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Cyber-Safety Policy Elements in the Era of Online Learning: A Content Analysis of Policies in the Uae
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Siyam, Nur; Hussain, Malak – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
With the increased level of technology usage in schools and the move to online learning, many schools had to re-evaluate the content of their cyber-safety policy and review it to ensure it works within and beyond the schools' premises. This study aimed to analyse the cyber-safety policies of twenty private schools in Dubai, an emirate in the…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Safety, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Designing Computational Thinking and Coding Badges for Early Childhood Educators
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Hunsaker, Enoch; West, Richard E. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
This design case documents the creation of open educational resources for preservice and inservice teachers at Brigham Young University (BYU). The purpose of this interdisciplinary project was to design and develop training, assessments and credentials to help the learners become competent in teaching computational thinking (CT) and coding in…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Coding, Computation, Thinking Skills
Moving Bodies to Moving Minds: A Study of the Use of Motion-Based Games in Special Education
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Kosmas, Panagiotis; Ioannou, Andri; Retalis, Symeon – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
From an embodied learning perspective, the active human body can alter the function of the brain and therefore, the cognitive process. In this work, children's activity using motion-based technology is framed as an example of embodied learning. The present investigation focuses on the use of a series of Kinect-based educational games by 31…
Descriptors: Special Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Games, Manipulative Materials
The Riddle of the Smart Machines
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Howell, Dusti D. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
Hundreds of graduate students were introduced to the fields of instructional design and educational technology with the riddle of the smart machines, yet over the years no one has answered it correctly. After revealing the surprising answer to this riddle, both the negative and positive impacts of smart machines are analyzed. An example of this is…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction
Web-Based Data Collection
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Hsiao, E-Ling; Moore, David Richard – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
Instruction is increasingly being delivered through distributed multimedia applications. Instruction delivered through these online environments creates robust opportunities for content presentation and learner interaction. These environments give the designer control over every aspect of the instructional experience. With some simple…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Internet, Data Collection, Evaluation
A Breakthrough for Josh: How Use of an iPad Facilitated Reading Improvement
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McClanahan, Barbara; Williams, Kristen; Kennedy, Ed; Tate, Susan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2012
As part of a diagnosis and tutoring project in an elementary education reading course, a pre-service teacher was encouraged to use an iPad as the vehicle for intervention strategies with a fifth grade struggling reader with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The device not only helped the student focus attention, it facilitated his becoming…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Intervention, Elementary Education, Reading Improvement