This paper describes on a successful experience of using a computer-support collaborative learning system in teaching e-commerce. We created a teaching and learning environment for 39 local secondary schools to introduce the subject of e-commerce using the computer-support collaborative learning system which enable students to be more knowledgeable and better skilled in the subject of e-commerc...

  Background & aim:The quality of communication between midwives and parturient women is a determinant of maternal satisfaction with midwifery care. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the communication skills of midwives at maternity wards of Mashhad teaching hospitals in 2014.   Methods:In this descriptive study, 49 midwives, working at Mashhad teaching hospitals, were randomly s...

This paper describes a research project, which seeks to explore the experience of educators with technology -enhanced teaching and learning. A particular focus of this investigation is on how the use of information and communications technology is influencing teaching practices and students’ approaches to learning at the University of Melbourne. This is a naturalistic inquiry into the experienc...

The practical teaching is the key link of training the students’ practical and creative ability in major of information management and information system. On the basis of analyzing the training goal and social demand of the major, an innovative practice system based on actual projects is constructed to solve the main problems exist in the practical teaching, by combining with the successful exp...

The aim of the study is to investigate online learning students’ perceptions of the community of inquiry according to learning outcomes such as perceived learning, willingness to participate in online learning and satisfaction, demographic variables such as age, gender, department, previous online learning experience and learning approach. In the research cross-sectional survey method was used....

The dominating trend in most educational programs today is converting traditional classroom teaching to variants of Problem or Project Based Learning (PBL) methods. In most programs the general experience is increased motivation among students as well as teachers. However, most programs do at the same time experience problems regarding productivity in terms of the applied teaching resources. Co...

AIM To assess and compare, for the first time, the quantity and quality of dental undergraduate teaching in conscious sedation in the dental schools of the UK and Ireland. This was achieved using a prospective, questionnaire-based survey. METHODS Questionnaires were designed to collect information about undergraduate sedation education from teaching staff and final year dental undergraduates ...

BACKGROUND Gibbs and Coffey (2004) have reported that teaching practices are influenced by teachers' conceptions of learning and teaching. In our previous research we found significant differences between teachers' conceptions in two medical schools with student-centred education. Medical school was the most important predictor, next to discipline, gender and teaching experience. Our research q...