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Using the Online Capstone Experience to Support Authentic Learning
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Devine, Jessica L.; Bourgault, Kristen S.; Schwartz, Ruth N. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
Academic programs commonly feature a capstone experience as the final building block of the course of study. Often, capstone experiences allow students to demonstrate mastery in the context of an authentic learning experience--a real-life problem or project situated in the field of practice. The growing number of academic programs conducted online…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Capstone Experiences, Authentic Learning, Distance Education
Leveraging Social Networks for Authentic Learning in Distance Learning Teacher Education
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Gurjar, Nandita – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
This research examined how leveraging social networks in distance learning facilitated authentic learning in a 4-week teacher-education course. The pilot study aimed to examine the course design, and learner perceptions of social networks in distance learning. The course design was structured around nine principles of the authentic learning…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Authentic Learning, Distance Education, Teacher Education
The VIP Approach -- Applying a Virtual, Interdisciplinary Partnership to Support Innovation and Authentic Learning in Distance Education
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Sweany, Noelle Wall; Finbow, Emily; Li, Yun; Burgner, Rebecca L. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
This paper offers lessons learned from a partnership between the Texas A&M School of Innovation (I-School) and the Texas A&M Educational Technology program. Taking on the I-School as a "client," online graduate students in an Advanced Instructional Design course spent a semester designing the first of a set of online educational…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Authentic Learning, Distance Education, Institutional Cooperation
Facilitating Authentic Learning Experiences in Distance Education: Embedding Research-Based Practices into an Online Peer Feedback Tool
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Roman, Tiffany A.; Callison, Matthew; Myers, Rodney D.; Berry, Anne H. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
Authentic learning in online education is feasible with intentional instructional strategies and appropriate educational technologies, yet as a learning approach, barriers to implementation still exist. We argue that authentic learning in online education can be successfully supported when the characteristics of authentic learning are (a)…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Distance Education, Evidence Based Practice, Peer Evaluation