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Hallinger, Philip; Shaobing, Tang; Jiafang, Lu – School Leadership & Management, 2017
School leader training has become a critical strategy in educational reform. However, in China, there still exists a big gap in terms of how to transfer leadership knowledge into practice. Thus, tools that can integrate formal knowledge into practice are called for urgently in school leader training. This paper presents the results of a research…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Principals, Active Learning, Foreign Countries
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Varutharaju, Elengovan; Ratnavadivel, Nagendralingan – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2014
Purpose: The study aimed to explore, describe and analyse the design and implementation of clinical simulation as a pedagogical tool in bridging the deficiency of higher order thinking skills among para-medical students, and to make recommendations on incorporating clinical simulation as a pedagogical tool to enhance thinking skills and align the…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Simulation, Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation
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Beaumont, Chris; Savin-Baden, Maggi; Conradi, Emily; Poulton, Terry – Interactive Learning Environments, 2014
This article reports the findings of a demonstrator project to evaluate how effectively Immersive Virtual Worlds (IVWs) could support problem-based learning. The project designed, created and evaluated eight scenarios within "Second Life" (SL) for undergraduate courses in health care management and paramedic training. Evaluation was…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Demonstration Programs, Program Evaluation, Problem Based Learning
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Bate, Frank; MacNish, Jean; Males, Steven – Learning, Media and Technology, 2014
This paper discusses gaming in a Western Australian school for boys. The overriding ethos of the school is supportive of the potential of ICT to better engage students and deliver enhanced educational outcomes. The school sees game-based design as at the vanguard of innovation, but also accepts its important duty of care responsibilities. Tensions…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Teaching Methods, Single Sex Schools, Males
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Allen, Christopher – Research-publishing.net, 2013
In recent years, virtual learning environments (VLEs) or course management systems (CMSs) have become commonplace in European higher education as well as making inroads into primary and secondary schools. VLEs such as "Moodle," "Blackboard" and "It's Learning" offer educational institutions standardised packages in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Jain, Ameeta; Thomson, Dianne; Farley, Alan; Mulready, Pamela – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
The introduction of a social software blog space called the Trading Room in an undergraduate finance unit generated a great deal of activity to support student learning. A subsequent evaluation of this innovation, viewed through the lens of Activity Theory, demonstrated that students perceived high value in the opportunity it provided for them to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Feedback (Response), Course Evaluation
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Triggs, Riley; Jarmon, Leslie; Villareal, Tracy A. – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2010
Virtual environments can resolve many practical and pedagogical challenges within higher education. Economic considerations, accessibility issues, and safety concerns can all be somewhat alleviated by creating learning activities in a virtual space. Because of the removal of real-world physical limitations like gravity, durability and scope,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Marine Education