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Lena Aggestam; Ann Svensson – Learning Organization, 2025
Purpose: This paper focuses on knowledge sharing in health care. The aim of the paper is to further understand how digital applications can facilitate knowledge sharing between different care providers and health-care professionals. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a qualitative action case study, performed as a formative…
Descriptors: Health Occupations, Health Personnel, Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries
Bradley, Linda; Bartram, Lorna; Al-Sabbagh, Khaled Walid; Algers, Anne – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Learning the language is crucial to be included in a new society. For migrants, the smartphone is a commonly used device for staying connected, which could also be used for language learning purposes. This research concerns mobile literacy with newly arrived Arabic speaking migrants to Sweden and the use of mobile learning as a means for…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Arabic, Immigrants, Handheld Devices
How Young Children's Play Is Shaped through Common iPad Applications: A Study of 2 and 4-5 Year-Olds
Robin Samuelsson; Sara Price; Carey Jewitt – Learning, Media and Technology, 2024
Digital devices such as iPads are prevalent in children's play from an early age. How this shapes young children's play is an area of considerable debate without any clear consensus on how different forms of play are brought into the iPad interaction. In this study, we examined 98 play activities of children in two preschool settings, featuring 2…
Descriptors: Play, Handheld Devices, Tablet Computers, Young Children
Nilsen, Malin; Lundin, Mona; Wallerstedt, Cecilia; Pramling, Niklas – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2021
The use of apps in preschool has increased considerably during the last few years. Studies have shown that digital technologies are sometimes used to replace analogue artefacts in educational settings. This calls for studies on how the use of apps transforms preschool activities. This study empirically investigates how preschool children play…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Technology
Meyer, Bente; Bergström, Peter; Wiklund-Engblom, Annika – Education Inquiry, 2021
Although many studies have investigated teaching in one-to-one computing classrooms, not many have considered the material dimension as equally important to the human dimension. Thus, by using a sociomaterial perspective, we aim to broaden the discussion about emergent teaching practices in Nordic classrooms where students use tablets as personal…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Handheld Devices, Foreign Countries
Olsson, Jan – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
This study investigates how students' reasoning contributes to their utilization of computer-generated feedback. Sixteen 16-year-old students solved a linear function task designed to present a challenge to them using dynamic software, GeoGebra, for assistance. The data were analysed with respect both to character of reasoning and to the use of…
Descriptors: Mathematical Logic, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction
Lindström, Nataliya Berbyuk; Hashemi, Sylvana Sofkova; Bartram, Lorna; Bradley, Linda – Research-publishing.net, 2017
The paper reports on the availability and use of mobile resources by newly arrived Arabic migrants in Sweden, and how the resources meet migrants' integration needs. Analysis of websites and applications (hereafter apps) in combination with focus group interviews is used. Results show that though a variety of resources are available, translation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Web Sites
Tärning, Betty – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2018
Aim/Purpose: The goal of this paper is to examine digital applications used in Swedish schools and whether they fulfill their potential as support for learners. This is done by examining the kinds of feedback they provide and discussing if this feedback supports learning or not. Background: The paper targets one aspect regarding which educational…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Islind, Anna Sigridur; Lundh Snis, Ulrika – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2017
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to understand how the role of an mHealth artifact plays out in home care settings. An mHealth artifact, in terms of a mobile app, was tested to see how the quality of home care work practice was enhanced and changed. The research question is: In what ways does an mHealth artifact re-shape a home care practice and…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Caregivers, Older Adults, Action Research
Haas, Leslie, Ed.; Tussey, Jill, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
The idea of storytelling goes beyond the borders of language, culture, or traditional education, and has historically been a tie that bonds families, communities, and nations. Digital storytelling offers opportunities for authentic academic and non-academic literacy learning across a multitude of genres. It is easily accessible to most members of…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Elementary Secondary Education, Popular Culture, Video Games
Palmér, Hanna – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2015
The results in this article explore whether and how the design of applications used on tablet computers influences the interaction and dialogues that occur between children and pedagogues, the participation of children in the activities and the mathematics that can be learned. While mathematics offered a lens to explore the use of tablet devices,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
Bradley, Linda; Lindström, Nataliya Berbyuk; Hashemi, Sylvana Sofkova – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2017
The purpose of this study is to investigate the mobile activities newly arrived migrants are engaged in when learning the Swedish language and about Swedish culture and society. Further, the study also explores the use of a mobile application (app) provided to the newly arrived migrants to use for pronunciation practice. The study involved 38…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Swedish, Cultural Awareness
Wallerstedt, Cecilia – Music Education Research, 2013
The purpose of this study is to explore the verbal communication that three 7-year-old children are engaged in when given the task of composing music together. The data consist of a video-observation of the activities that unfold when they try to manage a composition task using a keyboard and two novel technologies called "MirorImpro"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music, Musical Composition, Verbal Communication
Salas, Alexandra – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2016
This article provides a literature review of the research concerning the role of faculty perspectives about instructional technology. Learning management systems, massive open online courses (MOOCs), cloud-based multimedia applications, and mobile apps represent the tools and the language of academia in the 21st century. Research examined…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Educational Technology, Classroom Techniques, Integrated Learning Systems
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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