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Rabia Ünal; M. Betül Yilmaz – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study investigates healthcare professionals' acceptance of video conferences for in-service training in terms of performance expectancy and social influence. Furthermore, it attempts to determine which properties of video conferences influenced and predicted the adoption of video conferencing technology. We employed the cross-sectional survey…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Professional Development, Physicians, Program Effectiveness
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Sotiroula Theodosi; Iolie Nicolaidou – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
The preventability of skin cancer stresses the need for primary prevention interventions early in life to help children realize how dangerous ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure can be. Internet of Things (IoT) devices can be used to measure UVR intensity in real-time to help children visualize it and understand the need for sun protection from…
Descriptors: Cancer, Prevention, Health Promotion, Health Behavior
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Amanda K. Edgar; James A. Armitage; Luke X. Chong; Nadeeka Arambewela-Colley; Anuradha Narayanan – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This paper examines the utility of virtual simulation as an inclusive learning activity. Using a framework derived from literature, the Virtual Simulated International Placements (VSIP) were developed, and we explored the experiences of learners and facilitators to identify the pedagogical practices that they adopted during the learning activities…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Program Effectiveness, Inclusion, Cultural Influences
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Sara Ekström; Lena Pareto; Sara Ljungblad – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
There is a growing interest in whether social robots, which are embodied and exhibit human-like behaviour, can be used for teaching and learning. Still, very few studies focus on the teacher's role. This study focuses on how a teacher acted in a learning-by-teaching activity with 20 children. In this small-scale field experiment, the teacher's…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Video Games
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Zahra Fakher Ajabshir – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study investigates the relative effectiveness of online dynamic assessment (DA) compared to the teacher's explicit feedback in the acquisition of requests in an online learning environment. Thirty-four intermediate-level English as a foreign language (EFL) learners were randomly assigned to three groups: expert peer DA (PDA), teacher DA…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Feedback (Response), Alternative Assessment, Online Courses
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Kolog, Emmanuel Awuni; Montero, Calkin Suero – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
Emotions are a core semantic component of human communication. Since counsellors are humans we assume that their own state of emotions could affect their intuitional effort when taking decisions concerning their clients. Therefore, the accuracy of detected emotions by counsellors could be doubtful. And this highlights the need for complementing…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Counselor Characteristics, Influences, Correlation
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Mirabolghasemi, Marva; Choshaly, Sahar Hosseinikhah; Iahad, Noorminshah A. – Education and Information Technologies, 2019
E-learning readiness has been initiated in higher education institutions (HEI) as an attempt to improve institutions' service delivery. Meeting and managing the expectations of students using e-learning systems to facilitate teaching and learning activities is a prominent way to make HEI competitive. The purpose of this study is to investigate the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Readiness, Teaching Methods
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Ameri, Arefeh; Khajouei, Reza; Ameri, Alieh; Jahani, Yunes – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Several cultural and psychological factors can affect the behavior of users towards the use and acceptance of mobile-based educational applications. One of the methods to measure the factors resulting in the acceptance of mobile-based educational applications is Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). The objective of this…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Sarkar, Subrata; Mohapatra, Sanjay; Sundarakrishnan, J. – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
The objective of this research was to assess the impact of the Digital Equalizer program (DE Program) in terms of student learning outcomes of students in subjects like science, mathematics and geography after 8 months of implementing the DE program in 283 schools across 30 districts of Odisha, India. This study was a inter group and intra group…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Geography Instruction, Science Education, Mathematics Education