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Vanessa P. Dennen; Ömer Arslan; Jiyae Bong – Educational Technology & Society, 2024
In higher education, learners often look to instructors to guide their learning process along a prescribed path. This case study explores how 85 students, and their 5 instructors, experienced a microlearning system consisting of microlearning challenges and corresponding micro-credentials. These microlearning challenges were embedded in a higher…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Activities, Higher Education, Electronic Learning
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M. El-Sayed; J. El-Sayed; K. Burke; D. Apple – European Journal of Education, 2025
In any educational setting, stigmatisation and implicit biases can stifle growth and reduce the quality of the learning experience of students from low socio-economic status by creating invisible barriers to opportunity and achievement. Furthermore, due to the lack of monitoring and mentoring, these invisible barriers become harder to detect and…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Negative Attitudes, Educational Environment, Attitude Change
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N. Sira; M. Decker; C. Lemke; A. Winkens; C. Leicht-Scholten; D. Grob – Journal of Academic Ethics, 2025
Training in scientific integrity continues to be an important topic in universities and other research institutions. Its main goal is to prevent scientific misconduct and promote good scientific practice. However, there is still no consensus on how scientific integrity should be taught. Moreover, the perspective of those who receive such training…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Integrity, Prevention
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Weisenfeld, Leslie – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2017
The flipped class allows the instructor to put materials online that would normally be provided in the traditional lecture format and frees up class time for hands-on learning activities. This paper provides a broad overview of what is required outside of the class via an electronic platform such as Blackboard (Bb) and what is done during class.…
Descriptors: Accounting, Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods, Electronic Learning
Dennen, Vanessa – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2019
How can social media help transform a student's learning experience and promote active engagement with learning content and peers? "Social Media for Active Learning" helps instructors achieve this goal. Many people use social media in their everyday lives, seeking information and informal learning opportunities via their online networks.…
Descriptors: Social Media, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Learning Experience
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Parris, Denise Linda; McInnis-Bowers, Cecilia – Journal of Management Education, 2017
Our objective was to design an introductory business course to shape the mind-sets and skill sets of the next generation of socially conscious practitioners--to help students develop a sense of self-efficacy built on the confidence that they can make a positive impact on the world using entrepreneurial thinking and action. Essentially, the focus…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility, Course Content, Outcomes of Education
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Karunaratne, Prashan Shayanka Mendis; Breyer, Yvonne A.; Wood, Leigh N. – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: Economics is catering to a diverse student cohort. This cohort needs to be equipped with transformative concepts that students can integrate beyond university. When a curriculum is content-driven, threshold concepts are a useful tool in guiding curriculum re-design. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/Methodology/Approach: The…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Integrated Curriculum, Educational Change, Concept Teaching
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Nardone, Carroll Ferguson; Lee, Renee Gravois – College Teaching, 2011
Problem posing is a higher-order, active-learning task that is important for students to develop. This article describes a series of interdisciplinary learning activities designed to help students strengthen their problem-posing skills, which requires that students become more responsible for their learning and that faculty move to a facilitator…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities, Inquiry
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O'Neal, Gwenelle S. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2012
As social work educators continue to examine methods and techniques to provide meaningful knowledge about racism and discrimination, the role of self-assessment and dialogue should also be explored. This teaching note presents a tool for students and educators to use in considering literature discrimination and increasing awareness of…
Descriptors: Social Work, Course Content, Learning Activities, Active Learning
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Kreiner, David S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
This article describes 14 problem-based group activities for a sensation and perception course. The intent was to provide opportunities for students to practice applying their knowledge to real-world problems related to course content. Student ratings of how effectively the activities helped them learn were variable but relatively high. Students…
Descriptors: World Problems, Group Activities, Problem Based Learning, Course Content
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King, Kathleen P. – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2010
One of the greatest needs of faculty in adult and higher education today is to understand how to design distance learning courses which address the needs of their current and prospective students while upholding academic excellence and remaining feasible to develop (Simonson, Smaldino, Albright, & Zvacek, 2009; Palloff & Pratt, 2004). This…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Online Courses, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Riekenberg, Janet Jester – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The concept of teaching effectiveness is challenging for researchers to define. Hypothesized as a multidimensional construct, it encompasses content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, personality characteristics of the teacher, and classroom dynamics. No single dimension, trait, or behavior, however, fully captures what it means to be an effective…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Class Activities, Teacher Effectiveness, Investigations
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Nuessel, Frank; Van Stewart, Arthur – Educational Gerontology, 2000
Describes uses of "Prime Time," a weekly newspaper column on aging, in a gerontology course. Lists activities and course projects based on column content. (Contains 52 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Course Content, Gerontology, Higher Education
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Kushman, John E. – Advancing the Consumer Interest, 1992
Describes a university consumer affairs course using management tools to improve problem-solving skills. The Interaction Method teaches specific material and enables learning through participation. (SK)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Course Content, Higher Education, Interaction
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Pace, R. Wayne – Journal of Business Communication, 1977
Describes various exercises that can be used in teaching organizational communication concepts using an experiential approach. (MH)
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Media, Higher Education, Learning Activities
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