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Pfuurai Chimbunde; Boitumelo Benjamin Moreeng – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
Despite extensive research on the concerns with the use of ChatGPT that evolve around cheating, academic integrity, and plagiarism, very little is known on the assessment practices in school history, obscuring our understanding on how history teachers can assess students amid ChatGPT driven challenges. This conceptual paper discusses the…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence
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McNeill, Laura; Fitch, Donna – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
Microlearning provides a valuable and efficient strategy for delivering content to students. As online enrollments continue to increase, further research is needed to determine how students experience microlearning in an online learning format. In this qualitative study, a focus group was used to explore how learners experienced an online…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Activities, Instructional Design, Cognitive Processes
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Khamitova, Aiman – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
Current educational research and practice urge the reconceptualization of learning spaces' design, development, and usage. However, only some research studies address the formation of innovative learning spaces in higher education. This systematic mapping review (Grant & Booth. "Health Information & Libraries Journal," 26,…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Educational Environment, Classroom Design
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Padilla Rodriguez, Brenda Cecilia – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the world turned to online tools as a means of ensuring continued access to education, highlighting possibilities for innovation, particularly in contexts like Mexico, where the use of edtech was not previously prevalent. When educational institutions reopened their physical campuses, many schools and universities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Educational Innovation, COVID-19
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Akcaoglu, Mete; Dogan, Selcuk; Hodges, Charles B. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
In this paper, we describe the design, development, and implementation of a curriculum based on teaching computer science using an industry-standard game-design software: Unity 3D. We discuss the theoretical underpinnings of our instructional design process and steps we have taken to introduce complexity and maintain student motivation. We discuss…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation, Coding
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Hamadi, Hanadi; Tafili, Aurora; Kates, Frederick R.; Larson, Samantha A.; Ellison, Carlyn; Song, Jihee – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
Online discussion boards are a standard learning management system (LMS) instructional tool used in the emerging online learning pedagogy. This pilot study examined an innovative approach that differs from how discussion boards have been commonly used. Using a retrospective, cross-sectional design, we evaluated the effect of shifting from…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Discussion Groups, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Computer Mediated Communication
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Boer, Perien Joniell; Asino, Tutaleni I. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
This study presents an ethnographic account of the learning design experiences of six Namibian teachers during school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study explores the emotions, perspectives and actions of these teachers and also reveals the influence of personal, institutional and national culture on their learning design…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, COVID-19, Pandemics