The development of technology has brought some alternative means in education. enabling role been widely recognized second language teaching and learning. Second Life (SL) is an online virtual world popular with digital natives. Some educators apply this application to foreign-language university courses because its benefits students’ immersion focus, imagination, creativity Language learners c...

This book was written with three principal goals in mind. Firstly, it has been designed as an introductory text for a one semester undergraduate course in probability theory. The only assumed background knowledge is that of calculus, which makes it a suitable text, not only for those following curricula in the mathematical sciences, but also for students whose future careers lie in diverse engi...

Overview This paper describes and evaluates an attempt to enact pedagogical principles grounded in a neo-Vygotskian framework in an undergraduate level course at a major research university in the United States. The course, 92B: Introduction to Theories of Education, is one of three courses required of undergraduates who decide to minor in education at this university. The course may also serve...

(2002) The evolution of pedagogic models for work-based learning within a virtual university. Abstract The process of designing a pedagogic model for work-based learning within a virtual university is not a simple matter of using 'off the shelf' good practice. Instead, it can be characterised as an evolutionary process that reflects the backgrounds, skills and experiences of the project partner...

Modern theories of learning claim the construction of knowledge occurs as students build understanding in light of experiences occurring in the world. Experience can occur within the context of various pedagogic modes within a classroom setting; moreover, the development of deep conceptual understanding of content and the processes of science – as informed by constructivist models of learning –...

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Teaching introductory computing courses with Scheme el evates the intellectual level of the course and thus makes the subject more appealing to students with scienti c interests Unfortunately the poor quality of the available programming environments negates many of the pedagogic advantages To overcome this problem we have devel oped DrScheme a comprehensive programming environment for Scheme I...

There has been an increasing trend in Indonesian higher education to run international programs. As a result, English for Medium Instruction (EMI) started be implemented several departments at universities. To successfully implement EMI classes, lecturers and students do play significant roles. This paper aims gain insights into students’ perceptions of the challenges they faced terms understan...

Abstract Objective to identify the importance attributed simulated practice use in nursing undergraduate students’ pedagogic actions field of disasters, an interdisciplinary and interinstitutional scope Portugal. Methods a study framed qualitative paradigm, supported by inductive exploratory reasoning. As data collection technique, semi-structured interviews were applied coordinators/directors ...

Teacher-led questions not only guide meaning-making interactions but they also scaffold students’ learning, and this is especially important in English-medium instruction (EMI). Due to the scant literature on topic higher education, article analyses what type of EMI history lecturers pose whether are subject individual differences. The study based 12 two-hour lectures whose transcriptions were ...