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Okai-Ugbaje, Safiya – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
Using mobile devices to facilitate teaching and learning (m-learning) in higher education has continued to gain momentum. To ensure meaningful m-learning, several models and frameworks, including those focused on pedagogies and the learning environment, have been developed. However, the majority of these are derived from the context of high-income…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Higher Education
Garcia Laborda, Jesus; Magal Royo, Teresa; Rodriguez Lazaro, Nieves; Marugan, L. Fuentes – Online Submission, 2015
Modern trends in educational technology have evidenced the increasing importance of mobile devices in language learning. The need of sophisticated devices that can facilitate lifelong learning wherever the students might be. Facilitating learning, however, implies that students have to be assessed through the same delivery models that are used in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Language Tests
DiGiacomo, Karen – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In order to serve its nontraditional students, a university piloted a competency-based program as alternative method for its students to earn college credit. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to conduct a summative program evaluation to determine if the program was successful in order to make decisions about program revision and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Competency Based Education, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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Galambos, Colleen; Curl, Angela L.; Woodbury, Karen – Journal of Social Work Education, 2014
This article reports on the pilot delivery of an evaluation method to gauge student learning of gerontological competencies. Using a pretest and posttest design, data were collected on 46 students over 3 classes. Results indicated significant improvement in how students rated or perceived their competencies skill level between pretest and posttest…
Descriptors: Gerontology, Pilot Projects, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods
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McSwain-Starrett, Lauren T.; Conley, Stephanie Scheer – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2011
Student computing is now mobile. For college students across the nation, convenient access to information--anytime, anywhere, on demand--has become not only a priority, but a necessity. To successfully serve the needs of this current generation of students, colleges and universities must recognize the trend and align services accordingly.…
Descriptors: College Students, Access to Information, Handheld Devices, Computer Software
Gallagher, Margaret; Marshall, J. – 1975
The Open University of Great Britain relies heavily on broadcasting as a mode of instruction, but increased course offerings are making it impossible to broadcast each lesson more than once. To reach students unable to view the original broadcast, video cassette reorder systems were tested in six community study centers as part of a 1974 pilot…
Descriptors: College Students, Delivery Systems, Educational Television, External Degree Programs
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers