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Wang, Cixiao; Xu, Lingling; Liu, Hui – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2022
Background: Virtual manipulatives (VMs) are increasingly adopted in inquiry activities. However, the effects of the ratio of mobile device-based VMs to students and external scripts (a guiding structure for prompting group process) provision on group interaction has not been detailed. Objectives: This study proposed four different technology…
Descriptors: Manipulative Materials, Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Cooperative Learning
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Unahalekhaka, Apittha; Bers, Marina Umaschi – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
With a growing number of ScratchJr usage, over 19 million users worldwide, we examined the use in the United States of the free ScratchJr programming language, explicitly designed for young children ages 5-7, to learn how to code. Our objective was to explore children's usage of the ScratchJr tablet app at home and school settings. We analyzed…
Descriptors: Coding, Programming, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Murcia, Karen; Pepper, Coral; Joubert, Mathilda; Cross, Emma; Wilson, Sinead – Issues in Educational Research, 2020
We present research that explored digital coding in an Australian early years learning centre and how it impacted on a focus group of 3 and 4-year-old children's creativity. The questions that guided the design experimental method were: (1) how do young children develop and demonstrate creativity when learning through play with digital coding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Creative Thinking, Creativity
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Crompton, Helen – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2017
Purpose: Mobile devices transcend the educational affordances provided by conventional tethered electronic and traditional learning. However, empirical findings show that educators are not integrating technology effectively into the curriculum. This paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/Methodology/Approach: In this study, a thematic…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning
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Abeywardena, Ishan Sudeera – Journal of Learning for Development, 2017
With the rise of OER and multimedia such as YouTube videos, many academic institutions are becoming mindful of the richness they bring into the teaching and learning process. Given that multimedia resources cannot be directly integrated into printed material, the only available alternative is to print hyperlinks, which teachers and learners can…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Social Media, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Ralph, Rachel – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2018
This empirical case study investigated prosocial sharing behaviours when using media and technology, i.e., iPads. The following research questions were explored: (1) How do prosocial behaviours of sharing manifest among preschool-aged children interacting with iPads? (2) What are the effects of iPad use on the manifestation of prosocial sharing…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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Papadakis, Stamatios, Ed.; Kalogiannakis, Michail, Ed. – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2022
This book brings together a collection of work from around the world in order to consider effective STEM, robotics, mobile apps education from a range of perspectives. It presents valuable perspectives--both practical and theoretical--that enrich the current STEM, robotics, mobile apps education agenda. As such, the book makes a substantial…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Robotics, Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices
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Uçak, Esra – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2019
The present study aims to investigate the opinions of prospective science teachers about the use of QR codes in the teaching materials that they prepared in the "Instructional Technologies and Material Development" course. The study group consists of 38 (32 female, 6 male) 3rd-year prospective science teachers who attended the…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Science Teachers, Science Education, Foreign Countries
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Hsu, Ting-Chia – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
To stimulate classroom interactions, this study employed two different smartphone application modes, providing an additional instant interaction channel in a flipped classroom teaching fundamental computer science concepts. One instant interaction mode provided the students (N = 36) with anonymous feedback in chronological time sequence, while the…
Descriptors: Interaction, Peer Relationship, Homework, Video Technology
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Mokhtar, Farha Alia – Online Learning, 2018
With the advancement of digital technology, software and applications are overwhelmingly accessible to teachers and students. Digital designs for teaching and learning are highly encouraged by scholars as they prepare students of today for the demands of the future workforce. Thus, many educators use available social networks for their classrooms.…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Software, Social Media
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Barbour, Michael K.; Grzebyk, Tamme Quinn; Grant, Michael M.; Siko, Jason – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2017
The iPad is a tool that could change the way in which teachers prepare and deliver instruction in the K-12 environment. But, while proponents tout its capabilities, school administrators run the risk of purchasing yet another tool without understanding its potential impacts on the teacher, students, and classroom environment. This study used iPads…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education
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Chee, Ken Nee; Yahaya, Noraffandy; Ibrahim, Nor Hasniza; Hasan, Mohamed Noor – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
This study examined the longitudinal trends of mobile learning (M-Learning) research using text mining techniques in a more comprehensive manner. One hundred and forty four (144) refereed journal articles were retrieved and analyzed from the Social Science Citation Index database selected from top six major educational technology-based learning…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Journal Articles
Vigil, Kathleen Murray – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study explored the potential benefits and barriers of using quick response (QR) codes as a means by which to provide audio materials to middle-school students learning Spanish as a foreign language. Eleven teachers of Spanish to middle-school students created transmedia materials containing QR codes linking to audio resources. Students…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Middle School Students, Preservice Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education
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Del Rosario-Raymundo, Maria Rowena – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of QR codes as mobile learning tools and examine factors that impact on their usefulness, acceptability and feasibility in assisting the nurses' learning. Design/Methodology/Approach: Study participants consisted of 14 regular, full-time, board-certified LR nurses. Over a two-week period,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nurses, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Smith, Bryan – Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 2016
The current generation of students live and learn within a pedagogical milieu saturated by digital technologies. Curriculum scholars have not ignored this, theorizing and critiquing the ways that technology both affords and limits opportunities for students. Notably absent from this conversation, however, is a consideration of how the technologies…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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