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Jamrichová, Valéria; Zamborová, Katarína – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
A learner-centred approach puts students amidst the learning process and helps them become involved in that process. It provides an opportunity for students to choose and direct the course of the lesson. This approach is especially appropriate when dealing with ethical concerns that might be sensitive issues. When it comes to the sources for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Education, Ethics, Student Centered Learning
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Balzhiser, Deborah; Grover, Mandy; Lauer, Evelyn; McNeely, Sarah; Polk, Jonathan D.; Zmikly, Jon; Holmes, Cade; Porter, Ellen; Saucier, Corey; Swearingen, Tiffany – Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, 2011
The purpose of this project was to explore and document one approach for integrating social media--Facebook, really--into freshman writing. The assignment using Facebook was first given in 2006 and twice more through 2009. Our report on the project takes the form of a network; the content is distributed across the wall, info, and notes sections of…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Social Networks, Internet, Web Sites
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White, Kelsey D.; Heidrich, Emily – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2013
Most educators are aware that some students utilize web-based machine translators for foreign language assignments, however, little research has been done to determine how and why students utilize these programs, or what the implications are for language learning and teaching. In this mixed-methods study we utilized surveys, a translation task,…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Translation
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Ulloa, Carlos; Rey, Guillermo D.; Sánchez, Ángel; Cancela, Ángeles – Education Sciences, 2012
A WebQuest is an Internet-based and inquiry-oriented learning activity. The aim of this work is to outline the creation of a WebQuest entitled "Power Generation Plants: Steam and Gas Turbines." This is one of the topics covered in the course "Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer," which is offered in the second year of Mechanical…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Internet, Web Sites, Learning Activities
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Junior, Nyasha; Edwards, Amy – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2011
This essay describes a web site evaluation project which served as the final assignment for an undergraduate "Introduction to Religion" course. The essay discusses lessons learned from the design and implementation of this web-based research assignment over three consecutive semesters. It includes insights from an instructor and a reference…
Descriptors: Religion, Internet, Web Sites, Evaluation
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Rich, Anne J.; Dereshiwsky, Mary I. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2011
This paper presents the results of a study assessing the comparative effectiveness of teaching an undergraduate intermediate accounting course in the online classroom format. Students in a large state university were offered an opportunity to complete the first course in intermediate accounting either online or on-campus. Students were required to…
Descriptors: Homework, Online Courses, Computer Assisted Instruction, Accounting
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Gross, Melissa; Latham, Don – Library Quarterly, 2011
This investigation examines experiences with and perceptions of information reported by first-year college students whose level of information literacy skill is known. Participants were identified as having either proficient or below-proficient information literacy skills based on an objective test of their abilities. Interviews were performed…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Objective Tests
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Ruecker, Todd – Composition Studies, 2011
English 1311: Expository English Composition is the first semester course in a two-semester first-year composition (FYC) sequence. Both ENG 1311 and its second-semester counterpart, ENG 1312, are required for all students unless they have transfer credit covering this requirement or place out of one or both of the courses via the College-Level…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism, Higher Education
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Shanklin, M. Trevor – CALICO Journal, 2008
This article explores the configuration of a university foreign language lab given the dramatic changes in the last decade with regard to digital recording technology and the web as a basis for social networking. Resources and procedures are described for completing class assignments, making content available, carrying out assessment, including…
Descriptors: Assignments, Language Laboratories, Oral Language, Second Language Learning
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Liou, Hsien-Chin; Peng, Zhong-Yan – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
The interactive functions of weblogs facilitate computer-mediated peer reviews for collaborative writing. As limited research has been conducted on examining the training effects of peer reviews on students' peer comments, their revision quality, and their perceptions when composing in weblogs, the present case study aims to fill the gap. Thirteen…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Assignments, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing
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Heinrich, Eva; Milne, John; Ramsay, Annabel; Morrison, David – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
This article reports on selected aspects of a larger study on the use of electronic tools in the context of the management and marking of assignments. The study comprised a literature review, interviews and a review of e-tools. The article briefly summarises the findings from the literature on what comprises quality in assignment marking. The…
Descriptors: Assignments, Higher Education, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries
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Leonard, Valorie; LeBrasseur, Rolland – Australian Educational Researcher, 2008
A survey of university business professors focused on their use of individual assignments in courses and their views on cheating and its impact on student learning. Based on responses from 456 professors (37% response rate) from Ontario, Canada, it was concluded that most faculty believe that individual assignments are effective learning tools and…
Descriptors: Surveys, Cheating, Foreign Countries, Internet
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Bridge, Pete; Appleyard, Rob – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
This paper presents the results of a study evaluating student perceptions of online assignment submission. 47 students submitted assignments and received feedback via features within the Virtual Learning Environment Blackboard[TM]. The students then completed questionnaires comparing their experience of online submission and feedback with…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Assignments, Higher Education, Questionnaires
Hunt, Russell A. – 2000
An intensive college English Literature course provided a special learning opportunity through its innovative reading and writing assignments. From the beginning, students learned by individually selecting, finding, and reading texts and writing descriptive reports intended for class sharing and interaction. The final project involved a formal…
Descriptors: College English, Course Descriptions, Educational Assessment, English Literature
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Curran, Mary A.; Curran, Kent E. – Nursing Education Perspectives, 2002
Advocates a course-specific electronic reserve for timely, simplified distribution of course readings. Provides guidelines for the copyright and fair use implications of electronic reserve, suggesting a password-protected site. Explains the logistics of file creation, software, and hardware. (Contains 14 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Higher Education, Internet, Nursing Education
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