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McKenna, Kelly – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2018
This study investigated the online higher education learning space of a doctoral program offered at a distance. It explored the learning space, the stakeholders, utilization, and creators of the space. Developing a successful online classroom experience that incorporates an engaging environment and dynamic community setting conducive to learning…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Distance Education
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Tan, Esther; So, Hyo-Jeong – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2015
This paper investigates the relationship between activity design and discourse on a mobile learning trail, considering the physical affordances of the real world platform in designing contextual learning experiences. We adopted a "context-oriented" and "process-oriented" pedagogical approach in designing the mobile learning…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Instructional Design, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Fowlin, Julaine; Amelink, Catherine; Scales, Glenda – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
Innovative thinking skills are among the top characteristics that employers look for when hiring engineers. Universities are therefore charged with investigating and providing the type of learning environments that will foster the development of innovative thinking especially in large classes. This involves considering multiple factors such as the…
Descriptors: Innovation, Creative Thinking, Thinking Skills, Large Group Instruction
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Husband, Gary – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2015
This paper presents the initial findings of a research project that aims to investigate the impact of teacher training for lecturers in post-compulsory education on engagement with continuing professional development (CPD) for learning and teaching. The majority of colleges and universities operating in the UK now ensure that all teaching staff…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Postsecondary Education, Professional Continuing Education
Holm, Jennifer, Ed.; Mathieu-Soucy, Sarah, Ed. – Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group, 2019
In June 2018 the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group/Groupe Canadien d'étude en didactique des mathématiques (CMESG/GCEDM) held its 42nd meeting in the idyllic setting of Squamish, British Columbia. This meeting marked the first time CMESG/GCEDM had been in British Columbia since 2010 and the first time it had been held at Quest University.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach