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Animal Companions: Fostering Children's Effort-Making by Nurturing Virtual Pets
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Chen, Zhi-Hong; Liao, Calvin; Chien, Tzu-Chao; Chan, Tak-Wai – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
Virtual character is a significant application in the research field of technology-enhanced learning. In this study, the concept of animal companions, "non-smart" virtual characters, is proposed as a way to encourage students to promote effort-making learning behaviours. The two underpinning design rationales are first discussed followed by the…
Descriptors: Animals, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Learning Strategies
The Five Central Psychological Challenges Facing Effective Mobile Learning
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Terras, Melody M.; Ramsay, Judith – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Web 2.0 technology not only offers the opportunity of massively parallel interconnected networks that support the provision of information and communication anytime and anywhere but also offers immense opportunities for collaboration and sharing of user-generated content. This information-rich environment may support both formal and informal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Electronic Learning, Informal Education
Pedagogic Strategies Supporting the Use of Synchronous Audiographic Conferencing: A Review of the Literature
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de Freitas, Sara; Neumann, Tim – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
Synchronous audiographic conferencing (SAC) refers to a combination of technologies for real-time communication and interaction using multiple media and modes. With an increasing institutional uptake of SAC, users require an understanding of the complex interrelations of multiple media in learning scenarios in order to support pedagogic-driven…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Interaction, Literature Reviews, Educational Theories
Talk the Talk: Learner-Generated Podcasts as Catalysts for Knowledge Creation
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Lee, Mark J. W.; McLoughlin, Catherine; Chan, Anthony – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
Podcasting allows audio content from one or more user-selected feeds or channels to be automatically downloaded to one's computer as it becomes available, then later transferred to a portable player for consumption at a convenient time and place. It is enjoying phenomenal growth in mainstream society, alongside other Web 2.0 technologies that…
Descriptors: Internet, Student Developed Materials, Telecommunications, Discourse Analysis
Computers and the Thought-Producing Self of the Young Child.
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Fomichova, Olga; Fomichov, Vladimir – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2000
Discusses a new, informational-based cybernetic conception of the early development of child consciousness. Suggests a solution to the fundamental problem of formulating and creating the optimal cognitive preconditions of successful child-computer interaction, and analyzes some negative aspects of using intelligent computer and communications…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education, Man Machine Systems
Situating Cognition and Crossing Borders: Resisting the Hegemony of Mediated Education.
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Lauzon, Allan C. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1999
Explores situated cognition, arguing that the construct of "community of practice" is useful as an analytical lens in which to examine the domain of educational technology. Traces the history of educational technology, and how it is embedded in a larger social and political environment that excludes those who exist on the margins from…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Culture