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Leung, Jenny – Online Submission, 2019
This report summarizes the results from the 2018-2019 Austin Independent School District (AISD) Professional Learning (PL) Department evaluation.
Descriptors: School Districts, Professional Development, School Personnel, Employees
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Bravender, Marlena; Staub, Nancy – Education Leadership Review, 2018
Leading American schools is a multi-faceted and complex role as states have adopted requirements for the mentoring of new principals. Interactive problem-based simulations can offer novice principals opportunities to practice solving job-embedded issues. This study explored practicing administrators interacting with simulations embedded into an…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Mentors, Instructional Leadership, Professional Development
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Espinosa, Edgar Oliver Cardoso, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
The knowledge society arises from the combination of four interdependent elements: the production of knowledge through research, its transmission through education, its dissemination through information and communication technologies, and its exploitation through innovation. For this reason, higher education institutions (HEIs) are the main…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Knowledge Economy, Knowledge Management, Innovation
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Harding, Tucker B.; Whitlock, Mark A. – Simulation & Gaming, 2013
A growing literature exploring large-scale, identity-based political violence, including mass killing and genocide, debates the plausibility of, and prospects for, early warning and prevention. An extension of the debate involves the prospects for creating educational experiences that result in more sophisticated analytical products that enhance…
Descriptors: Prevention, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Conflict
Fells, Stephanie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The design of online or distributed problem-based learning (dPBL) is a nascent, complex design problem. Instructional designers are challenged to effectively unite the constructivist principles of problem-based learning (PBL) with appropriate media in order to create quality dPBL environments. While computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools and…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Media Selection, Problem Based Learning, Constructivism (Learning)
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Donnelly, Roisin – Computers & Education, 2010
This paper explores the concept and practice of interaction within a blended problem-based learning (PBL) module for academic professional development in higher education. A qualitative study spanning two years of the lived experiences of 17 academic staff in a blended PBL module was considered likely to provide a much-needed analysis of current…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Constructivism (Learning), Interaction Process Analysis, Focus Groups
Kommers, Piet, Ed.; Issa, Tomayess, Ed.; Issa, Theodora, Ed.; Chang, Dian-Fu, Ed.; Isias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conferences on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014), and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE 2014). The International Conference on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014) is the scientific conference addressing the real topics as seen by teachers, students, parents and…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Technology, Sustainability
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Robertson, Ian – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
It would be difficult to argue that the use of online technology to support teaching and learning has not undergone significant change in the last two decades. Recently, with the promotion of social software technologies such as blogs, wikis, podcasts and virtual classrooms, we have seen the emergence of the idea of e-learning 2.0. That is, the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Teacher Education Programs
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Kale, Ugur; Brush, Thomas; Saye, John – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
This study examines online messages in a discussion forum that a group of K-12 history teachers used to discuss curriculum implementations as part of their professional development. It has 3 main research foci. First, it focuses on identifying the types of assistances provided to the teachers in an online forum. Second, it examines teachers'…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, Thinking Skills, Content Analysis
Malopinsky, Larissa; Kirkley, Jamie; Stein, Richard; Duffy, Tom – 2000
Problem-based learning (PBL) is often promoted in response to the current need to offer authentic and effective professional education. PBL is a curriculum development and instructional system that simultaneously develops both problem solving strategies and disciplinary knowledge bases and skills by placing students in the active role of problem…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Instructional Development
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Bleimann, Udo – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2004
Atlantis University is an ambitious international project in the area of learning and is currently being developed by a group of universities and companies. It combines three different types of learning and teaching to form a single package offered to Students and people in the workplace alike: face-to-face learning, e-learning and project-based…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Technology Integration
National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2008
As part of the usual end of year meeting that has been a feature of the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) project, a conference intending to provide a forum for young voices in an outside of the Center was organized. The basic model for the gathering was borrowed from track and field. This was to be an intellectual…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Educational Technology, Program Effectiveness, Self Efficacy
National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2011
This volume presents 64 abstracts of keynote and parallel paper presentations of the Irish National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning's (NAIRTL) conference on the theme of flexible learning. The Flexible Learning conference was a joint initiative by NAIRTL and the Learning Innovation Network. The keynote presentations can…
Descriptors: Open Education, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Educational Technology