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Corbeil, Joseph Rene, Ed.; Khan, Badrul H., Ed.; Corbeil, Maria Elena, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021
"Microlearning in the Digital Age" explores the design and implementation of bite-sized learning and training in technology-enabled environments. Grounded in research-based best practices and a robust, eight-dimensional framework, this book applies the latest developments in mobile learning, social media, and instructional/multimedia…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Minicourses, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design
Moyses, David D.; Rivet, Jennifer L.; Fahlman, Bradley D. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2010
We describe the use of concept maps within a 4-week nanotechnology survey course, designed for first-year undergraduate students. Because of the extremely short time frame of the class, students would be inundated with an overwhelming number of new concepts and definitions. Hence, we employed concept mapping to increase student retention and…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, College Freshmen, Minicourses, Introductory Courses
Lostroh, C. Phoebe – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2007
Many institutions offer courses that last less than a quarter and are a student's sole academic responsibility for that short term. There is an unfortunate and incorrect perception that such short classes cannot be used to teach substantively. At Colorado College, we teach all of our courses in 3.5 wk, including majors' courses in molecular cell…
Descriptors: Cytology, Biology, Sciences, Minicourses
Kawano, Mikiko – Babel, 2007
A key consideration in course planning and teaching is motivation, which is sometimes considered the single most important factor in the practical realisation of language teaching in the classroom. The motivation students have for attending recreational courses can be somewhat different from that of students in school and university programs.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Minicourses, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning

Wilson, Kara Gae – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Using an Oklahoma intermediate school program as an example, this article advises a laboratory approach to teaching computer literacy. Suggests nine-week minicourses linking computer and curriculum basics and wider student access to computers. (MLH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment
Bar-Lev, Zev – 1990
An examination is made of a foreign language teaching concept called pre-language that attempts to help foreign language students increase their speaking confidence and speaking abilities in the new language. The teaching method is designed for four distinct environments, including: (1) an independent mini-course for tourists or emergency needs;…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Minicourses

Tamburrino, Marijo B.; And Others – Medical Teacher, 1991
The Helping Relationship Inventory was used to see whether objective improvement in medical student (n=109) communication skills occurred in a relatively brief (nine-hour) small-group course in interviewing. The study demonstrated that even brief small-group interviewing courses can effect a positive change in communication skills. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Evaluation Methods, Helping Relationship, Higher Education
Merrell, Kenneth W.; Parisi, Danielle M.; Whitcomb, Sara A. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2007
Social-emotional competence--it is a critical part of every child's school success, and just like any academic subject, children need instruction in it. Developed by a top expert, these proven curricula will help promote the social-emotional competence and resilience of children and adolescents. Divided into four age levels from kindergarten…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Creative Activities, Class Activities, Emotional Development
Urofsky, Melvin I.; Cox, Nancy – 1988
Students should achieve a higher level of understanding and appreciation of the evolving nature of the U.S. Constitution and its relevance to contemporary societal issues by studying historical documents from the period of time between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. This document begins with a history of that period and of the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Constitutional History, High Schools, Learning Modules
Hambach, Doris – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
The Academic Lab involves gifted intermediate-grade students in a minicourse concentrating on one topic with activities including research, competition, and fun. The learning activities stress problem-solving, creative thinking, communications, and self-direction, and the minicourse culminates in team and individual competitions. A sample…
Descriptors: Competition, Geography, Gifted, Group Activities
Swinson, Jeremy; Harrop, Alex – Educational Studies, 2005
Nineteen teachers took part in a brief, one session, in-service course in which they were trained in behavioural techniques with the main aim of helping them increase their rates of approval contingent upon required behaviours from their pupils and to decrease their rates of disapproval. Subsidiary aims were that the teachers would be enabled to…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Inservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Teachers

Hariri, Mehrangiz; Davoodifar, Hussein – International Library Review, 1988
Provides an overview of the continuing education programs in library and information science available in Iran, and describes a survey that assessed the effectiveness of short courses conducted by the Iranian Documentation Center during 1982-1986. Recommendations for curriculum development and future programs are discussed. (2 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Science

Knautz, Robert F. – NASSP Bulletin, 1978
Designed for high school teachers and administrators, this compilation of two journal articles, a bibliography, and a course list describes how one school took two days between semesters, abandoned regular schedules, and offered special minicourses suited to the talents of the staff and community. Minicourses are seen as a way to broaden horizons,…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Resources, Elective Courses, High Schools
Nash, Andy; Uvin, Johan – 1993
A minicourse pilot project was designed by the Massachusetts Department of Education to meet the staff training and development needs of workplace educators in the National Workplace Literacy Program. During the course, various activities and group configurations were used to help teachers apply modeled approaches to their own teaching contexts,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Educational Needs
Novik, Sandra; Difulgo, Robert – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1987
Detailed description of a minicourse that uses library media resources and museum visits to teach American history through art. An outline of the course provides objectives, activities, and assignments for each of 10 lessons. (CLB)
Descriptors: Art Appreciation, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Guides, Field Trips
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