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Gow, Gordon; Chowdhury, Ataharul; Ganpat, Wayne; Ramjattan, Jeet – Journal of Learning for Development, 2018
: Beginning in 2012, the University of Alberta in partnership with others has been undertaking participatory action research in Sri Lanka and, since 2017, in the Caribbean to foster inclusive innovation through a Joint Education and Training Initiative (JETI). The JETI is developing and testing a set of open educational resources on…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Communities of Practice, Developing Nations, Action Research
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Bossu, Carina; Fountain, Wendy – Open Praxis, 2015
Addressing the gap between global open educational resource (OER) proliferation and the slow adoption of OER and open educational practices (OEP) in Australian higher education, this paper focuses on a capacity-building project targeting academics, academic support staff and educational developers. The conception, design, development, piloting and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Capacity Building, Open Education, Open Source Technology
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Levent, Nina; Reich, Christine – Journal of Museum Education, 2013
This article discusses an audience-informed professional development model that combines audience research focus groups and staff training that includes interaction and direct feedback from visitors, in this case, visitors with low vision. There are two critical components to this model: one is that museums' programming decisions are informed by…
Descriptors: Museums, Professional Development, Audience Analysis, Focus Groups
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Burns, Marcelle – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2013
The Review of Australian Higher Education (Bradley Review, 2008) and the Review of Higher Education Access and Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People (Behrendt Review, 2012) identified the need for tertiary institutions to incorporate Indigenous knowledges into curriculum to improve educational outcomes for Indigenous…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Professional Development
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Melber, Leah M.; Bergren, Rachel; Santymire, Rachel – Journal of Museum Education, 2011
The role of institutions such as zoos in global conservation efforts is critical. In addition to serving as informal learning centers for the general public, these institutions are well-positioned to provide training and professional development for the next generation of conservation scientists. And while many organizations traditionally have…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Pilot Projects, Recreational Facilities, Sustainable Development
Arenas, M. Begona; Hitos, Alicia; Perchiazzi, Matteo; Ugolini, Sara – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2010
Mentoring works as a strategy for helping people and particularly disadvantaged groups of population such as the unemployed, young people or immigrants improve their professional opportunities and succeed in life. It helps give people the confidence, access to valuable resources, and skills they need to reach their potential. The article presents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Information Technology, Pilot Projects
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Van Laarhoven, Toni; Munk, Dennis D.; Chandler, Lynette K.; Zurita, Leslie; Lynch, Kathleen – Assistive Technology Outcomes and Benefits, 2012
This article describes several stages in the integration of assistive technology (AT) into and across the curriculum of a teacher education program. The multi-year initiative included several projects and strategies that differentially affected faculty ability to integrate training and evaluation in using AT in their coursework. All strategies…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs
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Baughman, Sarah; Arnold, Mary; Boyd, Heather H.; Franz, Nancy K.; Mead, June P.; Rowe, Ellen; Silliman, Ben – Journal of Extension, 2010
The National 4-H Council Learning Priorities team developed educational content for professional development to increase evaluation capacity and evaluation skills for 4-H educators. Extension specialists in Oregon, Vermont, and Virginia piloted Evaluating for Impact curriculum through learning communities. Lessons learned from the pilot project…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Evaluation Methods, Professional Development, Delivery Systems
Puente, Kelly – District Administration, 2012
This article describes new digital reading products that are designed to improve aptitude, fulfill Common Core State Standards, provide unlimited access to online libraries, and bring 21st-century learning into the classroom. With a coming wave of the new products, school districts have various options to help bring 21st-century learning into the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, School Districts, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices
Dalton, Donna; Moore, Carol A.; Whittaker, Robert – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2009
Lyndon State College is a small, four-year public college in the rural Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. In an effort to improve its first-year retention rate, two years ago the authors began to analyze which students return to Lyndon for their second year of college. They found that more than 60% of the students were first-generation college students…
Descriptors: State Schools, First Generation College Students, State Colleges, Low Income Groups
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Horvitz, Brian S.; Beach, Andrea L. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2011
This paper presents the details and examines the outcomes of a professional development program created for instructors who are beyond the novice stage as online instructors, but desire and require further support to develop their online teaching expertise to meet their students' learning needs and their own teaching goals. This program…
Descriptors: Expertise, Learning Theories, Self Efficacy, Online Courses
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Little, Alison J.; Leon de la Barra, Bernardo A. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2009
This paper describes a project undertaken by the school outreach team at the School of Engineering, University of Tasmania, Australia, to attract girls to science, engineering and technology (SET). The project was a pilot program designed to engage female students from upper primary to senior secondary in the teaching of physical sciences. A…
Descriptors: Females, Pilot Projects, Physical Sciences, Information Technology
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Tanner, Howard; Davies, Susan M. B. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2009
Learning to teach well is a complex task. Teacher-educators have a significant role to play in enabling students to reflect critically and analyse their own practice. However, there is a danger, as a result of funding pressures and other contrary factors, that many institutions that provide teacher education will become separated from their…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Educational Research, Professional Development, Research and Development
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Lindberg-Sand, Asa; Sonesson, Anders – Tertiary Education and Management, 2008
Today visible proofs of excellence in teaching and learning are increasingly important aspects of institutional branding in higher education (HE). Teaching competence is brought forward as a central aspect of the quality of programmes. Still, the induction of new university teachers is managed in many different ways. Approaches may vary according…
Descriptors: Higher Education, National Standards, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Osterman, Ed – National Writing Project (NJ1), 2008
This monograph describes and analyzes the particular processes and structures that the New York City Writing Project (NYCWP) directors and on-site teacher-consultants have developed that enable them to support and learn from each other and to reflect critically upon the work they do with teachers, students, and administrators. Over time the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Professional Development, Consultation Programs, Reading Consultants
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