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What Elements in the Web Page Will Influence the Course Participation? Empirical Evidence from China
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Direct linkShang Shanshan; Lyv Wenfei – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
Considering the ubiquity, large volume of similar courses, and the huge cost of a course, it becomes imperative to understand factors affecting MOOCs course enrolments. This paper aims to investigate how the home page elements of a MOOC influence students' enrolments. The elements in the home page include course category, course description, team…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, MOOCs, Enrollment, Influences
Cody R. Melcher – Teaching Sociology, 2024
This article analyzes 764 syllabi spanning 2012 to 2023 to illustrate how, why, and when the sociological canon evolves. It is shown that in terms of frequency of assignment, W. E. B. Du Bois has clearly entered the sociological canon, overtaking both Weber and Durkheim. The timing of these changes also suggests that Du Bois's addition to the…
Descriptors: African Americans, Social Justice, Activism, Sociology
Jennifer Jeanne Baggett – ProQuest LLC, 2023
People interested in the field of Rhetoric and Composition are far more likely now than in the past to pursue a career in writing program administration (WPA). Preparation for this work can be both difficult to find and difficult to provide which is problematic for prospective graduate students and WPA professors alike. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Course Descriptions, Content Analysis, Doctoral Programs
Mandy Barefoot; J. Michael Martinez – Sport Management Education Journal, 2025
Sport-sales-specific coursework is emerging as a crucial addition to sport management curricula for a variety of institutions. However, a new sport sales course can present instructors with the unique challenge of developing a course without any departmental precedent. The current study collected syllabi from recent sport sales courses to provide…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Sales Occupations, Merchandising, Salesmanship
Stephanie M. Moody; Emily Holtz – New Educator, 2025
The Science of Teaching Reading (STR) has burgeoned nationally and changed the requirements for Texas Teacher Education Programs (TEPs), causing researchers to fear that the focus on foundational skills will limit attention given to writing, and the reading-writing relationship in particular. The present content analysis investigates literacy…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction, Reading Writing Relationship, Content Analysis
Hao-Jan Luh; Zachary C. LaBrot; Cagla Cobek; Ryan Sunda; Lindsay M. Fallon – Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 2024
Training in school-based consultation may encompass instruction on various consultation models, aims, and work with various partners. However, it is unclear how trainers currently structure coursework and the extent to which social justice is embedded in class. Therefore, we conducted a systematic replication of Hazel et al. (2010) analyses of…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Literature Reviews, Social Justice, Cultural Pluralism
Tina Nguyen Duong – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This single embedded case study utilized a content analysis of syllabi and other documents, along with interviews and observations, of two California teacher education programs to explore how social justice-oriented and transformative practices were conceptualized. The courses - topics, text, assignments, and instructional practices - were…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Change, Teacher Education Programs, Program Effectiveness
Download full textBrian Dobreski; Xiaohua Zhu; Laura Ridenour; Tao Yang – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2022
Within LIS education, information organization (IO) and information retrieval (IR) are two well-established, foundational, and conceptually interlinked areas of study. They have long maintained a strong presence in the core curriculum, through either dedicated or combined courses. Recent trends in LIS education have seen a greater reliance on a…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Library Education, Course Descriptions, Content Analysis
Sun, Jinping – Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2022
This study provides an update on the major topics covered in the required, core public budgeting and financial management courses offered by NASPAA accredited programs in the U.S. and explores how NASPAA competencies are addressed in these courses. Based on a survey of 39 NASPAA accredited programs and a content analysis of 60 course syllabi, this…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Money Management, Public Administration Education, Accreditation (Institutions)
Zanitt, Jeniffer Fonseca; Rampasso, Izabela Simon; Quelhas, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves; Serafim, Milena Pavan; Leal Filho, Walter; Anholon, Rosley – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to analyse how the materials selection courses of engineering undergraduate programmes can be better aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach: Initially, a content analysis was performed in 39 materials selection course descriptions from 40 engineering undergraduate…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Undergraduate Study, Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries
Sharday N. Ewell; Alayna Harvey; Amanda Clark; Megan E. Maloney; Laurie S. Stevison; Cissy J. Ballen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
An inequitable distribution of resources and opportunities for marginalized students (i.e., opportunity gaps) leads to challenges in identifying effective study behaviors, metacognition, and academic help-seeking in higher education. While students benefit when these skills are taught explicitly through co-curricular workshops and courses, these…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Metacognition, Undergraduate Study, Undergraduate Students
Lydia Horne; Amanda Manzanares; Nicholas Babin; Emily A. Royse; Lee Arakawa; Eunice Blavascunas; Lisa Doner; Daniel Druckenbrod; Ennea Fairchild; Meghann Jarchow; Barry R. Muchnick; Prajjwal Panday; Denielle Perry; Rebecca Thomas; Anne Toomey; Brian H. Tucker; Camille Washington-Ottombre; Shirley Vincent; Steven W. Anderson; Chelsie Romulo – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2024
Interdisciplinary environmental and sustainability (IES) programs are different from other fields because they focus on a complex integration of humanities, social, and natural sciences concepts centered on the interactions of coupled human and natural systems. The interdisciplinary nature of IES programs does not lend itself to traditional…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Environmental Education, Sustainability, Higher Education
Fiona A. E. McQuarrie – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2024
The purpose of this report is to examine and compare course outlines at BC Transfer System member institutions, and to provide recommendations for course outline content and format to facilitate request for transfer credit. This project examined course outlines and/or syllabi from 36 BC Transfer System member institutions, along with each…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Transfer Policy, Educational Policy, Institutional Cooperation
Morgan M. Strimel; Jason H. Northrup – Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 2022
Course syllabi are an important point of visibility for higher education disability services offices, lending importance to the presence and accuracy of disability and accommodations statements within them. The present study is a content analysis of course syllabi from a large Northern Virginia university from the Fall 2020 semester. Researchers…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Students with Disabilities, Student Personnel Services, Content Analysis
Ballingall, Timothy; Lucas, Brad – Composition Studies, 2021
Rhetoric and composition has made immeasurable strides in the design of undergraduate writing major programs, but the discipline lacks a clear picture of the culminating capstone course that serves as an end point for the writing major. This article reports on a content analysis of 54 writing capstone syllabi from 44 different institutions,…
Descriptors: Capstone Experiences, Writing Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Content Analysis
