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Jalil Raza; Tahira Anwar Lashari; Sana Anwar Lashari; Hira Raza; Saima Anwar Lashari – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2022
In this study, two modes of communication for distance learning are discussed -Broadcast Media Technologies (one-to-many) and Communicative Media Technologies (many-to-many). In addition, the study sheds light on Synchronous Versus Asynchronous modes of communication. Further, the study evaluates the effectiveness of Digi skills' (an initiative by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Higher Education, Synchronous Communication
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Crum, Sibel; Basoglu, Emrah B. – Research-publishing.net, 2022
Virtual Exchange (VE) in second language education refers to a technology-enabled, interactive, intercultural experience that is designed to increase learners' intercultural communicative competence and performance. In this paper the findings of a bilingual (English/Turkish), synchronous video communication project among 31 US and Turkish college…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
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Hagley, Eric; Cotter, Matthew – Research-publishing.net, 2019
Foreign Language (FL) classrooms should be places where, at a minimum, communication is taking place in the foreign language being taught and intercultural understanding is also being developed. However, in countries where the majority of students are from a single cultural background, it is often difficult to keep students on-task if they do not…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Learner Engagement, Interaction, Peer Relationship
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Irwin, Bradley – Research-publishing.net, 2020
This paper explains details of a creative writing project aimed at increasing students' motivation to write in English and develop collaboration skills. Forty-eight first-year -- A2-B1 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) level -- English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners enrolled in a reading and writing course at a…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Student Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Martin, Kristi – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2018
This study examined the effects of the Local Systemic Change Through Teacher Enhancement Initiative (LSC) on 1,596 in-service high school mathematics teachers' knowledge. Because data are clustered by schools, a hierarchical linear model was calculated. It was found that five of the characteristics of the professional development, time to reflect,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, High School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics
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Vaughan-Marra, Jessica Christine – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
New teacher mentoring has been a topic within general education research for decades. As general education researchers have investigated the needs of content specific new teacher support (Shores & Stokes, 2006) as well as digital environments for their professional development (Jones, 2013, January 1), music education researchers have…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Music Teachers, Mentors
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Lainema, Kirsi; Lainema, Timo; Hämäläinen, Raija; Heinonen, Kirsi – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
Analysis of the applicability of a learning technology requires evaluating how the affordances of the technology respond to the users' needs. We examine affordances of a digital learning environment. We concentrate on organizational and socio-interactional affordances, which are based on technological affordances. The analysis shows how…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Student Needs, Program Effectiveness
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Shimizu, Yoshihiko; Pack, Dwayne; Kano, Mikio; Okazaki, Hiroyuki; Yamamura, Hiroto – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The purpose of this report is to compare the effects of "telecollaborative classes" between students in Japan and those in Asian-Pacific countries such as Taiwan, Thailand, and the United States (Hawaii). The telecollaborative classes are part of the Asian-Pacific Exchange Collaboration (APEC) project, a 4-year project involving students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Exchange Programs, International Educational Exchange, English (Second Language)
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Anderson, Susan Rebecca; Joong, Peter Yee Han; Ross, Mickell – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Cyberbullying is a problem that exists worldwide among youth today. Ponzo reported that bullying greatly affects how a student performs in mathematics. This action research will examine the effects of cyberbullying on students' achievement in twelve schools in Jamaica and Ontario. A pilot study was conducted in Jamaica. Action involved eight…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Academic Achievement
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Bárkányi, Zsuzsanna; Melchor-Couto, Sabela – Research-publishing.net, 2017
This paper examines learner attitudes, self-efficacy beliefs, and anxiety in a beginners' Spanish Language Massive Open Online Course (LMOOC) by answering three research questions: (1) how do learners feel about acquiring speaking skills on an LMOOC?; (2) do they experience anxiety with regards to speaking?; and (3) do their self-efficacy beliefs…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Anxiety, Online Courses
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Mohammadi, Mojtaba; Safdari, Nastaran – Research-publishing.net, 2015
The purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of online mobile-assisted task-based activities on improving Iranian intermediate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' speaking skills. To achieve the purpose of the study, 90 intermediate language learners were selected ranging between 13 to 16 years old and divided into three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Yamauchi, Yuhei; Fujimoto, Toru; Takahashi, Kaoru; Araki, Junko; Otsuji, Yusuke; Suzuki, Hisashi – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2012
This study examines "the Socla study program" to build a social learning community for high school students using Facebook and other Internet services. In the two-week program, the students worked on individual study projects that focused on their future plans. With the help of volunteer supporters and facilitators, the students found…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, High School Students, Foreign Countries, Socialization
Downey, Greg; Gray, Tonia – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
Web 2.0 technologies create opportunities for distance learning with particular promise for students while they are on international exchange. The current generation of students departing for study abroad is electronically literate or "digital natives", who have thoroughly integrated internet and communication technologies into their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Web 2.0 Technologies, Electronic Publishing
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McGuigan, Aileen; Golden, Lucy – Research in Learning Technology, 2012
This paper considers professional development in a context that is familiar and problematic to teaching teams in tertiary education everywhere, that of delivering online programmes with an ever-decreasing complement of staff. The Teaching Qualification Further Education (TQFE) teaching team at University of Dundee confronted the reality of reduced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions, Educational Policy, Web Based Instruction
Mirny, A.; Wiske, M. S.; Joo, J.; Cunningham, G.; Daniels, D.; Farid, A. B.; Gordon, F.; Madani, R.; Nissen, S. C. – Online Submission, 2010
A year-long collaborative action research project used networked technologies to connect researchers at a university-based online professional development program and a group of practitioner researchers based in a range of schools and educational agencies in several countries. They studied the process and effects of online professional development…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Improvement, Educational Change, Professional Development
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