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Kristin Herman; Miguel Ramlatchan; Ross Herman – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
Over the past decade, geospatial technologies have emerged as a tool for developing spatial reasoning and cognitive processes. While the foundational Learning to Think Spatially report from the National Research Center (2006) launched research into the use of geospatial technologies in isolation, more recently, cloud-based simulation software have…
Descriptors: Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Ability, Computer Simulation, Instructional Design
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Yalun Zhou; Rahul Divekar – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
The integration of design thinking with extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI) offers transformative potential for second language (L2) learning by providing immersive, interactive, and personalized experiences. Despite significant advancements in XR and AI technologies, their practical integration within formal language education…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Simulation
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Lin, Lin; Parsons, Thomas D. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
This paper provides a synthesis of core literature of media multitasking, attention, and learning engagement. The focus, however, is on the ecologically valid assessments examining the depth-biased or breadth-biased attention and learning engagement in the media multitasking environments. We propose novel approaches to assess media multitasking…
Descriptors: Attention, Learner Engagement, Computer Simulation, Diagnostic Tests
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Deng, Liping; Shen, Ying Wang; Chan, Jackie W. W. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
This paper is a report of a cross-cultural online collaboration between two cohorts of pre-service teachers in Hong Kong, China and an American university in St. Paul, Minnesota. It explicates the pedagogical design and implementation of online tools for group collaboration and students' perceptions of the benefits and challenges. Multiple…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Culturally Relevant Education, Intercultural Communication, Computer Mediated Communication
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Atkinson, Tom – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
Second Life[TM], or simply SL, was developed at Linden Lab, a San Francisco-based corporation defined by its creators as "an online society within a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents, where they can explore, build, socialize and participate in their own economy." With over 14 million residents in the SL virtual community,…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Social Networks, Technological Advancement, Higher Education