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First, Second, and Third-Order Barriers to Information Literacy and Inquiry-Based Learning for Teachers in Poverty Contexts
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Johnson, Brian T.; Tawfik, Andrew A. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
This study sought to understand challenges that teachers (N = 15) in poverty settings encountered during information literacy instruction (ILI) and inquiry-based learning. First order barriers focused on insufficient support for instruction (training to align ILI in poverty settings; integrate diverse information resources/technology tools),…
Descriptors: Barriers, Poverty, Information Literacy, Inquiry
An Active Learning Activity for an IT Ethics Course
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Woods, David M.; Howard, Elizabeth V. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2014
Courses in Information Technology Ethics are often designed as discussion-intensive courses where case studies are introduced and evaluated using ethical theories. Although many of the case studies directly apply to our students' online lives, the stories can sometimes seem too far removed from their own experiences. While we read the news…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Activities, Information Technology, Ethics
Disaster at a University: A Case Study in Information Security
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Ayyagari, Ramakrishna; Tyks, Jonathan – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2012
Security and disaster training is identified as a top Information Technology (IT) required skill that needs to be taught in Information Systems (IS) curriculums. Accordingly, information security and privacy have become core concepts in information system education. Providing IT security on a shoestring budget is always difficult and many small…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Information Systems, Core Curriculum, Information Security
Things to Say: Future Applications of Smart Objects in Learning
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Preis, Kevin – Educational Technology, 2008
Smart object technology allows users to know something in real time about the physical objects in their presence. Each object, from cereal boxes to skyscrapers, becomes a source of information with which users can interact. Through a series of usage scenarios, the article explores the potential impact of smart objects on learning in formal and…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Mobility, Indexing, Information Networks
Teacher of the Future.
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Davis, Ben H. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1996
Discussion of teachers of the future focuses on their role as historians, where the subject, the history of the subject, and the history of applicable information technologies related to the subject will need to be taught. Discusses computer networks, multimedia materials, distance learning, access to information, and active versus passive…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Active Learning, Computer Networks, Distance Education
Proceedings of the International Conferences on Internet Technologies & Society (ITS), Education Technologies (ICEduTECH), and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE) (Melbourne, Australia, December 6-8, 2016)
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Kommers, Piet, Ed.; Issa, Tomayess, Ed.; Issa, Theodora, Ed.; McKay, Elspeth, Ed.; Isias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the International Conferences on Internet Technologies & Society (ITS 2016), Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2016) and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE 2016), which have been organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries, Internet, Educational Technology