Download or read book Full time Faculty Use of Computer Technology in Enhancing Student Learning and Development in Alabama Community Colleges written by Donna Howell Wood and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to investigate the opinions of full-time faculty members at Alabama community colleges concerning the use of computer technology in the classroom. An analysis of how faculty members address the issue of low-access students was also evaluated in relation to the impact a technology-enhanced curriculum may have on students' educational experiences. A comparison of faculty members' use of technology was reviewed with respect to gender, years of post-secondary teaching experience, educational level, and discipline. An invitation to participate in the research study was sent to ten Alabama community colleges based upon their Carnegie size classification and geographic location. Eight of the ten colleges agreed to participate and an online survey was sent to all full-time faculty members at those institutions. The questionnaire included items corresponding to Chickering and Ehrmann's (1996) reevaluation of the Seven Principles of Good Undergraduate Education using technology as a tool to enhance and improve student development and two factors concerning student access. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were also used to evaluate the nine categories. Descriptive statistics included a mean, standard deviation, and a frequency distribution for each of the primary research questions. Cronbach alpha tests were used to assess the reliability of each factor and inferential statistics were developed from general linear modeling repeated measures tests and used to evaluate the demographic and professional characteristics for each of the underlying categories.
Download or read book Student and Faculty Opinions on the Impact of Web enhanced Courses on the Educational Experience at Alabama Community Colleges written by Audrey Bandy Smallwood and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This quantitative study examined the perceptions of Alabama community college students and faculty toward Web-enhanced courses and the impact of these courses on the educational experience as defined by Chickering and Gamson's Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education, an empirically based model. Secondarily, the study sought to determine if specific personal characteristics of each group influenced those perceptions. Findings indicate that the overwhelming majority of both students and instructors perceive Web-enhanced instruction to have a positive impact on the educational experience despite the fact that many instructors failed to utilize course management system tools that are designed to engage students in the learning process and to promote active learning (i.e., discussion boards, chat rooms, quizzes), favoring instead those tools designed to facilitate class management (e.g., announcements, posting syllabi, etc.). Moreover, the results of the study revealed that instructors continue to embrace the lecture as one of the primary teaching strategies employed in the classroom even though this strategy has been proven to disengage the learner from the learning process. Although the influence of identified student and instructor characteristics were less definitive and harder to explain within the context of the seven vectors, findings suggest that for students, race/ethnicity, enrollment status, and hours of computer use more broadly influenced their opinions in terms of the seven vectors and, in some cases, were predictors of their opinions. Likewise, hours spent participating in professional development activities and interacting with students broadly influenced instructor opinions.
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Faculty Training for Online Teachers in Three Rural Alabama Community Colleges written by Robert Edward Davis and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Online education is providing community colleges opportunities to reach students through the use of technological advances. These technological advances have allowed faculty to develop new teaching skills and transfer these skills into pedagogical practices in an online environment. Faculties who have taught in the online environment have developed, through training, the knowledge and expertise in the teaching strategies which have become common in online education. The purpose of this study was to examine how the training instructors receive support their teaching classes in an online environment at community colleges. This research study followed a qualitative research design; a collective case study that included administrators who made the decisions for online education, trainers who provided professional development training, and faculty who had taught online classes at community colleges. In response to the overarching question that guided this study, "How does professional development training influence faculty teaching online at Alabama's rural community colleges?" this study found that technological skills and familiarity with online education theories and pedagogies facilitated the transfer of pedagogical strategies from the training to their online classes. The study found that when faculty received training incorporating online pedagogical strategies, the online teaching practices taught during the training were transferred to their online classes. This study also made clear that the instructors' interest in online education was a driving force for the establishment of formal professional development training programs at their institution. The results of this study can inform all community colleges on the need for professional development training, inform innovations in faculty training for online teaching, and encourage further research in the area of training for online teaching and learning.
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Research in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 1290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pedagogical Psychology Beyond the 21st Century written by Gretchen M. Reevy and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frontiers in Psychology is introducing a new research topic, Pedagogical Psychology: Beyond the 21st Century, which will be released as an online journal issue in summer 2014. The purpose of Beyond the 21st Century will be to publish goal- oriented articles leading to improvement of teaching and learning at all levels of psychology education. Until perhaps 20 years ago, educational approaches to teaching were largely informed by a “Stand and Deliver” pedagogical attitude. The psychology of this approach has often invested unrealistic and unrealizable responsibilities in both teachers and students. With the emergence of electronic data sharing (e.g., the Internet) and global cooperation/competition, newer approaches to teaching have begun to supplement and sometimes replace the older model of teaching. These newer approaches have simultaneously taken advantage of technological advances, global changes, and an evolving understanding of successful student-mentor relationships. As the pedagogical models driven by these changes evolve into the 22nd century and beyond, what seems groundbreaking today will, in hindsight, be seen as hidebound. Thus, the major goal of Beyond the 21st Century will be to publish manuscripts which imaginatively, but realistically anticipate future trends in teaching undergraduate psychology. Types of manuscripts which are appropriate for Pedagogical Psychology should be visionary, yet empirically and/or theoretically based. We welcome manuscripts in all domains of pedagogical psychology, with a special interest on topics that are new, or expected to evolve rapidly. Such innovative topics include, but are not limited to: Online and hybrid teaching; Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). How has student success improved with the introduction of online/distance education? Are there dangers associated with online/distance education, especially MOOCS? How can student success be improved as technology evolves beyond the MOOC concept? What technological advances will make psychology education available and useful for more, and more diverse students? How can the physical classroom be transformed into a student centered, effective, virtual environment? Using the internet as resources for classes (e.g., stat tutorials, etc.) Uses of technology, such as social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter), wikis, and clickers in the classroom The challenge of teaching particular courses online, such as psychology laboratory courses or practicums Seeking effective user feedback (i.e., regarding user friendliness, teaching effectiveness) for online courses, including MOOCs The Wikipedia initiative of the Association for Psychological Science Teaching “Generation Me;” anticipating changing generational needs Teaching international students Teaching non-traditional-age students Undergraduate research projects Integrating multiculturalism into all courses Infusing social justice issues into psychology courses Creating opportunities for interdisciplinary learning Teaching techniques for psychology courses which are often offered as electives rather than core curriculum (e.g., evolutionary psychology, psychology and the law, cross-cultural psychology, health psychology, positive psychology) Assessing institutional student learning objectives across the curriculum Contingent faculty/adjunct faculty/lecturers in psychology departments Working with changing legislative & accreditation constraints and unpredictable budgets Co-Hosts of Pedagog
Download or read book The Internet University written by Daniel Quinn Mills and published by New Promise Incorporated. This book was released on 1998 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to college via the Internet. Because of the tremendous growth of education on the Internet, students can now experience the college dream through cyberspace and put together all or part of their college education in many fields with few or even no visits to any campus. The academic resources of the world are delivered to their front door through modem or network.
Download or read book Technology Learning Community TLC written by Mark D. Milliron and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book STEM Road Map written by Carla C. Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STEM Road Map: A Framework for Integrated STEM Education is the first resource to offer an integrated STEM curricula encompassing the entire K-12 spectrum, with complete grade-level learning based on a spiraled approach to building conceptual understanding. A team of over thirty STEM education professionals from across the U.S. collaborated on the important work of mapping out the Common Core standards in mathematics and English/language arts, the Next Generation Science Standards performance expectations, and the Framework for 21st Century Learning into a coordinated, integrated, STEM education curriculum map. The book is structured in three main parts—Conceptualizing STEM, STEM Curriculum Maps, and Building Capacity for STEM—designed to build common understandings of integrated STEM, provide rich curriculum maps for implementing integrated STEM at the classroom level, and supports to enable systemic transformation to an integrated STEM approach. The STEM Road Map places the power into educators’ hands to implement integrated STEM learning within their classrooms without the need for extensive resources, making it a reality for all students.
Download or read book Research in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Fieldbook for Community College Online Instructors written by Carol A. Jeandron and published by Amer. Assn. of Community Col. This book was released on 2006 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A comprehensive guide to everything an online instructor needs to know--from designing a course, to using technology, to assessing students"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Creative Interactive Teaching written by Hans Emil Klein and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a selection of papers from the international, interdisciplinary conference of the World Association for Case Method Research & Application. Papers are categorized into seven areas: (1) "International Case Studies" (e.g., event-based entrepreneurship, case studies on consumer complaints, and strategic quality management in an internationalized university department); (2) "Teaching Change Across Disciplines" (e.g., student-designed board games, interdisciplinary collaboration to improve instruction, and case method for applying spreadsheets in computer engineering education); (3) "Internet Technology and Teaching and Learning" (e.g., Internet marketing, distance education, and the role of case studies in studying computer technology in education); (4) "Classroom Models and Innovative Approaches" (e.g., case methods in environmental impact, case study in business calculus classes, and audit evidence); (5) "Case Studies, Simulations, and the Learning Process" (e.g., the virtual case, the entrepreneurial creative case method, and case studies in agriculture teaching and learning); (6) "Assessing Benefits and Differences" (e.g., differences in assessment of case studies, assessment of faculty perceptions, and women in international business case studies); and (7) "Building Bridges" (e.g., conducting a case-based inter-university faculty exchange, research in developing countries, and teaching business ethics in international courses). (SM)
Download or read book Transforming Teaching with Technology written by Kamala Anandam and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Designing Effective Assessment written by Trudy W. Banta and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen years ago Trudy Banta and her colleagues surveyed the national landscape for the campus examples that were published in the classic work Assessment in Practice. Since then, significant advances have occurred, including the use of technology to organize and manage the assessment process and increased reliance on assessment findings to make key decisions aimed at enhancing student learning. Trudy Banta, Elizabeth Jones, and Karen Black offer 49 detailed current examples of good practice in planning, implementing, and sustaining assessment that are practical and ready to apply in new settings. This important resource can help educators put in place an effective process for determining what works and which improvements will have the most impact in improving curriculum, methods of instruction, and student services on college and university campuses.
Download or read book Comprehensive Dissertation Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
