University orientation plays a crucial role in fostering student engagement, social integration, and retention. This practice report describes the development and refinement of a game-based orientation activity: a digital scavenger hunt designed to enhance engagement, social connectedness, and campus familiarisation. The activity was guided by the…

This article examines equity concerns in assessing student participation in the foreign language classroom and proposes alternative approaches for more equitable assessment practices. The article presents several approaches for reimagining participation assessment. These approaches aim to create more equitable assessment of student participation…

This study investigates the role of learning analytics in enhancing the learning experience within Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) through a two-phase design-based research approach, focusing on a Social Work MOOC. Initial engagement analysis revealed strong interactions with course content, especially with introductory elements and reflection…

A mixed methods study was used to investigate the influence of blended learning on preservice teachers' readiness to teach using inquiry-based learning. Online science teaching methods activities were added to a face-to-face science content class for the preservice teachers to improve their readiness to teach using inquiry-based learning. An…

This paper underscores the significance of experiential learning, emphasising active engagement and practical application, particularly in the realm of online education. This research is focused on the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). The study employs a survey research design involving internal and external online facilitators. The…

With the rise of wearable technologies, mobile devices and artificial intelligence comes a growing pressure to understand downstream effects of cognitive offloading on children's future thinking and behavior. Here, we explored whether compelling children to use an indiscriminate cognitive offloading strategy affects their subsequent strategy…

Engaging first-year students from the first moment of arrival is crucial to support their transition to higher education and facilitate their learning experiences and learning outcomes. Orientation activities offer first-year students important transitional support during their first period at higher education. As students sometimes consider…

This article examines the potential of Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) and Evidence-Based Software Engineering (ESBE) as a strategy for higher education, combining quality teaching with the development of professional skills. The article specifically aims to mitigate all-but-thesis syndrome in degree programmes. The methodology comprises three…

Humor is seen as an effective tool to create a conducive learning environment. However, there is a dearth of research into the use of humor devices by second language (L2) learners. To fill this gap, this study investigated the role of proficiency and self-reported creativity in the quantity and diversity of humor devices used in written comedy…

In recent years, studies have investigated "Subtitles as a Support" (SaS) and "Subtitling as a Task" (SaT) as two distinct approaches to audiovisual input, which have the potential to foster learners' vocabulary. In line with the Involvement Load Hypothesis (ILH) (Laufer & Hulstijn, Applied Linguistics 22(1):1-26, 2001),…

This paper introduces the Justice and Dialogic Education (JADE) framework, which integrates dialogic instruction with justice-oriented pedagogies to foster transformative classroom environments. Dialogic instruction emphasizes collaborative, student-centered learning and has been shown to support academic outcomes such as reading comprehension,…

This empirical study investigated the relationship between the learning climate and training participation in Dutch organizations and how subsidies and the sharing of investments in time and costs between employers and employees affect this relationship. Our analyses are based on a survey of a representative sample of 512 organizations with at…

Cognitive presence is essential for deep and meaningful learning, yet developing it poses challenges. Theoretically, peer-led teaching presence can enhance cognitive presence, but research on this facilitation is limited. This study used behavioural sequence analysis to investigate how peer-led teaching presence promotes cognitive presence…

The use of educational data mining and machine learning to analyse large data sets collected by educational institutions has the potential to discover valuable insights for decision-making. One such area that has gained attention is to predict student performance by analysing large educational data sets. In the relevant literature, many studies…

The adoption of digital learning systems is closely related to user engagement and system relevance. This quantitative research aims to explore the factors influencing students' switching intention from traditional Learning Management Systems (LMS) to a gamified LMS platform, using the Push-Pull-Mooring (PPM) framework. A conceptual model was…