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Annika Manni; Håkan Löfgren – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2024
This article focuses on the methodological experiences that emerged from a study investigating how teachers valued their daily encounters with children in early childhood education. Early childhood teachers often balance the demands of documentation with time spent with children, so have little time to reflect on their practice. Furthermore,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Reflection
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Whyte, Belinda; Davies, Maree; Wilson, Aaron – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2022
The purpose of this study was to investigate the nature and understanding of online talk in a New Zealand primary-school context. This research consisted of a small-scale case study of the #NZReadaloud, a pre-existing literacy programme, over 6 weeks in mid-2020. A private online group on the education platform Edmodo was established where 14…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Üstün, Bilal; Deregözü, Aysel – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
This study aims to examine the opinions of foreign language instructors who teach at preparatory classes through distance education during the pandemic. Based on this objective, five instructors working at a School of Foreign Languages at a state university in Turkey were interviewed and their opinions regarding the positive and negative aspects…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Pandemics, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Mohammadi, Sima; Zandi, Hamed – TESL-EJ, 2023
As students' achievement is correlated with self-regulation, finding interventions promoting self-regulated learning (SRL) in online courses is a current focus of research. However, few studies have explored the potential of contract learning in scaffolding and developing SRL in non-traditional learners who have work and family and are at risk of…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Independent Study, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Qian, Kan; Tang, Jinlan – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Guided by the conceptual framework for next generation designs for mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) in informal setting, our study investigates how mobile devices impact the learning practices and habits amongst adult distant learners of English at a higher education institution in China. Data sources include quantitative data of 148…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
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Brown, Karen L. – Gifted Child Today, 2019
Establishing a collaborative partnership takes a willingness to see the benefits despite the obstacles. Understanding how the partnership will impact each of the involved stakeholders is paramount to being able to foresee the possible issues. In the case of the College of William & Mary and Paradise Valley Unified Schools, challenges of time,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, School Districts, Time Management
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Nyinkeu, Ngatchu Damen; Thaddeus, Kabuin; Henry, Ngatchu – International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 2016
In an era when its is increasingly encouraged to share source-codes, the training of students, particularly information technology students, faces several challenges in communicating aspects of academic honesty -- precisely authenticity of authorship. The genuineness of this issue has implications primarily in the integral formation of students…
Descriptors: Open Source Technology, Ethics, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Plagiarism
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Baloian, Nelson; Pino, Jose A.; Hoppe, H. Ulrich – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
This paper addresses issues of using computer technology to support in-classroom teaching and learning regarding one of the most frequent problems in such scenarios: the students' attention. First, it presents the distraction and focus of attention problems that arise while using computer technology with off-the-shelf software for supporting…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Computer Software, Computers, Computer Managed Instruction
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Hilton, John L., III; Graham, Charles; Rich, Peter; Wiley, David – Distance Education, 2010
The authors studied a course in which an instructor allowed individuals at a distance to participate. Although these students were not formally enrolled in the university where the class took place, the instructor gave them full access to all course materials and encouraged them to complete course assignments. The authors examined the time and…
Descriptors: Time Management, Conventional Instruction, Education Courses, Graduate Study
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