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Ross, Bella; Pechenkina, Ekaterina; Aeschliman, Carol; Chase, Anne-Marie – Research in Learning Technology, 2017
This article presents the results of a systematic critical review of interdisciplinary literature concerned with digital text (or e-text) uses in education and proposes recommendations for how e-texts can be implemented for impactful learning. A variety of e-texts can be found in the repertoire of educational resources accessible to students, and…
Descriptors: Layout (Publications), Printed Materials, Electronic Publishing, Intermode Differences
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Keppell, Mike; Suddaby, Gordon; Hard, Natasha – Research in Learning Technology, 2015
This paper documents the development and findings of the Good Practice Report on Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC). Developing the Good Practice Report required a meta-analysis of 33 ALTC learning and teaching projects relating to technology funded between 2006 and 2010. This…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning
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Kauffman, Heather – Research in Learning Technology, 2015
Students perceive online courses differently than traditional courses. Negative perceptions can lead to unfavourable learning outcomes including decreased motivation and persistence. Throughout this review, a broad range of factors that affect performance and satisfaction within the online learning environment for adult learners will be examined…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Success
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Katsamani, Maria; Retalis, Symeon – Research in Learning Technology, 2013
This paper gives an overview of CADMOS (CoursewAre Development Methodology for Open instructional Systems), a graphical IMS-LD Level A & B compliant learning design (LD) tool, which promotes the concept of "separation of concerns" during the design process, via the creation of two models: the conceptual model, which describes the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Courseware, Instructional Design, Learning Activities
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Bennett, Liz; Folley, Sue – Research in Learning Technology, 2014
This paper explores the experiences of two doctoral students who embraced Web 2.0 tools in their digital scholarship practices. The paper gives an insider perspective of the challenges and potential of working with online tools, such as blogs, and participating in online communities, such as Twitter's #phdchat. We explore by drawing on our…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Scholarship, Web 2.0 Technologies
Wright, Steve; Parchoma, Gale – Research in Learning Technology, 2011
How is the link between learner and technology made in mobile learning? What is the value of the concept of "affordances"? And how does research articulating this concept act to position mobile devices as "technologies for learning"? This literature review used both unstructured and structured search samples of published research on mobile…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Telecommunications, Research Methodology, Literature Reviews
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Borovik, Alexandre – Research in Learning Technology, 2011
Although mathematicians frequently use specialist software in direct teaching of mathematics, as a means of delivery e-learning technologies have so far been less widely used. We (mathematicians) insist that teaching methods should be subject-specific and content-driven, not delivery-driven. We oppose generic approaches to teaching, including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Information Technology, Educational Technology
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Cochrane, Thomas – Research in Learning Technology, 2012
Having implemented and evaluated over 35 mlearning projects in a variety of contexts in higher education over the past 6 years the researcher is ready to share the untold secret: not all mlearning projects succeed! This article critiques three of the researcher's mlearning projects that can be classed as "failures" and compares them to successful…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Action Research, Participatory Research, Program Design