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Chen, Li-Ling – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2012
With the growing needs to address the challenges that new teachers face and the popularity of social networking technology, this study explores how to increase the effectives of teaching through the use of such technology, and how the technology may serve to promote collaboration and open new resources of support in public education. In this…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Definitions, Barriers
Svensson, Patrik – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2012
This article argues that the digital humanities can be seen as a humanities project in a time of significant change in the academy. The background is a number of scholarly, educational and technical challenges, the multiple epistemic traditions linked to the digital humanities, the potential reach of the field across and outside the humanities,…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Intellectual Disciplines, Educational Change, Federal Programs
DeWeese, Katherine Lynn – Online Submission, 2014
Screen time no longer means just the amount of time one spends in front of the television. Now it is an aggregate amount of time spent on smartphones, computers as well as multitasking with different devices. How much are the glowing rectangles taking away from adolescent social and emotional health? How is it changing how students learn and how…
Descriptors: Brain, Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Handheld Devices
Liu, Alan – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2012
The scholarly field of the digital humanities has recently expanded and integrated its fundamental concepts, historical coverage, relationship to social experience, scale of projects, and range of interpretive approaches. All this brings the overall field (including the related area of new media studies) to a tipping point where it has the…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Humanities, Intellectual Disciplines, Definitions
Adcock, Lee; Bolick, Cheryl – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2011
Teacher educators are constantly revisiting and revising their teacher education programs. Historically, research, educational policy, and accreditation requirements have been the impetus for renewal in teacher education. For the past 20 years, technology innovation has played an increasingly significant role in rethinking teacher education. This…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Educational Trends, Social Studies
Martineau, Pamela – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
In an era when technology seems to be changing almost daily, school boards, administrators, and teachers need to revisit their technology policies almost as rapidly, education experts advise. Internet chat rooms, online video games, and other electronic features that once seemed inappropriate for the classroom are proving useful for meeting many…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Creative Teaching, Internet
Violino, Bob – Community College Journal, 2009
This article talks about the latest trend in education, which is social networking. As this phenomenon continues to grow, community colleges are getting into the act, launching online initiatives and harnessing the technology to communicate, promote, and conduct important school business. School administrators believe that social networking can…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Handheld Devices, Social Networks, Web Sites
Cleaver, Samantha – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2008
Online learning is evolving into much more than discussions via Blackboard. Today's online learners are spending time engaged in discussions, meeting in virtual classrooms, and combining online and on-the-ground learning, even if they live time zones away from campus. In response, universities are adjusting their curriculum, learning expectations,…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Virtual Classrooms, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
Valadez, James R.; Duran, Richard – High School Journal, 2007
This study critiqued the notion that a binary "digital divide" between high and low resource schools describes accurately the technology disparity in U.S society. In this study, we surveyed teachers from six southern California schools. Five of the schools were low resource schools and one school, chosen for comparative purposes, was…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Networks, Access to Computers, Internet
Klein, Jim – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2008
Education technology leaders are ever seeking new ways to eliminate the traditional social and geographic boundaries that hinder communication and collaboration for both K-12 students and educators. Larger districts with geographically dispersed schools often find that innovative ideas for technology use and integration are balkanized into…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development, Social Networks, School Districts

Lopez, Carol – T.H.E. Journal, 2005
The No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law with an aggressive goal of improving the academic performance of all students and eliminating the achievement gap between different races and classes. NCLB also required the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) to make recommendations for a National Education Technology Plan, which was released in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Computer Mediated Communication, Technology Integration, Computer Uses in Education
Zhang, Sonya Xuesong; Olfman, Lorne; Ractham, Peter – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2007
An educational ePortfolio usually contains work that a student has collected, reflected, designed, and published to demonstrate personal learning and growth over time. However, previous studies have shown that traditional ePortfolio systems lack flexibility, peer review, and group collaboration. Without these features, ePortfolios do not have the…
Descriptors: Socialization, Cooperation, Learning Experience, Internet
Beatty, Brian; Ulasewicz, Connie – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
Online teaching and learning has been in transition for its entire existence. The number of courses offered at a distance has grown rapidly. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (Waits & Lewis, 2003), in 2000-2001 more than 56% of four-year colleges and universities in the United States offered distance education degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Distance Education, Computer Managed Instruction
Chung, Gregory K. W. K.; Shel, Tammy; Kaiser, William J. – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2006
We examined a novel formative assessment and instructional approach with 89 students in three electrical engineering classes in special computer-based discussion sections. The technique involved students individually solving circuit problems online, with their real-time responses observed by the instructor. While exploratory, survey and…
Descriptors: Student Problems, Formative Evaluation, Engineering, Engineering Education