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Moon, Andria L.; Francom, Gregory M.; Wold, Cheryl M. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
Approaches to using devices in the classroom can be classified as learning "with" technology or learning "from" technology (Howland et al., 2011). Though the benefits of constructionist, learning "with" technology learning experiences has been discussed (e.g., Baytak & Land, 2011; Levinsen, 2008), few studies have…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Constructivism (Learning), Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
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Parmigiani, D.; Benigno, V.; Hidi, A. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
Prospective teachers should be able to increasingly reflect on their own profession, so teacher education programmes need to find new ways to foster and implement the opportunities for reflective thinking development during both academic and training activities. This pilot study was focused on the possibilities offered by mobile devices and hybrid…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Student Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
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Kearney, Matthew; Burke, Paul F.; Schuck, Sandy – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
This paper develops and examines a scale to capture teachers' views of the mobile pedagogies they are adopting. Mobile pedagogies refer to the practices and approaches teachers use that involve mobile technologies to support learning. A mobile technology is any portable, handheld technology that potentially supports learning and includes laptops,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education
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Halaweh, Mohanad – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2017
Smartphones are developing rapidly and continually with new features that make them widely used in many contexts. This paper is to reflect on students' behaviours of using smartphones spontaneously (unplanned use) in the classroom, in a university in Dubai city in UAE. This reflection shall address the following questions: How can the instructors…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
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Dabbagh, Nada; Fake, Helen – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2017
With the ubiquitous use of mobile technologies and the increasing demand for just-in-time training, there is a need to prepare and support instructional designers and educators to meet the pedagogical and technological development requirements of their target audience in the most effective and efficient way. This paper reviews the iterative…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education
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Grant, Michael M.; Tamim, Suha; Brown, Dorian B.; Sweeney, Joseph P.; Ferguson, Fatima K.; Jones, Lakavious B. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
While ownership of mobile computing devices, such as cellphones, smartphones, and tablet computers, has been rapid, the adoption of these devices in K-12 classrooms has been measured. Some schools and individual teachers have integrated mobile devices to support teaching and learning. The purpose of this qualitative research was to describe the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Fuegen, Shauna'h – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2012
This article considers the growing amount of research on using mobile technologies in education. As mobile devices become increasingly more prevalent, it is imperative to study their use and effect on the growing field of distance education. This brief review of existing literature indicates that traditional theories of learning, in both…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Learning Theories
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Union, Craig D.; Union, Lori Walker; Green, Tim D. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
This study explored the effects of a portable technology intervention, the Nook Simple Touch eReader, on student performance in Reading and English/Language Arts when included as an integral part of the teaching and learning process in an elementary third-grade classroom. This study used the participating students' end-of-year second-grade scores…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Electronic Learning, Grade 3, Technology Uses in Education
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Martin, Florence; Pastore, Raymond; Snider, Jean – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2012
This paper describes an instructional design class's experience developing instruction for the mobile web. The class was taught at a southeastern university in the United States in a master's level computer based instruction course. Two example projects are showcased and student reflections on design issues are highlighted. Additionally,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Design, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices