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Gedera, Dilani S. P. – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2016
Otago Polytechnic (OP) is currently redesigning and redeveloping its programmes and courses under an institution-wide initiative called Designing for Learner Success (D4LS). This initiative has several phases--design, development, delivery, and evaluation. This article focuses on the processes and considerations in the development phase of D4LS,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Foreign Countries, Program Design
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Hale, Leigh; Donovan, Kimberley – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2014
Background: Many standardised balance measures are unsuitable for people who are unable to comprehend test requirements. We report on the development, administration, interrater reliability, and concurrent validity of a video-based balance measure for people with intellectual disability called the Balance Scale for Persons with Intellectual…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Video Technology, Psychomotor Skills, Measures (Individuals)
Robson, Daphne; Kennedy, Dave – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
Tablet PCs were used interactively in a Discrete Mathematics course in the first year of a Computing degree. The main benefit expected was an improvement in student engagement, but peer instruction was very evident and the ability to display many student answers led to very effective and immediate feedback, particularly when incorrect answers were…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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Reynolds, Martyn – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2017
Intercultural education is often a contested area. This is true of Pasifika education, the education in Aotearoa New Zealand of students with links to Pacific Island nations. Despite shifts of framing, one area identified as significant in Pasifika education is student-teacher relationships. This article describes two phases of research which pay…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Video Technology, Multicultural Education, Foreign Countries
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Busch, Tobias; Vanpoucke, Filiep; van Wieringen, Astrid – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: We describe the natural auditory environment of people with cochlear implants (CIs), how it changes across the life span, and how it varies between individuals. Method: We performed a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of Cochlear Nucleus 6 CI sound-processor data logs. The logs were obtained from 1,501 people with CIs (ages 0-96…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Assistive Technology, Life Cycle Costing, Individual Differences
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Sexton, Steven S.; Williamson-Leadley, Sandra – Science Education International, 2017
This article reports on a study of how a 1-year, course-taught, master's level initial teacher education (ITE) program challenged primary student teachers (n = 4) in developing their sense of self-as-teacher. This study examined how the program's incorporation of video capturing technology impacted on these student teachers' development of…
Descriptors: Expertise, Video Technology, Professional Identity, Preservice Teachers
Digital Promise Global, 2017
Recent years have seen the emergence of design-thinking and maker learning initiatives across formal and informal learning environments. A variety of offerings, from museum and afterschool programs, to STEM challenges and entrepreneurship courses, create opportunities for young people to develop skills relevant to today's workplace. Design-based…
Descriptors: Design, STEM Education, Experiential Learning, Problem Solving
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Kim, Jieun; Ryu, Hokyoung; Katuk, Norliza; Wang, Ruili; Choi, Gyunghyun – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2014
The present study aims to show if a skill-challenge balancing (SCB) instruction strategy can assist learners to motivationally engage in computer-based learning. Csikszentmihalyi's flow theory (self-control, curiosity, focus of attention, and intrinsic interest) was applied to an account of the optimal learning experience in SCB-based learning…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Computer Assisted Instruction
Cirlan, Elena; Loukkola, Tia – European University Association, 2020
MICROBOL -- Micro-credentials linked to the Bologna Key Commitments -- is a two-year project co-funded by Erasmus+ KA3 Support to Policy reform, and more specifically "Support to the implementation of EHEA [European Higher Education Area] reforms". It is linked to the aims of the new Erasmus+ Programme and the EHEA to increase access to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Skills, Skill Development
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Ashton, Karen – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
What approaches are used in the multi-level language class and what influences a teacher's choice of approach? Multi-level language classes, the combining of two or more senior year levels into a single class, is a relatively recent phenomenon and one that is becoming increasingly common in New Zealand secondary schools as a consequence of a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
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Fletcher, Jo; Nicholas, Karen – Educational Review, 2016
Natural disasters can happen at any time. The impact they have on students, their families and the teachers relies on strategic and calm leadership by school principals. As schools are situated within communities, principals not only have a role leading within the school, they are also viewed as community leaders. This paper focuses on six New…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Principals, Administrator Role, Elementary Schools
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Pfannkuch, Maxine; Budgett, Stephanie; Fewster, Rachel; Fitch, Marie; Pattenwise, Simeon; Wild, Chris; Ziedins, Ilze – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2016
Because new learning technologies are enabling students to build and explore probability models, we believe that there is a need to determine the big enduring ideas that underpin probabilistic thinking and modeling. By uncovering the elements of the thinking modes of expert users of probability models we aim to provide a base for the setting of…
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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White, Elizabeth Jayne; Redder, Bridgette – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Using mixed methods to analyse the experience of a 4-month-old and a 10-month-old infant in a high-quality New Zealand education and care setting, this paper utilises dialogic methodology to foreground the importance of key teacher proximity to infant relationships with adults, peers and artefacts in a group context. Quantitative findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Early Childhood Education, Mixed Methods Research
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Brown, Mark; Hughes, Helen; Keppell, Mike; Hard, Natasha; Smith, Liz – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
Online and distance learning is becoming increasingly common. Some would say it has quickly become the preferred or "new normal" mode of study throughout the world. However, surprisingly little is known about what actually happens to first year distance students once they have enrolled in tertiary institutions; what motivates them and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Mixed Methods Research, Student Journals
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Cochrane, Thomas; Antonczak, Laurent; Keegan, Helen; Narayan, Vickel – Research in Learning Technology, 2014
Moving innovation in teaching and learning beyond isolated short-term projects is one of the holy grails of educational technology research, which is littered with the debris of a constant stream of comparative studies demonstrating no significant difference between innovative technologies and traditional pedagogical approaches. Meanwhile, the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Instructional Innovation, Creative Teaching, Teaching Methods
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