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Yulei Gavin Zhang; Mandy Yan Dang; M. David Albritton – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2024
The current study details the development of an undergraduate business analytics course that combines components of both active and experiential learning. The course offering is designed to expose students from different backgrounds to an intermediate-to-advanced level of business analytics. The course is unique in that it was designed to be…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Data Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Active Learning
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Suiter, Sarah V.; Morgan, Kathryn Y.; Thurber, Amie – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2023
For instructors engaged in teaching evaluation, bridging the gap between the content of formal educational experiences and what we want future evaluators to be able to do in practice remains a challenge. Studying the format and quality of university courses focused on program evaluation is one mechanism through which we might begin to narrow this…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Community Involvement, Student Projects, Active Learning
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Malusà, Giovanna; Ghislandi, Patrizia – Research on Education and Media, 2022
This paper presents a qualitative-quantitative study that investigates whether an active and collaborative design can help university students positively evaluate the course, even in a large-size online class for special ed teachers. The analysis of the collected data (a fact-finding questionnaire created on purpose; a standard questionnaire for…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Educational Cooperation, College Students, Online Courses
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Hoffman, Jesse; Pelzer, Peter; Albert, Loes; Béneker, Tine; Hajer, Maarten; Mangnus, Astrid – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2021
This paper investigates how the teaching and learning about "wicked" environmental problems may be fostered through an educational approach premised on futuring -- the active imagination of the future. The growing academic interest in possible and desirable futures provides a promising starting point for restructuring education as…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Problems, Teaching Methods, Sustainability
Aimee Trieu – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Technological advancements continue to present a variety of learning opportunities for students. The purpose of this interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) study is to seek an understanding about students' experiences with a virtual reality (VR) activity in an Advanced Placement English course. Analyzing the observations and interactions…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Reading Skills, English Instruction, Language Arts
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Christopher J. Panebianco; Madhura P. Nijsure; Erin E. Berlew; Annie L. Jeong; Joel D. Boerckel – Biomedical Engineering Education, 2024
Mechanobiology is an interdisciplinary field that aims to understand how physical forces impact biological systems. Enhancing our knowledge of mechanobiology has become increasingly important for understanding human disease and developing novel therapeutics. There is a societal need to teach diverse students principles of mechanobiology so that we…
Descriptors: Learning Modules, Active Learning, Inquiry, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Eliza Kitchen – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2023
This case study explores a partnership within an events management topic. Students were encouraged to take ownership over the creation and operation of an event held on the university campus. The topic lecturer provided guidance throughout the process and liaised with the students to define the assessment and the marking rubric for the event…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Program Administration, Program Development, Program Design
Melissa A. Kelley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The education and training of future food and nutrition professionals plays a vital role in preparation for managing complex food and nutrition problems. Within food systems, food???? and nutrition professionals provide nutrition education to individuals and families and work to ensure? ?access???? to nutritious and culturally significant foods.…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Active Learning, Food, Nutrition Instruction
Rachel Faerber-Ovaska – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This mixed-methods study involved implementation of virtual field trip (VFT) projects in an online undergraduate foreign language (FL) course, with a close focus on four student participants' use of VFTs over four weeks. Participants explored an Italian city using desktop virtual reality; narrated their experiences, and created an annotated…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Electronic Learning, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning
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Bahgat, Mohamed; Elsafty, Ashraf; Shaarawy, Ashraf; Said, Tamer – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
Over the past decades, Learning & Development has become an area of growing interest and constant research. As a result, there is an abundance of studies and models that target the development of educators. However, the professional development of educators should be built on a comprehensive framework of research-based instructional strategies…
Descriptors: Models, Active Learning, Adult Students, Learning Theories
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Scogin, Stephen C.; Kruger, Christopher J.; Jekkals, Regan E.; Steinfeldt, Chelsea – Journal of Experiential Education, 2017
Standardized testing pressure sometimes discourages schools from broadly implementing experiential learning opportunities. However, some K-12 schools are challenging the trend with greater commitment to learning by experience. STREAM (science, technology, reading, engineering, arts, mathematics) school is a project-based program providing students…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Middle Schools, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Somyürek, Sibel – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2015
The integration of robotics in education is still relatively new and represents an important advance in education practices. So, this paper aims to share the results from the perspectives of both students and trainers in an experimental case research in which LEGO Mindstorms construction kits were used. Sixty-two students between the ages of 8 and…
Descriptors: Robotics, Construction (Process), Constructivism (Learning), Active Learning
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Daniel, Brad; Bobilya, Andrew J.; Kalisch, Kenneth R.; McAvoy, Leo H. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2014
This article explores the current state of knowledge regarding the use of autonomous student experiences (ASE) in outdoor and adventure education (OAE) programs. ASE are defined as components (e.g., solo, final expedition) in which participants have a greater measure of choice and control over the planning, execution, and outcomes of their…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Outdoor Education, Personal Autonomy, Knowledge Level
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Sibthorp, Jim; Collins, Rachel; Rathunde, Kevin; Paisley, Karen; Schumann, Scott; Pohja, Mandy; Gookin, John; Baynes, Sheila – Journal of Experiential Education, 2015
Learners thrive when they have the capacity to regulate interest and goal direction. Through direct experiences that are interesting and goal-relevant, learners can internalize and better understand their own agency in the learning process. This article further examines this premise in an outdoor adventure education (OAE) context through two…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Outdoor Education, Self Management, Student Experience
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Eden, Sally – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2014
This paper examines the work-based learning about employability reported by 26 undergraduate Geography and Environmental Management students on part-time, unpaid work placements. The students' "reflective essays" emphasized their learning more in terms of emotional challenges than in terms of skills, as being pushed out of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Employment Potential, Work Experience Programs
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