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Dolowitz, Annetta; Collier, Jessica; Hayes, Aleshia; Kumsal, Cem – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
This case study details microlearning content development, testing, and implementation of the NATO Headquarters Supreme Allied Command Transformation (HQ SACT) e-Learning Networking App (NeNA) conducted by an AECT microlearning consulting team. NeNA was designed to provide microlearning "just-in-time" content, to create socialization…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Software, Armed Forces, International Organizations
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van der Linden, Sara; van der Meij, Jan; McKenney, Susan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
Video coaching can powerfully support teacher learning, but its implementation in face-to-face form presents substantial practical challenges. While mobile learning offers several potential solutions, we have limited insight into the design of mobile video coaching programs and especially into how specific technologies can attend to teacher…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications
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Bai, Hua – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
The wide adoption of mobile technology has greatly influenced K-12 education. In teacher education programs, it is necessary for educators to train teacher education students to use mobile technology for educational purpose. This paper reports an exploratory effort in preparing elementary education students for mobile learning. The participants'…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Technology Integration, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Bai, Hua – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
The advancement of mobile technology has influenced teaching and learning at various educational levels. The mobility, ubiquity, and connectivity of mobile devices help to foster meaningful learning experience across contexts and in different subject areas. Positive results from mobile learning have been reported in the current literature. To help…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Telecommunications, Cooperative Learning, Inquiry
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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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Smith, Brian K. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
Bodystorming is a technique used by designers to better understand how the settings where interactive systems are deployed might affect their intended uses. The articulation of design concepts "in the wild" and using forms of performance and improvisation are intended to help designers become more aware of contextual issues that may not…
Descriptors: Design, Interaction, Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education
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Prokes, Christopher; Housel, Jacqueline – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
COVID-19 challenged higher education to rapidly shift to remote course delivery. This study surveyed community college students (N = 356) about their confidence in completing learning related tasks before and after the shift, access to technologies used in in remote learning, and disruptions that impacted their learning. Results indicated notable…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Distance Education, Online Courses
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Dunleavy, Matt – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
Augmented reality is an emerging technology that utilizes mobile, context-aware devices (e.g., smartphones, tablets) that enable participants to interact with digital information embedded within the physical environment. This overview of design principles focuses on specific strategies that instructional designers can use to develop AR learning…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Telecommunications
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Martin, John; Dikkers, Seann; Squire, Kurt; Gagnon, David – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
The proliferation of broadband mobile devices, which many students bring to school with them as mobile phones, makes the widespread adoption of AR pedagogies a possibility, but pedagogical, distribution, and training models are needed to make this innovation an integrated part of education, This paper employs Social Construction of Technology…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Simulated Environment, Teaching Methods
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Sykes, Edward R. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
Every aspect of our daily lives has been touched by the ubiquitous nature of mobile devices. We have experienced an exponential growth of mobile computing--a trend that seems to have no limit. This paper provides a report on the findings of a recent offering of an iPhone Application Development course at Sheridan College, Ontario, Canada. It…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
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Zimmerman, Heather Toomey; Gamrat, Christopher; Hooper, Simon – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
Parents and children are rapidly adopting mobile technologies, yet designs for mobile devices that serve a communication function to connect parents to children's out-of-school time activities are limited. As a result, our team designed the Digital Postcard Maker so that children attending summer camps can create digital photographs to send…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Communication Strategies, Summer Programs, Resident Camp Programs
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Engel, George; Green, Tim – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2011
Over the last decade there has been a rapid diffusion of cellular technology. Though cell phone use began as a business tool, it has now become part of popular culture. Because of the near ubiquitous presence of cell phone technology among teens in the United States, schools are beginning to explore the use of cell phones as a learning tool. This…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Telecommunications, Calculus, Handheld Devices
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Zelkowski, Jeremy – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2011
This article justifies classifying the TI-Nspire CAS Touchpad as a mobile device for grades 8-16 mathematics classrooms equipped with a Navigator system. The 2010 Horizon Report: K-12 indicates virtually every secondary school aged child has some sort of mobile device. Yet, many school policies ban the use of mobile devices, preventing students…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Time on Task, Classroom Techniques
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McPherson, Sarah; Wang, Shiang-Kwei; Hsu, Hui-Yin; Tsuei, Mengping – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are transforming the priorities of the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) to focus on preparing for the "new literacies." According to the Partnership of 21st Century Skills, "new literacy" is the ability to use ICTs to develop 21st…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Telecommunications, Literacy, Skill Development