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Sami Tlais; Ali Alkhatib; Rasha Hamdan; Hassan HajjHussein; Kassem Hallal; Wassim El Malti – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
This study examines the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots within higher education, focusing on the early feedback from STEM faculty members in Lebanon, particularly in the context of their widespread use among students. As AI intersects with traditional scientific inquiry, its incorporation into educational frameworks introduces…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education, STEM Education
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Armellini, Alejandro; Teixeira Antunes, Virgínia; Howe, Robert – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
This article focuses on university students' perceptions of their learning and social experiences in the context of an institution-wide pedagogic shift to Active Blended Learning (ABL). It explores students' perceived enablers and barriers to learning in the new environment. Thematic analysis was conducted on data collected through focus groups…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Blended Learning
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Lowenthal, Patrick R.; Dunlap, Joanna C.; Stitson, Patricia – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
Educators are pushing for students, specifically graduates, to be digitally literate in order to successfully read, write, contribute, and ultimately compete in the global market place. Educational technology professionals, as a unique type of learning professional, need to be not only digitally literate--leading and assisting teachers and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technological Literacy, Web Sites
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Lin, Meng-Fen Grace; Hoffman, Ellen S.; Borengasser, Claire – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
This qualitative case study examined Twitter use by undergraduate and graduate students in three classes. Previous studies have shown that while some faculty use Twitter, few are incorporating it into classes despite many recommendations for such use. This study examined how students perceived Twitter as a classroom tool. As an optional activity,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, College Faculty
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Michels, Barbara J.; Chang, Ching-Wen – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
"Necessity is the mother of invention," as the saying goes, and in this case, it surely was. A telecommuting faculty for a Midwest public university wanted to see a graduate student's presentation as a guest speaker in an instructional technology course on campus. However, this faculty lives in another state, so that was impossible. As a daily…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Internet, College Faculty, Computer Mediated Communication
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Beatty, Brian; Ulasewicz, Connie – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
Online teaching and learning has been in transition for its entire existence. The number of courses offered at a distance has grown rapidly. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (Waits & Lewis, 2003), in 2000-2001 more than 56% of four-year colleges and universities in the United States offered distance education degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Distance Education, Computer Managed Instruction