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Download full textHuang, Chung-Kai; Lin, Chun-Yu; Lin, Zih-Cin; Wang, Cui – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
In a globalized digital age, the creation of curriculum innovation, along with the way we deliver course content has a great impact on preparing and equipping students with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the workplace. The affordance of connectivity of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) has provided new opportunities for higher…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Evans, Sheila; Dawson, Clare – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2017
The value of students publicly sharing and discussing their solutions to unstructured problems is widely recognized. This can, however, be pedagogically challenging. The solutions may be partial, unclear and unpredictable. For many teachers, particularly those new to working with such problems with their students, the improvisation needed to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Group Discussion, Teaching Methods, Responses
Direct linkEvans, Suzannah; Myrick, Jessica Gall – Distance Education, 2015
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have proliferated in recent years despite disagreement about the role of MOOCs in higher education and whether student outcomes are satisfactory. Taking a mixed-methods approach, the current study surveys professors who have taught MOOCs (n = 162) in order to better understand how MOOCs are perceived by…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Higher Education, Large Group Instruction, Mixed Methods Research
Korte, Debra; Reitz, Nicholas; Schmidt, Shelly J. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2016
Informed by the latest research on how people learn, effective teachers address both aspects of the teaching-learning equation--they engage students in the course material by implementing best teaching practices and they prepare students for learning by sharing best learning practices. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Student Centered Learning, Likert Scales, Student Attitudes
Naude, M.; Derera, E. – Industry and Higher Education, 2014
Higher education institutions need to align themselves more closely with the needs of businesses and equip students with the skills and experience necessary to make them more successful and value-adding employees. This paper explores undergraduate student perceptions of the effectiveness of the case study teaching and learning method in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Higher Education, Colleges
Drinkwater, Michael J.; Gannaway, Deanne; Sheppard, Karen; Davis, Matthew J.; Wegener, Margaret J.; Bowen, Warwick P.; Corney, Joel F. – Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 2014
Turning lectures into interactive, student-led question and answer sessions is known to increase learning, but enabling interaction in a large class seems an insurmountable task. This can discourage adoption of this new approach -- who has time to individualize responses, address questions from over 200 students and encourage active participation…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Processes, Large Group Instruction, College Freshmen
Engidaw, Berhanu – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
This study is on teacher trainers and teacher trainees' perceptions and practices of active learning and the constraints to implementing them in the English Department of Bahir Dar University. A mixed study approach that involves a quantitative self administered questionnaire, a semi-structured lesson observation guide, and qualitative in depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Student Teacher Attitudes, Active Learning
Copland, Fiona; Garton, Sue; Burns, Anne – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2014
Drawing on data from a recent research international research project, this article focuses on the challenges faced by teachers of English to young learners against the backdrop of the global rise of English. A mixed-methods approach was used to obtain the data, including a survey, which was completed by 4,459 teachers worldwide, and case studies,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Bati, Tesfaye Bayu; Gelderblom, Helene; van Biljon, Judy – Computer Science Education, 2014
The challenge of teaching programming in higher education is complicated by problems associated with large class teaching, a prevalent situation in many developing countries. This paper reports on an investigation into the use of a blended learning approach to teaching and learning of programming in a class of more than 200 students. A course and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Blended Learning, Educational Technology
Hoekstra, Angel; Mollborn, Stefanie – Learning, Media and Technology, 2012
This article identifies how clicker use can support or augment existing principles of good teaching across different disciplines in higher education. While many of these principles will be familiar to instructors, the link between student response system (SRS) use and existing pedagogical methods is still often unclear, even for scholars who are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Intellectual Disciplines
Stephens, A. Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study is to investigate student interactions with simulations, and teacher support of those interactions, within naturalistic high school physics classroom settings. This study focuses on data from two lesson sequences that were conducted in several physics classrooms. The lesson sequences were conducted in a whole class…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Simulation, Group Discussion
Conn, Samuel S.; Boyer, John D.; Hu, Deyu; Wilkinson, Thomas – Information Systems Education Journal, 2010
Faculty members who teach large-size undergraduate classes face unique and distinct issues and challenges. Examples of issues and challenges in teaching large, diverse undergraduate student populations include wide distribution of backgrounds and abilities, various majors versus students taking electives, lack of personal attention and student…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
