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Vanderstraeten Lize; Buysschaert Fanny; De Mulder Viktor; François Delphine; Janssens Laure; Maes Ann; Maes Grégory; Minnaert Elke; Opdecam Evelien – European Journal of Education, 2025
Engaging first-year students from the first moment of arrival is crucial to support their transition to higher education and facilitate their learning experiences and learning outcomes. Orientation activities offer first-year students important transitional support during their first period at higher education. As students sometimes consider…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Gamification, School Orientation, Program Design
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Schmidt, Matthew; Lu, Jie; Luo, Wenjing; Cheng, Li; Lee, Minyoung; Huang, Rui; Weng, Yueqi; Kichler, Jessica C.; Corathers, Sarah D.; Jacobsen, Laura M.; Albanese-O'Neill, Anastasia; Smith, Laura; Westen, Sarah; Gutierrez-Colina, Ana M.; Heckaman, Leah; Wetter, Sara E.; Driscoll, Kimberly A.; Modi, Avani – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a lifelong and chronic condition that can cause severely compromised health. The T1D treatment regimen is complex, and is a particular challenge for adolescents, who frequently experience a number of treatment adherence barriers (e.g., forgetfulness, planning and organizational challenges, stress). Diabetes Journey is a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Diabetes, Self Management, Intervention
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Poh Kiong Tee; Tat-Huei Cham; Eugene Cheng-Xi Aw; Adham Khudaykulov; Xiaoyu Zhang – International Journal of Educational Management, 2024
Purpose: Digitalisation is reshaping the learning process, shifting it towards personalisation and online learning, and fuelling the growth of massive open online courses (MOOCs) and micro-credentials. Despite being a popular global trend, limited studies have looked at micro-credentials and their impact on learners' behavioural outcomes. The…
Descriptors: Microcredentials, Student Recruitment, Student Participation, Costs
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Jerdborg, Stina – Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, 2023
Following a professional program to ensure qualification for school leadership is a growing trend. However, school leaders have also come to understand and use content from educational programs in widely different ways. There is therefore a need to study how participating school principals experience learning differently within one and the same…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Faculty Development, Principals
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K. Sian Davies-Vollum; Chris Ribchester; Esther Yeboah Danso-Wiredu; Debadayita Raha – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2024
The UN locates education at the heart of the process to achieve a more sustainable future and deliver the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) by 2030. Within this context, this paper outlines the experience of designing and delivering an international virtual mobility workshop which brought together university students from the UK and…
Descriptors: Mobility, Workshops, Electronic Learning, International Programs
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Raquel María Pérez-García; Amaya Erro-Garcés; Maria Elena Aramendia-Muneta; Antonio López Peláez – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2024
Purpose: Doctoral programs play a crucial role in promoting innovation and technology transfer in universities. To design these programs effectively and with a co-design perspective, it is essential to consider all stakeholders involved in the process, including teachers, students and employers. The main objective of this study is to enhance…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students, Employment Potential, Program Design
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Kelly George; Aaron Clevenger – Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, 2021
Purpose: At Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, an annual short-term, research abroad non-credit program was created in 2012 as a core component of the undergraduate research initiative that achieves learning outcomes in a meaningful way. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach: In order to describe, and analyze the…
Descriptors: Universities, Study Abroad, Noncredit Courses, Research Projects
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Gulistan Gursel-Bilgin – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2023
This study examines the commitments of an alternative teacher education program in linking theory and practice, one of the most prominent problems of the field. This qualitative phenomenological study drew from semi-structured interviews with seven faculty members and associate instructors, electronic surveys with seven program students,…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Theory Practice Relationship, Program Design, Teacher Education Programs
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DeJordy, Rich; Milevoj, Emil; Schmidtke, James M.; Bommer, William H. – Journal of International Education in Business, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of individual difference variables and social relationships on student learning outcomes of short-term study abroad programs. Design/methodology/approach: This study used a social network analysis (SNA) approach to examine the effects of friendship, advice and communication networks on…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Social Networks, Individual Differences, Interpersonal Relationship
Center for Community College Student Engagement, 2020
A challenge that community colleges continue to face is how to strengthen the education they provide in ways that lead to increased college completion and equity in student outcomes. Information gleaned from the Center's survey research and student focus groups over nearly two decades has produced the awareness that substantial improvement in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Educational Improvement, Educational Change
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Miller, Faye; Partridge, Helen; Bruce, Christine; Hemmings, Brian – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
This article presents a "knowledge ecosystem" model of how early career academics experience using information to learn while building their social networks for developmental purposes. Developed using grounded theory methodology, the model offers a way of conceptualising how to empower early career academics through (1) agency…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Informal Education, Career Academies, Models
Kortz, Karen M.; van der Hoeven Kraft, Katrien J. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2016
Undergraduate research has been shown to be an effective practice for learning science. While this is a popular discussion topic, there are few full examples in the literature for introductory-level students. This paper describes the Geoscience Education Research Project, an innovative course-based research experience designed for…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Research Projects, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
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DePalma, Renée – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2015
This study investigates the self-reported experiences of students participating in a Galician language and culture course. Galician, a language historically spoken in northwestern Spain, has been losing ground with respect to Spanish, particularly in urban areas and among the younger generations. The research specifically focuses on informal…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Second Language Learning, Interviews, Student Attitudes
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Morciano, Daniele; Scardigno, Anna Fausta; Manuti, Amelia; Pastore, Serafina – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2014
In this paper an evaluation study of a public programme financing a regional network of 157 youth centres in the South of Italy is presented. A theory-based evaluation model was adopted to explore the causal links between different types of participation experience. Evaluation questions focused on three main issues are: the perception of…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Youth Agencies, Participation, Program Evaluation
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Weber-Mayrer, Melissa M.; Piasta, Shayne B.; Yeager Pelatti, Christina – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2015
Professional development (PD) for early childhood educators has received increased attention as a means of bolstering young children's learning and development. Theory and research indicate that educators' characteristics play roles in both their own learning and that of children; however, little research has explored who participates in PD. This…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, State Programs, Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers
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