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Shahla Asadi; Jordan Allison; Madhu Khurana; Mehrbakhsh Nilashi – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Simulation-based learning (SBL) offers an extensive variety of chances to practice complex computer and networking skills in higher education and to implement diverse kinds of platforms to facilitate effective learning. Utilizing visualization and computer network simulation tools in teaching computer networking courses has been found to be useful…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Skill Development
Lockias Chitanana – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This study investigated how lecturers and university students used WhatsApp as an academic tool. The study employed an ANT methodological and analytical framework to investigate WhatsApp as an academic tool in a university set-up in post COVID-19 era. Participants were selected from one state university. The snowball purposive sampling approach…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Oriented Programs, College Faculty
Ajay Kumar Singh; Mukesh Kumar Meena – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The objective of this study was to analyze the gap in expected benefits and actual benefits of virtual classrooms used at the time of nationwide lockdown for the teaching-learning process for faculty members and students in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 893 responses have been used for this study. The overall mean of…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries, College Faculty
Academic Use of Social Networking Sites in Learners' Engagement in Underdeveloped Countries' Schools
Badshah, Afzal; Jalal, Ateeqa; Rehman, Ghani Ur; Zubair, Muhammad; Umar, Muhammad Muneer – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
Students' engagement has been a hot topic since the origin of teaching and learning; and is developing rapidly with time and technology. With the recent advances in Information and Communication Technology (e.g, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and 5G), it is a need of the hour to revive its smart use in academia. In underdeveloped…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Networks, Learner Engagement, Developing Nations
Zulkanain, Nani Amalina; Miskon, Suraya; Syed Abdullah, Norris – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
WhatsApp is one of the most popular and widely used communication platforms today. However, from an application in a few subject areas, this mobile application (app) can be distractive and cause users to lose their focus as it attracts and promotes social interaction among learning communities. In this study, firstly, qualitative research approach…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Guidelines, Social Networks, Pretests Posttests
Implications of Social Network Sites for Teaching and Learning. Where We Are and Where We Want to Go
Manca, Stefania; Ranieri, Maria – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
This conceptual paper deals with some of the implications that the use of social network sites, though not originally developed and conceived for learning purposes, have for schools and academic activities when they are used as tools able to modify and innovate teaching/learning practices and academic culture. Beside the differences that…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Norin, Veniamin Aleksandrovich; Norina, Natalia Vladimirovna; Pukharenko, Yurii Vladimirovich – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
This article is devoted to applying interactive teaching methods at Russian universities. It studies the following three types of interaction between professor and students that have become common at Russian universities: passive teaching methods, active teaching methods, and interactive teaching methods. This paper presents their advantages and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Engineering Education, Universities, Teacher Student Relationship
Thoms, Brian; Eryilmaz, Evren – Education and Information Technologies, 2015
In this research we present a new design component for online learning communities (OLC); one that integrates Twitter with an online discussion board (ODB). We introduce our design across two sections of upper-division information systems courses at a university located within the U.S. The first section consisted of full-time online learners,…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Online Courses, Discussion Groups, Computer Mediated Communication
Kavoshian, Saeedeh; Ketabi, Saeed; Tavakoli, Mansoor; Koehler, Thomas – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
The purpose of this study was three-fold: first, it aimed to develop a scale to shed light on English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' perceptions of using Mobile Social Network Sites (MSNSs) in language teaching and learning. To this end, a 36-item MSNSs Utility Perceptions Inventory (MUPI) was developed. Second, the current study made an…
Descriptors: Barriers, Social Networks, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Alasmari, Talal; Zhang, Ke – Education and Information Technologies, 2019
This article reports a two-phase study with (1) an extended framework on mobile learning technology acceptance, and (2) a mixed-method research investigating college students on the use and embracement of mobile learning technology acceptance in Saudi Arabia. The research extended the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Teaching Methods
Menzies, Rachel; Petrie, Karen; Zarb, Mark – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
Many students are looking to appropriate social networking sites, amongst them, Facebook, to enhance their learning experience. A growing body of literature reports on the motivation of students and staff to engage with Facebook as a learning platform as well as mapping such activities to pedagogy and curricula. This paper presents student…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Social Media, Social Networks, Focus Groups
Iyer, Viswanathan K. – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
This paper addresses the issue of effective content-delivery of Computer Science subjects taking advantage of a university intranet. The proposal described herein for teaching a subject like Combinatorics and Graph Theory (CGT) is to supplement lectures with a moderated online forum against an associated intranet portal, which is referred to as a…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Science Education, Universities, Mathematical Concepts
Multisilta, Jari – Education and Information Technologies, 2014
The use of videos on the internet has grown significantly in the last few years. For example, Khan Academy has a large collection of educational videos, especially on STEM subjects, available for free on the internet. Professional panoramic video cameras are expensive and usually not easy to carry because of the large size of the equipment.…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Internet, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
Voyiatzaki, Eleni; Avouris, Nikolaos – Education and Information Technologies, 2014
This paper presents a study on the role of the teacher in computer-supported class group activities. We discuss various teacher tools that support this role. In the reported studies the students are engaged in group activities through networked computers. Typically they use a two-space collaboration tool. One shared space used for jointly…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Group Activities, Computer Networks
Elwood, Susan; McCaleb, Karen; Fernandez, Mary; Keengwe, Jared – Education and Information Technologies, 2014
Educators are seeing rapid developments in online instruction with regard to not only available technologies, but also in design and teaching practices. Developing and maintaining social presence in an online environment is paramount to the success of a learning environment. This article touches upon some historical perspectives of social presence…
Descriptors: Models, Mass Media Use, Online Courses, Teaching Methods
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