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Jarvis, Jason; Pixley, Tara – Communication Teacher, 2021
Courses: Digital Storytelling, Community Journalism. Objectives: This course is designed to introduce students to basic concepts in digital storytelling and community journalism. "Immersed in urban oil" is an interdisciplinary project-based, community-engaged course focused on documenting the historical and contemporary oil…
Descriptors: Fuels, Story Telling, Information Technology, Teaching Methods
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Khouri, Nadia G.; Fontana, Michelli; Dias, Igor L. R.; Maciel, Maria R. W.; Maciel Filho, Rubens; Mariano, Adriano P. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic required educational institutions to adapt face-to-face to remote teaching. This study reports the experience in the first semester of 2020 for a Chemical Engineering Capstone Design Course at the University of Campinas in Brazil. In this course, senior year students develop a group project, in which they simulate…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Fuels, Student Attitudes, Pandemics
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Pedwell, Rhianna K.; Fraser, James A.; Wang, Jack T. H.; Clegg, Jack K.; Chartres, Jy D.; Rowland, Susan L. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2018
Course-integrated Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) involve large numbers of students in real research. We describe a late-year microbiology CURE in which students use yeast to address a research question around beer brewing or synthesizing biofuel; the interdisciplinary student-designed project incorporates genetics, bioinformatics,…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Undergraduate Students, Microbiology
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Minayeva, Yelena; Sugralina, Larissa; Salkeeva, Lyazat; Omasheva, Aiman – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
Learning model in Kazakhstani Universities is being focused on transforming education from teacher-centered to student-centered approach. This transformation requires academic staff retraining and a significant modernization of educational process. In this article we discuss issues of methodological readiness of academic staff for student-centered…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Student Projects, Active Learning
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Vallero, Daniel A.; Braiser, Chris – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2008
Lifecycle assessment (LCA) is a valuable tool in teaching green engineering and has been used to assess biofuels, including ethanol. An undergraduate engineering course at Duke University has integrated LCA with other interactive teaching techniques to enhance awareness and to inform engineering decision making related to societal issues, such as…
Descriptors: Food Service, Engineering Education, Thermodynamics, Energy