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Draganov, Alexandr – MIT Press, 2022
Techniques for applying mathematical concepts in the real world: six rarely taught but crucial tools for analysis, research, and problem-solving. Many young graduates leave school with a solid knowledge of mathematical concepts but struggle to apply these concepts in practice. Real scientific and engineering problems are different from those found…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Relevance (Education), College Mathematics, Engineering
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Ployduangrat, Jaruwan – Journal of Education and Learning, 2022
The purposes of the current study were to develop a management system for the national sports development fund in Thailand and (2) to evaluate the developed fund management system. The participants were 15 experts in system development. They were selected by the purposive sampling method. The participants had more than 10 years of programming and…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Team Sports, Usability, Information Security
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Farkas, Bernie; Shang, Yanyan; Alhourani, Farouq – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2022
This research develops an effective methodology for a core business introductory information systems course to teach business process concepts and the role of information systems in business processes. The developed methodology also helps students properly diagram an organization's business processes. The methodology uses an experiential learning…
Descriptors: Business Schools, Business Administration Education, Teaching Methods, Game Based Learning
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Morash-MacNeil, Virginia – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
This study examined the differential effects of a GPS based navigational app (Waytob) displayed on a smartwatch and a paper map on the ability of individuals with mild to moderate intellectual disability (ID) to independently navigate unfamiliar walking routes. A single case alternating treatment design was used with five adults ranging in age…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Geographic Information Systems, Physical Activities
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Bolick, Madeleine M.; Mikhailova, Elena A.; Post, Christopher J. – Education Sciences, 2022
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has increased in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions. This means there is a growing need to integrate UAV training into STEM education. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a UAV education module and laboratory exercise for natural resource science students. The…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, STEM Education, Aviation Technology, Electronic Learning
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Sasha Brown; Zerrin Dogança Küçük; Angela Rickard; James Lonergan; Rachel Abernethy; Lorraine McNerney; Eimear McNerney; Ronan Foley; Avril Behan; Aengus Byrne; Bernard Essel; Jack Ffrench; Jonathan Faull; Conor Cahalane – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2024
This paper investigates the role of teacher agency for those who were trained in using an innovative Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach and incorporated GIS into their teaching. While national curricula increasingly emphasise STEM and sustainability approaches, there has been limited analysis of how teachers can bring new software,…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Professional Autonomy, Educational Innovation, Teaching Methods
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Robert O. Vos; Susan H. Kamei – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2024
Master of Science (M.S.) programs, including geography through geographic information science and technology (M.S. GIST), play a key part in training the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce. A master's thesis has been a traditional part of geography programs, and across all kinds of disciplines the value of a thesis is…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Masters Programs, Geographic Information Systems, Masters Theses
Ashley Metzger; Addison Duane; Amia Nash; Valerie Shapiro – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2024
Background: Knowledge brokering by intermediary organizations includes knowledge distillation processes (e.g., synthesis, translation). Aims and objectives: This article explores how an educational intermediary performs research distillation when creating virtual knowledge reservoirs for educators. Methods: The authors use qualitative data from…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Case Studies, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
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Jiri Panek; Benjamin Hennig; Jonathan Huck; Karl Benediktsson – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2024
Geospatial technologies have revolutionised the field of hazard research as well as geography field-courses, providing powerful tools to analyse and visualise geospatial data for decision-making purposes. This paper presents a case study of Paper2GIS, an application for field data collection tested during an international field course in…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Geographic Information Systems, Interdisciplinary Approach, Research Methodology
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Meredith P. Richards; Cheyenne Phillips; Alexandra E. Pavlakis; J. Kessa Roberts – Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Houston Education Research Consortium, 2024
In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Houston area, causing the homelessness of nearly 24,000 students in the Houston Independent School District (Houston ISD) alone. Additionally, nearly all Houston ISD schools sustained damage of some kind, resulting in school closures, campus relocations, and even the delaying of the start of classes for…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, School Districts, Homeless People, Outcomes of Education
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Lynn B. McCool; Alanah Mitchell – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2024
Virtual teams have been adopted by organizations and studied for decades. However, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of technology-supported collaboration more than ever. This growing importance of virtual teamwork suggests that business education related to virtual team collaboration and communication is critical for students…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, Teamwork, COVID-19
Michael A. Gavin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This case study research explores how organizational change dynamics influence the integration and adoption of innovative information system (IS) technologies in complex organizations. It presents a case study of the development, implementation, and integration of the Ripper Academy platform within the United States Marine Corps' distributed…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Organizational Change, Technology Integration, Adoption (Ideas)
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Modaresnezhad, Minoo; Schell, George – Information Systems Education Journal, 2019
The introductory course in information systems plays an important role in a business school's curriculum. The soul of that course should be information and systems. The introductory course is where all business students, information systems majors and non-majors alike, learn why information and the technologies associated with it are driving…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Introductory Courses, Decision Support Systems, Business Schools
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Sadeghi, Reza; Mazloomy-Mahmoodabad, Seyed-Saeed; Rezaeian, Mohsen; Fallahzadeh, Hossein; Khanjani, Narges – Health Education Research, 2019
In recent years, the geographic information system (GIS) application has used the latest spatial data to help researchers make the right decisions in the shortest time. This study was conducted with the aim of using geographic information systems (ArcGIS) for selecting the best location for installing banners and billboards in a health campaign.…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Geographic Location, Signs, Health Promotion
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Shaanika, Irja; Iyamu, Tiko – Education and Information Technologies, 2019
Health Informatics is an emerging interdisciplinary subject of Health Sciences and Information Systems, which aimed to cater for both the educational and professional needs within the Health and Informatics fields. Even though there has been increasing interest in health informatics discipline, challenges continue to exist, particularly in…
Descriptors: Information Science, Health Sciences, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
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