Opportunities for collaborative investigations of curriculum, the pursuit of joint research interests and stronger links between the program at the university and professional practice have been facilitated through a collaborative, innovative partnership (established in 2002) between the Joondalup district, schools and Edith Cowan University (the Joondalup/ECU Compact). The Compact provides the...

Most efforts to create computer-supported collaborative learning environments have been focused on students. However, without providing appropriate integration of collaborative activities into curricula, these efforts will have little widespread impact on educational practices. To improve education through technology, learning environments for students must be integrated with curriculum develop...

With the rapid development of information technology, project management has gained more and more attention recently. Based on CDIO, this paper proposes some teaching reform ideas for software project management curriculum. We first change from Teacher-centered classroom to Student-centered and adopt project-driven, scenario animation show, teaching rhythms, case study and team work practice to...

We studied a virtual teacher community that had some crucial attributes that could lead to disruption of outdated learning and professional development norms. An analysis of factors that prevented the emergence of a learning community leads us to point to the crucial role of some moderator practices: open negotiation of hidden tensions, the sensitive use of learning opportunities to build perso...

As a student and teacher of adult education in nursing, the writer could not help but be interested in the way adults learn. Over the years this interest had extended to curriculum development. The curriculum models which were explored and even those designed by the writer over the years seemed to provide the structure needed for effective teaching and learning situations but what was not reali...

As technology continues to disrupt education at nearly all levels from K–12 to college and beyond, the challenges of understanding the impact technology has on teaching continue to mount. One critical area that yet remains open, is examining teachers’ usage of technology by specifically collecting detailed data of their technology use, developing techniques to analyze that data and then finding...

Teachers play a crucial role in curriculum changes, as they are the ones to implement a new curriculum in class. Therefore, teachers need to bring their knowledge and beliefs (pedagogical content knowledge) in line with the new curricular demands. The reason for the study is the introduction of a context-based chemistry high school curriculum in the Netherlands, and the question was how to best...