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Cho, Eunsoon; Cho, Young Hoan; Grant, Michael M.; Song, Donggil; Huh, Yeol – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
The Korean Society for Educational Technology (KSET) hosted its second panel discussion partnering with the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) at the 2019 AECT Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. A total of four panelists, two from Korea and two from the U.S., participated in the discussion on the trends of educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications
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Kavoshian, Saeedeh; Ketabi, Saeed; Tavakoli, Mansoor; Koehler, Thomas – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
The purpose of the study reported in this article was to investigate the contribution of engaging in an online Teacher Professional Development (oTPD) course to improving different facets of English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers' Professional Development (PD). To this end, ten EFL teachers of a language institute participated in the study to…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Check Lists
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Sarrab, Mohamed; Al-Shihi, Hafedh; Al-Manthari, Bader; Bourdoucen, Hadj – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
Mobile learning (M-learning) is a learning paradigm that utilizes the advantages of mobility and wireless technologies in the learning and education process. It can be characterized by the ability to support and provide strong interaction between learners and instructors, offering high levels of learning motivation, collaboration, and flexibility…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Halaweh, Mohanad – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2017
Smartphones are developing rapidly and continually with new features that make them widely used in many contexts. This paper is to reflect on students' behaviours of using smartphones spontaneously (unplanned use) in the classroom, in a university in Dubai city in UAE. This reflection shall address the following questions: How can the instructors…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
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Stork, Michele Garabedian; Zhang, Jingshun; Wang, Charles Xiaoxue – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2018
To explore the potential for building multicultural awareness in university students using synchronous technology, faculty members from an American regional state university and a Chinese regional university collaborated to find appropriate ways to integrate synchronous technology (e.g., Adobe Connect) into a teacher education program in the…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Awareness, Multicultural Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation
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Dobbins, Chelsea; Denton, Philip – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2017
This paper is a report of an investigation in which mobile technologies were used during large lecture-type sessions in tandem with the Textwall™ software. This online program is able to receive and present messages from students' devices that the lecturer may then share. It also can be used to collect student votes on multiple-choice questions,…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Lecture Method, Large Group Instruction
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Sykes, Edward R. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
Every aspect of our daily lives has been touched by the ubiquitous nature of mobile devices. We have experienced an exponential growth of mobile computing--a trend that seems to have no limit. This paper provides a report on the findings of a recent offering of an iPhone Application Development course at Sheridan College, Ontario, Canada. It…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes