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Mohamad, Zeeda Fatimah; Mamat, Mohd Zufri; Muhamad Noor, Muhamad Faisal – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: The notion of students as change agents have widely been used in the campus sustainability literature, but very little has been done to unpack what it really means in practice. This paper aims to critically investigate university students' perspectives on their role as a change agent for campus sustainability in the context of Malaysian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Change Agents, Student Participation
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Kaur, Amrita; Awang-Hashim, Rosna; Kaur, Manvender – Teaching in Higher Education, 2019
In order to co-create teaching and learning for enhanced student engagement, faculty-student partnership in higher education is emerging as a distinguished practice in the West especially for undergraduates. However, little is known about the impact of such practices in the East. This article reports the benefits of a term long collaboration…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, Partnerships in Education, College Faculty
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Ishak, Rosnah; Mansor, Mahaliza – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Purpose: Education 4.0 paves the way for a new form of the university where academicians teach, research and provide services in different ways, which raises the question of the readiness of academicians to face the challenges. This study attempts to explain to which extent the university and its academic staff are ready to face Education 4.0…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education
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Ghadirian, Hajar; Salehi, Keyvan; Ayub, Ahamd Fauzi Mohd – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2019
Taking into account prior research suggesting a lack of student participation in online discussions, this study examines the influence of peer moderator (PM) role assignment on students' participation and that of their peers' participation in online discussions. Eighty-four participants operated in a moderator role, reciprocally. Moreover, the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Peer Influence, Student Participation, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Peasland, Emma L.; Henri, Dominic C.; Morrell, Lesley J.; Scott, Graham W. – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
Employability is a key issue for students and Higher Education Institutions and a key component of employability is possessing the skills a role requires. In the environmental sciences, fieldwork provides an opportunity for students to develop employability-enhancing technical and transferable skills. However, students can have difficulty…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Job Skills, Experiential Learning, Field Trips
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Rodgers, Susan – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2015
When undergraduates work with college faculty on complex research projects, the students are often asked to take on the role of "secondary-level" gatherers of data. This can be legitimate: the students have no graduate training and the faculty mentor is more experienced in research design and analysis. This study, however, offers an…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Undergraduate Students, Student Role, Teacher Student Relationship
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Khodabandelou, Rouholllah; That, Junny Ei Mon; Anne A/P S. Selvaraju, Melinda; Ken, Tan Yan; Kewen, Zhu; Yan, Zhang; Ning, Tan Yan – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2016
The abundance of technology in recent years has contributed to development in the societies, industries, and education. It is proven from the current trend of technology such as the emergence and rise of smart phones, tablets, laptops and wireless internet connection that the present and future world will be heralded by technology. The integration…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Osman, Siti Zuraidah Md; Jamaludin, Rozinah; Iranmanesh, Mohammad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Student-centered learning (SCL) is currently attracting a great deal of research attention internationally, driven by the growing concerns of educators of ideal teaching and learning methods. This study aims at investigating the lecturers and students' view of practicing SCL in the teaching process. Data was gathered through survey from 58…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Centered Learning, Student Surveys, Teacher Surveys
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Mukundan, Jayakaran; Nimehchisalem, Vahid – English Language Teaching, 2011
This study included a qualitative analysis of the content of the teaching courseware that was developed by the Curriculum Development Center of the Ministry of Education in 2003. The objective of the study was to determine the efficacy of the courseware from the perspective of learning-teaching. The results indicated that most of the lessons…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Instruction, Courseware, Computer Software Evaluation
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McGinty, Suzanne Claire; Koo, Yew Lie; Saeidi, Mahnaz – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2010
This paper presents preliminary findings from a research study in Australia, Malaysia and Iran on students' perceptions of the roles of supervisor and student in the production of their thesis and the contribution of their cultural knowledge to thesis development. The 360 respondents who answered an online survey were studying for their Master's…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Supervisors
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Krish, Pramela – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2010
The use of technology is particularly significant in today's distance learning scenario. It has maximized the opportunities for interaction between discussion groups separated by time and space. This article reports the responses to a survey carried out with distance learners at a selected institution of higher learning. The learners responded to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Questionnaires, Management Systems
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Ng, Huey Zher; Hussain, Raja Maznah Raja – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2009
Purpose: The application of a new technology (YouTube) can help lecturers in solving some of the issues related to workload and shifts support to students by giving them more responsibilities in their assessment. The purpose of this paper is to re-characterize the role of the students in the assessment process. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Social Networks, Student Role
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology