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Nanak Hikmatullah; Torrey Trust – Distance Learning, 2024
This article describes the development and impact of a faculty development program on improving the readiness of Indonesian educators to teach online. While online learning is seen as a potential solution to increasing access to higher education in Indonesia, most higher education faculty in Indonesia lack the necessary skills to teach online…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Humanization
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Beers, Melissa A.; Hall, Mona L.; Matthews, Adam G. W.; Elmore, Donald E.; Oakes, Elizabeth S. C.; Goss, John W.; Radhakrishnan, Mala L. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2021
We describe a first-semester, integrated, introductory biology and chemistry course for undergraduates at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA, USA. Our vision was to create a supportive learning community in which students could comfortably make connections between scientific disciplines as they learned necessary content for subsequent courses,…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Biology, Chemistry, Undergraduate Students
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Roberts, Emma; Sayer, Karen – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2017
This paper illustrates a radical course design structured to create active and situated learning in which students participate in communities of practice within the classroom, replicating real-life work situations. This paper illustrates the approach through a People Management module, but the approach is also used across a range of disciplines…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Communities of Practice, Expertise, Classroom Techniques
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O'Malley, Gary S. – Educational Forum, 2010
This study describes the professional development experience in one high school in which participants worked over a four-year period to share responsibility in the design of a teacher induction program. The article explores the salient features of an ideal induction program by examining purpose, organization, and delivery. The author concludes…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Beginning Teacher Induction, Professional Development, Program Descriptions