M-learning will play an increasingly significant role in the development of teaching and learning methods for higher education. However, the successful implementation of m-learning in higher education will be based on users’ acceptance of this technology. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to study the factors that affect university students’ intentions to accept m-learning. More...

Senior undergraduate research projects are important components of most undergraduate science degrees. The delivery of such projects in a distance education format is challenging. Athabasca University (AU) science project courses allow distance education students to complete research project courses by working with research supervisors in their local area, coordinated at a distance by AU faculty. More...

This study analyzes the concepts, attitudes, and practices of 327 pedagogy students from two major Spanish universities related to the process of finding academic information utilizing open access. A training program has been developed through an innovation project (PIMCD) to address the problem of the lack of university training designed to enable students to access reliable sources of scientific knowledge. More...

This paper documents the experience and lessons from implementing an e-learning program aimed at creating research capacity for gender, crisis prevention, and recovery. It presents a case study of bringing together a multidisciplinary group of women professionals through both online and face-to-face interactions to learn the skills needed to be a successful researcher. More...

This article examines the effects of teaching behaviors in online university classes, focusing on the agreement among class members. Literature on group leaders’ effects on group agreement about workplace climate is reviewed. More...

The ethic of care has been an important part of the dialogue related to learning in traditional K-12 learning environments particularly because emotional relationships and caring pedagogies have been shown to be particularly important for adolescent learners. However, as online learning has become increasingly popular, there are concerns about the perceived impersonal nature of the online medium, and how this might particularly affect adolescent learners. More...

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La nouvelle version d’avant-projet de loi El Khomri généralise la Garantie Jeunes au 1^er janvier 2017. Dans ce sens et suite à sa rencontre avec les partenaires sociaux, le Premier Ministre Manuel Valls a annoncé que « la Garantie jeunes va devenir un droit pour tous les jeunes sans emploi ni formation ». Voir l'article...

Depuis le 1^er mars 2016, quatre animatrices territoriales interviennent sur les territoires de Metz, Nancy, Vosges et Lorraine Nord dans le cadre d’une expérimentation du Service public régional de l’orientation (SPRO). Leurs missions principales sont de travailler :
- à la coordination des acteurs du SPRO ;
- au développement d’une offre de services, de proximité, coordonnée, visible et lisible, à destination des usagers. Voir l'article...

Les élèves en difficulté ne sont pas les moins travailleurs, nous révèle le dernier rapport de PISA 2012, publié par l'OCDE le 10 février 2016. Ce rapport conforte les mauvaises performances et l'inégalité sociale de réussite dans l'école française : le nombre d'élèves français de 15 ans peu performants augmente en mathématiques et en compréhension écrite. L’OCDE analyse les facteurs qui influencent les mauvais résultats et propose des idées de mesures, car « les mauvais résultats scolaires ont des conséquences à long terme pour les individus et pour les pays ». Voir l'article...