Academic organizations are supposed to seek certain balance between the concerns of security, stability and availability of shared computer labs to achieve the course learning objectives. Some academic activities in computer science courses require students to control and configure some laboratory devices. Students in advanced courses may use some risky applications for some learning activities...

This paper proposes a design for complementary community currencies for education communities to boost cooperation of the more advanced students with the less advanced ones. Its design follows two goals: motivating students to learn by doing extra homework (effort) and share knowledge with younger students (tutoring), and shifting the role of teachers towards a more supervisory, tutoring and dy...

We present the design of a systems laboratory intended for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. The laboratory provides an environment in which students are given complete (root) control of systems with essentially unrestricted access to the Internet. This is achieved without jeopardizing the security of the departmental network of which the laboratory is a part. Students in the labor...

Just as information technology has improved effectiveness in medicine, finance, manufacturing, and numerous other sectors of society, advanced computing and telecommunications have the potential to help students master complex 21 century skills. Research-based curriculum projects are developing technologies that enable online virtual communities of practice using advanced tools to solve real wo...

Electronic clinical tracking systems are used in many educational institutions of higher learning to document advanced practice registered nursing students' clinical experiences. Students' clinical experiences are constructed according to the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties core competencies. These competencies form a basis for evaluation of advanced practice registered nu...

There is increasing enthusiasm for teaching approaches that combine mathematics and biology. The call for integrating more quantitative work in biology education has led to new teaching tools that improve quantitative skills. Little is known, however, about whether increasing interdisciplinary work can lead to adverse effects, such as the development of broader but shallower skills or the possi...

Calls for reform in science education have promoted active learning as a means to improve student engagement (SENG). SENG is generally acknowledged to have a positive effect on student learning, satisfaction, and retention. A validated 14-question survey was used to assess SENG in a variety of upper- and lower-level physiology courses, including 100-level Anatomy and Physiology 1, 300-level Ani...

These notes have quite uneven levels of depth. They were prepared for a course to talented undergraduates at the Nangyang University of Technology for May 2006. The idea is that several different courses could be made from the notes. For example, the flow material could be covered quickly, only pointing at the main ideas, such as max-flow/min cut and applications, for really advanced students. ...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether, in comparison with naive students, experienced students who have completed an elementary physiology course 1) have a greater knowledge level of physiology and 2) perform better in an upper division physiology course. The educational setting for this study was the cardiovascular block of an advanced undergraduate level course entitled Principle...