Student Learning Objectives: What Instructors Emphasize in Short-Term Study Abroad

Large-Scale Assessment of Student Attitudes after a Short-Term Study Abroad Program

Neuroscience Study Abroad: Developing a Short-Term Summer Course

Collaborative and international scientific efforts continue to be of increasing importance in the development of successful educational and research programs. The goal of our study abroad program, Neuroscience Seminar in Germany, is to bring this fact to light for undergraduates and make them aware of the global opportunities that exist in the neurosciences and related biological sciences. Here...

More Than a Vacation: Short-Term Study Abroad as a Critically Reflective, Transformative Learning Experience

Over the past decade there have been increasing calls to develop the capacity of United States students to think and act globally (Stearns, 2009). One method of encouraging the civic of global citizenship is through study abroad (Tarrant, 2010). However, the educational value and legitimacy of study abroad, in particular short-term programs, has been questioned (Tarrant & Lyons, 2012). This rev...

CourseVis: Externalising Student Information to Facilitate Instructors in Distance Learning

In this paper we present an approach for externalising student information to facilitate instructors involved in distance learning. Information visualization techniques have been used in CourseVis a tool which obtains tracking data from course management systems, transforms the data into a form convenient for processing, and generates graphical representations that can be explored by course ins...

Blended Learning Components Important to Student Learning: A Study on the Perceptions of Instructors

Blended learning implementation has been extensively examined in literature. Most research questions center around how blended learning results in greater learning achievement, which HAS been measured from a student’s perspective. Whilst being recognized as existing in varied models, how blended learning design may be different in hard and soft disciplines is scarcely researched. In addition, t...