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Silvia Lizett Olivares-Olivares; Miriam Lizzeth Turrubiates Corolla; Juan Pablo Nigenda Alvarez; Natalia Mejía Gaviria; Mariana Lema-Velez; Miguel Angel Villarreal Rodríguez; Luis Carlos Franco Ayala; Elena María Trujillo Maza; Isabel Barriga Cosmelli; Klaus Puschel Illanes – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: Professional Identity Formation is the dynamic evolution to "think, act and feel" to become part of a professional community. This document presents the development and the study that aimed to assess the usability of a m-Learning Identity App (MLIA) focused on the formation of professional identity among undergraduate medical…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Computer Oriented Programs, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Robles, Heydy; Burden, Kevin; Villalba, Karen – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2021
Mobile devices are increasingly promoted as tools to facilitate ubiquitous and individualized learning, allowing learners to work at their own pace in authentic and meaningful settings. However, in the case of second language learning, there is a paucity of apps and tools related to improving students' reading comprehension in both Spanish and…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Santos, Maria P. M.; Rech, Cassiano R.; Alberico, Claudia O.; Fermino, Rogério C.; Rios, Ana P.; David, João; Reis, Rodrigo S.; Sarmiento, Olga L.; McKenzie, Thomas L.; Mota, Jorge – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2016
The app for the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (iSOPARC®) was developed to enhance System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities data collection and management. The study aim was to examine the usability and inter-rater reliability of iSOPARC®. Trained observers collected data in 16 park areas in two Latin…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Play, Recreational Activities, Observation
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García Botero, Gustavo; Questier, Frederik – Research-publishing.net, 2016
In an attempt to understand whether Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) could foster students' self-directed learning, this paper analyzes a self-directed learning experience by means of a language app: Duolingo. In this study, higher education language students were encouraged to use Duolingo outside of the classroom. The data collected via…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs, College Students
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Ramos, Lizeth; Valderruten, Arturo – English Language Teaching, 2017
The purpose of this article is to present the results of a research that was developed with eight groups of students of undergraduate programs of the Language Institute at Santiago de Cali University. The research was developed with four groups of students who used a mobile application developed jointly by foreign language professors, a software…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Listening Skills, Language Skills, Telecommunications
Gomez Zapata, Julian Esteban – Online Submission, 2010
This action research paper dealt with how to increase motivation towards writing in English through blogs and Gmail docs in a private school in Medellín, Colombia. It was necessary to explore the concepts of "social interaction," "motivation" and "reasons for writing" to understand how blogs and Gmail docs favored…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Student Motivation, Private Schools
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends