Neurophysiology/pathophysiology content is a frequent source of anxiety for undergraduate students and their instructors. This learning module supplements traditional lecture and overhead presentations to offer a novel, nonthreatening, and entertaining introduction to neuropathology. The module is based on a ridiculous analogy between the human brain and the cauliflower. This module has been us...

BACKGROUND Tobacco and cannabis use are strongly interrelated, but current national and international cessation programs typically focus on one substance, and address the other substance either only marginally or not at all. This study aimed to identify the demand for, and describe the development and content of, the first integrative group cessation program for co-smokers of cigarettes and can...

Research in the language patterns that experienced writers use has now reached the point of providing useful suggestions for helping basic writing students achieve rapid and effective growth in writing. Shaughnessy, Hunt, Christensen, Williams, and the sentence combiners are among the many composition researchers and instructors who have observed that written English is different from spoken En...

The World Wide Web provides new opportunities for distance education over the Internet. The Web when combined with other network tools can be used to create a virtual classroom to bring together a community of learners for interactive education. The specific issue addressed here is tailoring specific functionality to allow a group of instructors and students to carry out the learning process in...

A revised view on teaching basic process control for bachelor and master students is presented. Practical topics are emphasized at the expense of a number of traditional theoretical topics. New teaching material in the form of interactive simulators, instructional videos, and a number of identical portable laboratory rigs have increased the pedagocical quality. The main results are an increase ...

community college computer instructors provide a valuable service by preparing students for challenging careers. at the same time, they face many challenges to stay current in their field and to maintain industry certifications. therefore, community college administrators need to determine what perceptions are held by computer instructors, address any negative perceptions, and determine if inst...

Educational activities, including assessment have continued globally in the form of emergency remote education since start COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose this study is to explore university instructors’ opinions about methods online during Case design was employed line with research questions. Data were collected from 199 instructors working at different universities Turkey via a questionnaire ...

With the popularity of MOOCs and other online learning platforms such as Khan Academy, the role of online education has continued to increase in relation to that of traditional on-campus instruction. At the same time, the need for analytical methods suited for the uniquely large and diverse populations that they serve has grown apace. In particular, as instructors and creators of online educati...