publishing, Educational Technology, Computer Science Education
Nevada System of Higher Education, 2011
Board policy provides that in the fall of every even-numbered year, the Chancellor's Office shall compile a System report on faculty workloads at the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) institutions. Faculty workload is collected from the campuses in two parts: (1) in-class instructional data originating from workload databases and validated…
Descriptors: Faculty Workload, Personnel Policy, State Colleges, Records (Forms)
Moreno, Julian – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
The aim of this paper is to describe a digital game with an educational purpose in the subject of computer programming, which enables students to reinforce and improve their abilities on the concepts of sequencing, defined iteration and nesting. For its design, a problem solving approach was followed and a score comparing mechanism was implemented…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Games, Educational Games, Programming
McCrickerd, Jennifer – College Teaching, 2012
Many believe college instructors resist new teaching practices. In this article, the author develops a hypothesis to understand resistant faculty members, focusing on their likely educational experiences and on insights from psychology. Using Dweck's conception of self-theories and Fischer's conception of dynamic skill-theory, she defends the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teaching Methods, Resistance to Change, Educational Experience
Huang, Shiu-Li; Shiu, Jung-Hung – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
The success of Web 2.0 inspires e-learning to evolve into e-learning 2.0, which exploits collective intelligence to achieve user-centric learning. However, searching for suitable learning paths and content for achieving a learning goal is time consuming and troublesome on e-learning 2.0 platforms. Therefore, introducing formal learning in these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Computer System Design, Computer Science Education