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Bailey, Jennifer; Kaiser, Forrest; Thomas, Christopher; Dillingham, Scott; Norwood, Daniel; Smith, Nikia; Brown, Arthur – NASSP Bulletin, 2022
Recent reports indicate the national principal attrition rate is at an all-time high. Scholars suggest a lack of responsive professional development as a leading factor in why principals leave the field. Further, the pandemic has exposed daily uncertainties for school leaders as they navigate new territory, bringing forth new considerations in how…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Principals, Simulation, Professional Development
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John V. Rider; Linda Frasier; Jessica Parkin – Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 2024
The use of high-fidelity simulation and standardized patients (SPs) in occupational therapy (OT) education is expanding. However, the implementation of simulation varies across programs, leading to inconsistent outcomes and research limitations. Furthermore, details on SP use and training are lacking in OT literature. This article aims to provide…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Simulation, Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Personnel
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Shore, Rebecca; Morris, Debra; Watson, Jim; La Serna, Jillian J. – PDS Partners: Bridging Research to Practice, 2021
This article details the creation and features of the Aspiring Principals Program, an intentional, mutually beneficial partnership between the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Principals, Administrator Education
Tare, Medha; Rood, Elizabeth – Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, 2023
Virtual, mixed, and augmented reality, termed "extended reality," or XR, have great potential for classroom-based learning. Yet many questions about the use and widespread adoption of these emerging technologies remain. To share insights, opportunities, and challenges, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and the XR Association…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Simulation
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Howell, Heather; Lai, Yvonne; Lee, Carrie – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2019
This working group addresses the challenge and opportunity presented by the use of simulations of teaching practice as an educative tool for preservice and practicing teachers. We focus particularly on the development of teachers' skills in enacting the content-intensive work of teaching, including how simulations may be able to cultivate or…
Descriptors: Simulation, Mathematics Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Professional Development
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Ion Razvan Radulescu; Antonio Dinis; Benny Malengier; Andrej Cupar; Mirela Blaga; Radek Polansky – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2022
Industry 4.0 and digitization are nowadays important trends in the textile industry. The need for well-prepared professionals in software for the design and modelling of textile products requires the creation of up-to-date educational resources. Virtual learning supported by e-learning offers the instruments to continue education during pandemic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Computer Software, Design
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Spero, Ken – Learning Professional, 2018
Computer simulations can provide essential practice at making a wide range of decisions facing education leaders, filling gaps in experience with relevant virtual on-the-job training. Simulations can help administrators prepare for difficult conversations about students in crisis, racial tensions, teacher evaluations, and other sensitive topics.…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Decision Making
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Lobley, Jennifer; Ouellette, Kristy L. – Journal of Extension, 2017
Face-to-face training for Extension volunteers is no longer the only viable delivery mode. In times of rapid technological advances, we are faced with a plethora of options for offering volunteers the training and support they need. Zoom, an online videoconferencing platform, can easily be used to engage volunteers in professional development.…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Volunteers, Online Courses, Extension Education
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Hewitt, Bill; Kidd, Moray; Smith, Robin; Wearne, Stephen – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
The paper reviews the lessons of planning and running an "Engineering Management" practitioner development programme in a partnership between BP and the University of Manchester. This distance-learning programme is for professional engineers in mid-career experienced in the engineering and support activities for delivering safe,…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Management Development, Program Development, Engineering
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Bradshaw, Kathlyn E.; Harvey, Robert W. – College Quarterly, 2017
This article presents Edelson and Reiser's (2006) strategies as a framework for analyzing an instance of authentic practice in a managerial accounting course. Specifically, this article presents an analysis of a managerial accounting project design created to provide learning-by-doing via authentic practice. Students need more than to learn about…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Class Activities, Teaching Methods, Accounting
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Waters, Stewart; Kenna, Joshua; Bruce, Darrian – Social Studies, 2016
The inclusion of technology in the classroom is an increasingly important feature of effective instruction. The implementation of Common Core Standards in many states also requires teachers to consider new pedagogical strategies to support meaningful learning. This article explores the intersection between technology demands and curricular change…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Common Core State Standards, History Instruction, Social Studies
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Snyder, Johnny; Carpenter, Don; Slauson, Gayla Jo; Skinner, Joe; Nash, Cole – Information Systems Education Journal, 2012
Fundraising traditionally involves selling. This paper explores the merits of selling technology services provided by a technology oriented student club to members of a campus community. This club activity puts into practice learning theories presented in the literature. Beyond fundraising, this activity yields many additional benefits to the…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Professional Development, Information Systems, Clubs
Craft, Kirby A. – Online Submission, 2009
How can we train today's workforce with innovative technologies when families are surrounded by state-of-the-art video games and high-definition televisions? Human resource managers and administrators are faced with difficult challenges to prepare beneficial and relevant professional development exercises that engage the minds of their employees.…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education
Lim, Janine – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2010
In this article, the author describes the Jazz Workshop, a unique blend of collaboration and constructivist learning using videoconferencing and Web 2.0 tools. Each summer it draws about 400 participants--mostly teachers, technology facilitators, teacher librarians, and videoconferencing coordinators--who convene in 20 locations across three…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Music, Workshops, Computer Uses in Education
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Kitto, Simon C.; Gruen, Russell L.; Smith, Julian A. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2009
In recent years increasing attention has been paid to issues of professionalism in surgery and the content and structure of continuing professional development for surgeons; however, little attention has been paid to interprofessional education (IPE) in surgical training. Imagining the form(s) of IPE and/or continuing interprofessional education…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Interdisciplinary Approach, Medical Education
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