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Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA): The Policy and Practice(s) of Engagement in the Early Years
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Lowrie, Tom; Logan, Tracy – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2019
The Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) pilot was a year-long investigation involving 300 educators and 4 500 four-year old children in one hundred learning centres across Australia. This paper reports on a pedagogical and design framework that was constructed to promote children's STEM engagement across digital and non-digital learning…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement
The ERA Heuristic in Action: Observations from the ELSA Pilot
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Logan, Tracy; Larkin, Kevin – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2019
The Experience, Represent, Apply (ERA) heuristic is an innovation of the Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) project. It provided educators with an approach that embeds digital technologies in play-based learning in such a way that the focus of the learning remains on the child and not on the device. This paper reports on the experiences of early…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Pilot Projects, STEM Education, Early Childhood Education
A Call to Embrace Social Reading in Higher Education
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Dean, Matthew D. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2016
Social reading can broadly be described as the experience surrounding the reading of electronic books, more commonly known as eBooks. Utilising eTextbooks and social reading at a university offers some powerful potential to engage students and help them succeed in their studies. A broad overview of the current landscape and recent initiatives…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Electronic Publishing, Books, Social Networks
Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Mobile Learning (11th, Madeira, Portugal, March 14-16, 2015)
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Sánchez, Inmaculada Arnedillo, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the 11th International Conference on Mobile Learning 2015, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, in Madeira, Portugal, March 14-16, 2015. The Mobile Learning 2015 Conference seeks to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Telecommunications, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Technologies Used in Accounting Education: A Study of Frequency of Use among Faculty
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Ahadiat, Nas – Journal of Education for Business, 2008
Given the wide range of technologies available for use in education, the author tried to determine which technologies have widespread applications for accounting educators. This information can provide a basis on which faculty can determine which media are more appropriate or have practical applications in accounting curricula. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Accounting, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Incidence
The Evaluation of a Staff Development (Pilot) Programme for Online Tutoring: A Case Study
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Gerrard, Catherine – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2005
Purpose: Aims to outline the issues and debates about a five-week fully online staff development program piloted in the University of Paisley, Scotland. Design/methodology/approach: A case study was the approach taken. Findings: The programmer was designed to introduce lecturers to the theoretical and pedagogical issues surrounding online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutoring, Pilot Projects, Case Studies