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Olivier, Jako – Commonwealth of Learning, 2023
This report provides an overview of the nature of open universities derived from the responses from 28 open universities in the Commonwealth. The data not only provide a snapshot of the nature of OUs, but also show some evidence of the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on open universities where institutions had to move all their learning and…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Learning Management Systems, Program Descriptions, Teaching Methods
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Renée DePalma; Juan-Miguel Ortega-Herráez; Maribel Del-Pozo-Triviño; María-Isabel Abril-Martí – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2024
Non-governmental development organizations (NGDOs) are responsible for ensuring basic human rights for socially marginalised people. In situations of migration, people's opportunity to regularise their migratory status and to secure their fundamental rights to key public services is entirely dependent on communication with the local…
Descriptors: Translation, Program Descriptions, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mary Styers; Ashley Hunt – Online Submission, 2023
Reading Horizons partnered with LearnPlatform by Instructure to investigate the relationship between teacher implementation of Reading Horizons Discovery (RHD) and student literacy outcomes. The study involved 83 educators and 1,242 students across seven elementary schools in North Carolina during the 2022-23 school year. Researchers used mCLASS…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Elementary School Students, Faculty Development, Program Descriptions
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Baburhan Uzum; Bedrettin Yazan; Sedat Akayoglu; Ufuk Keles – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to examine how teacher candidates (TCs) in Türkiye and the USA navigate their intercultural communication skills in a telecollaboration project. Design/methodology/approach: Forty-eight TCs participated (26 in Türkiye and 22 in the USA) in the study. TCs discussed critical issues in multicultural education on an online…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Intercultural Communication, Student Attitudes
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Coneyworth, Lisa; Jessop, Rachel; Maden, Pauline; White, Gavin – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2020
Taught postgraduate students in the UK have a limited timeframe for study, with most full-time courses requiring intense scholarship, typically over a 12-month period. Many of these students face challenges and concerns with the transition from undergraduate to taught postgraduate study as they adapt to a new learning environment with higher…
Descriptors: Well Being, Graduate Students, Student Adjustment, Feedback (Response)
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Esmat, Tiffany A.; Pitts, Joshua D. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2020
Student success is an important focus within higher education as it relates to retention, progression, and graduation rates. Limited research exists examining the predictors of success within an undergraduate Exercise Science program. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the viability of an admission policy implemented within an…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Exercise Physiology, Science Achievement, Introductory Courses
European Union, 2021
The education sector plays a vital role in an economic, social and environmental context since it has the capacity to transform society and prepare it to adapt to needs and challenges from different perspectives. It is a complex activity that accompanies the various stages of personal development and therefore it is an articulated sector that…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Social Environment, Role of Education, Social Change
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Kerr, Ruth; Merciai, Ilaria; Eradze, Maka – Educational Media International, 2018
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a growing phenomenon in the USA and Europe. A few big American platforms lead the field in terms of numbers of learners, institutions and courses on board. These platforms act as transnational platforms, and attract many European institutions because of the opportunities for visibility and branding they…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Mass Instruction, Management Systems, Second Languages
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Rees Lewis, Daniel G.; Easterday, Matthew W.; Harburg, Emily; Gerber, Elizabeth M.; Riesbeck, Christopher K. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
To provide the substantial support required for project-based learning (PBL), educators can incorporate professional experts as "design coaches." However, previous work shows barriers incorporating design coaches who can rarely meet face-to-face: (1) communication online is time-consuming, (2) updating coaches online is not perceived as…
Descriptors: Barriers, Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Computer Mediated Communication
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Rodgers, Andrea Reed; Puterbaugh, Mark – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2017
This case study describes the planning, implementation, and migration process of Eastern University Library's information literacy digital badge. Prior to implementing a badging program, information literacy sessions were informally embedded in first-year college writing courses as a "one-shot" presentation. Spurred on by accreditation…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Credentials
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Sydorenko, Tetyana; Smits, Tom F. H.; Evanini, Keelan; Ramanarayanan, Vikram – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2019
Recent CALL technology reviews cover a plethora of technologies available to language learners to improve a variety of skills, including speaking. However, few technology-enhanced self-access tools are available for pragmatic development, especially in oral modality. Recognizing the benefits of structured practice for second language development,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Leppisaari, Irja – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
In this paper we examine the kinds of mentoring models and practices employed in Finnish higher education and working-life to support continuous skill development, focusing especially on the working-life-centric digital mentoring of students. The theme interviews at 11 HE institutions and four enterprises were conducted as part of an eAMK project.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Higher Education, Skill Development
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Salin, Sandra – Research-publishing.net, 2018
This chapter presents the "Better French Living Project" (BFLP), which was started in 2014 in the French section of the Newcastle University School of Modern Languages (SML) with a view to respond to second-year students' feedback, promote independent learning amongst them, and assist in their year-abroad preparation by developing their…
Descriptors: French, Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ypsilandis, George S. – The EUROCALL Review, 2019
The subject of computers in language learning was not covered at a postgraduate level in Greece independently but as an add-on module in more broad programmes, such as "applied linguistics" or "TEFL." In such programmes, this module was merely scratching the surface of the subject, leaving students with the impression that…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Mishra, Sanjaya – Commonwealth of Learning, 2017
In the absence of comparative data about open universities, the current impact of ODL institutions is not clear. To develop a database of open universities in the Commonwealth, COL initiated a survey. The present report is based on the responses of 27 open universities that responded to our questionnaire.
Descriptors: Open Universities, Databases, Governance, Learning Management Systems
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