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Learning by E-Learning for Visually Impaired Students: Opportunities or Again Marginalisation?
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Kharade, Kalpana; Peese, Hema – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2012
In recent years, e-learning has become a valuable tool for an increasing number of visually impaired (VI) learners. The benefits of this technology include: (1) remote learning for VI students; (2) the possibility for teachers living far from schools or universities to provide remote instructional assistance to VI students; and (3) continuing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Distance Education
Blended Learning: Perspectives on Mixing Online and Offline Communities of Enquiry
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Rix, Robert W. – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2011
Blended learning is increasingly introduced in classrooms worldwide. Nonetheless, studies are not unanimous as to its impact on student performance and its benefits to enhancing the learning experience. In this article, it is argued that a focused approach, taking into account the particular requirements of the course and the students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Discussion, Technology Integration
Visual Matters in Learning and Teaching
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Howson, Alexandra – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2008
This article reports on the incorporation of visual material as a tool for learning sociology and discusses a poster assignment introduced as a means of assessment in an academic context committed to innovative learning strategies and to teaching and learning enhancement. The article draws on an evaluation of using the poster assignment to assess…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Aids, Instructional Materials, Sociology
No One Way: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
Cranton, Patricia – 1998
This book addresses the needs of college and university instructors for an integrative, comprehensive approach to teaching and learning in higher education. The book has two purposes: first, to place teaching and learning in higher education within a theoretical framework, and second, to provide practical strategies for teaching. The introductory…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty
Learning Needs and Adaptation Problems of Foreign Graduate Students.
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Huxur, Gulbahar; Mansfield, Earl; Nnazor, Reginald; Schuetze, Hans; Segawa, Megumi – CSSHE Professional File, 1996
This paper examines the learning needs and adaptation problems of foreign graduate students, and is based on the experiences of the five co-authors' graduate studies in Canada and the United States. It reviews the factors that contributed to their decision to study abroad, pre-sojourn expectations and arrival, their arrival in the host country,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, College Instruction, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict
A Handbook for Teaching & Learning in Higher Education: Enhancing Academic Practice.
Fry, Heather, Ed.; Ketteridge, Steve, Ed.; Marshall, Stephanie, Ed. – 1999
This book was written to support the excellence in teaching required to bring about learning of the highest quality. Chapters seek to offer the best practical advice in teaching, learning, and assessment, as well as references to research findings. An introductory section sets out the purpose of the book and examines the changing role and place of…
Descriptors: Art Education, Business Education, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction