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An Exploratory Case Study of the Use of a Digital Self-Assessment Tool of 21st-Century Skills in Makerspace Contexts
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Ourania Miliou; Maria Adamou; Aekaterini Mavri; Andri Ioannou – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
Maker education provides the perfect context for young learners to develop 21st-century skills. However, research is inconclusive on how these skills could be assessed. Namely, the complex nature of 21st-century skills requires different types of assessments, not necessarily relying on paper-and-pencil or multiple-choice tests, but rather drawing…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Shared Resources and Services, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Educational Technology
Assessing Student Learning in a Guided Inquiry-Based Maker Learning Environment: Knowledge Representation from the Expertise Development Perspective
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Xun Ge; Kyungwon Koh; Ling Hu – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
A qualitative study was conducted in a secondary school to evaluate student learning processes and outcomes by examining their inquiry questions, journals, and maker artifacts in a curriculum-based maker learning environment supported by the Guided Inquiry Design (GID). Thirteen 8th-grade students in a suburban middle school in the southwest of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Grade 8, Active Learning, Inquiry
Understanding the Educators' Practices in Makerspaces for the Design of Education Tools
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Dishita Turakhia; David Ludgin; Stefanie Mueller; Kayla Desportes – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
Makerspaces persist as formal and informal spaces of learning for youth, promoting continued interest in studying how design can support the variety of learning opportunities within these spaces. However, much of the current research examining learning in makerspaces neglects the perspectives of educators. This not only hinders our understanding…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Teacher Attitudes, Skill Development, Competence
Are We Ready for Undergraduate Educational Technology Programs? Lessons and Experience from Student Satisfaction in China
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He, Hao; Zhu, Jiawen; Qin, Chao; Li, Yangyang – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
Whether or not offering undergraduate educational technology (EdTech) programs has been discussed in the field of educational technology. Some researchers suggested offering EdTech programs at the undergraduate level. This study answered this question by examining how Chinese undergraduate EdTech students perceived their satisfaction with their…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Satisfaction, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
Evaluating Educational Robotics as a Maker Learning Tool for Pre-Service Teacher Computer Science Instruction
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Alex Fegely; Cory Gleasman; Tammi Kolski – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
Computer science teaching standards for grades K-8 have been implemented in nearly all U.S. states, and the core subject area teachers (e.g., math, science, English, social studies) have been asked to integrate these standards into their instruction. Thus, it is important that K-8 pre-service teachers of all subjects are both prepared and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Robotics, Shared Resources and Services, Preservice Teacher Education
A Makerspace Walks into a High-School: A Case Study of the Micropolitics of School Reform
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Ofer Chen; Fabio Campos; Yoav Bergner – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
Adoption of Maker programs entails deep cultural and structural changes within schools. In this case study, we interviewed a principal and seven faculty members in a high school in the United States, after the first year of implementing making-centered curricula. We report how faculty members responded to the reform, their motivations and beliefs,…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Creativity, Educational Change, Politics of Education
Understanding Motivational System in Open Learning: Learners' Engagement with a Traditional Chinese-Based Open Educational Resource System
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Huang, Wenhao David; Wu, Chorng-Guang – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Learning has embraced the "open" process in recent years, as many educational resources are made available for free online. Existing research, however, has not provided sufficient evidence to systematically improve open learning interactions and engagement in open educational resource (OER) systems. This deficiency presents two…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
Understanding Teacher Professional Learning through Cyber Research
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Bates, Meg S.; Phalen, Lena; Moran, Cheryl – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2018
Online professional learning websites provide a unique window into how teachers make self-directed choices about their own professional development. This study extends previous research on how teachers use online resource repositories to examine how teachers make choices about resource use on a professional learning website. The website, the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Online Courses, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology
Socio-Technical Dimensions of an Outdoor Mobile Learning Environment: A Three-Phase Design-Based Research Investigation
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Land, Susan M.; Zimmerman, Heather Toomey – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015
This design-based research project examines three iterations of Tree Investigators, a learning environment designed to support science learning outdoors at an arboretum and nature center using mobile devices (iPads). Researchers coded videorecords and artifacts created by children and parents (n = 53) to understand how both social and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Outdoor Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Using Scenarios to Design Complex Technology-Enhanced Learning Environments
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de Jong, Ton; Weinberger, Armin; Girault, Isabelle; Kluge, Anders; Lazonder, Ard W.; Pedaste, Margus; Ludvigsen, Sten; Ney, Muriel; Wasson, Barbara; Wichmann, Astrid; Geraedts, Caspar; Giemza, Adam; Hovardas, Tasos; Julien, Rachel; van Joolingen, Wouter R.; Lejeune, Anne; Manoli, Constantinos C.; Matteman, Yuri; Sarapuu, Tago; Verkade, Alex; Vold, Vibeke; Zacharia, Zacharias C. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2012
Science Created by You (SCY) learning environments are computer-based environments in which students learn about science topics in the context of addressing a socio-scientific problem. Along their way to a solution for this problem students produce many types of intermediate products or learning objects. SCY learning environments center the entire…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Virtual Classrooms, Science Education, Educational Technology
Mobile Innovations, Executive Functions, and Educational Developments in Conflict Zones: A Case Study from Palestine
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Buckner, Elizabeth; Kim, Paul – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2012
Prior research suggests that exposure to conflict can negatively impact the development of executive functioning, which in turn can affect academic performance. Recognizing the need to better understand the potentially widespread executive function deficiencies among Palestinian students and to help develop educational resources targeted to youth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Environment, Educational Resources, Children
Learning from Programmed Instruction: Examining Implications for Modern Instructional Technology
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McDonald, Jason K.; Yanchar, Stephen C.; Osguthorpe, Russell T. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2005
This article reports a theoretical examination of several parallels between contemporary instructional technology (as manifest in one of its most current manifestations, online learning) and one of its direct predecessors, programmed instruction. We place particular focus on the underlying assumptions of the two movements. Our analysis suggests…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Educational Innovation, Educational Resources
Toward a Learning Technologies Knowledge Network.
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Pea, Roy D.; Tinker, Robert; Linn, Marcia; Means, Barbara; Bransford, John; Roschelle, Jeremy; Hsi, Sherry; Brophy, Sean; Songer, Nancy – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1999
The National Science Foundation-funded Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT) is designed to be a national resource for stimulating research and development of technology-enabled solutions to critical problems in K-14 science, math, engineering, and technology learning. The rationale and operations of the Center and first-year progress…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education