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Baljinnyam, Norjinbuu – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
Nowadays technology development is so fast. Among this development, mobile usage, especially number of smart mobile users is rapidly increasing. So more and more researchers study focus on learning users' tendency of mobile phone and mobile app usage. As a result, every year many education-related, especially language learning mobile apps are…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Telecommunications
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Toperesu, B-Abee; Van Belle, Jean-Paul – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The field of mobile learning has received much attention in both the academic research fields and the practical fields. Yet the implementation rate is low with very few higher education institutions (HEIs) offering full support for this channel. The aim of this research is to evaluate the different mobile learning considerations as identified in…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Setiawan, Vincent; Chor, Tricia Jing Yi; Lai, Yee Qi; Wang, Gan; Yap, Wei Lok; Yow, W. Quin – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
This research aims to explore the transfer learning of cognitive control skills using mobile applications. We explored whether mobile application can serve as a viable platform in training interference control, specifically the color Stroop task. Mobile phone's advantage lies in its portability and its ability to reach many people. Forty…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Computer Software, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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Temiz, Burak Kagan; Yavuz, Ahmet – Physics Education, 2016
This paper presents a method to measure the movement of an object from specific locations on a straight line using an iPhone's magnetometer. In this method, called "magnetogate," an iPhone is placed on a moving object (in this case a toy car) and small neodymium magnets are arranged at equal intervals on one side of a straight line. The…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Magnets, Motion
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Heritage, John; Raymond, Chase Wesley – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2016
We consider here Goffman's proposal of proportionality between virtual offenses and remedial actions, based on the examination of 102 cases of explicit apologies. To this end, we offer a typology of the primary apology formats within the dataset, together with a broad categorization of the types of virtual offenses to which these apologies are…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Responses, Interaction, Speech Acts
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Cirillo, Letizia; Colón de Carvajal, Isabel; Ticca, Anna Claudia – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2016
The present article focuses on "I'm sorry + naming the offense"-formatted apologies occurring in phone calls in English. Apologies of this kind "emerge" and are oriented to as relevant actions when addressing an apologizable that is not the main business in ongoing talk. The sequential analysis of apologies and responses to…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Responses, Antisocial Behavior, Interaction
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Pino, Marco; Pozzuoli, Loredana; Riccioni, Ilaria; Castellarin, Valentine – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2016
In this article we examine a turn construction ("oh"+apology+solution) that speakers use to deal with the concomitant presence of a possible offense and a problem-to-be-solved in the immediately preceding interactional environment. We show that speakers collaborate in differentiating the offense aspect and the problem aspect of an…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Responses, Interaction, Speech Acts
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Fatigante, Marilena; Biassoni, Federica; Marazzini, Francesca; Diadori, Pierangela – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2016
People identify apologies as unique types of actions as compared with kin-related moves, which remedy troubles or offenses, such as excuses and justifications (Goffman, 1971; Owen, 1983; Olshtain & Cohen, 1983; Sbisa, 1999). A feature of these apologies is the speaker's acknowledgment of personal responsibility for having caused trouble or…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Responses, Interaction, Speech Acts
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Kevoe-Feldman, Heidi – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2016
This study focuses on a type of request referred to as a "wellness check," commonly made to a large university police department located on the east coast of the United States. A "wellness check" occurs when a loved one calls with concerns about a person they believe to be in distress or in need of assistance. The focus of the…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Wellness, Police, Emotional Disturbances
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Al Sharaqi, Laila; Abbasi, Irum – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Twitter, synonymous with social networking, has become a successful social platform for the exchange of ideas, news, and information. It has also emerged as an experimental platform through which users explore creative realms of poetic and narrative content, albeit in 140 characters. The real-time tweets are fundamentally unique and increasingly…
Descriptors: Social Media, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Fiction
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Klimova, Blanka; Zamborova, Katarina – Education Sciences, 2020
Reading is a fundamental skill for academic success because university students need to comprehend an extensive amount of information in a short time to achieve their academic goals. However, the influx of new technologies into education has challenged the teaching of reading skills in a foreign language. The purpose of this study was to explore…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Telecommunications
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Özsari, Gönül; Saykili, Abdullah – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2020
Several components of learning including learners, teachers, schools, learning methodologies, learning content and evaluation criteria are affected by changing technologies. Like other technology-based learning methods, mobile learning is also a product of a period in which new technologies and education are intertwined. As new learning and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Zaheer, Muhammad – Pakistan Journal of Distance and Online Learning, 2020
This study is aimed at exploring the knowledge sharing methods adopted by the students in distance learning mode. Students studying in distance learning do not have formal/regular classes where they can go and have academic discussions. Though, this convenience of not attending the classes facilitates many but at the same time poses certain…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, College Students
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Gyawali, Yadu P. – Journal of School Administration Research and Development, 2020
This essay reviews the emergency teaching-learning pedagogy in K-12 schools of Nepal during the COVID-19 global pandemic. It discusses three models (unidirectional, e-participatory, and mobile teaching) as alternative pedagogies of Nepalese educational institutions to continue teaching-learning for different disciplines such as language, arts, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Pandemics, COVID-19
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Omar, Kassem Ayman; Mozol, Vivian – Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2020
Spatial ability is an important tool in chemistry and this ability can be improved. Various technologies have been used to improve spatial ability. However, it is not clear if viewing technologies should take the place of the model kit; the traditional method of learning about molecular structures. Our research aims to address this gap. In our…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Computer Simulation, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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