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Increasing Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Exposure through an Interdisciplinary Web-Based Video Series
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Hammons, Amber J.; Fiese, Barbara; Koester, Brenda; Garcia, Gabriela L.; Parker, Loran; Teegarden, Dorothy – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2020
There is a need for innovative approaches in the classroom to increase student preparedness to address and solve some of today's complex social problems. Interdisciplinary courses can be one way to accomplish this. This is an exploratory study to examine if an interdisciplinary web-based video series is associated with improvements in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Social Problems, Web Based Instruction
Doctorate Education in Chile: The Race to Increase the Production of Doctorate Holders and the Obsession of Quantifying Quality
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Chiappa, Roxana; Labraña, Julio – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2023
The historical development of Chile's doctoral education is closely tied to its semi-peripheral position in the world economy. Drawing from secondary data and historical sources on the development of doctoral education, we conducted a critical analysis of the different phases of doctoral education within the last 70 years, paying special attention…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Knowledge Economy, Doctoral Programs, International Education
Enhancing Students' Responsibility towards Society through Civic Involvement Projects
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Cetindamar, Dilek; Hopkins, Tara – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2008
The recent literature on corporate social responsibility is searching for new ways of education in relation to citizenship and social responsibility. This paper reviews some of the educational issues discussed within the corporate social responsibility literature. It also includes examples of some of the methods and tools used at universities…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Foreign Countries, Social Responsibility, Citizenship Education
The Social Dimensions of Online Learning.
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Nicol, David J.; Minty, Ian; Sinclair, Christine – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2003
Explores the social dimensions of online learning, including ways in which learners interact and communicate with other learners and tutors using electronic communication networks based on experiences in a Masters program in Scotland. Concludes that the social context of online learning is qualitatively different from face-to-face learning and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Interaction