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Laura McNeill; Mohammad Mohi Uddin; Lesley Regalado – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
Although research exists on traditional and virtual internships, there is a significant gap in understanding virtual instructional technology (IT) internships for graduate students. Specifically, this study addresses three key areas: (1) the unique benefits and challenges experienced by graduate students in virtual IT internships, (2) the…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Educational Technology, Guided Pathways, Internship Programs
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Lee, Kyungmee – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
Under the constructivist learning paradigm, which emphasises authenticity as a required condition for learning, distance educators have been striving to create authentic learning environments that reflect the real world. However, it is inevitably challenging to make an online learning environment authentic for learners when it is ultimately…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Ethnography, Authentic Learning, Doctoral Programs
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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
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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
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Burden, Kevin; Kearney, Matthew; Schuck, Sandy; Burke, Paul – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
This article discusses the results of a survey that measured school teachers' and mobile learning (m-learning) experts' perceptions of the relative importance and effectiveness of various pedagogical principles underpinning m-learning designs. A scan of relevant literature produced a set of articles describing effective innovative m-learning.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Principles, Educational Innovation, Authentic Learning