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Olsson, Ulf – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse if open courses, including massive open online courses (MOOCs), can be used as professional development despite their openness since the openness not only brings together individuals from different organizations but also may make the results of collaboration public. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Professional Development, Higher Education, Cooperation
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Gynther, Karsten – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2016
The research project has developed a design framework for an adaptive MOOC that complements the MOOC format with blended learning. The design framework consists of a design model and a series of learning design principles which can be used to design in-service courses for teacher professional development. The framework has been evaluated by…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Blended Learning, Professional Development, Research Projects
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Shibru, Sintayehu; Bibiso, Mesfin; Ousman, Kedir – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The purpose of this study is to explore factors that affect institutional performance of Wolaita Sodo University. The study has identified middle level manager's perceptions toward institutional performance to indicate the key factors that seem to affect the performance of the university. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Evaluation, Leadership, Higher Education
Scott, DeWitt T. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Since the creation of American higher education, the majority of the nation's colleges have been led, managed, and directed by White men. From the Boards of Trustees to the dean level, racial representation in higher education leadership has traditionally not included people of color. This lack of diversity in senior leadership is juxtaposed…
Descriptors: African Americans, College Presidents, Whites, Racial Differences
Lewis, Jodi; Nodine, Thad; Venezia, Andrea – Education Insights Center, 2017
This brief focuses on the potential role of County Offices of Education (COEs) in bridging the state's vision for college and career readiness with the implementation needs of local districts and schools. After summarizing the work of 10 COEs that are known for supporting districts in increasing college and career readiness, the brief raises…
Descriptors: Counties, County School Districts, Public Agencies, College Readiness
Jefferson, Reese – ProQuest LLC, 2017
African American women have been underrepresented in leadership positions. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore leadership aspirations of African American women related to their perceptions of university racial climate. The theoretical framework for this study was the Black Feminist Thought theory. African American…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Womens Studies, Women Administrators, Racial Attitudes
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Isopahkala-Bouret, Ulpukka – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2017
The purpose of this study is to investigate the benefits of higher education in mid-life from the perspective of life course agency. Studies concerning the benefits of degree-oriented higher education have been mainly conducted using survey questionnaires and quantitative methods. In order to gain a more comprehensive picture, this qualitative…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Outcomes of Education, Higher Education, Midlife Transitions
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Turunen Olsson, Pernilla; Weurlander, Maria; Mattiasson, Anne-Cathrine; Wärn Hede, Gunnel; Panagiotidis, Georgios; Broberger, Eva; Hult, Håkan; Wernerson, Annika – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2016
Traditionally, nursing students learn medical subjects and nursing separately, which makes it difficult to develop an integrated understanding. This study aimed to explore nursing students' experiences of participating in a case seminar integrating medical and nursing sciences and if, and how, it contributed to their learning. A case seminar…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Seminars, Medicine
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Evans, Linda – Higher Education Research and Development, 2014
Drawing upon findings from a UK-based and -funded study of academic leadership provided by (full) professors, this article focuses on research leadership as perceived by those on the receiving end of it. Research leadership is defined as the influence of one or more people on the research-related behaviour, attitudes or intellectual capacity of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Leadership, Mentors
Walker, Richard – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2015
This article explores how online distance learning tutors working within a higher education context may be supported in their professional development through participation on an institutional peer observation programme. Drawing on the reflections of participants from two cohorts (2011 and 2012) at the University of York, the article reviews the…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Observation, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
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Ion, Georgeta – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2014
This paper represents an attempt to make a theoretical contribution to its knowledge base through an analysis of the group factors which contribute to the success of women academics engaged in research within the area of social sciences. The data were obtained through a series of in-depth interviews carried out at public universities in Catalonia,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interviews, Foreign Countries, Organizational Climate
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Gonen, S. Ipek Kuru – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
Reflective practice is considered as an effective way for professional development in order to gain awareness of one's own teaching as well as to compete with the changing needs of the students. Especially in pre-service period, when pre-service teachers work cooperatively with their peers in a reciprocal fashion towards reflectivity, it has a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Coaching (Performance), Conceptual Tempo, Higher Education
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Loxley, Andrew; Seery, Aidan – Studies in Higher Education, 2012
Similar to many other advanced capitalist societies, Irish higher education policy is in the process of constructing a new role and identity for doctoral students which has at its core the desire to produce what have been referred to by the Irish Universities Association as "knowledge entrepreneurs". This conception of doctoral education…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Graduate Students
Clary, Deidre M.; Styslinger, Mary E.; Oglan, Victoria A. – School-University Partnerships, 2012
This article describes how a literacy learning community model was developed between two high school partnership sites and a large southern public university, and how teacher collaboration and shared learning across content areas in the first year impacted teachers' learning about literacy instruction and their school's vision for literacy.…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Teacher Collaboration, Cooperation, Literacy
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Jackson, Dimitra Lynette; Stebleton, Michael J.; Laanan, Frankie Santos – Community College Review, 2013
A study was undertaken to determine how teaching in learning communities (i.e., courses that are linked or intentionally integrated in terms of learning objectives and shared assignments) affects the perspectives and work of community college faculty members. Interviews with 14 faculty members who taught in learning communities at a Midwestern…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Community Programs, Empathy
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