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Effects of Learning Design Patterns in Service Learning Courses
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Gerholz, Karl-Heinz; Liszt, Verena; Klingsieck, Katrin B. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Students participate during service learning courses in a service project, which fits to a community need and has a link to curricular content. Students have a chance while engaged in the service project to apply curricular content in community practice, where they gain insights into civic engagement activities. Empirical studies revealed the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Curriculum Design, Teaching Methods, Intervention
Engaging with Assessment: Increasing Student Engagement through Continuous Assessment
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Holmes, Naomi – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Student engagement is intrinsically linked to two important metrics in learning: student satisfaction and the quality of the student experience. One of the ways that engagement can be influenced is through careful curriculum design. Using the knowledge that many students are "assessment-driven," a low-stakes continuous weekly summative…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Evaluation, Curriculum Design, Summative Evaluation
Using Case Method to Enrich Students' Learning Outcomes
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Nkhoma, Mathews; Sriratanaviriyakul, Narumon; Quang, Huy Le – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2017
There is a need to examine the effect of using discussion cases to enrich students' learning outcomes. A research framework was created to study this multidimensional relationship, via the instruments of interactivity, students' time devotion and students' engagement in order to find which factors could improve learning outcomes, including…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Curriculum Enrichment, Academic Achievement, Interaction
Embedding Academic Writing Instruction into Subject Teaching: A Case Study
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Wingate, Ursula; Andon, Nick; Cogo, Alessia – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2011
The benefits of embedding the teaching of writing into the curriculum have been advocated by educators and researchers. However, there is currently little evidence of embedded writing instruction in the UK's higher education context. In this article, we present a case study in which we report the design, implementation and evaluation of an…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Undergraduate Students, Intervention, Applied Linguistics
Self-Regulation and Autonomy in Problem- and Project-Based Learning Environments
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Stefanou, Candice; Stolk, Jonathan D.; Prince, Michael; Chen, John C.; Lord, Susan M. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2013
Investigations of the relationships between contexts in which learning occurs and students' behaviours, cognitions and motivations may further our understanding of how instruction is related to students' development as self-regulated learners. In this study, student self-regulated learning strategies in problem-based learning and project-based…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Problem Based Learning, Personal Autonomy, Instructional Design
Using Radar Charts with Qualitative Evaluation: Techniques to Assess Change in Blended Learning
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Kaczynski, Dan; Wood, Leigh; Harding, Ansie – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2008
When university academics implement changes in learning, such as introducing blended learning, it is conventional practice to examine and evaluate the impact of the resulting curriculum reform. Judging the worth and impact of an educational development is a complex task involving subtle differences in learning. Qualitative methods to explore these…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Online Courses, Charts, Electronic Equipment