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Baecher, Laura; Knoll, Marcia; Patti, Janet – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2016
Preparing school administrators to promote effective instruction of English language learners (ELLs) is an important dimension of today's educational leadership programs, requiring innovative program activities. This study explores school leadership candidates' use of an observation tool targeted to ELL instruction that incorporated guided video…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Leaders, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Kim, Hyewon; Lee, MiYoung; Kim, Minjeong – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effects of mobile instant messaging on collaborative learning processes and outcomes. The collaborative processes were measured in terms of different types of interactions. We measured the outcomes of the collaborations through both the students' taskwork and their teamwork. The collaborative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Synchronous Communication, Cooperative Learning
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Huang, Xiaoxia; Hsiao, E-Ling – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine online instructors' experiences and perceptions of online teaching and their communication with students in an online environment. More specifically, the study focused on the questions regarding: (1) instructors' general experiences and perceptions of online teaching; (2) instructors' general experiences…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Distance Education, Online Courses, Synchronous Communication
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Loveland, Thomas – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2012
In modern CAD and CAM manufacturing companies, engineers design parts for machines and consumable goods. Many of these parts are cut on CNC machines. Whether using a CNC lathe, milling machine, or router, the ideas and designs of engineers must be translated into a machine-readable form called G & M Code that can be used to cut parts to precise…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, National Standards, Manufacturing, Skilled Workers
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Kassens-Noor, Eva – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2012
With the rise of Web 2.0, a multitude of new possibilities on how to use these online technologies for active learning has intrigued researchers. While most instructors have used Twitter for in-class discussions, this study explores the teaching practice of Twitter as an active, informal, outside-of-class learning tool. Through a comparative…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Informal Education, Active Learning
Winn, Matthew R. – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2012
Just as participation in social networking has grown, so has media coverage of inappropriate activity online. Teacher-student relationships and cyberbullying are just a few of the stories that seem to make the news on a regular basis. For educators, this is particularly troubling, considering how few students know what is appropriate when using…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Social Networks, Child Safety, Safety Education
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Lam, Louis – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2012
Teaching and learning is undergoing a dramatic change due to the advancement in telecommunication and IT. Increasingly, online learning platform is playing an important role higher education. The maturity of Internet and emergence of various cloud services catalyse the development of these platforms and student learning behaviour. An example is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation, Student Participation
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Freiermuth, Mark R.; Huang, Hsin-chou – Language Teaching Research, 2012
This study examines the motivation of 20 Japanese students of English as a foreign language (EFL) who chatted electronically with 19 Taiwanese EFL students using online synchronous chat software. In particular, we were interested in four factors that affect task-based motivation: the willingness to communicate, task attractiveness, task…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Interaction, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Carter, Lorraine; Graham, Robert Douglas – Journal of Distance Education, 2012
One of the major influences on university education in Ontario is the growing use of Internet technologies. These new technologies have led faculty and learning experts at universities to talk about online and technology-enhanced learning with a fervour not often found on most campuses. Among other things, these discussions have challenged…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Instruction, Teaching Methods, Program Descriptions
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Moloney, Robyn – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2013
Recent years have witnessed rapid growth in language learning within online collaborative learning projects constructed between educational institutions in different cultural and pedagogic contexts. This qualitative case study investigated the role of teacher communication in a short online project between language classes in secondary schools in…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Interviews, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Lammers, Jayne C. – Learning, Media and Technology, 2013
Videogames, such as "The Sims," are a digital media passion drawing adolescents to online spaces where they create and share content. This article explores how discourses and expectations are taught in one online, videogame-related fan site of adolescents who read and write "Sims" fan fiction. Using Bernstein's pedagogic…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Fiction
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Lazarus, Jill; Roulet, Geoffrey – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2013
This article discusses the integration of student-generated GeoGebra applets and Jing screencast videos to create a YouTube-like medium for sharing in mathematics. The value of combining dynamic mathematics software and screencast videos for facilitating communication and representations in a digital era is demonstrated herein. We share our…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Activities, Educational Environment, Web 2.0 Technologies
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del Moral, M. Esther; Cernea, Ana; Villalustre, Lourdes – Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 2013
The Web 2.0 brought in the use of social tools at a large scale in every area: a transformation which led to redefining the teaching-learning process. In this new context knowledge is distributed over network connections in an uncontrolled way - thus learning consists of recognizing relevant information patterns and constructing new connections.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Web 2.0 Technologies, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Murray, Jacqueline; Giesbrecht, Natalie; Mosonyi, Samuel – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2013
In the 2011 Winter semester, the University of Guelph engaged in a pedagogical experiment: an online first-year seminar. This article is a conversation about the learning journey that surrounds this seminar, as experienced by three participants: Jacqueline Murray (JM), Professor of History and Director of the FirstYear Seminar Program (FYS);…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Centered Curriculum, Online Courses, Seminars
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Guzzetti, Barbara J.; Stokrocki, Mary – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013
Although virtual worlds offer teachers the potential to enhance the K-12 curriculum in novel ways, there have been few systematic attempts to instruct teachers about virtual worlds, research their reactions, or track their explorations of these three-dimensional environments. Therefore, this study was designed to respond to the call to help…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Attitudes, Ethnography
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