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School Ground as Environmental Learning Resources: Teachers' and Pupils' Perspectives on Its Potentials, Uses and Accessibility
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Atmodiwirjo, Paramita – International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 2013
This paper addresses the role of school ground as outdoor learning resources for environmental education. The opportunities to use school ground are particularly prominent in tropical climate, where the weather permits plenty of outdoor learning activities. A study in primary schools in Jakarta explored the relationship between the spatial aspects…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Campuses, Environmental Education, Outdoor Education
Unrestricted Student Blogging: Implications for Active Learning in a Virtual Text-Based Environment
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Deed, Craig; Edwards, Anthony – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2011
Realizing the potential for web-based communication provides a challenge for educators. The purpose here is to report students' behavioural and cognitive strategies for active learning when using an unrestricted blog in an academic context. This provides insight into how students are making sense of the incorporation of Web 2.0 technology into…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Active Learning, Virtual Classrooms
Encouraging Use of Community-Based Resources by Bioscience Students
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Goulder, Ray; Scott, Graham W. – Bioscience Education, 2010
This communication reports how bioscience students are encouraged to benefit from city and regional community-based resources through use of a guidebook and student-managed learning. Positive outcomes of the module are that bioscience students take their learning experience beyond the classroom, they engage with wider community resources, and they…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Community Resources, Use Studies, Learning Modules
Inquiry-Based Learning Case Studies for Computing and Computing Forensic Students
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Campbell, Jackie – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss the use of specifically-developed, inquiry-based learning materials for Computing and Forensic Computing students. Small applications have been developed which require investigation in order to de-bug code, analyse data issues and discover "illegal" behaviour. The applications…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Software, Inquiry, Active Learning
Towards Greater Learner Control: Web Supported Project-Based Learning
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Guthrie, Cameron – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2010
Project-based learning has been suggested as an appropriate pedagogy to prepare students in information systems for the realities of the business world. Web-based resources have been used to support such pedagogy with mixed results. The paper argues that the design of web-based learning support to cater to different learning styles may give…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Computer Assisted Instruction, Active Learning, Information Systems
Investigating the Use of a Digital Library in an Inquiry-Based Undergraduate Geology Course
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Apedoe, Xornam S. – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2007
This paper reports the findings of a qualitative research study designed to investigate the opportunities and obstacles presented by a digital library for supporting teaching and learning in an inquiry-based undergraduate geology course. Data for this study included classroom observations and field-notes of classroom practices, questionnaires, and…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Use Studies, Inquiry, Active Learning