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Jan Zienkowski; François Lambotte – Learning, Media and Technology, 2024
This paper demonstrates how agency emerges as the teaching team members of three social science and humanities massive open online courses (MOOCs) reflexively discuss the affordances and limitations offered by edX. Special attention goes to the entanglement of forums within their courses. We examine the edX platform as a discursive-material knot,…
Descriptors: Educational Development, MOOCs, Social Sciences, Humanities
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George Veletsianos; Shandell Houlden – Learning, Media and Technology, 2024
The educational technology industry includes numerous learning providers and platforms offering cohort-based courses. In this paper, we examine, analyze, and critique one such platform called Maven. We focus our analysis on Maven because this specific platform describes itself as building 'the university of the future' and has recently received…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Learning Management Systems, Role Theory, Risk
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Sundberg, Bodil; Spante, Maria; Stenlund, Jorgen – Learning, Media and Technology, 2012
This paper reports on a project aimed at identifying and exploring the development and implementation processes of teaching practices with interactive whiteboards (IWBs) in two Swedish K-6 schools. The purpose of the project was to generate results and insights of value when preparing student teachers for professional use of IWBs and to give…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Visual Aids, Technology Integration
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Kearney, Matthew – Learning, Media and Technology, 2011
The literature on digital video in education emphasises the use of pre-fabricated, instructional-style video assets. Learning designs for supporting the use of these expert-generated video products have been developed. However, there has been a paucity of pedagogical frameworks for facilitating specific genres of learner-generated video projects.…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Literature Reviews, Learning
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Maher, Damian – Learning, Media and Technology, 2011
The purpose of the study reported on here was to explore ways in which the interactive whiteboard (IWB) can support students' understanding of texts. A Year 3 and a Year 4 primary school class in New South Wales, Australia, is the focus of the research. A qualitative case study was carried out using multimodal analysis focusing on the use of an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Needs, Teaching Methods, Suburban Schools
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Munyofu, Mine; Swain, William J.; Ausman, Bradley D.; Lin, Huifen; Kidwai, Khusro; Dwyer, Francis – Learning, Media and Technology, 2007
The purpose of this exploratory and small-scale study was to examine the instructional effects of different chunking strategies used to complement animated instruction in terms of facilitating achievement of higher order learning objectives. Eighty-five students were randomly assigned to three treatment groups: animated program instruction, simple…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Strategies, Animation, Teaching Methods
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Bennett, Sue; Lockyer, Lori – Learning, Media and Technology, 2008
Interactive whiteboards (IWBs) have become increasingly available in Australian primary schools. However, little is known about how they are being integrated by teachers into their teaching practices. This paper reports on a study of the introduction of IWBs into an Australian public primary school. Data were collected for one day per week over…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Schibeci, Renato; MacCallum, Judith; Cumming-Potvin, Wendy; Durrant, Cal; Kissane, Barry; Miller, Erica-Jane – Learning, Media and Technology, 2008
Teachers have a central role in developing new learning models in schools. This paper describes a study that explored teachers' confidence and competence in using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as they participated in an ICT development project conducted by an Australian education system in 12 primary schools. The project aimed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning, Professional Development
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Allison, John – Learning, Media and Technology, 2008
This paper will undertake a critical review of the impact of virtual reality tools on the teaching of history. Virtual reality is useful in several different ways. History educators, elementary and secondary school teachers and professors, can all profit from the digital environment. Challenges arise quickly however. Virtual reality technologies…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Secondary School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, College Faculty
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Hoekstra, Angel – Learning, Media and Technology, 2008
Teachers have begun using student response systems (SRSs) in an effort to enhance the learning process in higher education courses. Research providing detailed information about how interactive technologies affect students as they learn is crucial for professors who seek to improve teaching quality, attendance rates and student learning. This…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Participant Observation, Student Reaction, Social Environment
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Mohon, Elizabeth H. – Learning, Media and Technology, 2008
This case study investigates how the use of an interactive whiteboard (IWB) leads to pedagogical change within a UK secondary school classroom. A teacher's experiences as recorded in a reflective journal, and the responses of students as recorded in a questionnaire, are set within the context of rhetoric about the value of IWBs. It is argued that…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teaching Experience, Classroom Environment, Teaching Methods
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Trees, April R.; Jackson, Michele H. – Learning, Media and Technology, 2007
To explore what social and educational infrastructure is needed to support classroom use of student response systems (Roschelle et al., 2004), this study investigated the ways in which student characteristics and course design choices were related to students' assessments of the contribution of clicker use to their learning and involvement in the…
Descriptors: Student Reaction, Student Characteristics, School Buildings, Lecture Method