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Lewis, Laura A.; Koston, Zoe; Quartley, Marjorie; Adsit, Jason – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2011
A significant dilemma for the health and human service professions continues to be the question of how best to bridge the divide between academic research and practice. Communities of practice have traditionally been a vehicle for collaborative research and for information exchange (Moore, 2008). Through collaboration, communities of practice have…
Descriptors: Practicums, Program Development, Social Work, Barriers
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Nishide, Ryo – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2011
This paper proposes extensive applications of virtual collaborative space in order to enhance the efficiency and capability of Digital Campus. The usability of Digital Campus has been experimented in different learning environments and evaluated by questionnaire as that the presence technology and a sense of solidarity influence the participants'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Educational Experiments, Lecture Method
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Rodriguez, Raul N. – College Teaching, 1985
To ensure quality teaching, it is imperative for academic departments to periodically evaluate the performance of teaching assistants. Directed and planned learning experiences for teaching assistants are needed along with the need to evaluate these programs. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Program Development
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Friedman, Mordechai; Stomper, Connie – The Review of Higher Education, 1983
A study of the effectiveness of a training program for selected mathematics faculty aimed at improving student achievement in a basic mathematics course is described. The assumption that extremely successful learners are qualified teachers is seen as erroneous. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Faculty Development, Higher Education
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Anson, Chris M. – Assessing Writing, 2006
Writing across the curriculum (WAC) programs had their genesis in grass-roots efforts to promote attention to writing in all disciplinary areas. At first based on generic faculty-development activities with little regard to systemic and institutional concerns, WAC programs are now more often engaged in assessment and research of writing,…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Program Effectiveness, Program Development, Program Implementation
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Ogan, Amy; Aleven, Vincent; Jones, Christopher – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2009
Most successes in intelligent tutoring systems have come in well-defined domains like algebra or physics. We investigate how to support students in acquiring ill-defined skills of intercultural competence using an online environment that employs clips of feature films from a target culture. To test the effectiveness of a set of attention-focusing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Perspective Taking, Cultural Awareness
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Weimer, Maryellen; And Others – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1989
As concern about the role and performance of teaching assistants grows, universities find themselves initiating training programs. Issues to be considered include: who should provide training, relationships between the different providers, program requirements and curricula, length of the program, follow-up activities, preparation for…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Foreign Students
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Raymond, Michael W. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Describes the evolution of Stetson University's More Effective Teaching Program (MET) from a writing-across-the-curriculum (WAC) faculty development program to a voluntary collaborative learning and teaching project. Focuses on the grassroots work of a faculty committee to design and maintain the research-based program. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
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Holmes, John – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2004
This paper focuses on the development of EAP methodology within an African EAP context. I describe the setting up and implementation of an EAP study skills programme at the University of Asmara, Eritrea, over the period 1994-1998 and its subsequent development up to 2002. The unique social and political context of the EAP programme served as a…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Writing Skills, English for Academic Purposes, Foreign Countries
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Walsh, Marilyn – Educational Perspectives, 2002
The E-Learn program is a collaboration of all seven University of Hawai'i (UH) community colleges to offer a distance-delivered Associate in Arts degree. The core mission of the UH Community Colleges is to put postsecondary education within the reach of every resident of the state. To provide that access, community colleges must be affordable,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Online Courses, Educational Cooperation, Associate Degrees