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Evaluation of a MOOC Design Mapping Framework (MDMF): Experiences of Academics and Learning Technologists
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Kerr, John; Dale, Vicki H. M.; Gyurko, Fanni – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2019
With the increasing strategic importance of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) in higher education, this paper offers an innovative approach to advancing discussions and practice around MOOC learning design, in the context of staff development. The study provides a deeper understanding of staff (academic and learning technologists') experience…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Technology, Online Courses, Synchronous Communication
Bug Model Based Intelligent Recommender System with Exclusive Curriculum Sequencing for Learner-Centric Tutoring
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Singh, Ninni; Ahuja, Neelu Jyothi – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2019
Face-to-face human tutoring in classroom environments amply facilitates human tutor-learner interactions wherein the tutor gets opportunity to exercise his cognitive intelligence to understand learner's pre-knowledge level, learning pattern, specific learning difficulties, and be able to offer course content well-aligned to the learner's…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Sequential Learning, Student Centered Learning, Curriculum Design
Architecture for an Adaptive and Intelligent Tutoring System That Considers the Learner's Multiple Intelligences
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Hafidi, Mohamed; Bensebaa, Taher – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2015
The majority of adaptive and intelligent tutoring systems (AITS) are dedicated to a specific domain, allowing them to offer accurate models of the domain and the learner. The analysis produced from traces left by the users is didactically very precise and specific to the domain in question. It allows one to guide the learner in case of difficulty…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Universities
Proactive and Retroactive Facilitation of Long-Term Retention by Curriculum Continuity.
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Arzi, Hanna J.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1985
A longitudinal research study in Israel was designed to investigate effects of mutual interrelations between courses in sequential teaching on long-term retention of learning in a science curriculum. The results implied that a program composed of a hierarchical sequence of learning units is superior to a discontinuous array of discrete courses.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Learning Theories, Longitudinal Studies
The Effectiveness of Direct Instruction in a Third-World Context.
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Grossen, Bonnie; Kelly, Bernadette F. – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1992
Advocates the use of the Engelmann-Becker Direct Instruction method to address third-world problems in education. Explains the method, which structures meaningful, strategic learning to ensure student success. Presents results of a pilot study of its use in Gazankulu in South Africa. (DMM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, Developing Nations, Educational Needs
Laying Down the Law? Reflecting on Course Design in Progress.
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Allison, Desmond; And Others – Hong Kong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1994
The process of organizing content for a course in academic English as a Second Language is discussed, specifically as it applied to construction of a course for first-year law students at the University of Hong Kong. Discussion focuses on issues that emerged while trying to reconcile the university English center's curriculum policy with student…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Organization, Curriculum Design, English for Academic Purposes
Learning to be a Capable Systems Agriculturalist.
Bawden, Richard; Valentine, Ian – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1984
Outlines innovations associated with development of a learning environment designed around problem-solving/situation-improving strategies for farming and other agricultural systems at Australia's Hawkesbury Agricultural College. The situation at the school is described; observations and reflections are noted; and conceptualizations and actions for…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Agricultural Education, Change Strategies, Curriculum Design