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James McGhee; Sara Weinstein – New Directions for Student Services, 2024
Small institutions are in a unique and perhaps necessary position to innovate as the field changes, resources falter, and the needs of the next generation of students and families become apparent and quite different from those supported by our historical structures and service modalities. This article examines the literature surrounding historical…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Staff Utilization, Innovation, Services
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Michelle Newcomb; Alyssa Venning – Journal of Social Work Education, 2024
Trigger warnings have become a hotly contested practice in higher education, including within the field of social work. Learning to become a social worker can be a demanding process that requires in-depth study about often socially taboo and traumatic topics. The learning process can, understandably, cause discomfort that may result in a…
Descriptors: Social Work, Higher Education, Trauma, Anxiety
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Rockinson- Szapkiw, Amanda J.; Courduff, Jennifer; Carter, Kimberly; Bennett, David – Computers & Education, 2013
University students are increasingly choosing to purchase e-textbooks for their mobile devices as an alternative to traditional textbooks. This study examines the relationship between textbook format and 538 university students' grades and perceived learning scores. Results demonstrate that there was no difference in cognitive learning and grades…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Electronic Learning, Electronic Publishing, Printed Materials
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Christoffersen, S.; Granitz, E. – American Journal of Business Education, 2008
We assess students' appreciation and use of various tools designed to extend effective learning beyond the classroom. For a given tool, results vary depending upon the overall pedagogical approach of the course.
Descriptors: Assignments, Context Effect, Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
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Warren, Louis L.; Holloman, Harold L., Jr. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2005
Institutions of higher education are offering more and more on-line courses to students. Do students receive the same quality of instruction with an on-line class as an on-campus class? Specifically, is there a difference in students' outcomes between a face-to-face class and on-line class? This study addresses that question by collecting and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, College Students, Conventional Instruction, Intermode Differences
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Schmidt, Sascha L.; Richter, Ansgar – Journal of Education for Business, 2006
In this article, the authors introduce 3 different course formats for teaching management consulting at the university. On the basis of data from self-evaluation questionnaires from 159 students, the authors analyze effectiveness of these course designs in raising the self-confidence of participants to cope with the kind of tasks typically faced…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Consultants, Course Organization, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Larson, Mary Ellen; Freivalds, Dace – 1985
This study on the role of instruction in encouraging the successful performance of the first-time online catalog user examined three relationships to evaluate the effects of an instructional program: the comparative effectiveness of four instructional methods in orienting users to the online catalog; the influence of an instruction program on user…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Intermode Differences