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Emmanuel Senior Tenakwah; Gideon Boadu; Emmanuel Junior Tenakwah; Michael Parzakonis; Mark Brady; Penny Kansiime; Shannon Said; Sarah Eyaa; Raymond Kwojori Ayilu; Ciprian Radavoi; Alan Berman – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2025
The development and introduction of AI language models have transformed the way humans and institutions interact with technology, enabling natural and intuitive communication between humans and machines. This paper conducts a competence-based analysis of ChatGPT's task responses to provide insights into its language proficiency, critical analysis…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Evaluation Methods, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software
Fonbeyin Henry Abanda – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: In the COVID-19 era, where blended learning is gaining popularity, research-informed teaching could be one of the alternatives or options to assess students' progress in Higher Education institutions. In the past, educators have assessed students' research skills gained from research-informed teaching through coursework components or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Research, Writing for Publication
McGee, Barrie – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2021
As an instructor of the developmental reading and writing course at Texas State University, Barrie McGee is required per state mandate to design a course as an accelerated version of an integrated reading and writing (IRW) course. Furthermore, she is uniquely positioned as a student enrolled in the program in developmental education to access…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Reading, Remedial Programs, Reading Instruction
Gilman, Denise; Farrow, Shannon; Hartman, Danielle – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2018
For 12 years, Denise Gillman has taught the course Science on the Stage at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia. The plays studied awaken intellectual curiosity and understanding of human nature and complex scientific ideas within the framework of a good story and can do so for students of every major. This article presents how…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Drama, Higher Education
Schrand, Tom; Jones, Katharine; Hanson, Valerie – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2018
By embedding an ePortfolio process in a general education core that culminates with a senior capstone course, Thomas Jefferson University has created an opportunity for students to use their completed ePortfolios as archives of primary sources that they can curate to produce narratives about their intellectual development. The result was a…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Portfolios (Background Materials), Primary Sources, Intellectual Development
Staats, Susan; Sintjago, Alfonso; Fitzpatrick, Renata – Innovative Higher Education, 2013
Learning communities can strengthen early undergraduates' learning, but planning them can be daunting for instructors. Learning communities usually rely on integrative assignments that encourage interdisciplinary analysis. This article reports on our experiences using microloans as an interdisciplinary assignment in a learning community that…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Foreign Countries, Assignments, World Literature
Reynolds, Candyce; Stevens, Dannelle D.; West, Ellen – College Teaching, 2013
Creative thinking skills are essential for today's workplace. Three faculty members from different professional schools (business, higher education administration, teacher education) examined student responses to the creative assignments in their courses. The assignments exemplify the following criteria: invited taking risks, encouraged innovative…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Professional Education, Creative Thinking, Thinking Skills
Brent, Doug – College Composition and Communication, 2012
This article reviews the deeply conflicted literature on learning transfer, especially as it applies to rhetorical knowledge and skill. It then describes a study in which six students are followed through their first co-op work term to learn about which resources they draw on as they enter a new environment of professional writing. It suggests…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Rhetoric, Transfer of Training, Writing Instruction
Blummer, Barbara – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2015
The ubiquitousness of images in the digital era highlights the importance of individuals' visual communication skills in the 21st Century. We conducted a literature review of visual literacy initiatives in academic institutions to illustrate best practices for imparting these skills in students. The literature review identified five categories of…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Educational Strategies, Higher Education, Best Practices
Sauber, Matthew H.; McSurely, Hugh B.; Tummala, V. M. Rao – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to show the process of designing and measuring learning competencies in program development. Design/methodology/approach: The paper includes cross-sectoral comparisons to draw on programmatic and pedagogical strategies, more commonly utilized in vocational education, and transfer the application of these strategies into…
Descriptors: Assignments, Higher Education, Textbooks, Quality Control
Miers, Margaret E.; Rickaby, Caroline E.; Clarke, Brenda A. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
This paper reports on a study of student learning about collaboration and discusses the effectiveness of different forms of assessment in facilitating learning. The study was conducted in a large health and social care faculty in which all students on pre-qualifying professional programmes learn together in modules aimed at developing…
Descriptors: Assignments, Program Effectiveness, Group Dynamics, Transfer of Training

Jensen, Marilyn D. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1992
Describes a cross-disciplinary research paper assignment in which students engage in original research and interview an expert before researching in the library. (SR)
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Interviews

Hanson, Michele – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1993
Discusses a composition assignment that integrates library instruction with a research assignment, thus encouraging students to take an interdisciplinary approach to their writing and thinking. (SR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Library Instruction, Library Skills
Collins, Terence; Hofer, Suzanne – 1976
The material reviewed in the 37 articles and papers listed here suggests that responsibility for establishing and maintaining standards for writing among college students is a college-wide burden. The articles are of two kinds: some deal directly with the questions of interdepartmental responsibility for teaching writing; others touch on the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Assignments, English Instruction, Expository Writing
Johnson, Peggy; Mutschelknaus, Mike – 2001
Noting that at Saint Mary's University (where the authors teach) the issue of spirituality is in the forefront of education and is seamlessly woven into required courses throughout four years of college in an attempt to "enhance students' spiritual and personal lives," this paper positions writing centers as a place for student inquiries…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Personal Writing, Spirituality