Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 6 of 6
Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network
Rates Of Adoption In A University Course Management System, David Russell Feeney
Rates Of Adoption In A University Course Management System, David Russell Feeney
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
This research focuses on diffusion of an education innovation in a large, traditional University. In March 1999, the Blackboard digital course management system was installed for enterprise-wide availability at Temple University, the 39th largest university in the United States. The web-enabled database of Temple Blackboard logs the adoption date, course ID, and course title for every Blackboard course, unobtrusively, twenty-four hours a day. Temple Blackboard serves as 4 digital approximation of the cumulative recorder pioneered by B. F. Skinner, recording more than 2800 course adoptions across 30 months, in real time. Temple Blackboard course records provide unprecedented quantity and quality …
Effects Of Concept Mapping On Learning Anatomy And Transfer Of Anatomy Knowledge To Kinesiology In Health Sciences Students, Frances E. Huber
Effects Of Concept Mapping On Learning Anatomy And Transfer Of Anatomy Knowledge To Kinesiology In Health Sciences Students, Frances E. Huber
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of concept mapping on academic achievement in anatomy and transfer of anatomy knowledge to kinesiology and to describe the participants' experience with this new study strategy. Methods. Thirty-eight junior physical therapy and occupational therapy students volunteered to participate in this study in the fall of 2000. Thirty students matriculated into the spring semester and completed the study. All participants signed informed consents. Participants were randomly assigned to a control group or concept mapping group. The concept mappers were instructed with concept mapping. Members of the concept mapping group were …
Curriculum Alternatives In Graduate Dental Hygiene Education, Jennifer Hubbard Grilli
Curriculum Alternatives In Graduate Dental Hygiene Education, Jennifer Hubbard Grilli
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
The nursing profession has designed a variety of curriculum options for individuals who wish to pursue graduate education in nursing. These options have been created to meet the changing needs of their profession, society, and potential students in the field. The profession of dental hygiene has similar needs. Presently there are only nine programs granting graduate degrees in dental hygiene. More graduate programs are needed to fulfill the future demands for educators, researchers, and practitioners with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide advanced levels of care in a variety of practice settings. Unfortunately, a mean of only 20 students …
Student Variables As A Predictor Of E -Course Completion, Norma Helen Hodge-Thompson
Student Variables As A Predictor Of E -Course Completion, Norma Helen Hodge-Thompson
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
The purpose of this study is to determine student variables that predict E-course completion. Research questions were defined for investigating the relationship between student demographics and E-course completion. Student demographics include age, gender, GPA, student major, access to technology and employment. The student demographic variables were correlated with course completion and through logistic regression were determined to be predictors of E-course completion. The research population for this study was 3453 Marshall University students enrolled in E-courses from the spring semester of 1998 through the fall semester of 2000. Data for the study was obtained from the Marshall University Institutional Research …
English In The University Of Excellence, Joe Morris
English In The University Of Excellence, Joe Morris
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
"The modern University," according to Bill Readings, "has had three ideas: the Kantian concept of reason, the Humboldtian idea of culture, and now the technobureaucratic notion of excellence." "Excellence" euphemistically describes the principle of the university as corporation, as geared toward revenue rather than ideology. This portrayal raises difficult questions for the humanities, as ideological domains. Taking Readings's The University in Ruins as a starting point, this study examines the English discipline within the "university of excellence," considering West Virginia University's department as a case study. It begins by charting the evolution of WVU's self-understanding, from an institution of culture …
Governance Of A Private Japanese University Before And After The 1998 University Council Reforms, Clark Marshall Egnor
Governance Of A Private Japanese University Before And After The 1998 University Council Reforms, Clark Marshall Egnor
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
A major crisis facing Japanese higher education is the inability of university leaders to respond to changes, such as enrollment declines and sudden economic downturns. In response, sweeping changes were proposed by the Japanese government-appointed University Council in October 1998 that may result in increased autonomy of universities and reduced control by the Ministry of Education. This case study describes the governance patterns of a single private university in Japan and explores the following question: What are the differences between the patterns of governance at Toshi University (not the real name of the university) before and after the 1998 University …