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Xue, Sijia; Churchill, Daniel – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019
As one of the most widely adopted mobile and social media applications, Tencent WeChat ® ('WeChat') has been increasingly used in education at all levels in Asia, and in China in particular. However, only a small number of studies have been conducted to explore educational affordances of WeChat. In this paper, these affordances are defined as…
Descriptors: Affordances, Models, Adoption (Ideas), Technology Uses in Education
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Dubé, Adam K.; McEwen, Rhonda N. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Using Luhmann's communication theory and affordance theories, we develop a framework to examine how kindergarten-grade 2 students interact with tablet computers. We assessed whether cognitive ability and device configuration influence how successfully children use tablet computers. We found that children's limited ability to direct their cognitive…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Primary Education, Handheld Devices, Computer Use