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Kim, Heesung; Ke, Fengfeng – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
The pedagogical and design considerations for the use of a virtual reality (VR) learning environment are important for prospective and current teachers. However, empirical research investigating how preservice teachers interact with transformative content representation, facilitation, and learning activities in a VR educational simulation is still…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Computer Simulation, Preservice Teachers, Student Experience
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Scheu, Ian Edward; Lawrence, Thomas – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2013
This article details the construction of a computer program to test cognitive processing differences in adolescents engaged in a standard presentation of tests versus a fantasy-based game presentation. The article will discuss the challenges of creating a replication of traditional psychological tests into a new medium which holds comparable…
Descriptors: Psychological Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Games, Adolescents
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Cviko, Amina; McKenney, Susan; Voogt, Joke – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2013
Though popular among children outside of school, Dutch teachers often struggle to offer technology integrated activities in the kindergarten classroom. Because involving teachers in development of technology integrated activities can support their implementation, this study examines teachers in the role of re-designing such activities. Two case…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
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Thomas, Michael K.; Barab, Sasha A.; Tuzun, Hakan – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
This study examined the tensions surrounding the implementation of a technology-rich educational innovation called Quest Atlantis (QA) in a local public elementary school. Three qualitative case studies of three classrooms implementing the innovation and a subsequent cross-case analysis were undertaken to illuminate: 1) the reasons why teachers…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Technology, Case Studies, Elementary Schools
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Fishman, Barry J.; Pinkard, Nichole – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2001
Describes the pitfalls that school technology planning processes can engender and presents an improved model for planning for the use of technology in K-12 schools. Emphasizes the secondary nature of technology in relation to other considerations, such as curriculum and pedagogy, and presents a case study in an urban K-8 school. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning, Educational Technology
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Derry, Sharon J.; Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E.; Nagarajan, Anandi; Chernobilsky, Ellina; Beitzel, Brian D. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2006
The work we report in this special issue attempted to exploit the power of technology and cognitive theory to help make conceptual systems taught in large college courses truly useful in students' future lives. Facing evidence that traditional instructional models have not succeeded in this regard, we sought feasible course designs and…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Online Courses, Instructional Design, Cognitive Processes