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Ashley M. Stack; Kausalai Wijekumar; Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
Reading comprehension is the ultimate goal of learning to read, as the understanding of text is at the root of the purpose for reading, whether reading for pleasure or reading to learn. At-home reading practices can vary widely family to family -- some families have the knowledge and resources to read effectively with their children, while others…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Literacy Education, Program Descriptions, Spanish
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Thompson, Laura J. – Journal of Extension, 2018
Online video can be an effective way for Extension to share data stories. Short videos that convey their messages without sound can maximize impact on several social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter. A pilot video was produced in this style; shared on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube; and evaluated on the basis of the social media…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Multimedia Materials, Multimedia Instruction, Video Technology
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Youdell, Deborah; Lindley, Martin; Shapiro, Kimron; Sun, Yu; Leng, Yue – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2020
In this paper we begin to explore how knowledges being generated in bioscience might be brought into productive articulation with the Sociology of Education, considering the potential for emerging transdisciplinary, 'biosocial' approaches to enable new ways of researching and understanding pressing educational issues. In this paper, as in our…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Neurosciences, Diagnostic Tests, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Maria Kikidou; Eleni Griva – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2023
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is an innovative approach which attempts to comprise holistic features, focusing on the meaning and at the same time providing opportunities for purposeful language use (Dalton-Puffer, 2007). Based on the triptych language of learning, language for learning and language through learning- this program…
Descriptors: Greek, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Baillie, Giselle; Duker, Mary; Nsele, Zamansele – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2019
In 2014, through the University of the Free State's (UFS) Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice (IRSJ), three South African universities partnered to collaborate on the pilot phase of a research project focused on understanding whether the Arts could enable social cohesion, as the 2012 National Development Plan (2030) had promoted. All…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Social Change, Guidelines, Universities
Graham, Matthew; Milanowski, Anthony; Miller, Jackson – Online Submission, 2012
As states, districts, and schools transition toward more rigorous educator evaluation systems, they are placing additional weight on judgments about educator practice. Since teacher and principal observation ratings inherently rely on evaluators' professional judgment, there is always a question of how much the ratings depend on the particular…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Evaluators, Observation, Principals
Kennedy, Mike – American School & University, 2012
The education system has changed dramatically over the years, but the basic process still involves teachers conveying information and insights to students. The tools and strategies that help teachers accomplish this goal have evolved, and schools are continually in search of the piece of equipment that will enable them to educate more students…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Influence of Technology, Educational Change, Internet
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Case, Patty; Hino, Jeff – Journal of Extension, 2010
Video--once complex and expensive to create with high distribution costs--has become more affordable and highly accessible in addition to being a powerful teaching tool. Self-produced videos are one way educators can connect with a growing number of on-line learners. The authors describe a pilot project in which a series of video clips were…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Program Descriptions, Video Technology, Production Techniques
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Liberatore, Matthew W. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2010
YouTube Fridays is a teaching tool that devotes the first five minutes of class each Friday to a YouTube video related to the course. Students select the videos, which expand the class's educational content in courses such as thermodynamics and material and energy balances. From assessments of two pilot studies using YouTube Fridays in Chemical…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Thermodynamics, Chemical Engineering, Educational Technology
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Beckem, John M., II; Watkins, Michael – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2012
Higher education institutions are under significant pressure to provide affordable, sustainable approaches that will prepare their students with the skills they will need after graduation to achieve success in the 21st Century workplace. Digital Media Simulations are among the new technologies that have emerged with the promise to help…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Asynchronous Communication, Learner Engagement, Educational Technology
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Tanner, Howard; Davies, Susan M. B. – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2009
Learning to teach well is a complex task. Teacher-educators have a significant role to play in enabling students to reflect critically and analyse their own practice. However, there is a danger, as a result of funding pressures and other contrary factors, that many institutions that provide teacher education will become separated from their…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Educational Research, Professional Development, Research and Development
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Mathews, James M. – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2010
The article presents a brief overview of the Neighbourhood Game Design Project, a studio-based curriculum intervention aimed at engaging students in the design of place-based mobile games and interactive stories using geo-locative technologies (for example, GPS enabled cell phones). It describes the three curricular components that defined the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Teaching Methods, Design, Curriculum Implementation
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Keyes, Carol R. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2006
This paper describes a pilot project during which the author visited different early childhood classrooms and used a handheld video camera to record how children adjust to new programs. The objectives were (1) to describe how children adjust to new programs or classes, (2) to sensitize teachers to the issues involved in those adjustments, (3) to…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Early Childhood Education, Video Technology, Student Adjustment
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Kravcik, Milos; Kaibel, Andreas; Specht, Marcus; Terrenghi, Lucia – Educational Technology & Society, 2004
Current e-Learning is based on learning management systems that provide certain standard services--course authoring and delivery, tutoring, administration and collaboration facilities. Rapid development of mobile technologies opens a new area of m-Learning to enhance the current educational opportunities. Field trips are a relevant part of the…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Internet, Instructional Innovation, Data Collection