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Odum, Mary; Meaney, Karen; Knudson, Duane V. – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2020
Active learning spaces form an important part of university learning environments and have the potential to enhance student learning, yet studies on student and faculty perceptions of collaborative learning pedagogies indicate that many remain resistant. To overcome this resistance, an academic department developed and implemented an active…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Educational Facilities Improvement, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2021
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "Teaching Quality." Contents include: (1) Using Project-Based Learning and STEAM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Still, Maridale – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Middle school reading teachers in a south Texas school district were surveyed to obtain a clearer understanding of one-to-one mobile device usage in the middle school reading classroom specifically regarding collaborative and active learning environments. The theoretical framework reviewed emerging learning theories that have steered effective…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Surveys, Reading Teachers
Westermann, Edward B. – Educational Research Quarterly, 2014
This paper examines an alternate approach to the "flipped" classroom paradigm for an upper level history class using a blended on-line and in-class format. The concept of the flipped classroom has received increasing emphasis based on its potential to create a student-centered learning environment that incorporates practical instruction…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Video Technology, History Instruction
Dougherty, Kevin D.; Andercheck, Brita – Teaching Sociology, 2014
Classes of hundreds pose special challenges for teaching and learning. Notable among these challenges is the tendency for students to feel like anonymous spectators rather than active, collaborative participants. To combat this tendency, we used the popular social networking site Facebook to cultivate a sense of community among 200-plus students…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Learner Engagement, Introductory Courses, Classroom Environment
Termos, Mohamad Hani – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2013
The Classroom Performance System (CPS) is an instructional technology that increases student performance and promotes active learning. This study assessed the effect of the CPS on student participation, attendance, and achievement in multicultural college-level anatomy and physiology classes, where students' first spoken language is not English.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learner Engagement, Student Participation, Academic Achievement
State Educational Technology Directors Association, 2012
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) published a series of case studies from 28 states to showcase examples of how ARRA EETT ("American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Enhancing Education Through Technology") grant funds have impacted teaching and learning. SETDA collected data for the case studies through…
Descriptors: Case Studies, School Districts, Grants, Federal Programs
Demski, Jennifer – T.H.E. Journal, 2009
This article discusses how craft innovative architecture is bringing form to the function of 21st-century learning. It describes the construction of New Tech High at Coppell, in Coppell, Texas, which produces an example of how workplace design principles can be coordinated with modern educational goals. The campus was built on the model of New…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Nonprofit Organizations, Educational Technology, High Schools
Cardellini, Liberato – Journal of Chemical Education, 2010
This interview provides glimpses of Joseph J. Lagowski and his life from the time he played with a Gilbert chemistry set, to his tenure at The University of Texas at Austin. His initial interest in chemistry was further nurtured and developed thanks to an excellent high school teacher. In the interview, Lagowski discusses his research in…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Active Learning, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
Barroso, Luciana R.; Morgan, James R. – Advances in Engineering Education, 2012
This paper describes the creation and evolution of an undergraduate dynamics and vibrations course for civil engineering students. Incorporating vibrations into the course allows students to see and study "real" civil engineering applications of the course content. This connection of academic principles to real life situations is in…
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, Undergraduate Study, Program Development, Undergraduate Students
Wang, Lin; Myers, Deborah L.; Yanes, Martha J. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2010
Student-centered learning is an approach in education focusing on the needs of the students, rather than those of others involved in the educational process, such as teachers and administrators (Blumberg, 2009). This approach has many implications for the design of curriculum, course content, and interactivity of courses (O'Neil & McMahon,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Centered Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Active Learning
Fletcher, Geoffrey H. – T.H.E. Journal, 2008
Engagement is crucial for 21st-century students, and nowhere more so than at the middle school level. Middle school is a time of transitions for students--from a single, self-contained classroom with one teacher who knows every student well, to six or even eight classrooms in which teachers see more than 100 students every day; from a pedagogy…
Descriptors: Problems, Educational Trends, Middle Schools, Active Learning
Jarmon, Leslie; Traphagan, Tomoko; Mayrath, Michael – Educational Media International, 2008
This paper presents an empirical study of how Second Life (SL) was utilized for a highly successful project-based graduate interdisciplinary communication course. Researchers found that an integrated threefold approach emphasizing project-based pedagogy, technical training and support, and assessment/research was effective in cultivating and…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Experiential Learning, Active Learning, Program Effectiveness
Murdock, Ashleigh Barbee, Ed. – Research and Curriculum Unit, 2010
Secondary vocational-technical education programs in Mississippi are faced with many challenges resulting from sweeping educational reforms at the national and state levels. Schools and teachers are increasingly being held accountable for providing true learning activities to every student in the classroom. This accountability is measured through…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Animation, Student Organizations, Educational Technology
Ozkan, Betul C.; Semko, Nina; Willis, Jerry W. – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2004
In this paper, we will review and critique a package of instructional materials developed by a southern education consortium. The materials package is called "Active Learning with Technology," and it is one of only a few instructional packages designed specifically for teacher educators. There is an old rock and roll song from the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Instructional Materials
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