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Using Social Media Affordances to Support Ill-Structured Problem-Solving Skills: Considering Possibilities and Challenges
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Koehler, Adrie A.; Vilarinho-Pereira, Daniela Rezende – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
Educators consider the development of problem-solving skills in learners to be a primary goal of contemporary teaching and learning efforts. Yet, participating in problem-centered instruction is challenging for learners, and educators have sought different ways of supporting learners as they make sense of complex content. Social media applications…
Descriptors: Social Media, Affordances, Problem Solving, Skills
A Sociocultural Approach to Using Social Networking Sites as Learning Tools
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Borge, Marcela; Ong, Yann Shiou; Goggins, Sean – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
This paper focuses on evaluating a socio-cultural activity design (SCAD) model for using discussion-based social networking tools as a means to support the development of an online community of learners. Participants included 38 undergraduate students enrolled in a human-centered design course at a large, US university. The SCAD model includes…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Sociocultural Patterns, Social Networks, Learning Activities
Design Approach of Mathematics Learning Activities in a Digital Environment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Santos, Maria Isabel; Breda, Ana; Almeida, Ana Margarida – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Learning environment on mathematics for autistic children is a prototype of a digital environment with dynamic adaptation features designed to offer activities towards the development of mathematical reasoning in children aged 6-12 years, diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Activities
Remarks on MOOCS and Mini-MOOCS
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Spector, J. Michael – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2014
In an earlier issue of "ETR&D," the editors provided an hierarchical framework of components to support learning and instruction. That hierarchy included information objects, knowledge objects, learning objects, instructional objects, courses, programs and ongoing efforts, with each subsequent component building on the former…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Course Descriptions, Vertical Organization
Effective Integration of ICT in Singapore Schools: Pedagogical and Policy Implications
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Lim, Cher Ping – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2007
This paper examines and analyses where and how information and communication technologies (ICT) are integrated in Singapore schools to engage students in higher-order thinking activities. Taking the activity system as a unit of analysis, the study documents the actual processes and sociocultural elements that engage students in higher-order…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Technology Integration
Designing Metacognitive Activities.
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Lin, Xiaodong – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2001
Proposes a framework for thinking about how metacognition research might apply to design activities. Examines two basic approaches to supporting metacognition: strategy training, and creation of a supportive social environment for metacognition. Identifies two kinds of content that are taught using these two approaches: knowledge about a specific…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Instructional Design, Instructional Development