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Novakovich, Jeanette; Long, Erin Cramer – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
Two sections of university-level technical writing courses were given an authentic task to write an article for publication for an outside stakeholder. A quasi-experimental study was conducted to determine the differences in learning outcomes between students using traditional writing methods and those using social media to generate articles. One…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Writing Instruction, College Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
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Park, Young; Heo, Gyeong Mi; Lee, Romee – Educational Technology & Society, 2011
This study defines a blog as a contemporary web-based environment that can make a difference in adult informal learning practice. An online survey with 70 adult bloggers in Korea was undertaken to understand the nature of adults' blogging and its meanings in terms of learning. This study investigates (a) adults' blogging experiences related to…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Informal Education, Electronic Publishing, Learning Processes
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Goh, Jonathan W. P.; Quek, Chin Joo; Lee, Ong Kim – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
In the 1980s we witnessed the dawning of the "Information Age". Today, the use of information technology has become an integral part of our lives. Education is no exception. With the introduction of Web 2.0 tools such as weblogs, students are presented a new platform for interaction and exchanging ideas. A review of the literature…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Asian Culture, Factor Analysis
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Saeed, Nauman; Yang, Yun; Sinnappan, Suku – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
The adoption level of emerging web technologies is on the rise in academic settings. However, a major obstacle in the practice of web-based instruction is the limited understanding of learners' characteristics and perceptions about technology use. Thus there is a need to understand the relationship between students' learning styles and their…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Cognitive Style, Electronic Publishing, Action Research
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Fessakis, Georgios; Tatsis, Konstantinos; Dimitracopoulou, Angelique – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
The paper presents a case study of the educational exploitation of group blogging for the implementation of a "learning by design" activity. More specifically, a group of students used a blog as a communication and information management tool in the University course of ICT-enhanced Geometry learning activities. The analysis of the designed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Learning Activities, Group Activities, Electronic Publishing
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Glahn, Christian; Specht, Marcus; Koper, Rob – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
Contextualised and ubiquitous learning are relatively new research areas that combine the latest developments in ubiquitous and context aware computing with educational approaches in order to provide structure to more situated and context aware learning. The majority of recent activities in contextualised and ubiquitous learning focus on mobile…
Descriptors: Interaction, Group Activities, Learner Engagement, Student Participation