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Miller, Alyssia M.; Morgan, William Justin; Koronkiewicz, Bryan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
Social media has become a daily activity in today's technological age, and with this development, educators are met with another possible tool to facilitate language learning. This study was conducted to examine the use of social media, in particular Facebook and Twitter, as a pedagogical instrument in beginning level Spanish courses. Two…
Descriptors: Social Media, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Introductory Courses
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Denton, David W. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
Feedback is an effective instructional practice for improving achievement. The importance of feedback has been understood by teachers for many years, yet recent research has elevated its status. One characteristic of effective feedback is personalized comments, which assist students in understanding their performance. Most research analyzes the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Academic Achievement, Technology Uses in Education, Instructional Improvement
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Oliver, Kevin – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
In the emerging era of the "read-write" web, students can not only research and collect information from existing web resources, but also collaborate and create new information on the web in a surprising number of ways. Web 2.0 is an umbrella term for many individual tools that have been created with web collaboration, sharing, and/or new…
Descriptors: Assignments, Distance Education, Technology Integration, Educational Technology