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Sofroniou, Anastasia; Premnath, Bhairavi; Poutos, Konstantinos – Education Sciences, 2020
The UK higher education has been one of the top destinations for international students over the last few decades, and it is beneficial to the UK local and national economy. However, recent changes of the governmental policies on the way UK universities are funded and the recession that still affects economies around the world have left many…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Student Needs, Student Surveys, STEM Education
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Gonzalez, Michelle; Moore, Noreen – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2020
The purpose of this study was to compare and contrast faculty and graduate students' perceptions of engaging online courses. This mixed-methods study occurred in a mid-sized state university in northeastern United States. Data from an online survey and semi-structured interviews indicated that graduate students and faculty perceived similar online…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Graduate Students, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Ashe, Diana L.; TenHuisen, Matthew L. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2018
While most academic leadership training focuses on department chairs and those already in or identified for those positions, the NextUp Faculty Leadership Development Fellows program includes faculty who are considering academic leadership of any kind in their careers. Sixty faculty members have joined NextUp; forty-one have graduated and 19 are…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Teacher Leadership, Fellowships, Program Descriptions
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Lyon, Katherine A.; Guppy, Neil – Teaching Sociology, 2016
It is well documented that interaction between diverse students encourages positive learning outcomes. Given this, we examine how to enhance the quantity and quality of student diversity in university classrooms. Drawing on sociological theory linking life experiences with ways of knowing, we investigate how to increase classroom diversity by…
Descriptors: Sociology, Student Diversity, Courses, Scheduling
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Blithe, Sarah Jane – Communication Teacher, 2016
Course: Intercultural Communication. Objectives: After completing this intercultural service-learning activity, students should be able to (1) apply effective intercultural communication skills in culturally different sites; (2) analyze cultures different from their own through service-learning; (3) compare and evaluate course readings with…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Intercultural Communication, Teaching Methods, Behavioral Objectives
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Bolman, Lee; Deal, Terrence E. – Journal of Management Education, 2017
The authors write that the longer they study and work in organizations, the more they discover power to be one of the central issues which researchers and students must understand. Researchers who ignore power run the risk of spurious, irrelevant findings. Students who assume administrative positions without a proper understanding of power and how…
Descriptors: Simulation, Power Structure, Political Power, Replication (Evaluation)
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Guvenc, Hulya – Online Submission, 2017
In the present research, effective and ineffective activities that secondary school teachers used and their perceptions on the effectiveness of the activities are investigated. The data were collected from 20 teachers using semi-structured interviews. Data were analysed using open coding and directed content analysis. Research findings showed that…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Class Activities, Instructional Effectiveness, Semi Structured Interviews
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Medini, Khaled – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
The increase of individualised customer demands and tough competition in the manufacturing sector gave rise to more customer-centric operations management such as products and services (mass) customisation. Mass customisation (MC), which inherits the "economy of scale" from mass production (MP), aims to meet specific customer demands…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Manufacturing, Concept Teaching, Case Studies
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Brown, Victoria S.; Toussaint, Mario; Lewis, David – Online Learning, 2018
Four course development models were compared over a 3-year period, based upon student perceptions of the integration of the Quality Matters (QM) Standards, course structure, and quality. Points of comparison included (a) faculty training, (b) instructional designer supported, (c) additional QM training course, and (d) no training or support used.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Quality, Curriculum Design, Models
Falcone, Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand how faculty experience the transition from Blackboard to Canvas LMS and which LMS is preferred. The general problem addressed in this study was that California Community College students' success and retention in online courses was 7-10% lower than in face-to-face courses. To try to…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Management Systems, Community Colleges
Zhang, Jane – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2016
Electronic records management has been incorporated into the archival curriculum in North America since the 1990s. This study reported in this paper provides a systematic analysis of the content of electronic records management (ERM) courses currently taught in archival education programs. Through the analysis of course combinations and their…
Descriptors: Archives, Electronic Libraries, Information Management, Information Science Education
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Flegl, Martin; Andrade Rosas, Luis Antonio – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2019
Purpose: Many higher education institutions (HEIs) have constructed their internal evaluation systems to secure teaching quality. This paper aims to analyze teaching quality, HEIs use students to evaluate their professors as they have direct contact with the professors during the whole semester. The authorities hope to receive valuable…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Gender Differences, College Faculty, Personality Traits
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Trammell, Beth A.; LaForge, Chera – Journal of Educators Online, 2017
Teaching in the online classroom is becoming commonplace for instructors as universities seek to grow enrollments and tap into unexplored markets. Many instructors, however, are often unprepared for the nuances of distance education and apprehensive about making the transition to online learning. This article aims to discuss common challenges for…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Strategies, Instructional Design
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Larripa, Kamila R.; Mazzag, Borbala – PRIMUS, 2016
Our paper describes a solution we found to a still existing need to develop mathematical modeling courses for undergraduate biology majors. Some challenges of such courses are: (i) relatively limited exposure of biology students to higher-level mathematical and computational concepts; (ii) availability of texts that can give a flavor of how…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Biotechnology, Undergraduate Students, College Science
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Dragisich, Vera; Keller, Valerie; Black, Rebecca; Heaps, Charles W.; Kamm, Judith M.; Olechnowicz, Frank; Raybin, Jonathan; Rombola, Michael; Zhao, Meishan – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
Based on our long-standing Intensive Training Program for Effective Teaching Assistants in Chemistry, we have developed an Advanced Training Course for Teachers and Researchers in Chemistry at The University of Chicago. The topics in this course are designed to train graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) to become effective teachers and well-rounded…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Teachers, Educational Researchers, Teaching Assistants
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