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College Student Engagement in OER Design Projects: Impacts on Attitudes, Motivation, and Learning
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Trust, Torrey; Maloy, Robert W.; Edwards, Sharon – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2023
Open educational resources (OER), which are teaching, learning, and research materials that are openly licensed, are growing in popularity in higher education. Previous studies have focused on faculty and student perceptions and use of OER. In this study, we examined how actively engaging students as curators and designers of OERs through…
Descriptors: College Students, Open Educational Resources, Student Attitudes, Learner Engagement
"If We Can Do It, Anyone Can!": Evaluating a Virtual "Paper Chase" Collaborative Writing Model for Rapid Research Dissemination
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Alicia A Dahl; Jessamyn Bowling; Lisa M Krinner; Candace S Brown; George Shaw Jr.; Janaka B Lewis; Trudy Moore-Harrison; Sandra M Clinton; Scott R Gartlan – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2024
The Paper Chase model is a synchronous collaborative approach to manuscript development. Through a structured and team-based design, authors participate in a "marathon" of writing, editing, revising, and submitting their publications within a specified period. This active-learning approach is considered a high-impact practice by engaging…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Collaborative Writing, Synchronous Communication, Teamwork
Teamwork Satisfaction: Exploring the Multilevel Interaction of Teamwork Interest and Group Extraversion
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French, Kimberly A.; Kottke, Janet L. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2013
Multilevel modeling is used to examine the impact of teamwork interest and group extraversion on group satisfaction. Participants included 206 undergraduates in 65 groups who were surveyed at the beginning and end of a requisite term-length group project for an upper-division university course. We hypothesized that teamwork interest and both…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Teamwork, Participant Satisfaction, Group Dynamics
Student Motivations as Predictors of High-Level Cognitions in Project-Based Classrooms
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Stolk, Jonathan; Harari, Janie – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2014
It is well established that active learning helps students engage in high-level thinking strategies and develop improved cognitive skills. Motivation and self-regulated learning research, however, illustrates that cognitive engagement is an effortful process that is related to students' valuing of the learning tasks, adoption of internalized goal…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Active Learning, Learner Engagement, Thinking Skills