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Salvador, Rodrigo; Barros, Murillo Vetroni; Barreto, Bernardo; Pontes, Joseane; Yoshino, Rui Tadashi; Piekarski, Cassiano Moro; de Francisco, Antonio Carlos – Industry and Higher Education, 2023
This article aims to identify the challenges and opportunities in cross-program problem-based learning (PBL) in higher education, based on an Industry 4.0 case with undergraduate and graduate students studying for engineering degrees. The method for this research comprised a cross-program course structured to bring together undergraduate and…
Descriptors: Barriers, Industry, Educational Opportunities, Graduate Students
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Blanford, Justine; Kennelly, Patrick; King, Beth; Miller, Douglas; Bracken, Tim – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2020
Capstones in professional masters-level programs serve a unique nexus of developing professional, industry-specific competencies within a graduate-level academic setting. Universities offering such degree programs must demonstrate the benefits of an academic approach to working professionals, while focusing on the development or enhancement of a…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Capstone Experiences, Geography Instruction, Graduate Students
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Ashley J. Holmes – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2020
This paper draws connections between scholarship on problem-based learning (PBL) and Students as Partners to frame a case study from a graduate seminar in Public Rhetorics for Social Change. Students partnered with each other and the instructor to decide on a public project, approaching the partnership as a pedagogical problem to explore, discuss,…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Problem Based Learning, Seminars, Partnerships in Education
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Krzic, Maja; Brown, Sandra; Bomke, Arthur A. – Natural Sciences Education, 2020
Professional natural resource managers require a solid understanding of sustainable soil practices. Postsecondary institutions are increasingly integrating innovative approaches such as hybrid problem-based learning (PBL) and team-based learning (TBL) to train future professional land managers to tackle complex problems. This article describes the…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teamwork, Sustainable Development, Natural Resources
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Heaviside, Helen J.; Manley, Andrew J.; Hudson, Joanne – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2018
The purpose of this case study was to explore Postgraduate Sport and Exercise Psychology students' and their lecturer's experiences of PBL, and, its role in developing their employability skills. A focus group was conducted with four students (Mage = 22.75 years, SD = 0.96 years; n female = 2) and a conversational interview was conducted with the…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Sport Psychology, Education Work Relationship, Graduate Students
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Camacho, Heilyn; Christiansen, Ellen – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2018
This paper reviews the design of a 'Professional Inquiry' course taught for four years to Information Studies students at Aalborg University, Denmark, within the pedagogical paradigm of Problem Based Learning (PBL). The course teaches students how to formulate research questions and scientific problems, and determine what is worthwhile knowing…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Inquiry
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Parra, Julia; Osanloo, Azadeh; Raynor, Carolyn; Hair, Sherry; Korang, Thomas; Padilla, Cristina; Chatterjee, Suparna – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2018
The purpose of this article is to provide the instructor and learner perspectives of an online learning technologies course that used Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to support the teaching of UDL. Course design was based on current standards and literature related to online course design including ADDIE, Quality Matters Standards,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Online Courses
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Neumann, Yoram; Neumann, Edith; Lewis, Shelia – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2017
Based on recent studies of self-reflective learning and its effects on various learning outcomes, this study examined the concept of self-reflective learning in the context of the Robust Learning Model (RLM), which is a learning model designed for improving the educational effectiveness of online degree programs. Two models were introduced to…
Descriptors: Masters Degrees, Online Courses, Reflection, Teaching Methods
McDonald, Betty – Online Submission, 2008
This paper examines similarities and differences in faculty and student perceptions to PBL training. Faculty at a newly formed university participated in a four day PBL [Problem-Based Learning] workshop. A cohort of MSc [Master of Science] Petroleum Engineering students were PBL trained. Results from the pre/post test using a 15 item dichotomous…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Training, Graduate Students, College Faculty
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers of the 13th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2016), October 28-30, 2016, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by the University of Mannheim, Germany, and endorsed by the…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Technological Advancement
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Dori, Yehudit Judy; Silva, Arlindo – Advances in Engineering Education, 2010
The Product Design and Development (PDD) course is part of the graduate curriculum in the Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing (EDAM) study in the MIT-Portugal Program. The research participants included about 110 students from MIT, EDAM, and two universities in Portugal, Instituto Superior Técnico-Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (IST) and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Manufacturing
Nicol, Cynthia; Crespo, Sandra – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This study examines the learning of five pre-service teachers investigating a question stemming from their mathematics teaching as part of a final course project in their elementary teacher education program. Analysis of video recordings of group meetings and interviews indicate that as pre-service teachers completed their projects they developed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Education, Teacher Education Programs, Investigations
National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2008
As part of the usual end of year meeting that has been a feature of the National Center for Engineering and Technology Education (NCETE) project, a conference intending to provide a forum for young voices in an outside of the Center was organized. The basic model for the gathering was borrowed from track and field. This was to be an intellectual…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Educational Technology, Program Effectiveness, Self Efficacy