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O'Reilly, Catherine M.; Josek, Tanya; Darner, Rebekka D.; Fortner, Sarah K. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2022
Integrating the use of large datasets into our teaching provides critical and unique opportunities to build students' skills and conceptual knowledge. Here, we discuss the core components needed to develop effective activities based on large datasets, which align with the 5E learning cycle. Data-based activities should be structured around a…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Learning Activities, Data Analysis, Computer Software
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Jeffery Buckley – Journal of Technology Education, 2024
The use of adaptive comparative judgement (ACJ) for assessment in technology education has been topical since its introduction to the field through the e-scape project coordinated by the Technology Education Research Unit in the United Kingdom. In the last decade, however, there has been an increasing volume of research examining how ACJ can and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Open Source Technology, Computer Oriented Programs
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Sotirios Karanasios; Marina Papastergiou – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Location Based Games (LBGs) can support various learning activities in both formal and informal settings. Furthermore, the fact that they can utilize players' physical movement for players' advancement in the game world makes them an appealing alternative for promoting physical activity in students. However, LBGs are not sufficiently used in…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Educational Games, Learning Management Systems, Telecommunications
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Martin, Kit; Lam, Eva – Grantee Submission, 2020
Transnational youth use digital media to affiliate with diverse cultural and linguistic practices, as demonstrated through the use of multiple languages and hybrid linguistic codes, media genres and multimodal expressions in the youths' online communication and writing (Black, 2009; Domingo, 2014; Kim, 2016). This study introduces a learning…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Information Technology, Language Usage, Code Switching (Language)
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Hajjej, Fahima; Hlaoui, Yousra Bendaly; Ben Ayed, Leila Jemni – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2017
The e-assessment, as an important part of any e-learning system, faces the same challenges and problems such as problems related to portability, reusability, adaptability, integration and interoperability. Therefore, we need an approach aiming to generate a general process of the e-assessment. The present study consists of the development of a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Computer Assisted Testing, Management Systems, Computer Software
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Mukala, Patrick; Cerone, Antonio; Turini, Franco – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
Free\Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) environments are increasingly dubbed as learning environments where practical software engineering skills can be acquired. Numerous studies have extensively investigated how knowledge is acquired in these environments through a collaborative learning model that define a learning process. Such a learning…
Descriptors: Open Source Technology, Learning Activities, Computer Software, Learning Processes
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Javier Leung – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2021
The EdHub Library is an online teacher professional development platform that serves 250 school districts as part of the Network for Educator Effectiveness in Missouri. It has a collection of more than 300 online activities. This design case describes the efforts of re-developing EdHub due to technical and usability issues of the first generation…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, School Districts, Electronic Libraries, Usability
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Serapiglia, Anthony – Information Systems Education Journal, 2013
Many students are entering Computer Science education with limited exposure to operating systems and applications other than those produced by Apple or Microsoft. This gap in familiarity with the Open Source community can quickly be bridged with a simple exercise that can also be used to strengthen two other important current computing concepts,…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Introductory Courses, Laboratories, Computer Science Education
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Parkavi, A.; Vetrivelan, N. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
Flipped course is used in well-developed educational institutions and technologically developed countries. It is quite experimental in nature for resource restricted educational institutions and developing countries. In this paper such cases are considered, where faculties make use of free resources available for conducting flipped courses.…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Active Learning, Case Studies, Curriculum Design
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Penman, Christine – Research-publishing.net, 2015
This case study situates the collaborative design of learning objects (interactive online learning material) using the LOC (Learning Object Creator) software in the context of language activities external to the core learning activities of language students at a UK university. It describes the creative and pedagogical processes leading to the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Second Language Learning, French, Second Language Instruction
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Pellas, Nikolaos; Boumpa, Anna – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
A considerable interest in using three-dimensional multi-user virtual worlds for different educational disciplines has been widely observed. Despite the potential benefits of this technology, many questions still remain open, as far as the design of appropriate activities in well-defined instructional design frameworks and their effectiveness on…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, Professional Continuing Education, Comparative Analysis
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Onguko, Brown Bully – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2014
JiFUNzeni blended learning approach is a sustainable approach to provision of professional development (PD) for those in challenging educational contexts. JiFUNzeni approach emphasizes training regional experts to create blended learning content, working with appropriate technology while building content repositories. JiFUNzeni approach was…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Faculty Development, Sustainability, Educational Technology
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Scarlatos, Tony – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2013
Exploring the Solar System in the elementary school curriculum has traditionally involved activities, such as building scale models, to help students visualize the vastness of space and the relative size of the planets and their orbits. Today, numerous websites provide a wealth of information about the sun and the planets, combining text, photos,…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Simulation, Educational Games
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers