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Gross, Ronald – Planning for Higher Education, 1975
Fourth in a series of profiles documenting the practices of 24 institutions, this report describes Syracuse University's Center for Instructional Development, which spearheads the campus-wide determination to find better ways of teaching and learning. The Center relies not on hardware but on the force of its ideas and the willingness of the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Curriculum Study Centers
Gross, Beatrice; Gross, Ronald – Saturday Rev, 1970
The activities in an infant school in Great Britain are conducted in an unorganized fashion on the theory that children will learn best when they are learning what most interests them. (CK)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Innovation, Primary Education
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Gross, Ronald – Change, 1984
The Mina Shaughnessy Scholars Program provides funds for innovators in postsecondary education to develop and disseminate their ideas. Its goal is to improve practice, rather than to advance knowledge, and the search is for practitioners who can make the most difference in improving postsecondary education. (MLW)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Grants, Higher Education, Innovation
Gross, Ronald – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
A presentation of the educational reform movement and the author's view of the future of education. (JF)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
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Gross, Ronald – Planning for Higher Education, 1975
William Rainey Harper College in Illinois has a learning resources center with a strong commitment to instructional technology. Faculty members are encouraged and helped to use diverse applications of technology in their courses. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Technology, Higher Education, Independent Study
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Gross, Ronald – Planning for Higher Education, 1975
Describes the objectives, organizational structure, and activities of Syracuse University's Center for Instructional Development. Staff members of the center function as an "instructional design team" as they work with individual departments and schools within the university to improve instructional quality and redesign curricula. (JG)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Higher Education
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Gross, Ronald – Planning for Higher Education, 1975
Highlights of a conference--"Designing Diversity '75," the Second National Conference on Open Learning and Nontraditional Study. Reviews the ideas, options, and trends that emerged, focusing on serving adult learners through technology-based learning systems. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Planning, Conference Reports, Consortia
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Gross, Ronald – Planning for Higher Education, 1975
Instructional technology is used at the Chicago Circle campus of the University of Illinois to produce better teaching at lower or at least the same cost, and for basic research in the use of the computer for direct instruction and creative interaction. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Programs
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Gross, Ronald – Planning for Higher Education, 1975
The twelfth in a series of profiles documenting experiences with the use of instructional technology describes how the New York Institute of Technology focuses technology toward driving down tuition and thereby attracting students. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Animation, Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
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Gross, Ronald – Planning for Higher Education, 1975
Discusses the design and operation of the Learning Resources Center (LRC) at the State University of New York at Oswego, a communications/classroom building designed to encourage use of various media in instruction. The process of redesigning an English Composition course to utilize the LRC's capabilities is described. (JG)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Centers, Educational Innovation, Educational Media, Educational Technology
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Gross, Ronald – Change, 1982
The University Seminars at Columbia University demonstrate how faculty members can enrich their intellectual lives through contact with colleagues from other fields and institutions and with nonacademic researchers. The development of the program at Columbia and similar programs at other institutions are described. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Innovation, Faculty Development, Group Dynamics
Gross, Ronald; Murphy, Judith – 1968
A primer on school design prepared to serve as a review of educational change and architectural consequences. Major themes underlying reforms in education are discussed, teaching and alternative learning arrangements are reviewed, and the interrelation of school activities are examined. The current educational scene is reviewed in an attempt to…
Descriptors: Buildings, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Innovation, Flexible Facilities
Gross, Ronald; Murphy, Judith – 1968
A primer on school design prepared to serve as a review of educational change and architectural consequences. Major themes underlying reforms in education are discussed, teaching and alternative learning arrangements are reviewed, and the interrelation of school activities are examined. The current educational scene is reviewed in an attempt to…
Descriptors: Buildings, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Innovation, Flexible Facilities
Gross, Ronald – 1976
Methods and implications of various reforms in higher education are assessed. Such concepts as individualization, new roles for the teacher, the learning contract, the planning portfolio, and other wide-ranging resources for learning are discussed. Specific implications include: (1) the existence of more options and possibilities for students…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, Course Content, Educational Change
Gross, Ronald – 1976
New forms of postsecondary education such as television colleges, contract learning programs, universities without walls, external degree programs, and education brokers have emerged to complement traditional adult and vocational education programs. New patterns and programs contribute to the open learning movement in higher education and offer…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Television, Experimental Programs