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Direct linkPfuurai Chimbunde; Boitumelo Benjamin Moreeng – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
Despite extensive research on the concerns with the use of ChatGPT that evolve around cheating, academic integrity, and plagiarism, very little is known on the assessment practices in school history, obscuring our understanding on how history teachers can assess students amid ChatGPT driven challenges. This conceptual paper discusses the…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence
Lazarevic, Bojan; Fuller, Julia; Cain, Jabari – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
This study explores the relationship between the three elements of the Community of Inquiry (teaching, social, and cognitive presences) and video-based instruction in the online environment. The video-based instruction included instructor-created videos and screencasts, video feedback assignment critiques, video-enhanced content discussions, and…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Inquiry, Video Technology, Online Courses
Farmer, E. Christa; Catalano, Amy J.; Halpern, Adam J. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
In a Fall 2017 introductory course in Environmental Geology, homework assignments alternated between traditional textbook chapters in an electronic format and adaptive learning platform (ALP) modules on the Smart Sparrow (www.smartsparrow.com) platform to assess student preference for and satisfaction with either modality. Few studies have…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Preferences, Textbooks, Electronic Publishing
Miller, Alyssia M.; Morgan, William Justin; Koronkiewicz, Bryan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
Social media has become a daily activity in today's technological age, and with this development, educators are met with another possible tool to facilitate language learning. This study was conducted to examine the use of social media, in particular Facebook and Twitter, as a pedagogical instrument in beginning level Spanish courses. Two…
Descriptors: Social Media, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Introductory Courses
Exploring Flipboard to Support Coursework: Student Beliefs, Attitudes, Engagement, and Device Choice
Hornik, Steven; deNoyelles, Aimee; Chen, Baiyun – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
The purpose of the study is to explore the use of a mobile application called Flipboard, which facilitates the curation of digital content into a magazine-like product, to engage students in class discussion and participation in a college course. Research questions include: (1) What were students' beliefs and attitudes regarding the use of…
Descriptors: College Students, Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Machajewski, Szymon; Steffen, Alana; Romero Fuerte, Elizabeth; Rivera, Eleanor – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
Technology in Higher Education affects teaching and learning excellence while being a significant expense for universities. There is a need for evaluation of current instructional technology use when planning for renewal or adoption of a new learning management system (LMS). This study was conducted to understand the patterns of course tools used…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Educational Technology, Enrollment Trends, College Faculty
Polk, Tracy; Johnston, Melissa P.; Evers, Stephanie – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that can be edited by users, is growing both in the number of content articles written as well as the number of registered users. Students rely on Wikipedia (Purcell et al., 2012) and Wikipedia, through tools, is enabling users to make better decisions regarding the information they find (Gray, 2013; Kyrios,…
Descriptors: Encyclopedias, Collaborative Writing, Electronic Publishing, Educational Technology
Denton, David W. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
Feedback is an effective instructional practice for improving achievement. The importance of feedback has been understood by teachers for many years, yet recent research has elevated its status. One characteristic of effective feedback is personalized comments, which assist students in understanding their performance. Most research analyzes the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Academic Achievement, Technology Uses in Education, Instructional Improvement
Wang, Feihong; Shao, Enming – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2012
Second Life (SL) has been gaining increased attention in Education since it was launched in 2003. Language educators explored SL mainly as a virtual learning environment where learners can interact with native speakers (e.g., Hislope, 2008; Wang, Song, Xia, & Yan, 2009). Although most studies concluded positively about using SL for language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Assignments, Second Language Learning
