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Research Ethics and Participatory Research in an Interdisciplinary Technology-Enhanced Learning Project
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Tracy, Frances; Carmichael, Patrick – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2010
This account identifies some of the tensions that became apparent in a large interdisciplinary technology-enhanced learning project as its members attempted to maintain their commitment to responsive, participatory research and development in naturalistic research settings while also "enacting" these commitments in formal research review…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research and Development, Participatory Research, Ethics
Socialisation for Learning at a Distance in a 3-D Multi-User Virtual Environment
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Edirisingha, Palitha; Nie, Ming; Pluciennik, Mark; Young, Ruth – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
This paper reports findings of a pilot study that examined the pedagogical potential of "Second Life" (SL), a popular three-dimensional multi-user virtual environment (3-D MUVE) developed by the Linden Lab. The study is part of a 1-year research and development project titled "Modelling of Secondlife Environments"…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Learning Activities, Socialization, Foreign Countries
Using Automatic Speech Recognition to Dictate Mathematical Expressions: The Development of the "TalkMaths" Application at Kingston University
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Wigmore, Angela; Hunter, Gordon; Pflugel, Eckhard; Denholm-Price, James; Binelli, Vincent – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2009
Speech technology--especially automatic speech recognition--has now advanced to a level where it can be of great benefit both to able-bodied people and those with various disabilities. In this paper we describe an application "TalkMaths" which, using the output from a commonly-used conventional automatic speech recognition system,…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Disabilities, Assistive Technology, Research and Development
Developments in Computer Based Learning: A View from the UK.
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Hartley, J. Roger – 1986
This overview of the current status of computer-based learning in the United Kingdom (U.K.) begins with a discussion of the Microelectronics Education Program (MEP), which was implemented in 1981 to: (1) provide inservice teacher training in the educational aspects of microelectronics; (2) stimulate and service curriculum development efforts using…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Reflecting on "What Works" in Education Research-Policy/Practice Relationships
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Webb, Sue; Ibarz, Toni – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2006
There has been a policy push in several countries to encourage more evidence-based practice in education, although current knowledge shows that the relationship between education research and policy-practice is problematic. In spite of this, educational organizations have to respond to the challenges of globalisation with new pedagogic models to…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
Microelectronics and Special Education. CET/MEP Information Sheet.
Council for Educational Technology, London (England). – 1981
Used as an additional aid by the teacher, microelectronics can assist mentally and physically handicapped children to meet educational objectives that have been specifically agreed upon for the individual child. Microelectronics can help deaf children develop speech production, communication skills, and grammar and sentence construction;…
Descriptors: Blindness, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Developed Nations
Computers and Sacred Cows.
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Hooper, Richard – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1990
This discussion of educational technology and the role of computers is based on the author's experiences with the United Kingdom's National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning (NDPCAL). Highlights include curriculum development; teachers' roles; research and development; evaluation; control group experiments; instructional…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Assisted Instruction, Control Groups, Curriculum Development