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Williams, Shirley; Spiret, Claire; Dimitriadi, Yota; McCrindle, Rachel – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) is the umbrella organisation for Member Organisations from 145 countries, with a total membership of 10 million. While Member Organisations offer training and development within their own countries, WAGGGS offers international opportunities, such as leadership development at…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Electronic Learning, Volunteer Training, Online Courses
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Rose, Ellen – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
As reading shifts from the page to the screen, research focuses primarily upon the nature and effects of hypertextual reading. However, many of the texts that university students read for academic purposes are digitised texts that begin life as paper-based books and papers and are read on-screen. Applying the principles and practices of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Phenomenology, Reading Strategies, Electronic Publishing
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Merchant, Guy – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Mobile phones have rapidly been absorbed into the fabric of our day-to-day lives. They are now a key consumer item, a symbol of social capital and they connect their users to a mobile web with multiple applications. As ownership and access to smartphones has spread into the teenage years, their place in institutions of formal education has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Influence of Technology, Social Networks
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Thomas, Herbert – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
Traditionally, at least according to popular wisdom, learning took place in venues that were custom-designed for the purpose. The purpose, given the evidence of the artefacts with which we are confronted, seems to have been the educational equivalent of the production line that so succinctly characterised the industrialisation of society. One…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Principles, Educational Philosophy, Epistemology