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Reigeluth, Charles M.; Karnopp, Jennifer R. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
Systemic change is far more difficult than piecemeal reforms because it requires far more interrelated and interdependent sets of changes to occur. Systemic change has two potential areas of failure: (1) the change process (action) may never reach full implementation of the new system, and (2) the new system (vision) may not be well designed. This…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Systems Approach, Program Development, Program Implementation
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Mary Ellen Dello Stritto; Naomi R. Aguiar; Greta R. Underhill; Cat Turk; Gretchen Lohry-Smith; Raquel Lamantain – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
In higher education, online students are often precluded from research assistantships that are more accessible for campus-based students. At a highly ranked institution for online learning, we developed the Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to address this gap in opportunities for online students. The URP is designed to engage fully distanced…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Distance Education, Student Research, Research Opportunities
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Bryant, Jill; Bates, Alisa J. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
This paper describes the ways in which social constructivist learning was fostered in an online teacher education program. In fall, 2010 we launched an online Masters of Education (M.Ed) and in spring, 2011 and began an online version of the on-campus Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) at a small liberal arts university. The development and…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Program Descriptions, Online Courses, Educational Environment
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Lee, Debra; Paulus, Trena M.; Loboda, Iryna; Phipps, Gina; Wyatt, Tami H.; Myers, Carole R.; Mixer, Sandra J. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
As the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville prepared to move their graduate programs online, a nursing faculty grass-roots movement led to the implementation of a faculty development program. This instructional design portfolio describes the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of this program, with the goal…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Faculty Development, College Faculty, College Instruction
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Jurkowski, Odin; Kerr, Shantia – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
The Educational Innovation Incubator is an electronic classroom designed to evolve at the University of Central Missouri. This newly enacted endeavor is a place for faculty and students to combine the scholarship of teaching and learning into their courses by experimenting with the latest technologies in education. This paper describes the process…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Educational Innovation, College Faculty, College Students
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Vanderlinde, Ruben; van Braak, Johan; De Windt, Vicky; Tondeur, Jo; Hermans, Ruben; Sinnaeve, Ilse – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
As a significant step in the consolidation of the importance of technology in education, the Flemish Government recently (September 2007) introduced a formal technology curriculum for schools. This compulsory curriculum replaces already existing but non-binding technology guidelines and is an important action in the Flemish policy of educational…
Descriptors: Technology Planning, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries