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Elizabeth Montano – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Mixtecos are Indigenous people that originate from the states of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Puebla, in Mexico. This community is unique in that it speaks an unwritten language with different variations based on locations north or south of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla. California and other agricultural states have been the major relocation areas for…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Migrant Workers
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Bremner, Nicholas – TESL-EJ, 2021
The concept of 'learner-centered education' (LCE) continues to be defined inconsistently across the literature, and very little research has examined LCE from the perspectives of the teachers themselves. This study addressed this gap by conducting a quantitative survey with 248 English language teachers. The study sought to examine 1) whether or…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Padilla Rodriguez, Brenda Cecilia; Armellini, Alejandro; Rodriguez Nieto, Ma Concepción – Open Learning, 2020
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are usually six to ten weeks long. Participation tends to decrease as the courses progress, leading to low completion rates. This led to the question: Could shorter MOOCs contribute to learners' engagement, retention and success? This paper compares two versions of Study Skills MOOC, which shared the same…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Learner Engagement, Academic Persistence
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Piet Kommers, Editor; Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez, Editor; Pedro Isaías, Editor – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2024
These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the 22nd International Conference on e-Society (ES 2024) and 20th International Conference on Mobile Learning (ML 2024), organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) in Porto, Portugal, during March 9-11, 2024. The e-Society 2024 conference aims to…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Adolescents, Divorce, Health Services
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Varela, Gonzalo – International Journal of Educational Development, 2006
Education in Mexico wants restructuring since the signing of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by Canada, Mexico and the United States in 1994. In higher education, a new policy has been adopted to increase the enrollment, but a simultaneous improvement in quality is also needed. Nevertheless it clashes with old academic structures.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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Porras-Hernandez, Laura Helena – Distance Education, 2000
Discusses results of the evaluation of an educational teleconferencing system in a Mexican university. Highlights include student expectations; student perceptions of efficacy for self-regulated learning; student perceptions of the course; differences from traditional courses; and the importance of considering student variables in evaluations of…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Conventional Instruction, Educational Environment, Evaluation Methods