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Leaman, Heather; Corcoran, Robert – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2018
A university instructor and master teacher describe the limited examples of practitioner research in elementary social studies found in traditional publications. They present a social studies practitioner research project that investigated the use of various technologies in 6th grade geography to improve student engagement, collaboration and…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Geography Instruction, Handheld Devices, Computer Uses in Education
Khwaja, Tehmina; Eddy, Pamela L. – Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
The purpose of this study was to explore the use of Mendeley, a free online reference management and academic networking software, as a collaborative tool in the college classroom. Students in two iterations of a Graduate class used Mendeley to collaborate on a policy research project over the course of a semester. The project involved…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Graduate Students, Research Projects
Abrahamson, Dor; Kapur, Manu – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2018
Whereas some educational designers believe that students should learn new concepts through explorative problem solving within dedicated environments that constrain key parameters of their search and then support their progressive appropriation of empowering disciplinary forms, others are critical of the ultimate efficacy of this discovery-based…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Educational Research, Instructional Design, Educational Philosophy
Paterson, Mark; Glass, Michael R. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2015
Google Glass was deployed in an Urban Studies field course to gather videographic data for team-based student research projects. We evaluate the potential for wearable computing technology such as Glass, in combination with other mobile computing devices, to enhance reflexive research skills, and videography in particular, during field research.…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Interactive Video, Urban Studies, Student Research
Bourque, Claude Julie; Bourdon, Sylvain – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
Drawing on the experience of training graduate students and researchers in qualitative and mixed-methods analysis since the mid-1990s, the authors reflect on the evolution of a multidisciplinary graduate course developed in a Canadian university since 2007. The hands-on/hands-off course design based on the use of NVivo was developed in parallel…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Graduate Study, Social Science Research, Research Methodology
Sack, Jacqueline J. – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 2013
This article explicates the development of top-view numeric coding of 3-D cube structures within a design research project focused on 3-D visualization skills for elementary grades children. It describes children's conceptual development of 3-D cube structures using concrete models, conventional 2-D pictures and abstract top-view numeric…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Research Projects, Computer Interfaces
Fox-Turnbull, Wendy; O'Sullivan, Gary – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
This article reports on the up-date and development of an on-line resource to support of teachers' conceptual understandings and pedagogical practice in New Zealand. Techlink is a website dedicated to supporting technology teachers, students and those with an interest in technology education. This research documents part of a Ministry of Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Technology Education, Educational Change
Jeans, Nick; Manches, Andrew; Stokes, Eleanor; Balmer, Kim – Adults Learning, 2011
People frequently hear competing media and research claims about the educational value of new technologies. But too often it is not clear how, if at all, these technologies are supporting learning. And there is not enough attention paid to the challenges of trying to introduce these technologies successfully into an educational context. To what…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
Hayman, Elizabeth – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2010
Moves are afoot at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) to acknowledge disability within the overall experience of student life. Scheduled to launch in time for UTS Orientation 2010, "UTS AccessAbility" is a student-generated web presence addressing the significant additional layer that experiences of disability add to study…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Web Sites, Information Technology, Computer Uses in Education
Klebl, Michael; Kramer, Bernd J.; Zobel, Annett – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
For technology-enhanced learning, the idea of "learning objects" transfers the technologies of content management, methods of software engineering and principles of open access to educational resources. This paper reports on CampusContent, a research project and competence centre for e-learning at FernUniversitat in Hagen that designed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Practices, Educational Technology
Newman, James; Krustchinsky, Rick; Vanek, Karen; Nguyen, Kim-Thoa – Science and Children, 2009
In this "O-"fish"-ial" research project, third-grade students use multiple resources to research several fish species, write a research paper and develop a PowerPoint presentation to communicate their findings. In addition, students actually examine these species up close with samples from the local market, and then conclude the project with a…
Descriptors: Animals, Research Projects, Science Process Skills, Learning Activities
Muller, Jorg; Sancho Gil, Juana M.; Hernandez, Fernando; Giro, Xavier; Bosco, Alejandra – Computers & Education, 2007
This paper analyses the varied socio-economic implications of ICT-based educational change. Drawing from a rich, 3-year long research project with 20 secondary schools throughout Europe, the social, human, professional, institutional, and economic costs for building the school of tomorrow in close alliance with ICT are discussed. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Costs, Educational Change, Research Projects
Ensslin, Astrid; Slocombe, Will – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2012
This study reports on the pedagogic rationale, didactic design and implications of an AHRC-funded doctoral training scheme in collaborative and digital multimedia in the humanities. In the second part of this article we discuss three areas of provision that were identified as particularly significant and/or controversial. These include (1) desktop…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Desktop Publishing, Humanities, Multimedia Materials
Kerr, Crystal – Ontario Action Researcher, 2009
This research project examined how to develop and sustain online, asynchronous learning communities in continuous intake, distance education environments for learners in grades 7 through 10. The study is an action research project that is based upon in-depth, qualitative data. Interviews were conducted with distance education teachers,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Research Projects, Action Research, Distance Education
de Beer, Marie; Mason, Roger B. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2009
This paper explores the feasibility of using a blended approach to postgraduate research-degree supervision. Such a model could reduce research supervisors' workloads and improve the quality and success of Masters and Doctoral students' research output. The paper presents a case study that is based on a framework that was originally designed for…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Supervision, Blended Learning, Graduate Study