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The Role of Narrative in Multimedia Learning
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Diamond, Myrna Elyse – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This descriptive case study investigated the role of narrative in multimedia learning and teaching and observed how teachers applied their understanding of narrative, and new constructivist technologies, to design multimedia presentations for instruction. The study looked specifically at the cognitive strategies, visual narrative concepts, and…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Constructivism (Learning), Instructional Design, Computer Graphics
The Social Construction of Educational Technology through the Use of Authentic Software Tools
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Jones, Allan; Bissell, Christopher – Research in Learning Technology, 2011
A major strand of science and technology studies in recent decades has related to the social construction of technology (SCOT) movement, whose adherents maintain that technological systems are determined just as much by social forces as by technological ones. Taking this SCOT notion as a starting point, and putting a focus on the user, this paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Computer Software, Educational Technology
Using a Computerised Graphics Package to Achieve a Technology-Oriented Classroom
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Aladejana, Francisca; Idowu, Lanre – Policy Futures in Education, 2009
The present situation in Nigeria involves students of fine arts, a practical-oriented subject, being exposed to poor methods of teaching with consequent poor performances. This study examined the extent to which the use of a computerised graphics package could make the classroom technology-oriented and affect the performance of learners. This is…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries, Sampling, Teaching Methods
Media Arts: Arts Education for a Digital Age
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Peppler, Kylie A. – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: New technologies have been largely absent in arts education curriculum even though they offer opportunities to address arts integration, equity, and the technological prerequisites of an increasingly digital age. This paper draws upon the emerging professional field of "media arts" and the ways in which youth use new…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Active Learning, Educational Technology, Disadvantaged Youth
Preservice Teachers' Perceptions of Applets for Solving Mathematical Problems: Need, Difficulties and Functions
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Daher, Wajeeh – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
This research describes preservice teachers' perceptions of the use of applets in solving mathematical problems. It examines such perceptions regarding the role and functions that applets have in the problem solving context, the difficulties they encounter when using applets in this context and the necessity or need of their use. I attempt to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Problem Solving, Content Analysis, Preservice Teacher Education
New Challenges in Education: Retrospection of History of Education to the Future in the Interdisciplinary Dialogue among Didactics of Various School Subjects
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Gallová, Mária, Ed.; Guncaga, Ján, Ed.; Chanasová, Zuzana, Ed.; Chovancová, Michaela Moldová, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this scientific monograph is to show new and creative approaches to different school subjects in primary and secondary level. Methodology: Interdisciplinary and international comparative approaches were used. Now according to the 7th Framework Program, the preferred form of Science Education (www.scientix.eu) is preferred…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intellectual Disciplines, Comparative Analysis