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Williamson, Ben – Critical Studies in Education, 2021
'Platform capitalism' and 'surveillance capitalism' describe the new business model and market form of the web. These forms of digital capitalism have begun to infuse the higher education landscape by merging with existing political demands for universities to become more data-driven, competitive, and market-focused. This article presents a case…
Descriptors: Internet, Social Systems, Business, Higher Education
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Cope, Bill; Kalantzis, Mary; Searsmith, Duane – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2021
Over the past ten years, we have worked in a collaboration between educators and computer scientists at the University of Illinois to imagine futures for education in the context of what is loosely called "artificial intelligence." Unhappy with the first generation of digital learning environments, our agenda has been to design…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Learning, Definitions
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Guy Roberts-Holmes – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2024
There is a rapidly expanding and proliferating number of commercial early childhood platforms, competing for market share in what has become a crowded marketplace. Early childhood platforms provide a wide range of functions including an all-in-one digital ecosystem offering a learning management system; social media communication between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Commercialization, Educational Philosophy
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Stojanovska, Marina; Mijic, Ivanka; Petruševski, Vladimir M. – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2020
The study aims to present the development of education in North Macedonia from the country's independence to the present day, as documented in several national reports and other official documents. The focus is on development and changes in chemistry education throughout the years of primary, secondary and higher education. Particular attention is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Education, Educational Development
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Koretsky, Milo D.; Magana, Alejandra J. – Advances in Engineering Education, 2019
In this article, we explore how information, communications, and computational technology, or computer technology for short, influences the way that engineering is taught and learned. The goal of our analysis it to contribute towards a research, adoption, and policy agenda for propagating the effective use of computer technology in engineering…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Engineering Education, Computer Uses in Education, Technology Integration
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Helm, Francesca – Research-publishing.net, 2018
The long and winding road is a metaphor for a journey, often used to describe life journeys and the challenges encountered. The metaphor was used for the title of my keynote to refer both to the journey towards the current position of virtual exchange in education policy -- but also the long road ahead. This paper aims to explore the emergence of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Computer Uses in Education, International Educational Exchange, Intercultural Communication
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Vasquez-Martinez, Claudio-Rafael; Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Felipe; Flores, Francisco; Cardona-T., Jose-Gerardo; Mendez, María-Eugenia; Valdez-Jiménez, Liliana; Espino, Piero; Olaguez, Eugenia; Rendon, Hector; Chavoya, Jorge; Zúñiga, Luz-María; Fonseca-Ramirez, Oscar-Hernan; Alvarez, Maria-Ines; Torres-Mata, Joaquin; Betancourt-Nuñez, Erik-Moises; Rodriguez-Ramirez, Sergio-Esteban; Alvarez-Gomez, Miguel; Cabral-Araiza, Jesus; Anguiano, Carlos – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2019
The intention of the present paper is to show that people have a series of educational needs in the era of information, so that they can become competent digital citizens. These educational needs are evident in the policies promoted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, which were well known to Latin American…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Needs, Educational Change, Latin Americans
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Moon, Bob; Villet, Charmaine – Journal of Learning for Development, 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa, more than any other part of the world, is experiencing a crisis in finding sufficiently qualified teachers to meet the needs of expanding school systems. The professional development support provided to serving teachers is also inadequate in most countries. The most recent data on learner outcomes has revealed a worrying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Educational Policy, Inservice Teacher Education
Jorgensen, Robyn; Lamb, Janeen; Larkin, Kevin – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
The aim of this paper is propositional and is based on research findings which suggest that success in mathematics teaching and reform is contingent upon having key personnel in schools to lead curriculum reform. Based on the outcomes of a large national study on successful practice in the teaching of numeracy for some of Australia's most…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Educational Change, Numeracy
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Vasquez-Martinez, Claudio-Rafael; Carrillo, Fatima; Oros-Mendez, Lya-Adlih; Alvarez, Miguel; Morfin-Otero, Maria – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2014
The substantive question of this study is how to develop teachers, and for what, without falling into traditional patterns of behavior, but also without losing one's sense of direction and producing a kind of informational bulimia, where knowledge is regurgitated and undigested. The transmission of information, confronts current training processes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Distance Education
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Cox, M. J.; Niederhauser, D. S.; Castillo, N.; McDougall, A. B.; Sakamoto, T.; Roesvik, S. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2013
Many regions around the world are experiencing a gradual paradigm shift away from information technology (IT) use that complements traditional teaching and towards embedded IT use in E-learning that is ubiquitous and pervasive. This has been conceptualized in this article using a framework depicting the affects of these shifts on learning…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Electronic Learning, Trend Analysis, Learner Engagement
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Dutta, Indrajeet – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2016
Creation of knowledge workers holds key for success of a country. Unfortunately, many of the countries though having chain of human resources yet are unable to transform human resources to their advantage as they face multiple challenges like poverty, poor economy, poor infrastructure, limited access to education and inadequate technological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resource Units, Computer Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services
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Denton, David W.; Wicks, David – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2013
Over the last two decades, students and teachers, across educational levels and disciplines, have been subject to a variety of school reform efforts. Nevertheless, some instructional practices, such as portfolio assessment, persist and grow in popularity even in the midst of changing educational reform goals and shifting priorities. Teacher…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Social Networks, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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O'Brien, David; Voss, Scott – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2011
Technological changes and the proliferation of digital devices have created new reading experiences for students. The rapid transition from print to digital texts is evident in the movement toward the adoption of an e-book standard, increasing sales of e-book readers and tablet devices, and projections that universities and public schools may use…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Books
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Kopaliani, Bella; Harnisch, Delwyn L.; Doliashvili, Nana; Guetterman, Timothy C. – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2013
Despite differences among progressive educators, they share the conviction that democracy means active participation by all citizens in the social, political, and economic decisions of their countries. The aim of this paper is to explore how Georgia is meeting goals and perspectives of progressive education by widely implementing civic education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Progressive Education, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education
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