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Vachkova, Svetlana N.; Petryaeva, Elena Y.; Tsyrenova, Marina G.; Shukshina, Liudmila V.; Krasheninnikova, Natalia A.; Leontev, Mikhail G. – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2022
The world we live in today holds some uncertainties. The processes of automation, big data, the digital environment, global crises, and the interconnectedness of international society are changing common technological patterns and the educational system. Among the essential features of competitiveness of teachers in higher education are mobility,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Digital Literacy, Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Cortés, Darwin; Mantilla, César; Prada, Laura – Journal of Economic Education, 2023
The authors adapted a lab-in-the-field experiment emulating the dynamic extraction of a fishery to create a Web-based classroom experiment. The game includes a multi-player version analogous to an open-access problem and a single-player version analogous to the social planner problem. This game is helpful in introductory microeconomics courses to…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elective Courses, Animal Husbandry
Lius, Esko – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
Traditional further professional training has been losing its position and importance in teacher upskilling. Traditional modes of training delivery do not work well in situations where much of the competences have been gained informally, or when teachers find it difficult to attend training days that fit poorly to their schedules or location. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Games, Recognition (Achievement), Prior Learning
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Hammer, Ronen; Ronen, Miky; Kohen-Vacs, Dan – Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 2012
Project-based team competition is a well established instructional strategy with a sound constructivist rationale. However the implementation of this strategy in Higher-Education rarely includes socio-constructivist activities such as peer assessments, which have considerable advantages both for assessees and assessors. It seems that the logistics…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Student Projects, Competition, Teamwork
Johnson, L.; Adams Becker, S.; Estrada, V.; Freeman, A. – New Media Consortium, 2014
"The NMC Horizon Report" series is the most visible outcome of the New Media Consortium (NMC) Horizon Project, an ongoing research effort established in 2002 that identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, research, or creative expression within every sector of education in some 65…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Technological Advancement
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Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Chi, Min, Ed.; Feng, Mingyu, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
The 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2016) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, in the USA. The conference, held June 29-July 2, 2016, follows the eight previous editions (Madrid 2015, London 2014, Memphis…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evidence Based Practice, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Glenn, Marie; D'Agostino, Debra, Ed. – New Media Consortium, 2008
On October 20, 2008, the New Media Consortium announced the release of a white paper produced in conjunction with the Economist Magazine and in collaboration with Apple, Inc. This paper reports the results of a study of nearly 300 CIOs and technology leaders inside and outside of education to gain deeper insight into the wider impact of technology…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Consortia, Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education
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Versluis, Arthur – Academic Questions, 2004
The president of a vastly profitable virtual education corporation asserted that customers flock to him, not for an education, but for the material comforts that an education provides. Compelled by technology and supported by the World Trade Organization, such huge credentialing agencies employ lowpaid contractors to dish out homogenized info…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Computer Uses in Education, Public Education, Educational Technology
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Lancaster, S.; Yen, D. C.; Wang, J-C. – Industry and Higher Education, 2003
Online education has become a highly debated topic. While some educators see it as a commercialized and prepackaged form of education, one that limits the verbal skills of students, others see it as breaking down the geographical and financial barriers that many students face. Online delivery has changed education in a number of ways, increasing…
Descriptors: Virtual Universities, Internet, Distance Education, Online Courses