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Hains-Wesson, Rachael; Wakeling, Lara; Aldred, Peter – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2014
This paper describes an ePortfolio implementation strategy at Federation University Australia, Victoria (formerly the University of Ballarat). The authors combined a personal and practical viewpoint to elicit pitfalls, challenges, and recommendations for improvement. The paper is divided into three main areas in order to outline the experiments…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment, Electronic Publishing
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Lim, Cheolil; Song, Hae-Deok; Lee, Yekyung – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2012
Usability is critical to the development of a user-friendly digital textbook platform interface, yet thorough research on interface development based on usability principles is in short supply. This study addresses that need by looking at usability attributes and corresponding design elements from a learning perspective. The researchers used a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Textbooks, Formative Evaluation
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McKenna, Gary F.; Stansfield, Mark H. – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to develop e-portfolio evaluation criteria which will be used to review the Blackboard LMS e-portfolio being used at one Higher Education (HE) institution in the UK as evaluation criteria for reviewing e-portfolio provision does not exist in the literature. The approach taken was to initiate a wide literature search…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Electronic Publishing, Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment
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Witney, Debbie; Smallbone, Teresa – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2011
Dissatisfaction with the quality of student group work, in terms of content and process, from both academics and students, is a constant challenge to the development of appropriate teaching, learning and assessment strategies. Developments in Web 2.0 technology could potentially offer a solution. This paper explores the experience of full-time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Cooperative Learning, Student Attitudes
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Barak, Miri; Herscoviz, Orit; Kaberman, Zvia; Dori, Yehudit J. – Computers & Education, 2009
The question of how to present cultural heritage resources in a way that attracts potential users is becoming important in our ever-changing world. This paper describes MOSAICA system--a web 2.0-based toolbox, dedicated for the preservation and presentation of cultural heritage. This paper also describes an evaluation study that examined MOSAICA…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Cultural Background, Use Studies
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Sanden, Sherry; Darragh, Janine – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2011
In today's Web 2.0 world, teachers are perpetually struggling with how to incorporate technology into the classroom effectively in order to meet the diverse literacy needs of 21st-century learners. Utilizing the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE, 2008) Position Statement addressing these needs, the theoretical framework of Lankshear…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing
Volk, Benno; Keller, Stefan Andreas – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2010
Since 2002 the "Zurich E-Learning Certificate" offers lecturers and academic staff from the three main universities in Zurich the possibility to take part in a professional development program which supports the acquirement of eCompetence. The program is the result of a cooperation between the University of Zurich (UZH), the Swiss…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, College Faculty, Program Development
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Cochrane, Thomas; Bateman, Roger – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
Built on the foundation of four years of research and implementation of mobile learning projects (m-learning), this paper provides an overview of the potential of the integration of mobile Web 2.0 tools (based around smartphones) to facilitate social constructivist pedagogies and engage students in tertiary education. Pedagogical affordances of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Communities of Practice, Action Research
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Haughey, Margaret; Muirhead, Bill – E-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology, 2005
In the K-12 education sector, learning objects are seen as important in providing quality resources for teachers and learners but there has been little formal research on the assessment of learning objects based on the qualities that would be important for K-12 teachers. In this paper we describe the developments in the K-12 sector, the arguments…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Resources, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Criteria
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Shiratuddin, Norshuhada; Landoni, Monica – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2003
This article describes a study of children's electronic books (e-books) technology. In particular, the focus is on devices used to access children's e-books, current available e-books and an e-book builder specifically for children. Three small case studies were conducted: two to evaluate how children accept the devices and one to test the ease of…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Technology Education, Use Studies, Electronic Learning
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Gnach, Aleksandra; Wiesner, Esther; Bertschi-Kaufmann, Andrea; Perrin, Daniel – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2007
Children and young people are increasingly performing a variety of writing tasks using computers, with word processing programs thus becoming their natural writing environment. The development of keystroke logging programs enables us to track the process of writing, without changing the writing environment for the writers. In the myMoment schools…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Writing, Writing Processes, Writing Instruction
Dixon, Ross – 1996
The specific characteristics of the World Wide Web mean that publishing documents using this medium has a number of unique requirements and presents a different challenge to anyone wishing to put documents on the Web. Key issues which have to be resolved include determining the nature of the documents to be published, identifying whether documents…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Authoring Aids (Programming), Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication