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Developing a Student-Centered Approach to Reflective Learning.
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Stefani, Lorraine A. J.; Clarke, Joe; Littlejohn, Allison H. – Innovations in Education and Training International, 2000
Presents a student-centered approach to reflective learning through a partnership between disciplinary-based academic staff and educational development staff members in a postgraduate Environmental Engineering Postgraduate Diploma/MSc program at the University of Strathclyde. Students were encouraged to maintain project management logbooks to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation, Learner Controlled Instruction
Active Learning in a Large First Year Biology Class: A Collaborative Resource-Based Study Project on "AIDS in Science and Society".
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Sutcliffe, Roger G.; Cogdell, Barbara; Hansell, Mike H.; McAteer, Erica – Innovations in Education and Training International, 1999
Describes a student-directed learning program called "AIDS in Science and Society" that was developed as a resource-based, collaborative project at the University of Glasgow (United Kingdom) for a first-year biology class. Discusses materials, written assignments, oral presentations, and feedback from students and faculty, and includes a…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Biology, Feedback, Foreign Countries
Using Intranets To Support Teaching and Learning.
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Barker, Philip – Innovations in Education and Training International, 1999
Describes some of the ways in which in-house Web-based networks, or intranets, can be used, possibly in conjunction with the Internet, to facilitate new ways of supporting student-managed, autonomous learning activities. Presents a case study of an undergraduate course at the University of Teesside (United Kingdom), and discusses future…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Cracking "Open" a Learner-Centred Door: Open Learning or Just an Open Question?
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Kinman, Russell – Innovations in Education and Training International, 1998
Discusses the problems in attempting to focus learning more upon the student in a module which introduces business computing in the University of Luton's (England) undergraduate program. Concludes that students, university management and academic staff have reasons to resist greater openness in learning, and that continued rapid change in a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Innovation
The Effect of Using a Hypermedia Learning Model for a CBI Design Course.
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Lee, Doris – Innovations in Education and Training International, 2000
Chronicles the effect of using a hypermedia learning (HL) model for graduate students to learn about hypermedia authoring for the creation of computer-based instruction (CBI). The model details how students feel and act in each of the five sequential stages: dependent, interested, involved, engaged, and independent. It also specifies expected…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Graduate Study, Higher Education
A Resource for Improving the Practice of Assessment in Higher Education.
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Nightingale, Peggy; And Others – Innovations in Education and Training International, 1995
Describes a project commissioned by the Australian government to help university teachers improve student assessment. Eight modules incorporated the following abilities: critical thinking, problem solving, performing procedures and demonstrating techniques, self-directed learning, accessing and managing information, demonstrating knowledge,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Communication (Thought Transfer), Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries
Enhancing Self-Directed Learning through Educational Technology: When Students Resist the Change.
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Akerlind, Gerlese S.; Trevitt, A. Chris – Innovations in Education and Training International, 1999
Discusses why the introduction of new technologies (or other educational innovations) as a means to greater learner autonomy is likely to produce some student resistance. Considers factors involved in determining the strength of resistance, and ways teachers can assist students to recognize and overcome associated problems. Presents the authors'…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Curriculum Development, Educational Change