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Timothy G. Harrison; Michael T. Davies-Coleman; Alison C. Rivett; M. Anwar H. Khan; Joyce D. Sewry; Magdalena Wajrak; Nicholas M. Barker; Jonny Furze; Sophie D. Franklin; Linda Sellou; Naomi K. R. Shallcross; Dudley E. Shallcross – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Climate change is of great concern to all age groups but in particular to children. "Simple" climate models have been in place for a long time and can be used effectively with post-16 students. For younger children, modifications are required, and we describe in this paper the development and use of two such models. The first (the Granny…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Models, Elementary Secondary Education
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Patrick Graham; Raschelle Neild; Kit Kenyon – American Annals of the Deaf, 2023
The changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in more virtual instruction in schools. Teachers experienced multiple new challenges while moving online. As Fleming (2020) notes, "Unlike developing a whole-class lesson plan online, special education teachers are now tasked with developing unique plans for every student that align…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Carroll, Fiona; Kop, Rita – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2016
The visual is a dominant mode of information retrieval and understanding however, the focus on the visual dimension of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) is still quite weak in relation to its predominant focus on usability. To accommodate the future needs of the visual learner, designers of e-learning environments should advance the current…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Visual Learning, Role, Online Courses
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Ertem, Ihsan Seyit – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2011
With dramatic changes and recent advances in multimedia, digital technologies through computers propose new ways for introducing kids to the literacy. Literacy educators have stated that traditional printed books are not sufficient and electronic books have the potential to change reading skills. As a valuable tool in educational settings new and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Computer Storage Devices, Educational Technology, Literacy
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Plass, Jan L.; Homer, Bruce D.; Hayward, Elizabeth O. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2009
This paper reviews research on learning from dynamic visual representations and offers principles for the design of animations and simulations that assure their educational effectiveness. In addition to established principles, new and revised design principle are presented that have been derived from recent research. Our review focuses on the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Technology, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Design
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George-Palilonis, Jennifer; Filak, Vincent – International Journal on E-Learning, 2010
As graphically driven, animated, interactive applications offer educators new opportunities for shaping course content, new avenues for research arise as well. Along with these developments comes a need to study the effectiveness of the individual tools at our disposal as well as various methods for integrating those tools in a classroom setting.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Learner Engagement, Science Instruction, Electronic Learning