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Decuypere, Mathias; Simons, Maarten; Masschelein, Jan – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2011
The ongoing development of mobile devices like cell phones, iPods, PDAs, and so on is seen by an increasing number of educationalists as a chance to focus on a new kind of learning. This mobile learning, as it is called, should enable students to learn while on the move. Rather than giving a genealogy of the use of mobile equipment in education,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Telecommunications, Educational Research, Computer Mediated Communication
Mangan, Katherine – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
While e-mail remains the official method of communication on most campuses, colleges are expanding their presence in the virtual world, trying to reach students where they hang out. But without careful planning, that can lead to a scattershot approach as new platforms keep popping up and students' attention becomes increasingly dispersed. The…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Computer Mediated Communication, Network Analysis, Social Networks
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Merchant, Guy – Learning, Media and Technology, 2012
Despite the widespread popularity of social networking sites (SNSs) amongst children and young people in compulsory education, relatively little scholarly work has explored the fundamental issues at stake. This paper makes an original contribution to the field by locating the study of this online activity within the broader terrain of social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Compulsory Education, Social Environment, Research Needs
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Mesch, Gustavo S. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2012
Long-term studies monitoring the process of young people adopting new media patterns of social interaction and communication with parents and peers are needed to better understand how young people cope with perpetual peer communication, how parents and adolescents deal with intergenerational conflicts, and the outcomes of these practices and…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Social Change, Mass Media Role, Mass Media Use
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Powell, D.; Dixon, M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2011
The recent increase in short messaging system (SMS) text messaging, often using abbreviated, non-conventional "textisms" (e.g. "2nite"), in school-aged children has raised fears of negative consequences of such technology for literacy. The current research used a paradigm developed by Dixon and Kaminska, who showed that exposure to phonetically…
Descriptors: Spelling, Adults, Error Patterns, Error Analysis (Language)
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Watson, Gavan Peter Longley – Environmental Education Research, 2011
This paper focuses on the implications of two emerging digital technologies on the act of field birding, and the implications of these objects for thinking about wild birds. While the adoption of new immaterial technologies promises to improve the ease with which birding is practiced, their use leads to new ethical considerations. Using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Animals, Photography, Ethics
Trevino, Rodrigo – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Technology has become a part of the fabric of the lives of people, whether it be communicating with a loved one on the other side of the world or paying a utility bill via the Internet. Most people have experienced some level of technology integration into their life. An inescapable rite of passage for most people in developed countries is the…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Interpersonal Communication, Social Networks
Vannoy, Sandra A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation examines, from a managerial interpretive perspective, how information systems contribute to firms' specific competitive actions and responses, and the resultant impacts upon firm performance. The findings from this research suggest that the answer may well lie within the role of information systems in firms' competitive dynamics…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Organizational Communication, Industry, Network Analysis
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Greller, Wolfgang; Drachsler, Hendrik – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
With the increase in available educational data, it is expected that Learning Analytics will become a powerful means to inform and support learners, teachers and their institutions in better understanding and predicting personal learning needs and performance. However, the processes and requirements behind the beneficial application of Learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Ethics, Best Practices
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Chalmers, Lex – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2009
This paper relates developments in the use of Internet-based communication technologies to contemporary exchanges of geographical ideas and content. A brief history of the Internet provides the basis for a review of uses of broadband Internet in contemporary Geography. Two themes are explored: the first is the concept of virtual communities of…
Descriptors: Internet, Communities of Practice, Virtual Classrooms, Social Networks
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Chou, Shih-Wei; Min, Hui-Tzu – Computers & Education, 2009
This study examines an alternative function of information sharing--social construction of meaning. Drawing on social construction, social interaction, and task closure theories, we explored the influence of both the media environment in which students are situated and the medium that group members choose to communicate with one another on the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Computer Mediated Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Virtual Classrooms
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Walker, Steve; Creanor, Linda – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
In this paper, we go beyond what have been described as "mechanistic" accounts of e-learning to explore the complexity of relationships between people and technology as encountered in cases of networked learning. We introduce from the social informatics literature the concept of sociotechnical interaction networks which focus on the…
Descriptors: Labor Education, Interaction, Unions, Information Science
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Turman, Paul D. – Communication Teacher, 2005
The use of new and advanced technologies has a significant potential to impact the way students communicate in a number of contexts and settings. Many students will find themselves in both academic and career situations where computer-mediated communication (CMC) group interaction will be necessary. As a result, it is important to integrate…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Group Dynamics, Norms, Decision Making
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Johnson, Genevieve M.; Howell, Andrew J.; Code, Jillianne R. – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2005
As technology revolutionizes instruction, conceptual models of influence are necessary to guide implementation and evaluation of specific applications such as online peer discussion. Students in an educational psychology course analyzed five case studies that applied and integrated course content. Some students (n= 42) used "WebCT…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Case Studies, Information Technology, Computer Mediated Communication
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Sullivan, Ashley – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2004
This case study explores the question of whether school personnel are using the technology available to communicate effectively with the members of their communities? A plethora of communications technology is now accessible to schools, but the question remains whether it is being used to connect with the different members of one's school…
Descriptors: Neighborhood Schools, Middle Schools, Technology Integration, Case Studies