Despite the rapid use of e-Learning in higher education, the beliefs of instructors about and their practices during online instruction have been seldom addressed. This study explores the role perceptions of e-instructors in higher education. In total, 106 instructors from 20 Taiwanese universities filled out a questionnaire. Analytical results indicate that “content expertise” and “instruction...

conclusions nursing students did not experience effective clinical learning. having expert instructors and supportive communication are important factors in creating a clinical learning environment. background clinical training is an integral part of nursing education; however, some studies have shown that it is not always efficient. objectives this study aimed to find out the factors that can ...

Assembling content for a broad-based, first-year engineering course poses unique challenges. In order to be successful, first-year instructors must typically tailor material to accommodate the background and interests of their students, as well as to prepare students for the specific majors available in their institution. While a traditional textbook can provide both a framework and validated c...

abstractthe present research was conducted to compare the efficiency of 3 groups of esp instructors: content teachers, language teachers, and professional esp teachers. the main question was aimed to investigate whether there was a significant difference between the 3 mentioned groups of esp teachers and if there was, who was more qualified to teach esp. to find the answer, a questionnaire was ...

Over the past two decades education researchers have demonstrated that various types of knowledge, including pedagogical content knowledge, influence teachers' instructional practices and their students' learning opportunities. Findings suggest that by engaging in the work of teaching, teachers acquire knowledge of how students think, but the education research community has not yet captured th...

language educators are required to reflect upon content delivered to the students. teaching strategies should be adapted to keep students loyal to cultural identity as well as foster resistance to oppressive policies dictated within english language curricula. despite the significance of applying critical principles by teachers, it is not known whether iranian elt instructors and subject teache...

University science teachers’ technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) is crucial for effective teaching. Although there has been a plethora of studies investigating pre-service and in-service teachers’ TPACK, few studies have examined university instructors’ TPACK and university students’ perceptions of instructors’ TPACK. The main purpose of this study was to examine the TPACK q...

A recent master's level course in the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations at Illinois State University pushed the envelope on using instructional Internet technologies. This course utilized several in-person sessions (both onand off-campus), e-mail, and a dedicated World Wide Web site. The majority of classes were held over the Internet using CU-SeeMe client and server soft...

This study aimed at developing a Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game-based (MORPG) Learning system which enabled instructors to construct a game scenario and manage sharable and reusable learning content for multiple courses. It used the curriculum of “Introduction to Computer Science” as a study case to assess students’ learning effectiveness on the subject of “computer network”. The sample w...