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Delgado, Elvin – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2016
Energy issues are becoming increasingly common subjects of instruction in undergraduate- and graduate-level classrooms across a variety of disciplines. The interdisciplinary character of energy studies provides geographers with a great opportunity to present different applied and theoretical approaches to help students conceptualize energy issues…
Descriptors: Energy, Energy Education, Power Technology, Class Activities
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Smith, Elizabeth Joy; Mills, Julie Evelyn; Myers, Baden – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2009
Purpose: This paper aims to examine some of the strengths and weaknesses of the use of online tools such as wikis and blogs for assessment purposes, with the aim of proposing future developments and improvements. Design/methodology/approach: The paper utilises a case study approach by examining the outcomes of a new first-year course for all…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Student Evaluation, Course Objectives
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McAndrew, Donald A. – English Journal, 1980
Describes a series of procedures that can objectively measure student growth in interdisciplinary humanities courses at the secondary or college level. Preinstruction and postinstruction assessments determine student attitudes, responses to literature, art, and music, and knowledge of course content; midcourse individual conferences are also used.…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Higher Education, Humanities Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Zahn, Susan Brown; Zahn, Christopher J.; Rajkumar, T. M.; Duricy, Dan – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1999
Describes a team-taught, interdisciplinary multimedia-development course for undergraduate students that was created to address issues concerning students' needs to learn how to evaluate and develop applications for new communication technology. Topics include a collaborative-learning model; course objectives; and student assessment. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Objectives, Higher Education
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Weissman, Julie; Boning, Kenneth J. – Journal of General Education, 2003
Extensive assessment of innovative core courses pointed to five features of the courses that led to students being actively engaged in learning. Faculty teaching the courses created an environment to foster collaborative learning, facilitated student ownership of learning, structured their courses to connect academic ideas with other disciplines…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, General Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Classroom Environment
Buswell, Mark; And Others – 1977
Mitchell High School's Senior Seminar is a 5-credit interdisciplinary and experiential intensive learning program offered for one semester during a student's senior year. During that time the student takes no other coursework; he focuses on single subjects in learning blocks that may extend from two to four weeks. Program goals center on learning…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Experiential Learning
Armstrong, John D., Ed.; Store, Ron E., Ed. – 1980
Proceedings of a 1980 workshop in Queensland, Australia, on evaluation in distance teaching are presented. Two focal areas were the assessment of students and evaluation of programs and courses. In addition to keynote and workshop papers, a variety of evaluation forms are presented. Among the papers and authors are: "The Setting of Tertiary…
Descriptors: Assignments, Audiovisual Aids, College Instruction, Communication Problems