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Diversifying Higher Education: Facilitating Different Ways of Learning
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Virtanen, Pasi; Myllarniemi, Jussi; Wallander, Heini – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2013
Purpose: This paper aims to demonstrate how higher education in Finland can benefit from using methods such as Web 2.0 technologies. Design/methodology/approach: The paper describes how different types of learners (auditory, visual, kinaesthetic) benefit from being exposed to new methods and tools in the tuition process (traditional teaching…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Pilot Projects, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
E-Learning in Postsecondary Education
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Bell, Bradford S.; Federman, Jessica E. – Future of Children, 2013
Over the past decade postsecondary education has been moving increasingly from the classroom to online. During the fall 2010 term 31 percent of U.S. college students took at least one online course. The primary reasons for the growth of e-learning in the nation's colleges and universities include the desire of those institutions to generate…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Information and Communication Technology in the International Business Classroom: Comparing Faculty and Student Perspectives
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Van Deusen, Cheryl A.; Jones, Gordon; Mueller, Carolyn B.; Ricks, David A.; Schlegelmilch, Bodo B. – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2004
The use of information and communication technology (ICT) is revolutionizing traditional educational methods in university contexts and changing the process of how educators do their jobs. However, research offers conflicting views regarding the benefits of ICT in the classroom. To better understand the various advantages and disadvantages of…
Descriptors: International Trade, Educational Technology, Educational Methods, Information Technology
Direct Instruction Research: The Third Decde.
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Gersten, Russell; And Others – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1987
Current research on direct instruction is reviewed with a particular emphasis on studies of instructional design and technology and research on effective staff development. Among conclusions was that the same instructional variables affecting learner performance with traditional materials affect learning with computer-assisted instruction and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Methods, Educational Research, Educational Technology
Lights and Wires: Effective eLearning.
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Morice, Jenny – 2002
There exist two commonly held views regarding the use of multimedia and Internet technology within learning environments. Many educators believe that the presence of content material on CD-ROM or the Internet will help students reach their learning goals, and students "like" multimedia and/or Internet based delivery. This paper explores…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Distributive Education, Educational Media
The Technology of Technology-Based Instruction: Comments on the Research, Development, and Dissemination Approach to Innovation.
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Woodward, John – Education and Treatment of Children, 1993
This article critiques the "Research, Development, and Dissemination" model for development of innovations in special education and urges greater recognition of the cultural perspective for understanding resistance to change by teachers. Difficulties teachers have had in implementing Direct Instruction principles and their reactions to…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cultural Influences, Disabilities, Educational Change