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Al-Obaydi, Liqaa Habeb; Pikhart, Marcel – MEXTESOL Journal, 2023
Intercultural communication plays a crucial role in second language (L2) acquisition as it always happens in the context of another, usually very different culture. The present study sheds light on the benefits of using documentary videos in teaching intercultural communication to young students and how they can affect students' development of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Documentaries, Intercultural Communication, Video Technology
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Gyori, Bradford; Charles, Mathew – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2018
The authors introduced 80 university-level journalism students to a web design program called Klynt and supervised the creation of multiple interactive documentaries. They discovered that fledgling reporters could effectively design interactive media while creating work that reflects their own candid and extemporaneous ethos. Building on the…
Descriptors: Journalism Education, Behavioral Objectives, Computer System Design, Social Media
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d'Alessio, Matthew A.; Schwartz, Joshua J.; Pedone, Vicki; Pavia, Jenni; Fleck, Jenna; Lundquist, Loraine – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2019
Promoting collaboration and discourse in asynchronous online courses is challenging; students need something engaging to talk about, a communications medium in which to fluidly discuss it, and a social environment that supports discourse. We designed a fully online introductory geoscience lecture and lab course called Geology Goes Hollywood that…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Online Courses, Cooperative Learning, Asynchronous Communication
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Hertel, Tammy Jandrey; Harrington, Stasie – Hispania, 2015
The 2007 MLA report "Foreign Language and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World," with its call to institutions of higher education to reexamine their curricula and include more in-depth cultural content into all courses, reminded foreign language educators of the important goal of helping students gain…
Descriptors: Spanish, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Input, Films
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Buchanan, Lisa Brown – Social Studies, 2015
This article describes how elementary preservice teachers used four documentary films to think historically about the United States Civil Rights Movement. The author situates the descriptive case study within research about historical thinking and documentary film, identifying the need for using documentary film to think historically in the…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, United States History, History Instruction, Social Studies
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Inoue-Smith, Yukiko – Cogent Education, 2016
This study reexamined PowerPoint's potential to enhance traditional pedagogical practices in higher education. The study addressed (1) the conditions under which PowerPoint meets students' needs in typical lecture-based classrooms, (2) whether professors consider PowerPoint-based lectures more effective than lectures supported by material on…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teaching Methods, Visual Aids, Computer Software
Ahmed, Sofe – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2012
The concept of globalization has brought dynamism in each aspect of the world. The changes have also touched the field of English language teaching (ELT) throughout the world. Bangladesh is no more far from that transformation. It has already attempted to the innovation of ELT. The country has moved from long term-practiced Grammar Translation…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Secondary School Students