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《Journal of Further & Higher Education》2012,36(1):89-103
Distance education issues affect nearly all participants in higher education, whether or not they are planning to offer (or to take) on-line courses. These issues are affecting business-university interactions as well as the relationship between faculty mem bers and their institutions. This article discusses an assortment of concerns in the USA and many other Western nations related to the nexus between on-line distance education and the traditional classroom, including intellectual property, evaluation and equity. These matters are being heavily influenced by the emerging international market for higher education offerings and by heightened competition from for-profit institutions. Discourse on distance education issues is likely to stimulate thinking about the nature of higher education, especially on the part of students who are being presented with an increasing array of educational options. Faculty members are facing issues of critical importance (especially in the realm of intellectual property rights), issues that will shape the nature of higher education as an entity. 相似文献
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《The Internet and Higher Education》2007,10(3):212-230
This exploratory case study considers the interpersonal dimension of collaborative learning in an online graduate community that is based on a cohort approach to education which is characterized by the social construction of knowledge. Discourse data from two graduate courses are analyzed for interpersonal elements associated with social presence through the lens of Systemic Functional Linguistics. A general profile of the interpersonal dimension of the learning community is provided along with a consideration of cognitive engagement and the interpersonal dynamics of two dilemmatic situations. Data analyses indicate that social presence is much more than social chat and that the nature of the collaborative learning process is deeply intertwined with interpersonal engagement among participants. 相似文献
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A series of workshops with educators at Birmingham City University about enhancing student involvement in course evaluation prompted us to consider the principles of assessment for learning as an approach to enhancing the quality and value of this evaluative activity. We focus on student enhanced learning through effective feedback which is a model designed to support the integration of ‘feedback’ and ‘feed-forward’ as a social practice in higher education. In the same way that dialogue between student and educator is now viewed as an essential part of student development we suggest that this approach should apply equally to the development of courses. In this paper we outline the principles of the model – reflection, transparency and developmental dialogue, and set out the case for using the approach to facilitate greater collaboration between students and educators to create a framework to facilitate shared ownership of course enhancement. 相似文献
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《Journal of Teaching in Social Work》2013,33(1-2):21-29
Abstract This study compared the student course evaluations of standard education and distance learning courses in the school of social work of one southern university. The sample included 14 distance learning (DL) and 122 standard education courses. A 20-item quantitative student course evaluation and a 7-item qualitative questionnaire were used to compare differences between social work courses taught in a standard classroom setting with those taught using distance learning technology. Comparisons of identical courses taught in both formats found that students rated distance learning higher than the standard classroom for a course having predominantly lecture content. Conversely, ratings for clinical practice courses were just the opposite with lower ratings for distance learning than the standard classroom. Results of a qualitative survey (n = 39) of students conducted at the end of a course taught by distance learning found that 73% of the students felt that distance learning technology interfered with class participation. However, 73% of the students felt the instructor handled technological problems in a professional and patient manner. Although 54% of the students reported that they would take another course by distance learning, more research is needed to determine what social work courses can be most effectively taught by distance and classroom formats. 相似文献
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Maurice De Greef Dominique Verté Mien Segers 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2013,32(4):453-476
Our current knowledge society does not only have an impact on labour market demands, but its citizens also have to cope with increasing social demands. A growing number of vulnerable adults lack basic competences and therefore risk social exclusion. In this respect, The European Commission as well as the OECD agree that adult education can play a significant role in increasing social inclusion of vulnerable adults. However, to date, evidence of outcome of adult education programmes in terms of social inclusion is hardly available. The present study aims to unravel the complexity of the phenomenon of adult education to enhance participants’ social inclusion. Using a phenomenographic approach, we have explored different experiences of 32 vulnerable adults who have participated in adult education courses. The results show that an increase on an individual level (activation and internalisation) is more often perceived by the interviewees than an increase on the collective level of social inclusion (participation and connection). To ensure successful results and to improve quality of the lifelong learning process it seems that particularly the variables teacher support, life circumstances, and learning contents and activities are important elements to enhance the transfer aiming to increase social inclusion. 相似文献
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Sandanayake Thanuja Chandani Karunanayaka Shironica Priyanthi Madurapperuma Ajith Parakum 《Education and Information Technologies》2021,26(3):3135-3154
Open Educational Resources (OER) integrated online courses provide a rich and a flexible learning environment to acquire knowledge and skills among undergraduates. A significant issue with OER-integrated online courses is the poorly addressed instructional design features. Instructionally rich online courses will have a greater impact on both teaching and learning. This study is aimed at exploring different support systems in relation to the undergraduate learning process through the design of OER-integrated online courses. It explored design features under four main Instructional Design (ID) aspects, being: Information Design, Instruction Design, Interface Design and Interaction Design. The study adopted a Design-Based Research approach through analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of an intervention in multiple phases, using mixed methodologies. This resulted in a design framework with reusable design principles for OER-integrated online learning. The outcomes of this study will contribute to enhance OER-integrated course design and to develop undergraduate education.
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Hsiu-Ting Hung 《Teaching in Higher Education》2013,18(6):703-714
This study explored how social networking technology can be used to supplement face-to-face courses as a means of enhancing students' sense of community and, thus, to promote classroom communities of practice in the context of higher education. Data were collected from 67 students who enrolled in four face-to-face courses at two public universities in Taiwan. Findings indicated that the majority of participants developed strong feelings of social connectedness and expressed favorable feelings regarding their learning experiences in the classes where social networking sites were used as a supplementary tool. Learner difficulties and concerns of instructors about the educational use of social media are addressed with recommendations for future research and practice. 相似文献
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When group work leaves the classroom does group skills development also go out the window? 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Colin Baskin Michelle Barker Peter Woods 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2005,36(1):19-31
In moving towards what Lemke (1996) terms the ‘interactive learning paradigm’, higher education has adopted two key principles consistent with group learning technologies:
- ? learning is always mediated by and occurs through language ( Falk, 1997 ; Gee, 1997 ); and
- ? learning is distributed across a range of other people, sites, objects, technologies and time ( Gee, 1997 ).
- ? many universities now choose to offer ‘learning resources’ online.
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Margaret Hardy Prudence Millear Mathew Summers 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2017,36(6):730-744
This study draws from interviews of baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1965) enrolled in a traditional university programme. Interviews focussed on the mental, social and physical benefits of university education, exploring the aspirations of baby boomers as well as the social and academic barriers and costs they encountered. This qualitative phenomenological study investigated the perceptions, understandings and beliefs of 15 baby boomers from South-East Queensland who were returning to or commencing university level education. Informal semi-structured interviews were conducted and thematically analysed to provide a detailed account of the baby boomer students’ university experience. Using an adapted health action process approach, with the health goal being replaced by a learning goal, the results confirm that university study in later life can be beneficial to the individual as well as to the wider community. This research can inform policy-making by emphasising the importance of lifelong learning and healthy ageing for the baby boomer generation. The results highlight the value of higher education creating a supportive environment for baby boomer students which, in addition to educational achievements, can assist participants in maintaining good health and making informed health care decisions in the future. 相似文献
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There is increasing emphasis in higher education on preparing students for the workplace and recognising the learning that occurs in the workplace. Workplace learning has been exemplified in aspects of traditional courses by work experience, practicum, sandwich courses and practice‐based courses. Recently, however, academic attention has focused on the development of subjects and degree programs that are entirely workplace‐based. Such programs are negotiated with organisations to meet their own learning needs and promote the learning of individual company employees in the performance of their everyday work. Workplace‐based courses have developed in response to employer demand, restricted government funding for higher education and the need for universities to appeal to new markets. These factors have created a context of considerable tension between traditional academic practice and beliefs, and those that accompany this new approach. These tensions present challenges for universities as they attempt to respond in ways that maintain rigour and integrity while meeting the demands created by contemporary economic, political and social pressures. 相似文献
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Self-directed and social forms of learning are fundamentally different from traditional didactic educational settings from
which students are selected for veterinary, medical and other professional degree courses. It is therefore expected that a
mismatch may emerge between students’ conceptions of effective learning and expectations inherent to the new learning environments.
The present study addressed this issue by examining 128 preclinical students’ predispositions towards two key elements in
problem-based and case-based learning, namely self-directed and social forms of learning. A mixed method approach revealed
converging evidence of students’ overwhelming preference for external, teacher regulation and individual forms of learning.
External regulation was consciously invoked as a coping strategy in managing large amounts of complex information. Constructivist
conceptions of learning were positively related to an appreciation of the cognitive benefits of social forms of learning,
a relationship that has attracted little attention in the higher education literature. These findings stress the importance
of guiding students’ transition towards learning autonomy required for social forms of learning and continuous lifelong learning
after graduation. 相似文献
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任健 《贵州教育学院学报》2008,24(5):41-43
诚信教育是培养成人高校大学生诚信品质的有效路径。要畅通这一有效路径,必须在思想政治理论课教学中凸显诚信教育,在校园文化建设中渗透诚信教育,在社会、网络等空间上延伸诚信教育。 相似文献
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Alexsandro Pereira de Pereira Paulo Lima Junior Renato Felix Rodrigues 《Science & Education》2016,25(3-4):343-362
Explaining is one of the most important everyday practices in science education. In this article, we examine how scientific explanations could serve as cultural tools for members of a group of pre-service physics teachers. Specifically, we aim at their use of explanations about forces of inertia in non-inertial frames of reference. A basic assumption of our study is that explanatory tools (e.g., typical explanations learned) shape the ways we think and speak about the world. Drawing on the theory of mediated action, analysis illustrates three major claims on scientific explanations: (1) explaining is an act of actively responding to explanations presented by others (and not only to evidence itself); (2) the actual experience of explaining involves the enactment of power and authority; (3) resistance (not acknowledging an explanation as one’s own) might be a constitutive part of learning how to explain (hence, teachers could approach scientific explanation in a less dogmatic way). These assertions expand the possibilities of dialogue between studies of scientific explanations and the social sciences. Implications for science teaching and research in science education are presented. 相似文献
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Ji Yong Park 《高等教育研究与发展》2014,33(5):992-1006
The introduction of online delivery platforms such as learning management systems (LMS) in tertiary education has changed the methods and modes of curriculum delivery and communication. While course evaluation methods have also changed from paper-based in-class-administered methods to largely online-administered methods, the data collection instruments have remained unchanged. This paper reports on a small exploratory study of two tertiary-level courses. The study investigated why design of the instruments and methods to administer surveys in the courses are ineffective measures against the intrinsic characteristics of online learning. It reviewed the students' response rates of the conventional evaluations for the courses over an eight-year period. It then compared a newly developed online evaluation and the conventional methods over a two-year period. The results showed the response rates with the new evaluation method increased by more than 80% from the average of the conventional evaluations (below 30%), and the students' written feedback was more detailed and comprehensive than in the conventional evaluations. The study demonstrated the possibility that the LMS-based learning evaluation can be effective and efficient in terms of the quality of students' participation and engagement in their learning, and for an integrated pedagogical approach in an online learning environment. 相似文献
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Amy Krings Elizabeth A. Austic Lorraine M. Gutiérrez Kaleigh E. Dirksen 《Equity & Excellence in Education》2015,48(3):403-417
This cross-sectional, repeated measures, quasi-experimental study evaluates changes in college students’ commitment toward, and confidence in, political participation, civic engagement, and multicultural activism. Our sample (n = 653) consisted of college students in a Midwestern university who participated in one of three social justice education course types (service learning, intergroup dialogue, or lecture-based diversity classes) or in an “introduction to psychology” course (the non-intervention group). After completion of a social justice education course, students reported an increase in political participation and multicultural activism, whereas students enrolled in the non-intervention group reported no changes in these measures. Service learning course participants started and ended their course with the highest reported levels of political participation, civic engagement, and multicultural activism but did not demonstrate an increase in any of the three outcomes. Intergroup dialogue participants demonstrated increases in all three outcomes, while participants of lecture-based classes focusing on social justice issues demonstrated increases in political participation and multicultural activism, but not civic engagement. Our findings suggest that participation in social justice education courses is associated with increases in political participation and multicultural activism. 相似文献
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The Nominal Group Technique: extending the evaluation of students' teaching and learning experiences
Obtaining and evaluating student opinion about their teaching and learning experiences can, if taken seriously, be a complex process. There are not many approaches available for student evaluations, and there has in our view, been an over dependence on course evaluation questionnaires. The Nominal Group Technique (NGT) is a less widely used approach, which this paper argues provides a potential way of extending the evaluation of students' experiences of courses. The paper specifically considers the use of the NGT in the context of an evaluation of the first three cohorts of students on a new degree course. The strengths and weaknesses of the approach as they have emerged in this evaluation are considered. Attention is also paid to evidence concerning the use of the NGT in other contexts. The paper concludes that the NGT has much to offer within the portfolio of student evaluation methods currently being used in higher education. Its particular strengths are assessed in relation to certain possible shortcomings, and its usefulness is considered in relation to various possible contexts. The arguments are illustrated by data taken from our current evaluation study. 相似文献
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This study investigated the relations between teachers’ emotions in teaching and their approaches to teaching in individual
courses. It is derived from two fields of study that have hitherto been largely unconnected in higher education. While the
research literature shows (a) a range of variables are related to the teaching approaches that teachers adopt and that these
approaches are related to the quality of their students’ learning, and (b) that the emotional experience of teachers is an
important factor in teaching, no studies have been reported on the connections between emotions and approaches in teaching
in higher education. Two self-report questionnaires: the Approach to Teaching Inventory-Revised and the Emotions in Teaching
Inventory, were completed by a sample of 175 Australian higher education teachers. The results suggest that there are significant
relations between the ways teachers emotionally experience the context of teaching and the ways they approach their teaching,
with positive emotions being associated with student-focused teaching approaches and negative emotions with transmission approaches.
The relations help explain why new teaching strategies may not be successful or not even adopted. 相似文献
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翁金芸 《上海教育评估研究》2020,9(6):44-48
随着世界范围的高等教育知识生产模式转型,美国社会对优质的服务学习课程的诉求日益强烈,高等教育进入关注课程评估的质量保障时代。基于服务学习课程的主体多元性、内涵丰富性、情境的动态性等特点,本文从评估目的、评估主客体及内容、评估方法及工具和评估运用等方面探析美国高校服务学习课程的评估方案,指出其评估理念、评估过程、评估方法和工具能为我国提供重要的借鉴意义。 相似文献
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Kevin Downing 《Educational studies》2004,30(3):265-276
Increasingly, online learning is perceived as an effective method of instruction. Much recent educational research has focused on examining the purposes and situations for which online education is best suited. In this paper, students enrolled in two online courses are compared with their peers enrolled in equivalent classroom‐based courses to investigate aspects of the relationship between learning style and mode of delivery. Student satisfaction measures are taken from participants in both modes of delivery and compared with student learning style. Feedback from the ‘Reflector’ learning style demonstrates higher satisfaction levels with the online mode of delivery compared with their matched counterparts following equivalent classroom‐based courses. Therefore, whilst ‘Reflectors’ might be regarded as Introverts in the traditional classroom setting, the additional time for reflection offered by online delivery makes this group more likely to contribute to online discussion, report higher satisfaction levels and generally behave more like online Extraverts. 相似文献