In order to attract and retain students, universities must identify and meet student expectations. This article examines which aspects of a student’s educational experience are more important in influencing student satisfaction. The findings show that ‘‘student centeredness,’’ ‘‘campus climate,’’ and ‘‘instructional effectiveness,’’ have a strong impact on how satisfied a student is with his/he...

“Educational media alone do not influence the achievement of students. Researchers who have attempted to demonstrate the superior influence of educational technologies on achievement have been unsuccessful. On the other hand, researchers who have attempted to identify the appropriate techniques of message organization and the correct process of instructional delivery with technology have been m...

CONTEXT Accreditation requirements mandate teaching quality improvement (QI) concepts to medical trainees, yet little is known about the effectiveness of teaching QI. OBJECTIVES To perform a systematic review of the effectiveness of published QI curricula for clinicians and to determine whether teaching methods influence the effectiveness of such curricula. DATA SOURCES The electronic liter...

BACKGROUND Bloodstream infections resulting from intravascular catheters (catheter-BSI) in critical care increase patients' length of stay, morbidity and mortality, and the management of these infections and their complications has been estimated to cost the NHS annually £19.1-36.2M. Catheter-BSI are thought to be largely preventable using educational interventions, but guidance as to which typ...

Since a lot of material and human expenditure are spent for implementing extension education programs for rural people, one of the most important aspects of these programs is “effectiveness evaluation” and the rate of accomplishing program objectives, as well as determining program obstacles and solving them for future plans. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of rural ...

the present study,in order toidentifythe effect of teaching by socratic discussion on students' critical thinking disposition in university, was performed in the qualitative approach and by an action research method with theparticipants in one group of education undergraduate students, who were selected by purposeful sampling (n=20). collecting data were applied by “the standardized open-e...

BACKGROUND We undertook a modified systematic review of research regarding educational approaches to and effectiveness of pre-registration palliative care nursing, to inform the development of a short course in palliative care for pre-registration nursing students in Cameroon. The aim of this review was to examine educational approaches applied to pre-registration palliative care nursing educat...

This paper proposes an educational design plan for two modules within a professional development programme at UNITEC, about learning and teaching online. These modules address the areas of moderating online discussions, and online assessment. The application of the “SCARIE” model (a set of guidelines for effective online learning) to the educational design is described. Plans for the implementa...