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Amanda Yoshiko Shimizu – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In today's digitally interconnected world, one's ability to collaboratively create with others and compose multimodal texts is essential. Yet, high-stakes standardized assessments that value individualistic print centric conceptions influence instruction, leading schools to often undervalue the multimodal and collaborative composing processes and…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Collaborative Writing, Learning Modalities
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Baruch, Ben; Leenders, Emma; Disley, Emma – RAND Europe, 2021
This is a summary of a case study that analyses two campaigns for parents in Israel: the Magic Moments campaign focussing on the Hebrew speaking population and the Beautiful Moments campaign focussing on the Arabic speaking population. Both campaigns aimed to raise parental awareness of how the time they spend with children contributes to child…
Descriptors: Parents, Parent Child Relationship, Behavior Change, Foreign Countries
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Baruch, Ben; Leenders, Emma; Disley, Emma – RAND Europe, 2021
This case study analyses two campaigns developed by the Bernard van Leer Foundation and Hop! Media Group for parents in Israel: the Magic Moments campaign focussing on the Hebrew speaking population and the Beautiful Moments campaign focussing on the Arabic speaking population. Both campaigns aimed to raise parental awareness of how the time they…
Descriptors: Parents, Parent Child Relationship, Behavior Change, Foreign Countries
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Shaw, Ruey-Shiang; Keh, Huan-Chao; Huang, Nan-Ching; Huang, Tien-Chuan – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2011
Information Security Awareness, though known as a primary and important issue in the domain of Information Security, CSI computer crime and security survey showed poor security awareness training in public and private sectors. In many studies, the authors have found that the usage of knowledge maps helps the process of learning and conception…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Concept Mapping, Learning Processes, Computer Security
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Buxton, Eric; De Muth, James – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2012
Reduced corporate training budgets require cost efficiencies in professional development. Distance learning, with its lower intrinsic costs, will likely become more prevalent. Therefore, the educational experience will change for many professionals. The objective of this study was to examine the perceptions of adult learners attending a drug…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Industrial Training, Adult Learning, Adult Students
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Moe, Carl Erik; Rye, Stale Angen – Educational Media International, 2011
The article discusses blended learning and how various delivery formats affect the way learning is situated in work-life practices. The authors approached this issue through an empirical study of an in-service training programme for middle-level managers in a number of case organisations. The programme used a combination of e-learning, textbooks…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Communities of Practice, Blended Learning, Textbooks
Bradley, Joe Bernard, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes among staff members of nonprofit social service agencies who participated in or completed an andragogically-facilitated or a pedagogically-conducted online learning module on foundation grant writing. The efficacy of andragogical methods is unknown and often debated due to scarce empirical…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Andragogy, Course Evaluation, Online Courses
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Smith, Glenn Gordon; Ferguson, David – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2005
Qualitative studies indicate that mathematics does not work well in e-learning. The current study used quantitative methods to investigate more objectively the extent of problems with mathematics in e-learning. The authors used student attrition as a simple measure of student satisfaction and course viability in two studies, one investigating…
Descriptors: Student Attrition, Mathematics Education, Electronic Learning, Dropout Rate