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Sertel Altun; Banu Yucel-Toy – South African Journal of Education, 2023
With this study we aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a collaborative and reflective school-based training model on the teachers' professional transformation in a middle school in Turkey. This study emerged as a result of a need for this school to transform its instructional approach to the understanding by design (UbD) approach. Considering…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Middle School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Instructional Design
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Grunefeld, Hetty; van Tartwijk, Jan; Jongen, Havva; Wubbels, Theo – International Journal for Academic Development, 2015
This article describes and assesses the design and effects of one of the first academic development programmes on Leadership for Educational Change. The participants are senior academics, involved in leadership of teaching and learning. We report on an evaluation using a mixed-method approach employing a self-report questionnaire administered to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Leadership Training, Instructional Development, Instructional Design
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Pukelis, Kestutis – Quality of Higher Education, 2011
This article presents generalisations drawn from experience gained designing and renewing study programmes so that the use of learning outcomes became the underlying principle of curriculum organisation. Conceptions of a purpose (profile), aim and outcomes of a study programme are presented, their formulation requirements are discussed and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Credits, Instructional Effectiveness
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Gündüz, Abdullah Yasin; Alemdag, Ecenaz; Yasar, Sevil; Erdem, Mukaddes – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2016
Problem-based learning approach presents several advantages such as improving students' engagement in learning and fostering their higher-order thinking skills. Although there is a plethora of research regarding implementation of problem-based learning in classrooms, its design and application process for web-based environments need further…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Problem Based Learning, Online Courses, Computer System Design
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Martin, Florence – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
This paper highlights the instructional design process followed by the Maricopa Community College faculty in the creation of instructional modules in Digital Visual Literacy. The paper categorizes 10 tasks that an instructional designer, a teacher, or a trainer performs during the design phase of the instructional design process. The importance of…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Instructional Materials, Visual Literacy, College Faculty
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Tham, Raymond; Tham, Lesley – International Journal on E-Learning, 2013
This paper examines the current stage of development of blended learning in higher education in China, South Korea and Japan, with a comparison to the city state of Singapore. It is noted that blended learning and e-learning are introduced at institutes of higher learning in these countries with varying degrees of success. A review of existing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Blended Learning, Performance Factors, Barriers
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Stasiunaitiene, Egle; Norkute, Odeta – Quality of Higher Education, 2011
In this article, relevance of practice during university studies is highlighted, as well as the main stages of its organisation, qualitative parameters, as well as criteria and indicators that validate them are defined. Discussion on the idea that taking into consideration qualitative parameters of organising practice as a component of studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Education Work Relationship, Theory Practice Relationship
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Felten, Peter; Clayton, Patti H. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
The question of how best to fulfill the academy's role in civic life animates many discussions about the identity and function of higher education in the twenty-first century. Service-learning is emerging as a central component of efforts to connect both disciplinary learning and general education with this historic and increasingly salient…
Descriptors: Evidence, Higher Education, Transformative Learning, Service Learning
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LaBelle, Chris – Journal of Extension, 2011
When delivered on a mobile device, interpretive tours of a locale afford powerful learning experiences. As mobile devices become more powerful, content for these devices that is individualized and location-specific has become more common. In light of this trend, Oregon State University Extension developed a GPS-enabled iPhone tree tour…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Pilot Projects, Place Based Education, Geographic Information Systems
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Visser, Talitha C.; Coenders, Fer G. M.; Terlouw, Cees; Pieters, Jules M. – Professional Development in Education, 2012
Schools are increasingly integrating multidisciplinary education into their programmes. The Minister of Education, Culture and Science has introduced a new, integrated science subject in secondary education in the Netherlands, called Nature, Life and Technology (NLT). This research note describes the design of a generic model for a professional…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Program Design
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Mauser, Kevin; Sours, John; Banks, Julianna; Newbrough, Randy; Janke, Tom; Shuck, Lorie; Zhu, Lin; Ammerman, Gina; Varma-Nelson, Pratibha – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2011
The type and amount of student interaction with major socializing agents on campus--faculty and their peers--determine the impact of college on students. Much of the research on postsecondary education links the quality of peer interactions directly to student learning outcomes and satisfaction with the college experience, and Alexander Astin went…
Descriptors: College Students, Active Learning, Program Effectiveness, Interaction
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Chisholm, Elizabeth; Lamond, Heather M. – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2012
A small library using two full time equivalent (FTE) professional staff integrated into the Moodle environment of over 40 postgraduate distance courses with the potential to reach over 1,800 students and getting results. How? This is not embedding as many would think of it, with the librarian an active teacher throughout the entire length of the…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Evidence, Professional Personnel, Distance Education
Pontes, Elvis, Ed.; Silva, Anderson, Ed.; Guelfi, Adilson, Ed.; Kofuji, Sergio Takeo, Ed. – InTech, 2012
With the resources provided by communication technologies, E-learning has been employed in multiple universities, as well as in wide range of training centers and schools. This book presents a structured collection of chapters, dealing with the subject and stressing the importance of E-learning. It shows the evolution of E-learning, with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Virtual Classrooms, Program Effectiveness
Herron, Rita I.; Holsombach-Ebner, Cinda; Shomate, Alice K.; Szathmary, Kimberly J. – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2012
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University--Worldwide serves more than 36,000 online students across the globe, many of whom are military and other non-traditional students, offering 34 undergraduate, graduate, and professional education/workforce certificate programs, presented both online and via blended delivery modes. The centralized model of online…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Computer System Design, Guidelines, Administrative Organization
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Kuo, Yen-Hung; Huang, Yueh-Min – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
Mobile learning (m-learning) is a new trend in the e-learning field. The learning services in m-learning environments are supported by fundamental functions, especially the content and assessment services, which need an authoring tool to rapidly generate adaptable learning resources. To fulfill the imperious demand, this study proposes an…
Descriptors: Test Items, Courseware, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer System Design
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