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Anita Jug Došler; Tita Stanek Zidaric; Metka Skubic – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2025
The article addresses the challenges of distance education, i.e. how to manage the pedagogical process of project-based learning (PBL). The research objective was to use PBL as a teaching method where students learn by actively participating in a real professional task -- preparing antenatal classes for future parents. We were also interested in…
Descriptors: Barriers, Distance Education, Active Learning, Student Projects
Renuka Ramroop – Education and Culture, 2024
Natural learning is a countercultural home education approach characterized by the notion of freedom and autonomy in life and learning, intertwined in cultural environments. Using purposive sampling, two single parents from a "township" culture provided an in-depth understanding of natural learning in their context. A case study design…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Decolonization, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
Stephen J. Smith – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2017
This paper investigates and analyses the features of a non-mainstream pedagogy, educational context and learning environment by presenting a counter-model which contrasts with the currently dominant educational project, an emergent global educational movement known as the Slow Education Movement. It demonstrates how the associated principles and…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Educational Environment, Context Effect, Educational Philosophy
Macfarlane, Bruce – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
The paper sets out a conceptual analysis of student performativity in higher education as a mirror image of teacher performativity. The latter is well known and refers to targets, evaluations and performance indicators connected with the measurement of the teaching and research quality of university academics. The former is defined as the way that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Higher Education, Accountability
Tural, Güner – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2015
Geometric optics is one of the difficult topics for students within physics discipline. Students learn better via student-centered active learning environments than the teacher-centered learning environments. So this study aimed to present a guide for middle school teachers to teach lenses in geometric optics via active learning environment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Optics, Learner Controlled Instruction, Active Learning
Msapenda, Vanessa; Hudson, Cate – Youth Studies Australia, 2013
Over the past few decades a variety of alternative or re-entry educational programs have been developed in Australia as an approach to address early school leaving and promote engagement with learning. In South Australia, one of the largest initiatives has been the implementation of Flexible Learning Programs (FLPs) as part of the State…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Learner Engagement, Interviews, Late Adolescents
Makarova, Elena A. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The paper covers a diverse range of topics, the areas of interest for this particular paper include (a) knowledge structures and mental models, (b) problem solving processes, (c) metacognition, (d) skill acquisition, (e) individual learning styles, and (f) transfer of learning. The following brief synopsis of the paper serves to illustrate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Cognitive Style, Educational Environment
Li, Fei; Du, Jing; Li, Bin – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
The paper selects over 20 online courses and analyses the subjects, organization, the way to show the content of the courses, the use of media, and design of the teaching in the case study of Chinese popular MOOC platform. On this basis, the paper summarizes the principles of curriculum design and design models in MOOC environment, such as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Case Studies, Curriculum Design
Laakkonen, Ilona; Taalas, Peppi – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
This article provides readers with an understanding of the concept of the personal learning environment (PLE). It suggests that PLEs can be used in two complementary ways: as a developmental lens for integrating ICT and creating new pedagogical practices and digital literacies for academic language learning, and as a context in which learners can…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Environment, Information Technology, Technology Integration
Gorissen, Chantal J. J.; Kester, Liesbeth; Brand-Gruwel, Saskia; Martens, Rob – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
This study focuses on learning in three different hypermedia environments that either support autonomous learning, learner-controlled learning or system-controlled learning and explores the mediating role of academic self-regulation style (ASRS; i.e. a macro level of motivation) on learning. This research was performed to gain more insight in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Independent Study
Drasute, Vida; Drasutis, Sigitas; Baziuke, Dalia – Informatics in Education, 2011
Distance, e-education supported by technological development have enhanced educational processes by combining achievements from various scientific fields. This techno-educational enhancement has happened within the last decade. Virtual learning has grown in popularity as a new way of learning that gives preference to learn in convenient time and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Educational Environment, Course Descriptions
Smit, Karin; de Brabander, Cornelis J.; Martens, Rob L. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2014
In this study the perception of psychological needs and motivation in a student-centred and a teacher-centred learning environment are compared, using Self Determination Theory as a framework. The self-report Intrinsic Motivation Inventory was completed by 230 students (mean age 16.1 years) in pre-vocational secondary education. School records on…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Environment, Secondary School Students, Secondary Schools
Camacho, Mar; Guilana, Sonia – Digital Education Review, 2011
VLE (Virtual Learning Environments) are rapidly falling short to meet the demands of a networked society. Web 2.0 and social networks are proving to offer a more personalized, open environment for students to learn formally as they are already doing informally. With the irruption of social media into society, and therefore, education, many voices…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Social Networks, Integrated Learning Systems, Educational Environment
Valjataga, Terje; Laanpere, Mart – Interactive Learning Environments, 2010
In an increasingly networked and technologically mediated world, people need to continuously update their knowledge and skill base, so as to be able to self-direct their intentional learning projects. In addition to teaching domain-specific knowledge and skills, the role of higher education should be reorganizing current teaching and studying…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Intentional Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
Greener, Susan L. – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: "I can't do online learning". This is a surprisingly common response from professional postgraduate students who have a narrow view of what online learning might comprise. Images of screen-gazing at mega-bytes of text or childish multi-choice quizzes on CD-ROMs have encouraged strange reactionary responses from many otherwise…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Cognitive Style, Online Courses