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Direct linkWaldron, Janice – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2016
Exploring emergent music learning and teaching models facilitated by global Web access can reveal alternative music education practices and delivery systems not seen in "traditional" conservatories and schools. One example of an alternative music learning model comes from the Online Academy of Irish Music (OAIM), a community music…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teaching Models, Participation, Music
Prins, Esther – Learning, Media and Technology, 2017
Previous research on digital storytelling (DST) has focused chiefly on children and youth, but we know little about how it is used in non-formal adult education. This article analyzes a DST class in rural Ireland, which was organized by a family literacy program and offered for parents at an elementary school. Data sources included fieldnotes,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multimedia Materials, Story Telling, Adult Education
Hutson, Patricia Evonne – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The description of the self-defined expert instructional technologist is unclear. Technologists in the field are identified in various ways. To determine the characteristics and competencies of self-defined expert instructional technologists, an interpretive field study consisting of interviews was conducted. The results revealed three core…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Technology, Instructional Design, Expertise
North, Leslie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Despite the abundance of karst terrains and the important role they play in a wide variety of roles including supplying freshwater drinking supplies, no single, comprehensive study investigates the role of informal education for the improved understanding and protection of the terrains. Commonly overlooked anthropogenic karst disturbances…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Earth Science, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Waldron, Janice – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2011
Once an area of debate, there is now general consensus among media and social science researchers that online communities represent community in the traditional sense of the term, albeit with some important epistemological differences. If one considers online communities as genuine functioning communities situated in a legitimate cultural context,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Informal Education, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing
St. John, Mark; Helms, Jenifer V.; Castori, Pam; Hirabayashi, Judy; Lopez, Laurie; Phillips, Michelle – Inverness Research, 2009
The documents enclosed in this report provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the progress made in developing a network organization capable of supporting nanoscience education for the public on a national scale. There is a logic to the studies that were done and to the reports that are included in this notebook. The following are the…
Descriptors: Workshops, Leadership, Administrators, Scientists
Inverness Research, 2008
Inverness Research studied the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Seminars on Science program for eight years, from its inception in 1998 to 2006. This paper presents teacher survey ratings for "In the Field with Spiders," along with the profile of a teacher who took the course. Course takers report on the annual follow-up surveys…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Interests, Course Evaluation, Museums
