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Tan, Elaine; Small, Adrian; Lewis, Paul – Research in Learning Technology, 2020
This article analyses the pilot of an anonymous question and answer mobile application with a large cohort of undergraduate students (460) enrolled on an Operations Strategy Management module. The mobile application allowed students to pose anonymous questions to both peers and staff, create replies and vote on questions posted by other users. The…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Learner Engagement, Peer Relationship, Large Group Instruction
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Deng, Ruiqi; Benckendorff, Pierre – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2021
Past MOOC research has tended to focus on learning outcomes valued in traditional higher education settings, such as achievement and retention. This study recognises that student ratings are an important alternative outcome measure in MOOCs. This paper adopted a semiautomatic text mining approach to collect and analyse 8475 ratings and reviews…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Higher Education, Educational Technology
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Witt, Tobias; Klumpp, Matthias; Beyer, Beatriz – Education Sciences, 2021
Digitalization of teaching, learning, and assessment in higher education has gained increasing attention in research in the recent years. While previous research investigated issues of effectiveness, course attendance, and course evaluation from a long-term perspective, the current COVID-19 pandemic forced higher education institutions to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Electronic Learning, COVID-19
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Kinsella, Gemma K.; Mahon, Catherine; Lillis, Seamus – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2017
The disadvantage to students of beginning a module with no prior knowledge or inaccurate knowledge is well documented. For learners, the development of the necessary prior knowledge to facilitate their learning is essential. The use of screencasts, whether prior to or during class, is becoming more widespread. There is a need, however, to better…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Large Group Instruction, Prior Learning, Technology Uses in Education
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Olt, Phillip – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2018
While American students increasingly choose to study online, most professors remain skeptical of its quality. This paper explores the perspectives of history professors at a liberal arts institution regarding their general education classes taught face-to-face (F2F) and online, focusing on interactive communication with students between the two…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Electronic Learning, History Instruction
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Shaw, Jerie; Kominko, Sofiya; Terrion, Jenepher Lennox – Research in Learning Technology, 2015
Positive student-instructor relationships are important for student engagement, motivation, retention and achievement. Yet, as class sizes grow, these relationships can be increasingly difficult to develop. This study explores LectureTools--a web-based student response and learning platform that facilitates communication between instructors and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Teacher Student Relationship, Communications, Lecture Method
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Evans, Heather K.; Cordova, Victoria – Journal of Political Science Education, 2015
In a recent study regarding online lecture videos, Evans (2014) shows that lecture videos are not superior to still slides. Using two Introduction to American Government courses, taught in a 4-week summer session, she shows that students in a non-video course had higher satisfaction with the course and instructor and performed better on exams than…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Video Technology, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Berry, Stacy Jane – ProQuest LLC, 2013
There has been an increased emphasis for college instruction to incorporate more active and collaborative involvement of students in the learning process. These views have been asserted by The Association of American Colleges (AAC), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and The National Research Counsel (NRC), which are advocating for the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Student Attitudes, Large Group Instruction
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Mollborn, Stefanie; Hoekstra, Angel – Teaching Sociology, 2010
Because lecture-based teaching limits student learning, many instructors are interested in pedagogical strategies that support critical thinking, student participation, and group discussion in large classrooms. Audience response systems, or "clickers," are an emerging tool for addressing this problem, but predominant pedagogical models for clicker…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Large Group Instruction, Sociology, Audience Response
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Pinder-Grover, Tershia; Green, Katie R.; Millunchick, Joanna Mirecki – Advances in Engineering Education, 2011
In large lecture courses, it can be challenging for instructors to address student misconceptions, supplement background knowledge, and identify ways to motivate the various interests of all students during the allotted class time. Instructors can harness instructional technology such as screencasts, recordings that capture audio narration along…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning, Student Needs
Hui, Ming-Fai, Ed.; Grossman, David L., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
There has been a dearth of studies on teacher educators using action research to improve their own practice. This book is the first systematic study of a group of teachers examining and enhancing their own practice through the inquiry process of action research. This book presents a broad overview of a variety of methodologies that can be used to…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, College Instruction, Creativity, Action Research
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Hejmadi, Momna V. – Bioscience Education e-Journal, 2007
This paper describes the development and evaluation of a blended learning resource in the biosciences, created by combining online learning with formal face-face lectures and supported by formative assessments. In order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of teaching large classes with mixed student cohorts, teaching was delivered through…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Formative Evaluation, Online Courses, Workshops
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Azzawi, May; Dawson, Maureen M. – Bioscience Education e-Journal, 2007
The effectiveness of lecture-integrated and web-supported case studies in supporting a large and academically diverse group of undergraduate students was evaluated in the present study. Case studies and resource (web)-based learning were incorporated as two complementary interactive learning strategies into the traditional curriculum. A truncated…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Achievement, Learning Strategies, Prior Learning
Stamper, John, Ed.; Pardos, Zachary, Ed.; Mavrikis, Manolis, Ed.; McLaren, Bruce M., Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2014
The 7th International Conference on Education Data Mining held on July 4th-7th, 2014, at the Institute of Education, London, UK is the leading international forum for high-quality research that mines large data sets in order to answer educational research questions that shed light on the learning process. These data sets may come from the traces…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Data Processing, Data Analysis, Data Collection