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Building a Virtual Community of Practice: Teacher Learning for Computational Thinking Infusion
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Jocius, Robin; O'Byrne, W. Ian; Albert, Jennifer; Joshi, Deepti; Blanton, Melanie; Robinson, Richard; Andrews, Ashley; Barnes, Tiffany; Catete, Veronica – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an urgent need for professional development (PD) experiences to support teacher learning across hybrid and digital contexts. This study investigates teachers' experiences in a Virtual Pivot, a PD workshop designed to support computational thinking integration into disciplinary teaching. Participants were 151 middle and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Communities of Practice, Computation, Thinking Skills
Achieving Critical Dialogue in Online Doctoral Programs: An Exploration of Student Perceptions and Experiences with Multiple Modalities
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Warr, Melissa; Sampson, Carrie – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
Critical pedagogy employs dialogue that is embodied, reflective, and authentic with aims to promote action toward social justice. Although online learning is well suited to support several characteristics of critical dialogue (i.e., participant diversity, student discussions, emphasis on reflection), it can also be impersonal and disembodied. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Justice, Online Courses, Student Diversity
Student Perceptions of Active-Learning Strategies Utilized in a Drugs in Pregnancy Elective Delivered Synchronously across Multiple Campuses
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Eiland, Lea S. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
Active-learning activities can be successfully implemented into a course even when instructors are not in the same physical classroom as students. Technology can assist with synchronous distance education as well as facilitate active learning. This manuscript describes student perceptions of active learning activities in a re-designed drugs in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Pregnancy, Drug Use
Here or There Instruction: Lessons Learned in Implementing Innovative Approaches to Blended Synchronous Learning
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Zydney, Janet Mannheimer; McKimmy, Paul; Lindberg, Rachel; Schmidt, Matthew – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
Here or There (HOT) instruction is a blended synchronous approach that enables students from on-campus ("here") or a remote location ("there") to participate together in class activities in real time. The purpose of this article is to share three different cases at two universities that illustrate different implementations of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Blended Learning, Synchronous Communication, Class Activities