This paper discusses undergraduate ethics education from the point of view of a learning-outcomes-centered approach to curriculum design. It aims to identify the kinds of learning-outcomes that Ethics Across the Curriculum programs ought to aim at and be judged successful by. The first section explains the learning-outcomes-centered approach to designing and evaluating curriculum proposals. The...

The unveiling of e-learning technologies has led to an increase in the use of e-learning systems also known as educational technologies to support blended learning in Universities by providing a mix of face-to-face classroom teaching, live e-learning, self-paced e-learning and distance learning. Despite the existing benefits of using e-learning, some higher education institutions have not utili...

Educational Technologies. Since her studies in the early 1980s, she has been deeply interested in cogni-tive and humanistic psychology and in bringing sociopsychological wisdom into project management and significant learning processes. More recently, she has participated in national and international encounter groups and the La Jolla Program. Currently, she is determined to foster a style in h...

With the implementation of the Bologna Process several challenges have been posed to higher education institution, particularly in Portugal. One of the main implications is related to the change of the paradigm of a teacher centered education, to a paradigm that is student centered. This change implies the change of the way to assess courses in higher education institutions. Continuous and form...

OBJECTIVE This study evaluated the effect of an occupational therapy ergonomics intervention on the workstation design and body positioning of microscope workers at a fiber optics facility. METHOD The study was quasi-experimental. Fifty-one microscope workers were assigned to one of three groups: control, education only, and education training. Their workstation design and body positioning we...

Students in engineering education need highquality educational materials, and what is the most important, continually up-to-dated course. The students need a possibility to self-assess their skills and knowledge as the learning steps for improvement the courses, will provide them knowledge on the newest achievements in the field of engineering. The complexity of the knowledge and skills, necess...