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Co-Construction Concept through Cloud-Based Social Network Platform Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
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Chang, Ben; Shih, Yen-An; Lu, Fang-Chen – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Today's learners can easily share their thoughts on their social networks, and this movement, undoubtedly, has been affecting their learning. However, learners in such an ad hoc social network environment need a deliberate design to support their idea sharing and concept exchange. Gaining insights into how to stimulate concept sharing in a social…
Descriptors: Social Media, Web Sites, Information Management, Information Dissemination
It's a Mad, Mad Wordle: For a New Take on Text, Try This Fun Word Cloud Generator
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Foote, Carolyn – School Library Journal, 2009
Nation. New. Common. Generation. These are among the most frequently used words spoken by President Barack Obama in his January 2009 inauguration speech as seen in a fascinating visual display called a Wordle. Educators, too, can harness the power of Wordle to enhance learning. Imagine providing students with a whole new perspective on…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Concept Mapping, Library Services, Use Studies
Listening to the Learners' Voices in HE: How Do Students Reflect on Their Use of Technology for Learning?
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Jefferies, Amanda; Hyde, Ruth – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2009
The importance of the Learner's Voice and thus of listening to students' views has been evidenced in various high profile initiatives in the UK. The work presented here is from the JISC Learners' Experiences of E-Learning Phase 2 Learners' Journeys STROLL project. The seven JISC funded projects were set up in 2007 to investigate inter alia the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Concept Mapping, Student Attitudes, Student Journals
Using Concept Maps to Assess the Effect of Graphing Calculators Use on Students' Concept Images of the Derivative at a Point
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Serhan, Derar – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2009
This study used concept maps to investigate the effect of using graphing calculators on students' understanding of the derivative at a point. The study looked for differences between the concept images that are held by students' who are using graphing calculators and the students who are not using them. Seventy one students enrolled in two…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Concept Mapping, Graphing Calculators, Calculus
If We Build It, Will They Come? Investigating the Relationship between Students' Access to and Use of ICTS for Learning
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Brown, C. L.; Czerniewicz, L. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2007
Research from a survey of students in higher education institutions in the Western Cape has demonstrated that despite the difficulties being experienced in terms of access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in higher education, students report that they do indeed use computers for their learning. In this paper we explore the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Information, Access to Computers, Social Networks
Knowledge Maps: ICTs in Education - What Do We Know about the Effective Uses of Information and Communication Technologies in Education in Developing Countries?
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Trucano, Michael – Online Submission, 2005
Recent work at infoDev (the World Bank) created a series of Knowledge Maps of what is known and what isn't about ICT use in education. These knowledge maps reveal that, despite a decade of large investment in ICTs to benefit education in OECD countries, and increasing use of ICTs in education in developing countries, important gaps remain in the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Costs, Educational Policy