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Karsenti, Thierry; Bugmann, Julien – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
The goal of this study was to explore the educational potential of Minecraft. This project was conducted with 118 elementary-school students from Canada during the 2016-2017 school year. To explore the educational potential of Minecraft on the students, we designed a "Minecraft challenge" for students. 10 game levels of ascending…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Rodriguez, Brenda Cecilia Padilla; Armellini, Alejandro – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
Although interaction is recognised as a key element for learning, its incorporation in online courses can be challenging. The interaction equivalency theorem provides guidelines: Meaningful learning can be supported as long as one of three types of interactions (learner-content, learner-teacher and learner-learner) is present at a high level. This…
Descriptors: Interaction, Online Courses, Theories, Teacher Student Relationship
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Hardman, Frank; Hardman, Jan; Dachi, Hillary; Elliott, Louise; Ihebuzor, Noel; Ntekim, Maniza; Tibuhinda, Audax – Professional Development in Education, 2015
This paper reports on the findings of a pilot school-based professional development programme for Tanzanian primary school teachers launched in February 2011 and evaluated in December 2012 by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training with the support of UNICEF. The study set out to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of the pilot…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Program Implementation, Elementary School Teachers
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Cuddapah, Jennifer L.; Clayton, Christine D. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
This qualitative study explores a cohort professional development experience that brought new teachers together every few weeks from across an urban school district. Observation data were analyzed through Wenger's (1998) "Communities of Practice" social learning framework. The purpose was to examine how a cohort can be a valuable resource of new…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Professional Development, Phenomenology, Cohort Analysis
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Dammeyer, Jesper – Deafness and Education International, 2012
Research has shown how cochlear implants (CIs), in children with hearing impairments, have improved speech perception and production, but very little is known about the children's pragmatic language development. During a 4-year longitudinal study of three children with CIs, certain aspects of pragmatic language development were observed in free…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Program Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Hearing Impairments