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Gallagher, Silvia Elena; Savage, Timothy – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2016
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) can create large scale communities of learners who collaborate, interact and discuss learning materials and activities. MOOCs are often delivered multiple times with similar content to different cohorts of learners. However, research into the differences of learner communication, behavior and expectation between…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Communities of Practice, Case Studies
Gallagher, Silvia Elena; Savage, Timothy – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) can create large scale communities of learners who collaborate, interact and discuss learning materials and activities. MOOCs are often delivered multiple times with similar content to different cohorts of learners. However, research into the differences of learner communication, behavior and expectation between…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Communities of Practice, Educational Technology
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Long, Louise; McPhillips, Therese; Shevlin, Michael; Smith, Ron – Support for Learning, 2012
The research described in this article aimed to explore and examine the dominant "assessment" and "participation" stories of upper-primary pupils with long-standing and marked literacy learning needs, their views on how their level of participation in the assessment and remediation of their additional needs might be increased…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Focus Groups
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Johnston, Keith; Conneely, Claire; Murchan, Damian; Tangney, Brendan – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015
Bridge21 is an innovative approach to learning for secondary education that was originally conceptualised as part of a social outreach intervention in the authors' third-level institution whereby participants attended workshops at a dedicated learning space on campus focusing on a particular model of technology-mediated group-based learning. This…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Intervention, Skill Development, Multiple Literacies
Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed.; Avoseh, Mejai, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2015
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: International Education, Adult Education, Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Students
Murphy, Jennifer; Brennan, Aimie – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2011
The mission of the National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) is to ensure that all higher education students are exposed to cutting edge research in their classrooms, and that students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels are actively engaged in relevant and authentic research in their chosen discipline. To…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Grants