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Pavlik, Philip I., Jr.; Olney, Andrew M.; Banker, Amanda; Eglington, Luke; Yarbro, Jeffrey – Grantee Submission, 2020
An intelligent textbook may be considered to be an interaction layer that lies between the text and the student, helping the student to master the content in the text. The Mobile Fact and Concept Training System (MoFaCTS) is an adaptive instructional system for simple content that has been developed into an interaction layer to mediate textbook…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design
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Rodríguez-Triana, María Jesús; Prieto, Luis P.; Ley, Tobias; de Jong, Ton; Gillet, Denis – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2020
Social practices are assumed to play an important role in the evolution of new teaching and learning methods. Teachers internalize knowledge developed in their communities through interactions with peers and experts while solving problems or co-creating materials. However, these social practices and their influence on teachers' adoption of new…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Adoption (Ideas), Instructional Design, Teacher Developed Materials
Ahn, June; Asbell-Clarke, Jodi; Berland, Matthew; Chase, Catherine; Enyedy, Noel; Fusco, Judith; Gardner, Shari; Grover, Shuchi; Halverson, Erica; Jona, Kemi; Lane, H. Chad; Martin, Wendy; Mercier, Emma; Moher, Tom; Ogan, Amy; Pinkard, Nichole; Polman, Joseph; Roschelle, Jeremy; Schank, Patricia; Taylor, Katie Headrick; Wilkerson, Michelle; Worsley, Marcelo – Grantee Submission, 2017
Cyberlearning researchers envision and investigate the future of learning with technology. As of summer 2017, the Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies (CFTL) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) had made 279 research grant awards. In addition, several hundred other NSF research projects have cyberlearning themes. Many of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Science Course Improvement Projects, Instructional Design, Research Projects
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McElearney, Aisling; Murphy, Christina; Radcliffe, Deborah – Professional Development in Education, 2019
Results of research conducted to inform design of a professional development package for teachers involved in a preventative education, 'Keeping Safe', pilot (currently being evaluated via Randomised Control Trial) in Northern Ireland primary schools are presented. SNAP online survey technology was used to gather the views of 318 mainstream and…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Preferences, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Bennett, Kristin Redington – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2012
The iPad holds amazing potential for classroom use. Just a few--or even only one--is enough to get results. Having a class set promotes traditional, whole-class instruction, but fewer iPads facilitate individualized and tailored instruction. In this article, the author discusses the potential of the iPad and suggests ways to put the iPad to use in…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Classroom Techniques, Electronic Learning
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Scott, Donald E. – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2015
This paper examines the interrelationships between teaching beliefs and approaches, instructional design, relationships with students, and academics' and students' perceptions of effective teaching and learning. Mixed methodology was utilised and included interviews with academics and students, and questionnaires, inventories, and learning…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Work Ethic, Beliefs, Instructional Design
Association Supporting Computer Users in Education, 2018
The Association Supporting Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) is a group of people interested in small college computing issues. It is a blend of people from all over the country who use computers in their teaching, academic support, and administrative support functions. Begun in 1968 as the College and University Eleven-Thirty Users' Group…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Conferences (Gatherings), College Students, Portfolios (Background Materials)
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Ting, Yu-Liang – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2012
Studies have been devoted to the design, implementation, and evaluation of mobile learning in practice. A common issue among students' responses toward this type of learning concerns the pitfalls of mobile devices, including small screen, limited input options, and low computational power. As a result, mobile devices are not always perceived by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Telecommunications, Teaching Methods
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Tunks, Karyn W. – Journal of Educators Online, 2012
With online course development on the rise the challenge for instructors is to enhance and ensure learning through this modality. When direct contact with students in a traditional face-to-face classroom is not feasible, instructors must be innovative in content delivery and provide for students a sense of instructor presence. It has been…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Web 2.0 Technologies
Bergtrom, Gerald – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2011
The principles of course redesign that were applied to a gateway Cell Biology course at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are applicable to courses large and small, and to institutions of any size. The challenge was to design a content-rich science course that kept pace with present and future content and at the same time use principles of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cytology, Biology, Science Curriculum
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Kraglund-Gauthier, Wendy L.; Chareka, Ottilia; Orr, Anne Murray; Foran, Andrew – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2010
Across Canada and around the world, online technologies are becoming widely used and accepted as effective modes of learning. This essay traces the initial forays into teaching online classes by three Faculty of Education professors at one small Canadian university and an instructional designer/teacher who joined part-way through the research…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Online Courses, Classroom Techniques, Classroom Environment
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Yu, Fu-Yun; Liu, Yu-Hsin – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
This study focuses on mitigating evaluation apprehension, which is usually unavoidable in identifiable social situations, via the constructive use of prominent features of networked technologies. Specifically, this study investigated learners' attitudes towards different user-identity revelation modes, namely, real-identity, anonymity and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Social Environment, College Freshmen, Physics
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Bottino, Rosa Maria; Robotti, Elisabetta – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
The paper discusses the results of a research project based on the field testing of a course aimed at developing arithmetic problem solving skills in primary school pupils. The course was designed to incorporate e-learning techniques, including the use of ARI@ITALES authoring tools. These tools allowed the integration in the course of…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Problem Solving, Classroom Techniques, Arithmetic