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Shapiro, Nancy S.; Levine, Jodi H. – 1999
This book offers guidance for the development of learning communities at the college level. The book analyzes examples of learning communities at a wide variety of institutions, including research universities, commuter campuses, residential campuses, and four- and two-year institutions. Chapter 1 offers definitions and characteristics of learning…
Descriptors: College Environment, Guidelines, Higher Education, Learning Processes

Scott, Sally S.; McGuire, Joan M.; Shaw, Stan F. – Remedial and Special Education, 2003
Universal design for instruction is presented as a new paradigm for approaching equal educational access for college students with learning disabilities. Topics covered include changing student demographics, instructional challenges, the universal design concept, universal design in educational settings, and applying universal design to college…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Postsecondary Education, Program Development

McGill Univ., Montreal (Quebec). Center for Learning and Development. – 1976
The Centre for Learning and Development is part of McGill University's Educational Development Group. The component parts of the Group, with its advisory bodies, work together to facilitiate educational development in general, and to improve teaching practices in particular. In the annual report for 1975-76 the following topics are discussed: (1)…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Educational Development, Evaluation, Higher Education

Orr, Debbie; Appleton, Margaret; Wallin, Margie – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2001
Despite the growing recognition of the importance of information literacy education, there are few working models for curriculum integration within the Australian higher education sector. Librarians, in conjunction with faculty at Central Queensland University, developed a framework that can assist in the planning and evaluation of information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Deese-Roberts, Susan; Keating, Kathleen – 2000
This book proposes the application of peer tutoring to library instruction, primarily in the academic library setting. Chapter 1 provides a brief historical view of library instruction and current trends that make peer tutoring a possible form of library service. Chapter 2 describes peer tutoring as currently practiced in higher education.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Instructional Development, Library Instruction
Aarnio, Helena; Enqvist, Jouni – 2001
The VETO-project is part of the National Strategy's goals for providing learning opportunities through the use of networks in vocational education in Finland. The National Board of Education, University of Tampere and Hame Polytechnic, Vocational Teacher Education College, and several vocational pilot institutes located at different regions in…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, National Programs

McCall, James – European Journal of Teacher Education, 1988
The Scottish approach to the development of guidelines and mandatory conditions for new courses of initial teacher education is described; and the strategies adopted by one college of education to involve practicing teachers in the preparation, implementation, and evaluation of courses designed to meet these criteria are discussed. (Author/IAH)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Levine, Jodi H., Ed. – 1999
This monograph on learning communities and the first-year college experience presents 12 chapters which combine theory with examples of good practice and recommendations for building and sustaining effective learning communities. Following an introduction by the editor, the included chapters are: (1) "What Are Learning Communities?"…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Environment, College Freshmen, Educational Environment

Higgins, Carla; Cedar Face, Mary Jane – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1998
Outlines the Information Literacy Program at Southern Oregon University (SOU), designed to develop information literacy among freshman enrolled in SOU's new university colloquium. Discusses accomplishments and unresolved problems and issues of this model of a learner-centered, supportive, collaborative program. (AEF)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Programs, Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Programs
The Cornell Diagnostic Observatory and Reporting System for Student Description of College Teaching.
Tom, F. K. T.; Cushman, H. R. – Search Agriculture, 1975
The development of an innovative approach to the improvement of college teaching is described. The main objective was to develop a practical diagnostic observation and reporting system for student description of college teaching. A total of 120 professors participated in identifying seven general teaching objectives considered satisfactory for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, Computer Programs, Educational Diagnosis
Arizona Univ., Tucson. Coll. of Education. – 1999
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of Project RIME (Reading Instructional Methods of Efficacy), a 3-year project to develop, field test, and disseminate a model of professional development for early elementary and special education teachers focusing on methods for teaching early reading and spelling to children at risk for…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Howard-Vital, Michelle R. – 1999
This article recounts the development of a paradigm for a virtual university that is, one in which delivery is inextricably linked to the political, technological, social, and economic context of the institution at the University of North Carolina (Wilmington). It explains how, in just five years, a conservative, traditional, regional institution…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Higher Education

Botan, Carl; Vasquez, Gabriel – Public Relations Review, 1999
Presents work accomplished at the 1998 National Communication Association Summer Conference. Outlines reasons for theory-based education in public relations. Presents an integrated model of student outcomes, curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment for theory-based master's and doctoral programs, including assumptions made and rationale for such…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Doctoral Programs, Educational Objectives, Graduate Study

Affleck, James Q.; Lowenbraun, Sheila – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1995
This article describes the restructuring of the Special Education Teacher Education program at the University of Washington. Analysis indicated a paradigm shift as well as intense collaborative activity and significant programmatic and curricular modifications. Descriptions of the type of personnel needed in the new program are offered, and goals…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Educational Change
Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames. Coll. of Education. – 1988
An overview is presented of a 3-year project focused on the development and demonstration of an interactive teaching improvement model that was research-based and used electronic technology. Though the primary goal was to improve the preparation of preservice teachers in elementary and secondary education, it was hoped the materials could be used…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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