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Chen, Hongyan; Islam, A. Y. M. Atiquil; Gu, Xiaoqing; Teo, Timothy; Peng, Zhengmei – Educational Psychology, 2020
Research databases are a significant contributing aspect of modern technology, and, as such, innovation has enhanced learning and research outputs using online databases introduced by authorities in charge of higher education. However, databases have been rarely investigated from the perspective of psychological assessment. Therefore, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Databases, Higher Education
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Wang, Qi; Zhang, Ning; Ma, Wulin – SAGE Open, 2023
This paper is designed to explore the current status of Chinese EFL teachers' use of digital resources in doing research and its influential factors. It classifies digital resources into six types aligned to the research process and uses the revised TAM to find out and explain its influential factors. A total of 180 teachers were investigated via…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Bharti, Neelam; Leonard, Michelle; Singh, Shailendra – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
Online chemical databases are the largest source of chemical information and, therefore, the main resource for retrieving results from published journals, books, patents, conference abstracts, and other relevant sources. Various commercial, as well as free, chemical databases are available. SciFinder, Reaxys, and Web of Science are three major…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Databases, Science Education, College Science
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Baykoucheva, Svetla; Houck, Joseph D.; White, Natalia – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
The blended model for information literacy instruction described in this article introduces students not only to efficient techniques for finding scientific literature and properties of chemical compounds, but also to managing this information with a bibliographic management program (EndNote Online). The model blends face-to-face instruction with…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Models
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Piotrowski, Chris – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2015
There has been wide academic and research interest in the application of Social Media (SM) modalities, as instructional tools, in contemporary educational settings. Although research on this topic has grown exponentially in recent years a) very little is known about the breadth of research regarding SM in the scholarly literature, and b) few…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Technology Uses in Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Content Analysis
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Rhode, Jason; Richter, Stephanie; Gowen, Peter; Miller, Tracy; Wills, Cameron – Online Learning, 2017
The learning management system (LMS) has become a critical tool for nearly all institutions of higher education, and a driving force in online learning. According to a 2014 report by the Educause Center for Analysis and Research, 99% of higher education institutions have an LMS in place, and the LMS is used by 85% of faculty and 83% of students.…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Educational Technology, Technological Literacy, Technology Uses in Education
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Bahri, Hossein; Mahadi, Tengku Sepora Tengku – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
While the presence of mobile electronic devices in the classroom has posed real challenges to instructors, a growing number of teachers believe they should seize the chance to improve the quality of instruction. The advent of new mobile technologies (laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc.) in the translation classroom has opened up new opportunities…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Translation, Teaching Methods
Finkel, Ed – District Administration, 2012
Like seemingly everyone else connected to K12 education, vendors that offer student information systems are being called upon to do more with less. Where past generations of these systems focused on nuts and bolts such as time, attendance and behavioral issues, the latest generation has created--and drawn inspiration from--districts' desires for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Systems, Human Factors Engineering, Performance Technology
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers