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Naik, Meena; Barbosa, Raymond; Swartsel, Alex – Jobs for the Future, 2023
Extended reality (XR) technology and immersive learning are reshaping the future of learning and work. In this paper, Jobs for the Future (JFF) presents a new framework of occupations and career paths created or transformed by XR technology and immersive learning, including illustrative job titles, critical skills, and anticipated training/hiring…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Information Technology, Job Skills
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Blankenship, Rebecca J. – Distance Learning, 2023
The use of existing and emerging technologies in teaching modalities and learning spaces provides the opportunity to present subject-area content using devices, programs, and modalities in more authentic ways that promote higher order thinking and promote long-term concept retention. In the last decade, advances in artificial intelligence (AI)…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Self Concept, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Poronnik, Philip; Sellwood, Matthew J. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2020
This brief review explores the ever-increasing role that technological affordances may play in the 21C biochemistry and molecular biology curriculum. We consider the need to develop digital and creative fluencies in our students and the importance of creativity and visualization in learning science. The potential of virtual reality (VR) platforms…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Educational Technology
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Sprague, Debra R.; Zumpano, Nicole M.; Richardson, Jayson W.; Williamson, Jo; Gray, Lucy – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2023
The third pillar of technology infusion is practice, providing numerous opportunities in multiple settings for teacher candidates to practice teaching with technology and to reflect on their experiences. Drawing from sociocultural theories of learning and change, this article offers a theoretical justification of this pillar and unpacks how…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Nelson, Elizabeth L.; Perry, Mia; Rogers, Theresa – Journal of Literacy Research, 2020
In this Insights essay, we propose a new concept of "offlineness" that builds on current language around digital practices, yet addresses an element of young people's experience that is not adequately represented in current research or educational discourse. This work is informed by a recent cross-national arts-based research project…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Technological Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Literacy
Goger, Annelies; Parco, Allyson; Vegas, Emiliana – Brookings Institution, 2022
The rapid expansion of new technologies into every sector has contributed to the proliferation of alternative models of education, learning, and skill signaling in global labor markets. From digital badges to bootcamps to learning and employment records (LERs), a wide range of public, private, and nonprofit initiatives and platforms have emerged…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Information Technology, Credentials, Information Storage
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Van Maele, Jan – Research-publishing.net, 2020
On its website, APVEA reminds us that "virtual exchanges are technology-enabled, sustained, people-to-people education programs". This chapter addresses the question of what we exchange when we engage in virtual exchange by exploring the meaning and value of virtual exchange as intercultural dialogue, and by considering the impact of the…
Descriptors: Exchange Programs, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Computer Simulation
Abdallah, Mahmoud M. S. – Online Submission, 2021
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) for 4th Year EFL Student Teachers is a complementary language teaching methodology course, with a specific focus on computer-assisted language learning approaches, methods, techniques and procedures as well as the computer-based tools, devices, applications and facilities that can be used to facilitate…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Second Language Learning
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Kantisa, Piyapan; Sitthitikul, Pragasit – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2018
This article aims to provide an extensive review of web-based instruction (WBI), implemented within the realm of English language teaching (ELT). WBI is a teaching method that utilizes computer technology to promote learning experiences by leveraging the internet and web applications. It is suggested that educators carefully consider the related…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Milner-Bolotin, Marina – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2016
This article discusses how modern technology, such as electronic response systems, PeerWise system, data collection and analysis tools, computer simulations, and modeling software can be used in physics methods courses to promote teacher-candidates' professional competencies and their positive attitudes about mathematics and science education. We…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Physics, Methods Courses
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Shaffer, David Williamson; Nash, Padraig; Ruis, A. R. – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background: By 2009, 99% of U.S. classrooms had access to computers, with an average ratio of 1.7 students per computer, and 40% of teachers report using computers often in their classrooms. However, while K-12 schools are investing more heavily in digital technologies, only a small fraction of this investment is going to instructional software…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technological Literacy, Technology Uses in Education, Electronic Learning
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Greenlaw, Jim – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2015
If Neil Postman, were alive today, what would he say to Prensky, the originator of the term, "digital native", about the ways in which teachers should approach the wonders and perils of e-learning in their classrooms? As the Dean of a faculty of education which is devoted to both creating and critiquing a variety of digital teaching and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods, Accountability, Technology Uses in Education
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Wohlwend, Karen E. – Language Arts, 2010
This article draws upon the cinematic, fictional portrayal of Avatars as a metaphor to show how young children are positioned in similar ways in relation to technology and nature. The authors discuss children as digital natives growing up in brave new virtual worlds, but also as vulnerable innocents who are specially attuned to--and in need…
Descriptors: Literacy, Figurative Language, Young Children, Emergent Literacy
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Eidsheim, Nina Sun – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2009
For arts departments in many institutions, technology education entails prohibitive equipment costs, maintenance requirements and administrative demands. There are also inherent pedagogical challenges: for example, recording studio classes where, due to space and time constraints, only a few students in what might be a large class can properly…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Art, Art Education, Computer Uses in Education
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Lee, Kwan Min; Nass, Clifford – Human Communication Research, 2004
Two experiments examine the effect of multiple synthetic voices in an e-commerce context. In Study 1, participants (N=40) heard five positive reviews about a book from five different synthetic voices or from a single synthetic voice. Consistent with the multiple source effect, results showed that participants hearing multiple synthetic voices…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Computer Simulation, Speech, Questionnaires