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Enhancing and Transforming Global Learning Communities with Augmented Reality
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Frydenberg, Mark; Andone, Diana – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2018
Augmented and virtual reality applications bring new insights to real world objects and scenarios. This paper shares research results of the TalkTech project, an ongoing study investigating the impact of learning about new technologies as members of global communities. This study shares results of a collaborative learning project about augmented…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Global Approach, Communities of Practice
An Approach to Semantic Interoperability for Improved Capability Exchanges in Federations of Systems
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Moschoglou, Georgios – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study seeks an affirmative answer to the question whether a knowledge-based approach to system of systems interoperation using semantic web standards and technologies can provide the centralized control of the capability for exchanging data and services lacking in a federation of systems. Given the need to collect and share real-time…
Descriptors: Semantics, Information Technology, Standards, Information Systems
Negotiating World Englishes in a Writing-Based MOOC
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McCorkle, Ben; Halasek, Kay; Clinnin, Kaitlin; Selfe, Cynthia L. – Composition Studies, 2016
This article recounts the experiences of a team of faculty, graduate students, and instructional technologists facilitating Rhetorical Composing, a writing-focused Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). When first offering the MOOC, we recognized quickly that we needed to emphasize the global makeup of our learning cohort to foster a stronger sense of…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Writing (Composition), Online Courses, Large Group Instruction
Educators on the Edge: Big Ideas for Change and Innovation. Australian College of Educators (ACE) National Conference Proceedings (Brisbane, Australia, September 24-25, 2015)
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Finger, Glenn, Ed.; Ghirelli, Paola S., Ed. – Australian College of Educators, 2015
The 2015 Australian College of Educators (ACE) National Conference theme is "Educators on the Edge: Big Ideas for Change and Innovation." ACE presented an opportunity for all education professionals to gather, discuss, and share cutting-edge, creative and innovative practices, nationally and globally at the conference held on September…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Conferences (Gatherings)
Creating Higher Education Academic and Information Technology Resources in an International Context
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Baron, Josh; Willis, Jerry; Lee, Reba-Anna – Computers in the Schools, 2010
A number of contemporary factors have combined to create a situation that encourages and supports international collaboration among institutions of higher education. Factors such as the globalization of the economy, the increasingly international nature of higher education, and the development of an inexpensive and virtually worldwide system of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Information Technology, Educational Technology
Vertical or Horizontal? Impact of Text Orientations on Performance and Preference for Young Readers of Chinese in Taiwan
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Sun, Yu-Lin – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Chinese writing system has traditionally organized the typographic text vertically, with one square-shaped character placed on top of another. With the influence of globalization, an increasing number of reading materials have been presented in the Western horizontal format, including school textbooks for children in Taiwan. This study looked…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Materials, Textbooks, Written Language