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A Case Study of Web-Based Instruction (WBI): The Effectiveness of Using Frontpage Feedback System (FFS) as Metacognition Strategy for Freshmen Biology Teaching
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Wang, Tzu-Hua; Wang, Wei-Lung; Wang, Kuo-Hua; Huang, Hsih-Chieh – International Journal on E-Learning, 2004
This research aims to develop a Metacognition strategy for Web-Based Instruction (WBI) to stimulate reflective questions in biology learning to run Frontpage Feedback System (FFS) embedded in web pages, and thus to evaluate the influence of this internet-teaching style on biology learning among freshmen. According to the questionnaire survey, we…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Educational Environment, Biology, Web Based Instruction
Using the Online Environment in Assessment for Learning: A Case-Study of a Web-Based Course in Primary Care
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Russell, Jill; Elton, Lewis; Swinglehurst, Deborah; Greenhalgh, Trisha – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2006
The development of e-learning has opened up new opportunities for innovation in assessment practices in higher education. This descriptive case study draws upon staff and student experiences of teaching and learning on a web-based Masters programme in primary health care to explore how specific features of the online environment can be exploited…
Descriptors: Primary Health Care, Online Courses, Distance Education, Case Studies
Learning-Oriented Assessment: A Technology-Based Case Study
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Keppell, Mike; Carless, David – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice, 2006
This paper focuses on reconfiguring assessment processes so that they support a learning function, in addition to the more traditional measurement function. In the first half of the paper we discuss a framework for "learning-oriented assessment" derived from a project carried out in Hong Kong. We conceptualize learning-oriented…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Feedback, Teacher Education
Student and Tutor Perspectives of On-Line Moderation
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Packham, Gary; Jones, Paul; Thomas, Brychan; Miller, Christopher – Education & Training, 2006
Purpose: The on-line tutor or e-moderator faces a diversity of new challenges, including instructional design, organisation, direct instruction and facilitating discourse. This study aims to contrast the views of students and tutors regarding what factors constitute effective e-moderation in order to identify key attributes of an on-line tutor.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Tutors, Tutor Training, Instructional Design
Case Study: Learner Physiotherapists' Perceptions of Clinical Education.
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Harris, Duncan; Naylor, Sandra – Educational and Training Technology International, 1992
Describes a study conducted in the United Kingdom to discover what processes learner physiotherapists experience in clinical education and whether their experience is comparable to that of other students in medical professions. The need for feedback is addressed, and the role of the clinical educator is discussed. A form for student assessment is…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Case Studies, Clinical Experience, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions)
Drivers of Learning Cultures within Organisations: Findings from Case Studies.
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Johnston, Robyn; Hawke, Geof – 2001
The factors driving learning cultures within organizations were examined in case studies of seven organizations in New South Wales and South Australia. The seven organizations represented the pharmaceutical manufacturing, community services and health, agriculture, information technology, and local government sectors. In some cases, organizations'…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Agricultural Occupations, Case Studies