Purpose: Technology has revolutionized education, leading to innovative learning techniques like microlearning. Microlearning is gaining popularity in higher education and corporate settings for its student-centred approach and well-planned modules. However, its pedagogical design is complex, requiring a systematic review of studies to identify…

Smartphones are a common accessory to provide rich user experience due to superior memory, advanced software-hardware support, fast processing, and multimedia capabilities. Responding to this trend, advanced engineering systems tend to integrate mobile devices with their solutions to facilitate usability. With many young students showing interest…

Short courses are outlined as the offerings of one rural school district in Pennsylvania. (JB)

Outlines the content and activities of a three-unit, ten-week minicourse for junior high school students on architectural awareness. (SJL)

Authors report on a recently completed study which measured the responses of students and teachers to mini-courses in the social studies. (Editor/CB)

Describes 12 successful mini-courses which use newspapers as the basic skills text. (DD)

Describes a data processing (DP) curriculum for secondary and postsecondary schools with a mini-unit series especially designed for the business education teacher. The miniseries units cover basic DP concepts and functions, historical development, common features of DP systems, programing concepts, documentation, DP applications, and careers in…

Describes Biology/Geology short courses available through the facilities of the Bermuda Biological Station. (SL)

Describes a seven week course for six and seven year old students on marine life in tidepools. (SL)

The Academic Lab involves gifted intermediate-grade students in a minicourse concentrating on one topic with activities including research, competition, and fun. The learning activities stress problem-solving, creative thinking, communications, and self-direction, and the minicourse culminates in team and individual competitions. A sample…

This article reports the results of a two-week minicourse designed to teach seventh graders about exceptionalities. Concludes that the unit provided an encouraging demonstration of the receptivity of students at this age to a program designed to teach about differences. (JDH)

Teacher competency takes precedence over frequently stated solutions. A short unit taught within an American History course is presented which emphasizes values, value clarification, societal values and attitudes toward ethnic groups. Also emphasized is a need for teacher competency in presenting materials. (JB)

Describes the mini course program in operation at Westfield, New Jersey, High School. (MB)