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Individual Differences in Digital Badging: Do Learner Characteristics Matter?
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Fanfarelli, Joseph R.; McDaniel, Rudy – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2015
Badge use has rapidly expanded in recent years and has benefited a variety of applications. However, a large portion of the research has applied a binary "useful" or "not useful" approach to badging. Few studies examine the characteristics of the user and the impact of those characteristics on the effectiveness of the badging…
Descriptors: College Students, Recognition (Achievement), Individual Differences, Student Characteristics
The Effects of Learners' Differences on Variable Manipulation Behaviors in Simulation-Based Learning
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Liew, Tze Wei; Tan, Su-Mae; Seydali, Rouzbeh – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2014
The present study examined the relationship among learners' differences, behaviors in manipulating variables, and learning achievements in a simulation-based program that supports discovery learning in the subject of C-programming algorithm. Participants (n = 66) took the Group Embedded Figures Test, Action Control Scale, and Computer…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Individual Differences, Self Efficacy, Student Behavior
Perceptions of Information Technology in Higher Education.
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Fatt, James Poon Teng – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2003
Describes a study conducted in Singapore that investigated the impact of information technology (IT) on undergraduate students. Discusses attitudes of teachers on the impact of IT; describes the questionnaire used for the study; and considers educational, personal, and social aspects of students toward the impact of IT. (Contains 21 tables.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Individual Differences