...This paper was prepared in support of the Baker College’s Mission, Guiding Principles, and online learning Model in how Baker College's commitment to its mission influence on an instructor; and how the 11 Guiding Principles set the foundation and the culture for Baker College; finally, how the Online Learning Model (OLM) fosters rigorous expectations, a high level of engagement, and a strong commitment for success in the online learning environment. There are many evidences that the professional development at Baker College is a priority of the school leaders. Professional development is receiving greater attention in all areas, for example, both adjunct and full time faculty from all programs get a mandatory first year faculty development....
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...Participants On-line learning Community To an on-line community communication is important and interpersonal communication describes one of the process of communicating ideas, thoughts, and feelings to other people and groups also develop skills that will improve a participants practice and knowledge as an online participant within a community. However Read-Only Participants authors express a wider concern for student communication in online classes. The authors express many discussions, questions, methods, findings, and implication with communication online disrupting the formation of virtual learning community. The context of the study discussion involved an online course on web-based education for a Masters degree with a mixed methodology approach to observe how online pursuit and discussion relate to course completion and learning skills. The researchers work showed an increase with online enrollment, but a decline in retention and success, even lower than traditional classroom settings. Those who hold the roles of facilitators have a responsibility to reversing such trends according to Schreck (2006). There are many misconceptions and myths concerning the difficulty of both learning and teaching online some attribute it to the methods of technology (e-books, podcasting, and simulations), Student continue to drop out at alarming rate yet keep pleading for more online learning experiences (Bonk, 2002). Other scholars finding such drop-out rate for online student that varies...
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...including those related to students, faculty, clinical placement sites, and the overall health care environment. Telehealth can be defined the removal of time and distance barriers for the delivery of healthcare services or related healthcare activities [ (Grady, 2011) ]. The new generation of technology-savvy students may be more comfortable with learning experiences that incorporate technologies they consider commonplace. A personal digit assistant (PDA), robots, telehealth apparatus, pagers, personal computers, notebooks and smart telephones are examples of how educators are leveraging student-friendly technology in healthcare to enhance learning outcomes [ (Grady, 2011) ]. Many nurse educators have recognized the need to push the nursing curriculum to the 21st century and are willing to do so; nursing is facing faculty shortages that threaten nursing educations ability to move its agenda forward. Students are being turned away from nursing programs because there is not enough faculty to teach the increasing students. Nursing student enrollment increased by 18 percent in 2005. The National League for Nursing (NLN) estimated that 147, 465 qualified student applications were turned away due to a shortage in faculty. Insufficient number of nursing clinical practice sites and a shortage of faculty often prevent schools from enrolling more students [ (Grady, 2011) ]. Downsizing and shorter patient stays in the hospital are leaving nursing students fewer opportunities in the...
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...T- TR 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm F 11:00 am – 1:00 pm By Appointment Only Location H. C. C. West Loop Campus Course Description Topics include quadratics, polynomial, rational, logarithmic and exponential functions, system of equations, matrices and determinants. A departmental final examination will be given in this course. Prerequisites Must be placed into college-level mathematics or completion of MATH 0312. Course Goal This course is designed as a review of advanced topics in algebra for science and engineering students who plan to take the calculus sequence in preparation for their various degree programs. It is also intended for non-technical students who need college mathematics credits to fulfill requirements for graduation and prerequisites for other courses. It is generally transferable to other disciplines as math credit for non-science majors. |Student Learning Outcomes |Course Objectives | | Solve algebraic equations and...
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...the education of students? Every student should have the same chance at success. In a perfect world each institution would administer the same quality education despite poverty, difference in resources, or diverse cultures. Although that is a good aspiration, it is a notion that is far from reality. Poverty plays a vital part in the resources available to each school. Resources account for majority of school’s operation. In order to ensure how much poverty affects schools, two schools will be evaluated; one school is located in a community under the poverty line and the other school is above the poverty line. The academic standards, standardized test scores, and resources available to each school will be the basis of the comparison. The schools are Ashley Magnet Elementary School (AMES) whose students are majority African-American and Hispanic and Lewisville Elementary School (LES) whose students are majority Caucasian. At the conclusion of this research, there will be valuable evidence to determine if poverty has an effect on the education of the students due to resources, standardized tests, living conditions, and health and nutrition. There are many different factors that a school must think about that determine what kind of resources could be purchased. A school must consider the salaries of the educators on their payroll, the district total revenue, the district total spending, the district revenue per student, and the district spending per student (Ashley Elementary...
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...net Keywords: POP-I.B, programmer education, POP-II.A, novices, POP-5.A, mental models, POP-5.A, selfefficacy Abstract Learning to program is difficult for many students. Although several factors that affect learning to program have been identified over the years, we are still far from a full understanding of why some students learn to program easily and quickly while others flounder. Two constructs that may affect learning to program are self-efficacy and mental models. Self-efficacy is the individual’s judgment of his or her ability to perform a task in a specific domain (Bandura 1986). A mental model is a person’s internal (mental) representation of real world objects and systems (Norman 1983). Separate research on self-efficacy and mental models has shown that both are important to knowledge acquisition and transfer. Using a path-analytic approach, this research investigates the joint effects of self-efficacy, mental model, and previous experience on learning to program in an introductory course. The results show that self-efficacy for programming is influenced by previous programming experience, and student self-efficacy increases substantially during an introductory programming course. Furthermore, students’ mental models of programming influence their self-efficacy, and both the mental model and self-efficacy have a direct effect on overall success in an introductory course. Introduction The dropout and failure rates in introductory programming courses at the university...
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...DIRECTORATE STRATEGY TO CHANGE CULTURE SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS FOUNDATION LEARNING TIER ADDITIONAL LEARNING SUPPORT Contents Page College Vision, Mission and Values 3 Existing Cultures 4 Overarching College Priorities 4 Bringing about culture change 5 The 5 step journey 6 Roles & Responsibilities 8 Communication & embedding the values 9 Benchmarking 9 Training & Development needs 9 Significant barriers and overcoming them 10 Priorities 11 College Vision, Mission and Values The Strategic Vision For The Merged College Is: “An inspirational organisation that delivers excellence” Mission Statement: “To provide high-quality education and training that is inclusive, and which matches and supports the needs of our diverse learners and the local and regional economy” Corporate Values: ▪ Place learners at the heart of everything we do ▪ Promote a progressive, inspirational and dynamic approach to teaching and learning which responds to learners ▪ Create an environment and ethos which encourages learning and skills development ▪ Promote and provide opportunities for successful participation in education for people from all backgrounds and abilities ▪ Strive for excellence in all aspects of college business ▪ Encourage staff to embrace challenging professional standards and raise...
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...How a teacher has taught and how students receive and react to the learning can change the dynamic of a classroom and their lives. If a teacher cannot teach, the students will not retain information but if the students won't learn the teacher cannot teach. The relationships between the teachers and their students is crucial for learning but depends on who is willing to put in the effort. In both pieces of writing is shows from the beginning that both teachers or professors have a passion for their job and work that cannot be distinguished easily. In the poem “students” the teacher shows interest and devotion to his students success. The teacher beggs “ Adopt The Kung Fu Theory of Education/ Learning as self-defence. The more you understand...
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...Cooperative Learning Benefits Students What is Cooperative Learning? Cooperative Learning is a teaching strategy teachers use, which consists of students working in a small group specifically the group contains students in all different levels of abilities. Specifically, students will learn to work face-to-face and will learn from each other. Cooperative Learning has been shown to develop positive student-teacher attitudes, social interaction skills, and increase achievement in school. As I stated before, Cooperative Learning offers many potential benefits to students. Cooperative learning has been shown to develop positive student-teacher attitudes (Johnson & Johnson, 1999). In cooperative learning, lines of communication are opened. Specifically, students have to opportunity to explain their actions and thought to their classmates and teacher cooperative learning also helps the teacher to be able to understand their children’s behavior better. Additionally, cooperatives learning opportunities are created for students to be able to communicate more with the teacher on a personal level as the teacher assists the cooperative learning process by interacting with each student while moving around the class and observing students interacting. Cooperative learning develops students' social interaction skills. Cooperative learning can improve academic engagement by working with students' social motivation rather than against it. Traditional classrooms discourage student interaction...
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...School students were not achieving at an adequate level in Literacy. The school joined the Western Maine Literacy Initiative and set the goal to develop and teach research-based strategies intended to help the students navigate non-fiction text in all classes. The 2007 and 2008 Maine Educational Assessment (MEA) results showed steady growth in the area of literacy. When the results were released in 2009 only 4% of eighth grade students did not meet literacy standards with 81% meeting and an unprecedented 18% exceeding the standards. The data from the 2009 NECAP showed only 42% of Mountain Valley Middle School students were achieving at the proficient benchmark in math. The NECAP data also indicated students were not adequately responding to constructed response questions. It was decided for the 2010-11 school year that dedicated research and implementation of strategies and instructional methods would be put into place to drive toward better instruction in mathematics. Students would also be taught tools to better navigate short answer and constructed response questions. The RTI initiative was viewed as a good place to start making pedagogical changes to the school environment to make the necessary changes that would allow students to be more successful in their learning endeavors. School Profile Mountain Valley Middle School (MVMS) is located in the town of Mexico, Maine. It is part of the Region School Unit #10 (RSU10) based in Dixfield, Maine. It services students in sixth...
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...programs have many strengths and offer the student accessibility to quality education they may not have had, there is a sever weakness inherent to on-line education and can pose a threat to the active online learner. One such threat against the active learner in a virtual classroom is the lack of social interaction with instructors and peers. Studies show that the interaction between the student/instructor/peers is the most consistent factor in influencing the student’s performance in the classroom. (Lan, 2015) Students in traditional classrooms are naturally able to ask direct face-to-face questions, participate in team activities and build social relationships. On-line interaction generally occurs through course discussion boards, chat rooms and e-mail. Unlike traditional students who receive timely feedback, some time passes between the initial post and the reply and subsequent, follow-up messages and replies. Wang and Newlin (2002) identified that overall this type of on-line communication is slow, limits the type the amount and depth of interaction, and removes feelings of connection. Margret Martyn (2005) performed a study on the learning styles and the correlation of success. A major finding in the study showed that on-line students scored lower on an exam than the face-to-face students. She compared this finding to the data she collected from a student perception survey. Analysis showed that the face-to-face students mean scores were higher on the quality perception...
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...technology is greater. This article “Read-only participants: a case for student communication in online classes” (Nagel, Blignaut, Cronje 2007) analyzes data from several studies and suggests that active participation, as opposed to non-active participation, is directly correlated to student achievement. Read-Only Participants The term Read-only participants refers to online students who log into a specific classroom website, read the material provided or student post’s but do not get actively involved in the discussion. Buedouin (2002) suggested that read-only participants can learn and succeed in an online setting without participating (Nagel, Blinaught, & Cronje, 2007). However research by: Nagel, Blinaught, & Cronje (2007); Klemm (1998); Rovai & Barnum (2003); Swan, Shea, Frederickson, Pickett, & Pelz (2000), indicate that participation is essential to be a successful online student. Read-only students also have the tendency to create a negative environment within an online learning environment, with other having the perception that the read-only student does not care and does not want to contribute. This is extremely evident when they are in a collaborative learning environment and participation in a project by all involved is essential for the group’s success. This perception may not always be accurate as suggested by Sutton (2001) who stated “direct interaction is not necessary for all students and that those who observe and actively process interactions between...
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...Differentiated Learning Articles Articles on Differentiated Learning for teachers and other educators. "Differentiated learning (sometimes referred to as differentiated instruction) is a way of thinking about teaching and learning. It means using a variety of instructional strategies that address diverse student learning needs. It places students at the center of teaching and learning and student needs drive instructional planning. Differentiated learning is a way to enhance learning for all students by engaging them in activities that respond to particular learning needs, strengths, and preferences. The goals of differentiated learning are to develop challenging and engaging tasks for each learner (from low-end learner to high-end learner). Instructional activities are flexible and based and evaluated on content, process and product. Teachers respond to students’ readiness, instructional needs, interests and learning preferences and provide opportunities for students to work in varied instructional formats. In a nutshell, a differentiated learning classroom is a learner-responsive, teacher-facilitated classrooms where all students have the opportunity to meet curriculum foundational objectives." Source: Wikipedia. Cooperative Learning, NOT Group Work, is the Key to a Successful Future Apr 26th 2007 Teachers learn a variety of different skills and strategies throughout their college education. Once employed, teachers hone their skills by finding out what really works in the...
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...SEMESTER 2011 OUMH1103 LEARNING SKILLS FOR OPEN DISTANCE LEARNERS RASHIE A/P RATHAKRISHNAN MATRICULATION NO: 680428075380001 BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (TESL) WITH HONOURS Table of Content Page A. INTRODUCTION 2 B. CHALLENGING CHARACTERISTICS OF ONLINE LEARNING 3 1. Technology 3 a. Accessibility to Technology 3 b. Limitation of Technology 3 2. Motivation 4 3. Interaction with Facilitators 4 a. Online versus Classroom 4 b. Qualified Facilitators 5 4. Computer Literacy 5 5. Poor Time Management Skills 6 C. SUGGESTIONS AND WAYS TO IMPROVE THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE OF ONLINE ...
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...rapid changes in the political areas and in Science and Technology impelled the government to recognize and strengthen further the national system of education to suit the education needs of the future along the line of education for all and to produce a work force that has the quality, capability and skill to handle more complex challenges. Cabinet committee of educational reforms was chaired by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and was formed in 1974. The purpose of forming this committee was study the implementation of the National Education policy. Educational reforms released its findings in the Mahathir Report in 1979. The report suggested that education should meet the country’s manpower needs, especially in the development of science and technology and education should foster development of noble values. Objectives of Educational Reforms The government set the objectives as guideposts along the road that make the implement of Educational Reforms more smoothly. The main objective of Educational Reforms is to improve the conditions and quality of the educational system so that the development of country in science and technology can be improved. Furthermore, Ministry of Education wished to create an updated system of education that is of universal standard so that the student can always receive the latest information. Moreover, another objective is to fix a system of education that is “flexible” to current development to avoid being eliminated from the competition of the world. In...
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