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Mary Jo Orzech; Jie Zhang; Virginia Orzel; Shirin Sultana; Angela Thompsell; Jennifer Wood; Ning Yu – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2025
Open Educational Resources (OER) have been adopted by growing numbers in higher education during the last two decades. Online repositories contain a myriad of OER content, learning objects, and activities. This article presents six case studies from both new and experienced instructors across multiple disciplines at a single institution. It…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Higher Education, Activities, Resource Units
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João M. Santos – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
An increasing culture of performativity has led to changes in the organizational landscape of academic institutions. While the impact of these changes on outputs is well documented, their impact on academics' strategic research agendas is still an emerging topic. This study expands upon previous research on this issue and focuses on comparing…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Research, Personal Autonomy, Agenda Setting
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Tabarés, Raúl; Boni, Alejandra – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2023
During the last decade, different values, tools and practices promoted by maker culture have been adopted in formal educational settings with the aim of reinvigorating Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. Higher education institutions (HEIs) have also engaged with maker culture to explore its potentialities regarding…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, STEM Education, Higher Education, Cooperative Learning
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Victoria M. Bryan – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2023
This essay presents common practices for developing faculty in small honors programs and colleges operating with limited financial resources. The author outlines strategies and applications for implementing targeted faculty development, including: transdisciplinary coordinating efforts toward bringing full-time and adjunct faculty together for the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Resources, Honors Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Mark F. McBride – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Advocates of open educational resources (OER) promote OER's advantages over traditional course materials, such as student cost savings, but little is known about OER's impact on the college instructors who teach with it. Implementing new course materials often requires considerable effort on the part of faculty, so relevant empirical research has…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teacher Attitudes, Open Educational Resources, Instructional Materials
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Ngare, Innocent Osoro; Otieno, Dorcas Beryl; Ogutu, Emma Atieno; Omwami, Duncan Ondieki; Marang'a, Amos Atima; Otieno, Edwin Odhiambo; Gikonyo, Salome Wairimu; Opiyo, Lamech Owino – Educational Research and Reviews, 2022
Higher education institutions play a pivotal role in instilling green economy and sustainable development principles in students. There are complex environmental challenges, and breaking through this complexity necessitates the incorporation of green economy learning to assist students in understanding these complex connections. This study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Role, Conservation (Environment)
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Michael Sony; Kochu Therisa Beena Karingada – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Education 4.0 (E 4.0) represents a new paradigm in the field of education, which emphasizes a student-centric approach that allows learners to access education anytime, anywhere, tailored to their individual needs through modern-day technologies. The purpose of the study was to unearth the critical success factors (CSFs) essential for the…
Descriptors: Success, Educational Practices, Student Centered Learning, Technology Uses in Education
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Pawlicka-Deger, Urszula – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2021
This essay reflects on the role of place for humanities practices and contributes to emerging discussions on infrastructure for the humanities and socio-material conditions of scholarly knowledge production. I provide a theoretical framework for studying venues for humanities work drawing on the phenomenological approach to the concepts of place…
Descriptors: Humanities Instruction, Role of Education, Place Based Education, Epistemology
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Esquibel, Joseph; Rook, Deborah L.; LoRe, Sondra M.; Starnes, John H.; Miller, Jillian M.; Buntz, Jennifer G.; Hugo, Alys; Nieuwsma, Christianne B.; Seitz, Heather; Bissell, Ahrash; Gross, Louis; Kiser, Stacey; Lenhart, Suzanne; Mills, Michael A.; Neuhauser, Claudia; Corriette, Irene; Prescott, Sarah; Jenkins, Kristin P.; Karpakakunjaram, Vedham – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Mastery of quantitative skills is increasingly critical for student success in life sciences, but few curricula adequately incorporate quantitative skills. Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges (QB@CC) is designed to address this need by building a grassroots consortium of community college faculty to (1) engage in interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, College Science, Community Colleges
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Stenton, Ian; Hanmer-Dwight, Rachael – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to study the development of the Liverpool Knowledge Quarter Sustainability Network (KQSN). It outlines the sectors included in the collaborative knowledge-sharing, the nature of the work it facilitates, and considers how the network can transform its existing objectives around the shared vision of the United Nations…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Higher Education, Health Services
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Tsado, Lucy – Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2019
The human resource skills gap in cybersecurity has created an opportunity for educational institutions interested in cybersecurity education. The current number of schools designated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and National Security Agency (NSA) as Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) to train cybersecurity experts are not…
Descriptors: Information Security, National Security, Computer Security, Computer Science Education
Esfandiyari, Yadolah; Nourabadi, Soolmaz – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2020
In recent years, the evolution plan in the educational system and curriculum has been one of the most important topics in educational circles. This implies that the programs implemented in higher educational system have not been fully achieved for various reasons. One of the most important reasons is "not paying attention to the localization…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Humanities
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Iqbal, Mohammad Z.; Clayton, Maureen E. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2020
An interactive, field-based course on the environmental aspects of natural water was developed as part of STEM initiatives at a comprehensive university in the United States. The project is funded by the National Science Foundation. The course is focused on two fundamental student skills, such as hydrologic field procedures and analytical methods.…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Water, Interdisciplinary Approach, STEM Education
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Adefila, Arinola; Arrobbio, Osman; Brown, Geraldine; Robinson, Zoe; Spolander, Gary; Soliev, Ilkhom; Willers, Bret; Morini, Luca; Padovan, Dario; Wimpenny, Katherine – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2021
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is increasingly embedded in higher education (HE) due to the current emphasis on tackling the environmental crisis. Similarly, Civic Society Organisations are expanding their mobilization and practical action in communities. These approaches can reach almost all people on the planet and open avenues for…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning, International Cooperation, World Problems
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Dobozy, Eva – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2017
An ongoing challenge in higher education is the support of educators in their development of effective pedagogies. The field of educational research and practice referred to as Learning Design may be able to help educators with no or limited pedagogical training deliver highly interactive and contemporary teaching and learning offerings. The…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Interdisciplinary Approach, Models, Higher Education
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