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Akçayir, Murat – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Social network sites (SNSs) have become a popular technology in recent years and are currently used in educational environments. Although SNSs have attracted much scholarly attention, students' experiences with and expectations about SNS uses in education have not been deeply explored. This study investigates educational uses of SNSs by analysing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Social Media
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Klisc, Chris; McGill, Tanya; Hobbs, Valerie – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Asynchronous online discussion (AOD) is used in many tertiary education courses, and assessing it has been shown to enhance critical thinking outcomes. There has, however, been debate on what should be assessed and how the assessment should be implemented. The most common form of assessment involves grading the individual discussion contributions,…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Critical Thinking, Skill Development
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McKenzie, Wendy; Roodenburg, John – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
The importance of the role of peer and self-assessment in developing formative and sustainable assessment practice in higher education is increasingly becoming evident. PeerWise is an online software tool that engages students in contributing to their own and others' learning by authoring, answering and providing feedback on multiple choice…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Graduate Students, Recall (Psychology), Computer Software
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Er, Erkan; Kopcha, Theodore J.; Orey, Michael – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
Today's generation often seeks help from each other in online environments; however, only a few investigated the role of Internet technologies and the nature of online help-seeking behavior in collaborative learning environments. This paper presents an educational design research project that examines college students' online help-seeking…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology, Video Technology
Pektas, Sule Tasli; Gürel, Meltem Ö. – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
Blended learning has already become an indispensable part of education in many fields. However, the majority of existing research on blended learning has assumed homogeneity of disciplines. This study suggests that research highlighting disciplinary effects and differences is much needed to effectively develop courses and tools consonant with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Integrated Learning Systems, Videoconferencing
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Wong, Gary K. W. – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
The adoption of educational technology in teaching depends on how well a teacher accepts it. This paper draws on a technology acceptance survey of pre-service primary mathematics teachers in Hong Kong to study the factors influencing their technology acceptance. This work adopted a mixed method approach, in which quantitative data were collected…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Preservice Teachers, Computer Attitudes