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Altinay, Fahriye; Altinay, Mehmet; Dagli, Gokmen; Altinay, Zehra – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to focus on the implementation and evaluation of knowledge management and e-transformation strategies of higher educational institutions in distance education. After an evaluation of higher educational practices in different countries, distance education was considered a different strategy and was emphasized…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Distance Education, Change Strategies, Access to Education
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Ge, Jenny; Smyth, Rachael E.; Searle, Michelle; Kirkpatrick, Lori; Evans, Rebecca; Elder, Alexa; Brown, Heather – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2021
Technology continues to form an important part of the educational landscape, although the value of portable devices as learning tools is still being explored and debated. In light of the technology-based teaching methods suddenly brought into effect in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the deliberate use of technology for learning is increasingly…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Pellerin, Martine – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2018
This article examines the complexity of the affordances that mobile technologies offer in the K-12 educational context. It builds on an ecological perspective (Mercer, 2012; van Lier, 2008) informed by theories of dynamic systems and complexity (Larsen-Freeman & Cameron, 2008) to explore the concept of affordance as a complex and dynamic…
Descriptors: Affordances, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Learner Engagement
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Harris, Brigitte; Cheng, Kwan Fan; Gorley, Charlotte – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: This study aims to describe the design of a provincial government ministry group mentoring program and examine mentees' and mentors' experiences in the program. Design/methodology/approach: A total of 151 mentees rated their satisfaction in a post-program survey. The survey was followed by in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 10…
Descriptors: Barriers, Case Studies, Mentors, Phenomenology
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Fahlman, Dorothy – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2013
The study of workplace learning and informal learning are not new to adult education and pedagogy. However, the use of mobile devices as learning tools for informal learning in the workplace is an understudied area. Using theories on informal learning and constructivism as a framework, this paper explores informal learning of registered nurses…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Workplace Learning, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education
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Liljedahl, Peter, Ed.; Nicol, Cynthia, Ed.; Oesterie, Susan, Ed.; Allan, Darien, Ed. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
The theme of the 38th meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 38) and the 36th meeting of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA 36) was "Mathematics Education at the Edge." Academically, the theme provides opportunities to highlight and examine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Educational Psychology, Educational Research
Rubin, Rhonda; Aquino-Russell, Catherine; Flagg-Williams, Joan – Online Submission, 2007
(Purpose) The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of classroom sound field amplification on communication in kindergarten through grade 3 classrooms. (Methodology) Sixty classrooms were involved in the study; half of the classrooms were provided with sound field amplification. The flow of communication was measured through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Observation, Semi Structured Interviews
Glass, Samuel – 2003
Under the old system of trade skills education, instruction was delivered largely through kinesthetic methods. Currently, however, secondary and postsecondary trade skills education programs institutions in Australia and elsewhere are changing their educational emphasis from traditional skills to more technology-based skills. This shift raises the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction