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Direct linkDrysdale, Timothy D.; Kelley, Simon; Scott, Anne-Marie; Dishon, Victoria; Weightman, Andrew; Lewis, Richard James; Watts, Stephen – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2020
Traditional practical work for higher education in STEM subjects is under pressure from rising student numbers and a desired increase in active learning. Investing in more buildings and staff is financially challenging, while stretching existing resources affects outcomes, health, and participation. A more pragmatic approach is to embrace a less…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, STEM Education, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Chen, Xieling; Zou, Di; Xie, Haoran; Su, Fan – Language Learning & Technology, 2021
The advance of educational technologies and digital devices have made computer-assisted language learning (CALL) an active interdisciplinary field with increasing research potential and topic diversity. Questions like "what topics and technologies attract the interest of the CALL community?," "how have these topics and technologies…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Research
Baruch, Alona Forkosh, Ed.; Tal, Hagit Meishar, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
The use of mobile technology for learning in organizations and the workplace is spreading widely with the development of infrastructure and devices that allow ubiquitous learning and training. Since learning, teaching, and training in a mobile-saturated environment is a developing field, implications for a combined overview of these topics may be…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Electronic Learning, Best Practices, Workplace Learning
Webber, Sheila – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2010
This article discusses activities carried out in the virtual world of Second Life (SL) as part of a compulsory class in the first year of an undergraduate programme. The paper identifies the contribution of SL to the students' learning environment and an Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) approach to programme design. The reasons for taking an IBL…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Inquiry, Virtual Classrooms, Computer Simulation
Moizer, Jonathan; Lean, Jonathan; Towler, Michael; Abbey, Caroline – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2009
Based on a categorization of simulation and gaming barriers developed in a previous study, this work seeks to explore in greater depth the composition and nature of these obstacles. It examines the interrelationships between the barriers and the impact of other contextual factors in the pedagogic environment. A series of in-depth interviews were…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Informal Education, Information Sources, Teaching Methods
Jin, Li; Wen, Zhigang; Gough, Norman – Learning, Media and Technology, 2010
Virtual worlds have been linked with e-learning applications to create virtual learning environments (VLEs) for the past decade. However, while they can support many educational activities that extend both traditional on-campus teaching and distance learning, they are used primarily for learning content generated and managed by instructors. With…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Active Learning, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
