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Clementson, David E. – Communication Teacher, 2023
Public relations and strategic communication are offered in communication departments with a field of study largely geared toward professional communicators. The majors place a heavy emphasis on internships, which seem to be more competitive than ever. A class project can jumpstart students' preparation for entry-level positions in the industry by…
Descriptors: Public Relations, Class Activities, Student Projects, Internship Programs
Marijel Melo; Laura March – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2023
Can LIS curricula dedicated to makerspaces provide an authentic learning experience for future librarians interested in makerspace-adjacent careers? This article presents a case study in which an authentic learning framework is applied to a newly developed LIS graduate-level course on makerspaces. We detail how one class project--entitled…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Learning Experience, Shared Resources and Services, Library Education
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Davies, Melissa; Ströbel, Tim – Sport Management Education Journal, 2022
This article identifies an innovative solution to improve global sport management learning. Building on continued calls to include both experiential and international sport business curricula in the sport management classroom, this article shows how institutions from different countries can collaborate virtually to provide students with practical…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Athletics, Business Administration, Business Administration Education
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Worsley, Marcelo; Bar-El, David – Computer Science Education, 2022
Background and Context: Making is celebrated for bringing exciting tools and learning opportunities to non-traditional designers. However, people with disabilities may find themselves excluded from many making activities and makerspaces. This exclusion is present in making and computer science more broadly. Objective: We describe a university…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, College Students, Shared Resources and Services
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Josephson, Anna; DeBoer, Larry; Nelson, Dave; Zissimopoulos, Angelika – Journal of Economic Education, 2019
Contemporary pedagogy encourages instructors to move away from memorization to teaching the ability to "do economics." In such an environment, students are taught to apply knowledge of economic measurement, the economic model, and economic policy to analyze current events and policies. In this article, the authors build on existing…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Introductory Courses, Macroeconomics, Class Activities
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Popovich, Karen; Pangborn, Greta – Information Systems Education Journal, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic in Spring 2020 necessitated a sudden shift to online learning. Faculty at Saint Michael's College, in Colchester, Vermont (USA), had ten days to re-plan their courses as well as potentially learn new pedagogies, adapt to technology for instruction, and help students adjust to the changes. In addition, faculty needed to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Curriculum Design
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Friesem, Yonty – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2019
The post-truth era has challenged traditional ways of teaching journalism and media literacy. Media literacy education can offer a useful lens for teaching students to be more critical. This pedagogy article describes a semester-long undergraduate course designed to deconstruct information disorder in the post-truth era by looking at economics,…
Descriptors: Ethics, Journalism Education, Media Literacy, Teaching Methods
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Whalen, D. Joel – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2019
This article offers readers 13 "My Favorite Assignments" that were presented at the Association for Business Communication's 83rd annual conference held in Miami, Florida, in 2018. The teaching innovations offered include assignments that present quick, fun icebreaker exercises; visual communication and diversity; rhetoric; email; and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Business Communication, Instructional Innovation, Listening
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Lambert, Simone; Goodman-Scott, Emily – Professional Counselor, 2013
This article explores a model partnership with a counseling education program and the Peace Corps. Counselor education students in a group counseling course developed and implemented a singular structured group session with clients not typically used (e.g., non-counseling students) to maximize student learning and implement group counseling…
Descriptors: Group Counseling, Partnerships in Education, Counselor Training, Counseling Psychology
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Eglitis, Daina S. – Teaching Sociology, 2010
This article discusses pedagogical exercises developed to help students appreciate the power of sociological perspectives as they seek to better understand their own lives and the world around them. The assignments are focused on fulfilling the particular course learning goal that highlights student mastery of the application of diverse…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sociology, Social Theories, Theory Practice Relationship
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Zhang, Aimao – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2012
Pedagogy of higher education is shifting from passive to active and deep learning. At the same time, the information technology (IT) industry and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) are demanding soft skills training. Thus, in designing an IT course, we devised group teaching projects where students learn to work with…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Industry, Cooperative Learning, Information Technology
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Williams, Jacqueline A.; Dobie, Kathryn – Marketing Education Review, 2011
Electronic reverse auctions are increasingly being used by firms to improve firm financial and operational performance. The described teaching innovation serves as a model for introducing electronic reverse auctions as a central element in a comprehensive negotiation exercise involving sales management and purchasing management students. Results…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Classroom Techniques, Purchasing, Instructional Innovation
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Drake-Bridges, Erin; Strelzoff, Andrew; Sulbaran, Tulio – Marketing Education Review, 2011
This paper explores the use of simulations in virtual reality to teach students the fundamental processes behind retailing and product development. The project described involved one class of students who developed their own clothing lines of "virtual merchandise." A second class of students then "purchased" the wholesale…
Descriptors: Retailing, Clothing, Cooperative Learning, Student Projects
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Scovotti, Carol; Spiller, Lisa D. – Marketing Education Review, 2011
Globalization has prompted businesses to adopt burgeoning technologies that support the efforts of distributed teams. This project unites students from geographically dispersed master's-level programs on two continents. Using videoconferencing, virtual workspace, telephone, and e-mail, MBA students at a U.S. university teamed with students from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, Marketing, Graduate Students
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Triggs, Riley; Jarmon, Leslie; Villareal, Tracy A. – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2010
Virtual environments can resolve many practical and pedagogical challenges within higher education. Economic considerations, accessibility issues, and safety concerns can all be somewhat alleviated by creating learning activities in a virtual space. Because of the removal of real-world physical limitations like gravity, durability and scope,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Marine Education
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