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Maxwell, Katia; Pittman, Shannon – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2022
The world of Higher Education has been evolving for some time. From only offering classes in a traditional face-to-face format, to correspondence classes, higher education now has the ability to teach fully online courses and programs. However, no matter how classes are taught, the primary goal in Higher Education has always been to educate…
Descriptors: Transfer Students, College Students, Experiential Learning, Outcomes of Education
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Lea, Mary R.; Jones, Sylvia – Studies in Higher Education, 2011
Concerns are frequently raised about undergraduates being so immersed in web-based technologies in their broader lives that they have difficulties engaging in more conventional study practices, such as academic reading and writing essays. The research reported on here examines this issue through a literacies lens. The project findings illustrate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Students, Internet
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Lindroth, Tomas; Bergquist, Magnus – Computers & Education, 2010
In this article an ethnographical study of laptopers' activities during lectures in a university milieu is analyzed as different kinds of involvements. Through interviews and observations we have focused on how these involvements influence the laptopers' alignment towards the educational practice. The analysis shows the importance of separating…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Educational Practices, College Students, Lecture Method
DeBerg, Curtis L.; Thornton, Kelby – 1999
An innovative entrepreneurship education program was developed and delivered during summer 1998. The program was conceived by the youth program coordinator of the Butte County, California, Private Industry Council (PIC), who had been impressed by the results of a program during which the PIC hired three students from the California State…
Descriptors: Business Education, College School Cooperation, College Students, Computer Literacy
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers