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Unexploited Efficiencies in Higher Education
Author: Eyring, Henry C.
Date: 2011-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Higher Education,Student Costs,Cost Effectiveness,Models,College Administration,Administrator Attitudes,Administrators,Educational Attainment,College Credits,Online Courses,Educational Innovation

In &quot;Unexploited Efficiencies in Higher Education,&quot; Henry C. Eyring, a junior majoring in Economics at Brigham Young University-Idaho, argues that one way that the U.S. can compete globally in college attainment is to decrease cost-per-graduate. He explains how many stakeholders in higher education stand to benefit from unexploited cost-efficiencies. Eyring cites strategies implemented by Brigham Young University-Idaho as examples of ways that institutions of higher education can become more cost-efficient in producing graduates. Administrators at Brigham Young University-Idaho utilize a model called the &quot;Graduate Fishbone&quot; that quantifies the effect of alterations to policy, retention, and instructional delivery at Brigham Young University-Idaho on cost, students served, and annual graduates produced. That model allows analysis of the efficacy of cost-efficiency promoting strategies, and is available electronically from the author upon request. An extended version of this paper with additional charts and explanation is also available electronically from the author upon request.
Current Trends in Educational Leadership for Student Success plus Facilities Planning and Designing
Author: Hilliard, Ann
Date: 2011-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Leadership,Educational Administration,Success,Educational Trends,Educational Facilities Design,Educational Facilities Planning,Standards,Leadership Training,Participative Decision Making,Organizational Change,Classroom Environment,Time Management,Special Programs,Technology Uses in Education,Virtual Classrooms,Leadership Qualities,Instructional Leadership,Leadership Styles,Early Childhood Education,Transfer Students,Elementary Secondary Education,Educational Legislation,Federal Legislation

Many school leaders today are experiencing many challenges to ensure that their schools are successful. Since the passage of No Child Left Behind Act, school leaders have been faced with making sure that all students, regardless of language and/or background, are successful on the state assessment test. If students do not make AYP Annual Yearly Progress based on set standards, the school leader is viewed as not being effective. The school leader/administrator is at the front-line for their school's progress on a daily basis and just to name a few items, school safety, appropriate curriculum and accommodations for students, high quality instruction service to all students and utilizing technology to enhance instruction and management tasks (Lashway, 2003). This research paper will discuss aspects and trends in leadership in the following areas: leadership standards, leadership development, shared leadership, support for school leadership, change in mission, facility planning and designing, classroom configuration, use of school time, early programs, special programs, school transfer, use of technology and virtual schools.
Blogs as a Learning Space: Creating Text of Talks
Author: Santos, Arnold Nicholas E.
Date: 2011-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Electronic Publishing,Web Sites,Online Courses,College Students,Technology Integration,Social Networks,English Instruction,Student Attitudes,Instructional Effectiveness,College Faculty,Learner Engagement,Theories,Statistical Analysis,Qualitative Research

This paper explored the pedagogical preparations taken by the researcher in integrating blogs to the traditional classroom experience as well as its use in online classes as a tool for students to write about what they have learned in class and relate it to everyday life. The researcher utilized web blog, combined Facebook and Multiply blogsites, in the online teaching. Utilization of blogsites to supplement the traditional method of teaching was a welcome innovation for most students. The study involved thirty-eight (38) enrolled students of the course English 111. The familiarity and convenience of facebook and multiply blogsites makes learning and complying to requirements an enjoyable task. Blogs as a learning space for English 111 was an effective teaching methodology appreciated by the students. However, the integration of blogs in the traditional teaching learning process requires preparation and planning on the part of the teacher so that applicable and timely activities could be given to the students.
Declining MIS Enrollment: The Death of the MIS Degree?
Author: Saunders, Gary
Date: 2011-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Declining Enrollment,Management Information Systems,Job Skills,Relevance (Education),Education Work Relationship,Career Readiness,Graduate Surveys,Labor Needs,College Outcomes Assessment,Questionnaires,Correlation,Partnerships in Education,Change Strategies,Educational Practices,Educational Trends,Employer Attitudes

There is little doubt that enrollments in MIS degree programs have been declining since the recession in the technical industry in 2001. Reagan's research (2008) indicates that enrollments in MIS degree programs is only about 25% of the 2001 level. Many MIS (IS) programs have been abandoned or combined with other related programs. While many reasons for this decline have been advanced, one of the most tenable reasons is a perception gap between what IT professors believe is important and what potential employers see as important skills for new hires. This study reports the results of a survey of MIS graduates of a medium size university in the midwest. Results suggest that graduates share the views that a perception gap exists. They tend to believe that their program needs to become more aligned with the needs of employers. Graduates believe that business leaders should be involved more closely in determining the direction and content of their program.
Managing the Legal Risks of High-Tech Classrooms
Author: Nenych, Laura A.
Date: 2011-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Internet,Technology Uses in Education,Legal Responsibility,Legislation,Copyrights,Student Projects,Multimedia Instruction,Foreign Countries,Federal Regulation,Films

When professors and students utilize the Internet, course web pages, and other online learning tools, much of the material that they make use of is protected by copyright law. A blend of case law and legislation governs the use of online materials and how technology can be used in the classroom and in school-related activities, often creating confusion for content users. Educators and students alike need to be familiar with applicable laws and need to understand the implications of common activities such as using technology in the classroom, conducting research on the Internet, and using multi-media in classroom presentations and student projects. Canadian copyright law is currently undergoing a much-needed process of reform, in order to bring Canadian copyright law in line with the laws of the rest of the world, and to keep up with rapidly changing technology that has changed the way people use copyrighted materials. This paper will focus on the legalities surrounding the use of technology and digital media in educational settings. It will provide guidelines for Canadian educators to ensure that their use of information technology and digital materials in the classroom is both appropriate and acceptable, and will propose strategies to manage those risks.
Informational Literacy and Information and Communication Technologies Use by Secondary Education Students in Spain: A Descriptive Study
Author: Conde, Ma. José Rodríguez
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Information Literacy,Technological Literacy,Educational Technology,Secondary School Students,Competence,Technology Uses in Education,Surveys,Student Characteristics,Likert Scales,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis

Informational literacy and the use of technologies by Secondary Education students in Spain: A descriptive study. The development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), together with their application to research carried out on educational areas, are factors which contribute to the promotion of a new educative model constructed on literacy-based competences and skills, and which sets technologies as essential tools for a life-long learning process (UNESCO, 2005). This is the framework where we can insert the research that we are currently carrying out, funded by the research Program I+D+I of the Spanish Ministry of Education, and in the frame of which we are developing a diagnostic assessment of informational literacy competence in students between 14 and 16 years (Secondary Education), based on the fact that one of the main aspects in knowledge generation and acquisition is the capacity to use information extracted from documents and electronic resources, available in informational networks in a correct way. In this paper we present the results obtained from evidences on the contrast existing between the level of use of technologies (videogames, social networks...) and the level of informational literacy shown by students. The data were gathered from a sample of more than 1000 Secondary Education students who are around 15 years old. The article also contains bibliographical notes.
Educational Leadership Is Not about Money
Author: Kelly, Thomas F.
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Administration,Systems Approach,Organizational Change,Success,Productivity,Cost Effectiveness,Educational Improvement,Leadership Effectiveness,Public Education,Technology Uses in Education,Academic Achievement,Student Improvement,Best Practices

This paper presents a systems approach based on the work of W. Edwards Deming, an alternative to the all purpose &quot;We need more money&quot; solution. A bibliography is included.
Principal's Preparation Program: Managing the Learning Environment Using ELCC Standards
Author: Tubbs, J. Eric
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Principals,Management Development,Administrator Education,Educational Environment,Educational Facilities,Facilities Management,Academic Standards,Facility Guidelines,Curriculum Development,Program Implementation,Skill Analysis,Educational Needs,Educational Strategies,Learning Activities,Educational Practices,School Administration

School principals need to be well prepared to manage school facilities assigned to their care. Educational leadership programs can make best use of the Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) Standards to develop a course of study to address school facility management issues. Every standard has its facility implications that lead to designing course activities to prepare school principals to be facility managers. A school facility management course can be effectively delivered by meeting all ELCC Standards.
Innovative Math for Liberal Arts Majors
Author: Strasser, Nora
Date: 2011-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Instruction,Liberal Arts,College Mathematics,Skill Development,Educational Innovation,Critical Thinking,Thinking Skills,Money Management,Budgets,Statistical Analysis,Investment,Surveys,Instructional Effectiveness,Student Attitudes,Majors (Students)

An innovative Math for Liberal Arts course was designed to provide liberal arts students with the life skills necessary to survive in the 21st century. The course emphasizes application driven mathematics. This course has been successful in changing students' perceptions of the usefulness of the course and improving student success rate as well as actively engaging them in the study of mathematics. Topics such as critical thinking, unit analysis, statistical reasoning, and managing money are included. Students spend time analyzing a budget as well as learning about the stock market and the mathematics associated with each. Students who took this course were far more likely than those who took the more traditional survey type of course to rate the course as being important. The course changes are delineated and the students' responses to those changes are described.
Professional Development: A Path to Success for EFL Teachers
Author: Wichadee, Saovapa
Date: 2011-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Faculty Development,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Teaching Methods,Language Teachers,Teacher Effectiveness,Curriculum Design,Language Skills,Seminars,Teacher Education,Foreign Countries,Action Research,Observation,Classroom Techniques,Second Language Instruction

Professional development is seen as a way to maintain and enhance the quality of teachers. The acquired knowledge does not only bring about improvement in the teaching process, but also leads to career growth. This article discusses the concept of professional development in the field of language teaching which is distinctive from other fields. The emphasis here is on what are various methods of development they can use to improve themselves continually. Also, there are a lot of contents in the context of language teaching they require for classroom practice. Although language teachers are to gain new theories and practices, they sometimes encounter some problems in their professional development. These problems can be solved by school administrators and teachers themselves.
An Interpretive Study of Meanings Citizen Scientists Make When Participating in Galaxy Zoo
Author: Mankowski, Trent A.
Date: 2011-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Education,Astronomy,Scientists,Educational Technology,Computer Assisted Instruction,Informal Education

A particularly successful effort to engage the public in science has been to move the nearly countless galaxies imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to citizen scientists in a project known widely as Galaxy Zoo (URL; http://www.galaxyzoo.org). By examining the motivations, methods and appeal of Galaxy Zoo to the participating public, other models of citizen science might be purposefully formulated to take advantage of the success exhibited in Galaxy Zoo. In addition, we want to understand the reasons people engage in science in informal settings in order to better enhance teaching methods in formal settings. We pursued an investigation of the underlying reasons for the success of Galaxy Zoo revealed by inductively analyzing contributor's posts and discussions through the accompanying Galaxy Zoo online bulletin board. Using a grounded theory approach, we learned that many of these motivations originate in the aesthetic power of astronomical images or the opportunity to become an empowered and contributing scientist, which Galaxy Zoo successfully harnesses, while not compromising the scientific value of the project.
A Multicenter Study of Students' Sensitivity to Screen-Update Delay
Author: Walsh, Vonda K.
Date: 2011-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Electronic Learning,Cognitive Style,Student Attitudes,Psychological Patterns,Comprehension,Time,Teaching Methods,Simulation,Models,Adolescents,Young Adults,College Students

In a climate of shrinking educational budgets, online learning courses offer many advantages; however there are several possible problems associated with electronic learning. There may be problems associated with learning style preferences, student apathy, instructional support, accessibility, and problems with technology. This paper examines a technological problem associated with the effects of screen-update-delay and student enjoyment, student self-reported comprehension, and student objective comprehension. In particular, this paper attempts to identify the point at which longer screen updates will be detrimental to the student's enjoyment and/or have a significant negative impact on the student's self-reported comprehension and retention of material.
The Culture of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Academic Framework: Some Literary Implications
Author: Mehta, Sandhya Rao
Date: 2011-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Responsibility,Corporations,Accountability,College Role,English Instruction,Literature,Curriculum Development,Foreign Countries

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is swiftly emerging as an integral part of corporate culture and discourse. Associated with notions of responsibility, accountability and community involvement, it remains privileged with concerns that increasingly define the new millennium. Less developed, however, is the relevance of CSR ideas to academic communities. For universities to shrug away from CSR concerns would be to deny an essential precondition of the academic framework--accountability to the stakeholder--in this case, the students and the immediate community at large. This paper attempts to contextualize the role of the universities within the wider concerns of CSR. While establishing the background of CSR studies, the emergence of academic involvement will also be reflected upon and finally, an example of the way in which accountability could be achieved in the literature programs of English departments will be presented to indicate ways in which literary curricula could be better aligned with the priorities of the larger, ever-expanding concerns of global literature.
Voodoo Dolls, Charms, and Spells in the Classroom: Teaching, Screening, and Deconstructing the Misrepresentation of the African Religion
Author: Reuber, Alexandra
Date: 2011-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: African Culture,Religion,Catholics,Haitians,Folk Culture,Death,Beliefs,Novels,Films,Fiction,Misconceptions,Popular Culture,Cognitive Style,Teaching Methods,Critical Thinking,Thinking Skills,Media Literacy

&quot;New Orleans voodoo,&quot; also called &quot;créole voodoo,&quot; is an amalgamation of an honoring of the spirits of the dead, a respect for the elderly and the spiritual life, African knowledge of herbs and charms, and European elements of Catholicism. It is a religion of ancestor worship that is unknown to us, and that we are not necessarily exposed to or included in. As such, it is something foreign to our own belief system. Being ignorant about what the religion entails, people in general stigmatize it as something not worthy to discuss, nor to practice. Unfortunately, popular novels like &quot;Voodoo Season&quot; (2006) and &quot;Voodoo Dreams&quot; (1995) by Jowell Parker Rhodes, and especially Hollywood's production of horror movies such as &quot;White Zombie&quot; (1932), &quot;I Walked with a Zombie&quot; (1943), &quot;The Serpent and the Rainbow&quot; (1987), &quot;Voodoo Dawn&quot; (1998) or &quot;Hoodoo for Voodoo&quot; (2006), do not provide the public with a truthful background of the African, Haitian, or New Orleanean voodoo tradition. All too often these fictional sources fuel the already existing misrepresentations of the religion and represent it as something shadowy, highly secretive, and fearful. This differentiated introduction to New Orleans voodoo via Iain Softley's film &quot;The Skeleton Key&quot; (2004) exposes students to the major characteristics of the religion, makes them aware of popular culture's falsified voodoo construct, and teaches them how to deconstruct it. This interactive approach is student centered, appeals to their individual intelligences and learning styles, promotes critical thinking, and trains analytical skills.
Gender Inequality in Academia: Evidences from Nigeria
Author: Ogbogu, Christiana O.
Date: 2011-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Gender Bias,Equal Opportunities (Jobs),College Faculty,Interviews,Teacher Recruitment,Teacher Selection,Teacher Competencies,Mentors,Teacher Salaries,Career Choice,Females,Males,Responsibility,Family Work Relationship,Ideology,Cultural Influences

Universities and other institutions of higher education in Nigeria see themselves as liberal and open-minded. They support social movements that encourage principles of democracy and social justice, yet their mode of governance is male dominated and patriarchal. This study, therefore, identified the causes of gender inequality in academia and the implications on the academic development of females in the university system. This study was considered necessary because of the observed anomaly in the composition of academic staff in Nigerian universities. Data for the study were obtained from both primary and secondary sources. Primary data were obtained through the in-depth interview of sixty (60) purposively selected male and female academic staff occupying key positions in three (3) Federal universities located in southwestern Nigeria. The study revealed that the recruitment and selection practices in the universities neither stressed male ideology nor discriminated against women; rather merit was the yardstick for acceptance into the profession. It was found that lack of mentoring, poor remuneration, women's lack of interest in academia, family responsibilities, the lengthy period of training, and the ideology that women should have low career aspirations due to traditional roles ascribed to them, accounted for the observed disparity in academia. The implication of this disparity on the academic development of women is the general reduction in their research output and the perpetuation of their low status in academia. The study concluded that appropriate institutional adjustments and affirmation action programmes are necessary to meet women's demands of equality and improve retention.
Distance Education at the Graduate Level: A Viable Alternative
Author: Jones, Brian M.
Date: 2011-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Distance Education,Graduate Study,Comparative Analysis,Conventional Instruction,Web Based Instruction,Employment Level,Demography,Family (Sociological Unit),Correlation,Information Technology,Longitudinal Studies,Gender Differences,Age Differences

This research extends a previous comparative study that looked at learning outcomes between traditional classroom and web-based education at the graduate level. That research (Jones and Everard, 2008) provided little evidence that there were significant differences between delivery methods. This research looks at employment status, household demographics, and family commitments and explores why these underlying factors do not affect outcomes between traditional classroom and web-based education at the graduate level. Results of this research provide evidence that for graduate level education, distance education is a practical and appropriate option.
Community Colleges Today
Author: Crawford, Corinne
Date: 2011-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Community Colleges,Academic Persistence,Graduation Rate,Demography,Institutional Characteristics,School Role,Postsecondary Education,Success,Intervention,Developmental Studies Programs,Transitional Programs,High School Students,College Readiness

Dr. Jill Biden, Vice President Joe Biden's wife, has been teaching in community colleges for the past 18 years. Dr. Biden believes that community colleges are &quot;…uniquely American institutions where anyone who walks through the door is one step closer to realizing the American dream.&quot; This is an inspiring sentiment. However, of all the first time college students who enrolled in community college in 2003-2004, fewer than 36% earned a post-secondary credential within six years. In light of the low completion rate, one has to question whether community colleges are fulfilling their promise. In this article we will look at the recent demographics of community colleges, compare the role of community colleges to that of proprietary colleges in post secondary education and discuss promising research initiatives aimed at improving the community college system.