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Mayer, Greg; Lingle, Jeremy; Usselman, Marion – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
The question of how to best design an online course that promotes student-centred learning is an area of ongoing research. This mixed-methods study focused on a section of advanced high school students, in college-level mathematics courses, that used a synchronous online environment mediated over web-conferencing software, and whether the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Synchronous Communication, Online Courses, Student Experience
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Mørch, Anders I.; Engeness, Irina; Cheng, Victor C.; Cheung, William K.; Wong, Kelvin C. – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
This article presents a study of EssayCritic, a computer-based writing aid for English as a foreign language (EFL) that provides feedback on the content of English essays. We compared two feedback conditions: automated feedback from EssayCritic (target class) and feedback from collaborating peers (comparison class). We used a mixed methods…
Descriptors: Essays, Writing Instruction, Pretests Posttests, Grades (Scholastic)
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Keppler, Mike; Weiler, Spencer C.; Maas, Dan – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
Laptops have been introduced into classroom across the nation as a way to improve teaching and learning. In 2007 Littleton Public Schools (LPS) introduced a focused approach to providing all students with a laptop at a significantly lower cost to the traditional ubiquitous laptop programs. The purpose of this study was to document the LPS model…
Descriptors: Laptop Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Public Schools, Influence of Technology