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Alaa Alnajashi – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
The current demand for integrating technology into English language instruction to engage students in meaningful conversations is pressing in the digital era. Despite this, research on employing Google tools for collaborative, task-based activities in English education is scarce, particularly in meeting the needs of today's digital learners and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English Instruction, Student Motivation
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Maranna, Sandhya; Willison, John; Joksimovic, Srecko; Parange, Nayana; Costabile, Maurizio – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
The gradual shift to online modes of learning in higher education institutions over the past 2 decades accelerated drastically on a global scale between 2020 and 2022. Students and educators, who have initially grappled with the shift, have now become accustomed to online teaching; however, there are concerns about the quality of learning that has…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Electronic Learning, Higher Education, College Students
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Pinzón, Bernal; Norely, Alix – HOW, 2020
This article reports on a study carried out in a foreign language course at a private Colombian university. Its purpose was to identify the role of authentic materials and tasks, based on cultural topics, in the development of intercultural competence in third-level English students. The pedagogical implementation of the activities was designed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Cultural Awareness
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Shadiev, Rustam; Xueying, Wang; Huang, Yueh Min – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020
Virtual reality (VR) technology makes it possible to create an authentic virtual environment that benefits immersive learning. We designed an intercultural learning activity and applied VR technology to support it. Then, we investigated students' perceptions of the learning activity, VR technology, and intercultural competence (IC) development…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Learning Activities, Technology Integration, Foreign Countries
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Sugden, Nicole; Brunton, Robyn; MacDonald, Jasmine; Yeo, Michelle; Hicks, Ben – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
There is growing demand for online learning activities that offer flexibility for students to study anywhere, anytime, as online students fit study around work and family commitments. We designed a series of online activities and evaluated how, where, and with what devices students used the activities, as well as their levels of engagement and…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Learner Engagement, Online Courses, Handheld Devices
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Pais Marden, Mariolina; Herrington, Jan – Issues in Educational Research, 2020
Actively encouraging foreign language learners to establish a meaningful connection with the target language culture--by engaging in authentic activities with other learners and native speakers in real-world communicative contexts--is a critical goal of foreign language education. This paper describes a design-based research study that…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
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Anand, Pranit; Lui, Byron – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
There is widespread agreement that collaboration, teamwork and intercultural competence, among others, are essential 21st century skills. Higher education teaching and learning initiatives tend to have a significant focus on developing these skills through assessments and other in-class activities, and yet often do not take advantage of…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, International Cooperation, Intercultural Communication, Foreign Countries
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Corey M. Johnson; Kimberly A. Green; Betty J. Galbraith; Carol M. Anelli – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2015
The learning goals of a lower division honors course, Science as a Way of Knowing, include critical thinking, scientific literacy, quantitative reasoning, communication, and teamwork. To help students develop skills and competencies for the course learning outcomes, we used a case study and developed scaffolded activities and assignments that…
Descriptors: Tests, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, Authentic Learning