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Greene, Jeffrey A.; Copeland, Dana Z.; Deekens, Victor M. – Educational Psychology Review, 2021
Increases in technology use, among youth and adults, are concerning given the volume of information produced and disseminated in the modern world. Conceptual models have been developed to understand how people manage the large volume of information encountered during intentional learning activities with technology. What, if anything, do people…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Information Dissemination, Access to Information, Incidental Learning
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Dang, Thi Ngoc Yen; Lu, Cailing; Webb, Stuart – Applied Linguistics, 2023
Open access academic lectures are potential sources for incidental vocabulary learning. These lectures are available in various formats (transcripts, audios, videos, and video with captions), but no studies have compared the learning of vocabulary in these lectures through different input modes. This study adopted a pretest-posttest design to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Lecture Method, Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development
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Pareja-Lora, Antonio; Rodríguez-Arancón, Pilar; Calle-Martínez, Cristina – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Currently, there is an international change in education that includes the development of new learning programmes and policies, such as (a) bilingual education programmes, (b) the Bologna process, with an emphasis on a more autonomous way of learning, or (c) the systematic evaluation and assessment of students and educational results. These…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Papen, Uta – Language and Education, 2012
When people are ill, they want to know what is happening to them and how they can get better. Current health policies support patients' access to health information and encourage them to take part in decisions regarding their health. But little is known about how patients learn and the difficulties they may encounter in the process. This paper…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Adults, Patients, Foreign Countries
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Harris, Clifton S. – Teacher Education and Practice, 1986
An important aspect of the "Information Age" is the gradual trend toward an informal education environment within which people use available information to serve their needs and interests. Recognition and use of the available information education experiences will better equip youth for the numerous changes they will face in the future. (CB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Incidental Learning
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White, Frank – Library Software Review, 1994
Discussion of expert systems and how they can be used focuses on recent research and empirically validated interface features. Highlights include immediate feedback; text brevity; graphics; explanations and human information processing abilities; novice user learning styles; multioption displays; users' mental models; incidental learning; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics