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Yeager, Carol; Hurley-Dasgupta, Betty; Bliss, Catherine A. – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2013
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) continue to attract press coverage as they change almost daily in their format, number of registrations, and potential for credentialing. An enticing aspect of the MOOC is its global reach. In this paper, we will focus on a type of MOOC called a cMOOC because it is based on the theory of connectivism and fits…
Descriptors: Global Education, Online Courses, Open Source Technology, Educational Resources
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Rodríguez, Y.; Santana, A.; Mendoza, L. M. – Physics Education, 2013
Recently, with the development of more powerful and accurate computational tools, the inclusion of new didactic materials in the classroom is known to have increased. However, the form in which these materials can be used to enhance the learning process is still under debate. Many different methodologies have been suggested for constructing new…
Descriptors: Physics, Optics, Computation, Technology Uses in Education
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Alberti, Sandra – Educational Leadership, 2013
Over the last two years, the author has talked with thousands of educators about the Common Core State Standards, and she has realized that one of the biggest risks they currently face is full-speed implementation without an understanding of the changes that the standards require. When a new reform initiative comes around, the instinct of teachers…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Change, Academic Standards, Change Strategies
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Winch, Christopher – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2013
Three kinds of knowledge usually recognised by epistemologists are identified and their relevance for curriculum design is discussed. These are: propositional knowledge, know-how and knowledge by acquaintance. The inferential nature of propositional knowledge is argued for and it is suggested that propositional knowledge in fact presupposes the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Epistemology, Familiarity, Knowledge Level
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Grunefeld, Hetty; van Tartwijk, Jan; Jongen, Havva; Wubbels, Theo – International Journal for Academic Development, 2015
This article describes and assesses the design and effects of one of the first academic development programmes on Leadership for Educational Change. The participants are senior academics, involved in leadership of teaching and learning. We report on an evaluation using a mixed-method approach employing a self-report questionnaire administered to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Leadership Training, Instructional Development, Instructional Design
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Tüzün, Hakan; Çinar, Murat – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
This study shared unique design experiences by examining the process of transferring residential courses to the Web, and proposed a design model for individuals who want to transfer their courses into this environment. The formative research method was used in the study, and two project teams' processes of putting courses, which were being taught…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Production Techniques, Guidelines, Design Preferences
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Smith, Kevin G.; Dombek, Jennifer L.; Foorman, Barbara R.; Hook, Karl S.; Lee, Laurie; Cote, Anna-Marie; Sanabria, Israel; Stafford, Tammy – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2016
While academic interventions can be implemented in any grade, focusing on interventions in high school is critical because it is often a student's last chance to become ready for the academic demands of postsecondary education and careers. States across the country are implementing large-scale initiatives focused on delivering academic…
Descriptors: Intervention, Guides, High Schools, Program Implementation
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Linenberger, Kimberly J.; Holme, Thomas A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Biochemistry instructors are inundated with various representations from which to choose to depict biochemical phenomena. Because of the immense amount of visual know-how needed to be an expert biochemist in the 21st century, there have been calls for instructors to develop biochemistry students' visual literacy. However, visual literacy has…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Visual Literacy, Teacher Attitudes, Skill Development
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Webb, Katy Kavanagh; Hoover, Jeanne – College & Research Libraries, 2015
Librarians designed a biology tutorial not only to address an assignment, but also to make tutorials more accessible to students with various learning styles. The Science Librarian created the content by using aspects of the Information Literacy Standards for Science and Technology/Engineering, an informal survey of biology faculty, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Academic Libraries, Library Instruction, Tutorial Programs
Luterbach, Kenneth J. – Educational Technology, 2013
Educational technologists may advance the state of the field by increasing capacity to develop software tools and instructional applications. Presently, few academic programs in educational technology require even a single computer programming course. Further, the educational technologists who develop software generally work independently or in…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Educational Technology, Programming, Capacity Building
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Fuglestad, Anne Berit – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2013
This paper presents a case of collaboration with three teachers and a didactician on task development within a developmental research project based on ideas of inquiry and learning community. The teachers' goal was to utilise a spreadsheet to orchestrate the pupils' investigations and build a library of tasks for the classroom. The focus is on one…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Secondary School Mathematics, Spreadsheets
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Barron, Lisa; Preston-Sabin, Jennie; Kennedy, David – SRATE Journal, 2013
As a part of the Ready2Teach teacher education redesign of the Tennessee Board of Regents, Problem-Based Learning (PBL) has been implemented in the Foundations of Education courses of some universities. PBLs require teacher candidates to work in groups to research best practices and strategies that they would use to deal with real-world situations…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Foundations of Education
Jackson, Nancy Mann – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2013
In the growing shipbuilding industry along the Gulf Coast, not only is it difficult to find skilled workers to fill open positions, but the problem is also compounded because various shipyards have different definitions of what a welder or shipfitter does. To combat the issue, the Alabama Technology Network (ATN)--the state's Manufacturing…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Program Development, Instructional Development, Academic Standards
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Friesen, Norm; Murray, Judith – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013
The mission of Thompson Rivers University Open Learning (TRU-OL) can be understood in terms of three entities: the student, the faculty member and the curriculum content. Their conjuncture--when a TRU-OL student works with TRU-OL courseware and is supported by a TRU-OL faculty member--is where learning, assessment and, ultimately, credentialing…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Electronic Learning, Educational Methods
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Nagle, Barbara – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
Fostering interdisciplinary learning in biology will require significant changes in the way one teaches science to K-12 students. The perspective on interdisciplinary biology teaching and learning in this essay is based on the author's experiences as a former research cell biologist, high school science teacher, and developer of secondary science…
Descriptors: Biology, Interdisciplinary Approach, Unified Studies Curriculum, Teaching Methods
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