Philosophical stances and design frameworks, such as value-sensitive design, manifest in design praxis through enacting specific design approaches and employing a variety of methods by the designers. Although it could overlap with other frameworks and approaches in the Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) field, value-sensitive design remains…

Purpose: This study examines learner satisfaction and success as mechanisms through which online learning quality translates into learners' continuous intentions of use by extending DeLone and McLean's information system success model. It also examines the moderating effect of perceived supervisory support and learners' self-regulation on online…

Appreciative inquiry has become increasingly popular as a method for facilitating organisational or systemic change through focusing on the positive aspects and 'life giving properties of a system' as opposed to traditional 'deficit-based' approaches. However, there has been criticism that this process could invalidate negative experiences of…

Spatial navigation relies on extracting environmental information to determine where to go. To support navigation behavior, navigational aids, such as maps, compasses, or global positioning systems (GPSs), offer access to easily extractible information, but do these aids enhance spatial memory? Here, we propose the hypothesis that navigation aids…

The rise of online and hybrid learning in universities, especially due to the pandemic, has not only revolutionized how students learn, but also blurred the boundaries between work, school, and leisure activities because of the pervasive use of technology surrounding students in their daily lives. The purpose of this study is to investigate, using…

Past studies have shown that first language and second language (L2) listeners can adapt to unfamiliar L2 pronunciation. However, little is known about the process of adaptation, especially by L2 listeners. The present study examined the degree to which L2 listeners' adaptation process is influenced by speaker intelligibility and input…

To design effective instruction, educators need to know "what" design strategies are generally effective and why these strategies work, based on the mechanisms through which they operate. Experimental comparison studies, which compare one instructional design against another, can generate much needed evidence in support of effective…

Student attrition is now a global problem in Higher Education with most institutions experiencing high volumes of early exiting students. However, student resilience has yet to be adequately explored, particularly among the increasing online student population, as a possible mechanism to reduce attrition rates. In the present study, online,…

This study investigated the effect of a blended learning approach on students' learning engagement at Jimma College of Teachers' Education. The study employed a non-equivalent group pre-post quasi-experimental design. Data collection involved a self-report questionnaire encompassing both groups' pre- and post-treatment phases. The researcher used…

Learning the meaning of a verb is challenging because learners need to resolve two types of ambiguity: (1) word-referent mapping--finding the correct referent event of a verb, and (2) word-meaning mapping--inferring the correct meaning of the verb from the referent event (e.g., whether the meaning of an action word is TURNING or TWISTING). The…

Learning analytics offer unprecedented opportunities for tracking and storing learning behaviors, thereby providing chances for optimizing learner engagement and success. The limited adoption of learning analytics by educational institutions hinders efforts to optimize learning processes through organizational and educational interventions,…

Enabling smartphones to be foldable provides an effective approach to achieving both portability and large screens. Notably, switches between closed and open states in using foldable smartphones are accompanied by icon remapping, which can decrease smartphone usability if it fails to match usage expectations. This study conducted two experiments…

This article first provides a quick overview of language education in the context of colonialism and epistemicide, summarizing some of the roles that different approaches to language education and language teacher education have taken within those systems. It then briefly describes the theoretical foundations of critical reflection for…

The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and its successor, UTAUT2, were widely recognised frameworks for understanding technology adoption in organisational and consumer contexts. UTAUT2 extended the original framework by introducing constructs such as hedonic motivation, price value, and habit, broadening its applicability…

With the increase of computational thinking (CT) tools in education, there are questions as to whether and how CT might support and/or hinder algebraic thinking of young children. Utilizing seeds of algebraic thinking, we add to this scholarly discussion by presenting examples from a CT activity with four-year old children in which we illustrate…