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Sean Gehrke; Anya L. Goodman; LizAnne Ngo; Catherine Reinke; Katie M. Sandlin; Laura K. Reed – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
This descriptive study examines the experiences of virtually-trained new members in a hybrid distributed community of practice (CoP) focused on undergraduate genomics education. We utilized a sequential explanatory mixed methods research design consisting of an engagement survey for all community members (n=124), followed by interviews with new…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Communities of Practice, Partnerships in Education, COVID-19
Law, Vincent T. S.; Yee, Hilary H. L.; Ng, Tommy K. C.; Fong, Ben Y. F. – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2023
The adoption of online learning approach in education is becoming more popular around the world to overcome the time and spatial barriers of traditional face-to-face learning. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the normality of learning and avoiding face-to-face activities is one tactic to minimise the spread of…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Community Colleges
Ma-Kellams, Christine; Kwon, Roy – Teaching of Psychology, 2022
Objective: How do learning communities influence academic performance in Introductory Psychology? Method: The present research examines the relationship between participation in first-year students learning communities and academic performance across a variety of course requirements (midterms, finals, papers, and class participation) in…
Descriptors: Correlation, Academic Achievement, Introductory Courses, Sociology
Kripa Freitas; Jennifer Murdock – Journal of Economic Education, 2025
Among existing infrastructures to disseminate innovative teaching methods and to build collaborative networks, the authors situate a community of practice (CoP). They explain what a CoP is and compare it with teaching-focused economics journals and conferences, and other infrastructures such as institutional teaching centers. Since 2016, the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Economics Education, Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration
Roxanne Hughes; Shannon G. Davidson; Kawana Johnson – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2024
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are incredibly valuable to the world as innovations can help improve infrastructure and save lives. The United States has called for improvements in mentoring to help build a larger STEM workforce. Many studies and reports have focused on the experience of mentees within communities…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Teachers, Mentors
Bringing Meaning to Learning: An Interdisciplinary Project for First-Year Community College Students
Rima, Brandi; Rodriguez, Crystal C. – Teaching of Psychology, 2021
Interdisciplinary pedagogy can enhance Introduction to Psychology curricula. We developed an interdisciplinary project to make meaning in a learning community (LC) clustering Introduction to Psychology with Introduction to Criminal Justice. Our purpose is to describe the project as a model and report on students' evaluations of the project and…
Descriptors: Psychology, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach, Introductory Courses
Judith Koch – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Online community college instructors' failure to effectively utilize asynchronous discussion boards negatively impacts student course outcomes. However, it is unclear exactly what practices instructors use in their discussion boards. The purpose of this qualitative content analysis study was to investigate community college instructors' practices…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Communities of Practice
Eddy, Pamela L.; Hao, Yi; Iverson, Ellen; Macdonald, R. Heather – Community College Review, 2022
Objective/Research Question: This paper reports on data collected in a multi-year National Science Foundation grant project involving a professional development (PD) model built to support community college faculty as change agents (CAs). The research question was: How do disciplinary communities of practice (CoP) emerge among community college…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, College Faculty, Science Teachers, Community Colleges
Fabian, Sarah; Nims, Julia K.; Stevens, Robert – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2023
Long-standing criteria for Common Reads (CR) programs recognize the value of diversity in the book selection process. This study, examining 1,801 books chosen over a four-year period (2017-20), explored the extent to which these programs have embodied this spirit. In particular, this work focused on the diversity of the books (through genre and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Communities of Practice, Reading Programs, Diversity
Zhenyu Fan; Loo-See Beh – Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 2024
Purpose: Knowledge sharing is pivotal for the professional development among academics in higher education. However, little research has focused on understanding both the positive and negative facets of organizational climate in relation to knowledge sharing among academics. Based on the theory of planned behavior, this study aims to examine the…
Descriptors: Organizational Climate, Faculty, Knowledge Management, Communities of Practice
Zehang Xie; Xinzhu Wu; Yunxiang Xie – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background: With the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, generative AI has been widely used in the field of education and represents a groundbreaking shift in overcoming the constraints of time and space within educational activities. However, previous literature has not paid enough attention to AI-involved teaching patterns,…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Undergraduate Students, Robotics, Technology Uses in Education
Wei Xu; Le-Ying Yang; Xiao Liu; Pin-Nv Jin – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Teacher feedback is the key to online collaborative discussion. To investigate the effects of different forms of teacher feedback intervention on learners' cognitive and emotional interactions in online collaborative discussion, this study collected collaborative discussion text data of online collaborative learners. Based on the framework of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Student Relationship, Communities of Practice, Cooperative Learning
Hosseinali Gholami – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2024
The purpose of this mixed-method study is to investigate and compare students' problem-solving and higher order thinking skills. This study involves two contexts: a traditional teaching program and a Lesson Study program. In qualitative phase, seven mathematics lecturers, a physics lecturer and the researcher forms the Lesson Study group and they…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Teacher Collaboration
Gross, Thomas J.; Li, Qingxia; McCarroll, Patricia – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the preliminary outcomes of a learning community intervention (LC), which was based on the performance pyramid theoretical model of student supports. The LC integrated college algebra into biology course work. We used a quasi-experimental design to compare LC students to separate General Biology I and…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Communities of Practice, Biology, Knowledge Level
Parmegiani, Andrea – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2022
This paper reports on a writing programme I started at Bronx Community College to improve academic success among recently immigrated Spanish-speaking students by linking ESL courses to Spanish academic literacy courses within the framework of a learning community. My reflection begins by articulating the pedagogical rationale for looking beyond…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Writing Instruction, Longitudinal Studies, English (Second Language)