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Hansen, Brooke; Stiling, Peter; Uy, Whitney Fung – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: As the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been widely adopted since 2015, higher education institutions (HEIs) are experimenting with ways they can be measured, reported and incorporated into all realms of the university. In this process, the challenges of SDG integration into HEIs have become more evident, from lack of…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Higher Education, Universities
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Bonga Khuzwayo; Wolfgang Bernhardt – Africa Education Review, 2022
This study explores the incorporation of structural masonry into the undergraduate programmes of higher education institutions in South Africa, specifically focusing on civil engineering. This study is of an exploratory nature. A significant portion of the urban infrastructure in South Africa is predominantly built using structural masonry.…
Descriptors: Masonry, Undergraduate Study, Skilled Occupations, Building Trades
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Luiz Ney d’Escoffier; Aida Guerra; Marco Braga – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Education for sustainability demands transformative knowledge, which can be obtained through problem-based, project-organized learning (PBL). However, the integration of PBL and sustainability in higher education has not yet met the needs required due to the lack of application of a systemic perspective and strategy. In this literature review, we…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Engineering Education, Sustainability, Higher Education
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Ruge, Gesa; Tokede, Olubukola; Tivendale, Linda – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
Constructive alignment (CA) has become internationally established as an educational approach linking strategic planning and corporate policy to discipline and course teaching and learning practice. The literature to date has focused predominantly on either single institutional or specific discipline settings and curriculum level initiatives. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Alignment (Education), Program Implementation
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Fowler, Debra A.; Matthews, Pamela R.; Schielack, Jane F.; Webb, Robert C.; Wu, X. Ben – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2012
Inquiry-guided learning (IGL) is not new to Texas A&M University, a large research-extensive institution. The ideas of asking questions and seeking answers have always been associated at this university with both learning and discovery. In this article the authors present how, as a natural extension, Texas A&M University infuses IGL more…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Learning Experience, Research Universities, Inquiry
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Coskun, Yelkin Diker – Journal of International Education Research, 2015
Technology, which forms part of all educational settings and curricula, is becoming an integral part of higher education too. Therefore, observations and interpretations from inside such settings are needed for a more realistic understanding. This study evaluates the information packages of the undergraduate programs of a university within the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Curriculum Development, Technology Integration, Educational Change
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Liu, Shuiyun – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2013
This research analyzes the scheme proposed to assess the quality of higher education institutions in China, namely, the Quality Assessment of Undergraduate Education (QAUE) scheme. This article aims to determine the impact of the QAUE on universities and explore the reasons that intended effects have or have not been generated in the evaluated…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Educational Quality
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Woodward, Belle; Imboden, Thomas; Martin, Nancy L. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2013
This paper describes the implementation of an information security program at a large Midwestern university. The initial work is briefly summarized and improvements that have occurred over time are described. Current activities and future plans are discussed. This paper offers insight and lessons learned for organizations that have or are…
Descriptors: Information Security, Computer Security, Higher Education, Program Development
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San Diego, Jonathan P.; Cox, Margaret J.; Quinn, Barry F. A.; Newton, Jonathan Tim; Banerjee, Avijit; Woolford, Mark – Computers & Education, 2012
hapTEL, an interdisciplinary project funded by two UK research councils from 2007 to 2011, involves a large interdisciplinary team (with undergraduate and post-graduate student participants) which has been developing and evaluating a virtual learning system within an HE healthcare education setting, working on three overlapping strands. Strand 1…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Study, Graduate Students
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Orleans, Myron, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
Online education continues to permeate mainstream teaching techniques in higher education settings. Teaching upper-level classes in an online setting is having a major impact on education as a whole and is fundamentally altering global learning. "Cases on Critical and Qualitative Perspectives in Online Higher Education" offers a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Electronic Learning, Case Studies, Instruction
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Morris, Libby V.; Finnegan, Catherine L. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2009
This case study reviews the emergence and evolution of eCore (the University System of Georgia's electronically delivered undergraduate core courses) over eight years and summarizes the issues, ongoing challenges, and lessons learned from interinstitutional collaboration in offering and administering a "virtual" shared core. The bulk of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Core Curriculum, General Education, Virtual Universities
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Jorrin-Abellan, Ivan M.; Rubia-Avi, Bartolome; Anguita-Martinez, Rocio; Gomez-Sanchez, Eduardo; Martinez-Mones, Alejandra – Qualitative Inquiry, 2008
The authors carried out a 4-year qualitative analysis of a case study in higher education. An undergraduate course based on the principles of computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) was designed, implemented, and evaluated. The process was developed by a community of practice, formed by quite a number of researchers coming from the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Case Studies
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Malachowski, Mitchell R. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2003
Explores ways in which undergraduate research can and should permeate the campuses of primarily undergraduate institutions, and how they can institutionalize such emphasis on undergraduate research. (EV)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Implementation, Scholarship, Student Research
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Smith, Barbara Leigh – Peer Review, 2001
Explores why learning communities have become so pervasive in higher education and the challenges faced by the learning communities movement, including challenges of student learning and faculty development, diversity, institutional change, and purpose. (EV)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Innovation, Organizational Change, Program Implementation
Hartman, J. Paul; And Others – Weaver of Information and Perspectives on Technological Literacy, 1984
A two-day conference was held for faculty from nine schools offering successful undergraduate engineering and technology programs and for faculty from other institutions with less developed or no programs in this academic area. The design of successful programs, organization of technology courses, and problems in disseminating technology literacy…
Descriptors: Conferences, Engineering, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
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