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Hazari, Sunil; North, Alexa; Moreland, Deborah – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2009
This exploratory study investigates the potential of Wiki technology as a tool for teaching and learning. Wikis are a component of Web 2.0 technology tools that provide collaborative features and active learning opportunities in a web-based environment. This research study sought to empirically determine the pedagogical value of using Wiki…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Group Dynamics, Internet, Test Reliability
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Young, Suzanne; Berube, William; Perry, Suzanne – Planning and Changing, 2008
The value of good communication practices in schools is important to their overall operation and to how efficiently and effectively teachers and students perform (Sobel & Ornstein, 1996). The challenge of communicating as often as needed and with the appropriate method is ever present for the school administrator, in particular. Communication…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Preferences, Beliefs, Technology Uses in Education
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Atkinson, Linda Cole; O'Hair, Mary John; O'Hair, H. Dan; Williams, Leslie Ann – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2008
During the last two decades, an assumption was advanced by policy makers that making technology available would result in effective technology transfer and integration in the teaching and learning process (Cuban, 2001); however, reality has been less kind with research presenting a pessimistic picture regarding the impact of technology in the…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Practices, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Transfer
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Donnison, Sharn – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2007
This paper is about the millennial generation. Much has been written about the generation: their character; beliefs; motivations; values; and future potentialities. This literature has gained momentum as marketers, employers, and educators seek to understand the generation as they come of age and enter into positions of social responsibility. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Generational Differences, Student Characteristics, Cohort Analysis
DeMonaco, Harold J.; Koski, Greg – Journal of Research Administration, 2007
The role of new technology in healthcare continues to expand from both the clinical and financial perspectives. Despite the importance of innovation, most academic medical centers do not have a clearly defined process for technology assessment. Recognizing the importance of new drugs, diagnostics and procedures in the care of patients and in the…
Descriptors: Health Services, Influence of Technology, Innovation, Technological Advancement
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Vavoula, Giasemi N.; Sharples, Mike – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2007
We describe the future technology workshop (FTW), a method whereby people with everyday knowledge or experience in a specific area of technology use (such as using digital cameras) envision and design the interactions between current and future technology and activity. Through a series of structured workshop sessions, participants collaborate to…
Descriptors: Workshops, Program Descriptions, Futures (of Society), Science and Society
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Barber, Maryfran; Njus, David – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2007
Two years after the first low-cost radio-frequency audience response system using clickers was introduced for college classrooms, at least six different systems are on the market. Their features and user-friendliness are evolving rapidly, driven by competition and improving technology. The proliferation of different systems is putting pressure on…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Educational Technology, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Computer Software Evaluation
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Howard, Patrick – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2007
The impetus for this article was research I conducted while living with children on the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, during the culmination of decades of blatant disregard for the marine ecosystem. At the heart of the social and ecological devastation happening in Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador communities are matters of environmental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ecology, Environmental Education, Indigenous Knowledge
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Li, Qing; Ma, Xin – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2008
The increasingly use of technology in education does set off a flurry of research studies that focus on the successfulness and effectiveness of technology in elementary and secondary education. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis of research literature on technology in relation to mathematics teaching and learning.…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Curriculum
Lenhart, Amanda; Arafeh, Sousan; Smith, Aaron – Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2008
Teenagers' lives are filled with writing. All teens write for school, and 93% of teens say they write for their own pleasure. Most notably, the vast majority of teens have eagerly embraced written communication with their peers as they share messages on their social network pages, in emails and instant messages online, and through fast-paced thumb…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Computer Use, Telephone Surveys, National Surveys
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Watkins, William H. – American Educational History Journal, 2006
A central argument of this essay suggests that the truth of globalization is little known to the body politic as it is enmeshed in the dynamics of capitalist accumulation, avarice, and despotism. This project hopes to first locate, and then unmask the realities of globalization, warts and all. Gaining some knowledge of globalization, the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Context Effect, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Adams, Nan B. – Journal of Technology Studies, 2004
Through interaction with digital technologies for work, play, and communication, the pattern for intellectual development is being altered. The multiple intelligences theoretical framework developed by Gardner (1983) is easily employed to provide evidence that yet another intelligence, digital intelligence, has emerged. In a postmodern pluralistic…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Multiple Intelligences, Intellectual Development, Technology Uses in Education
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Wise, Meg; Adrian, Judy; Dudka, Michelle – Adult Learning, 2005
In 1990, emerging leaders in the field identified themes that would shape future directions of adult education as a field of research and practice (Adrian, 1993). Now, nearly two decades later, the authors revisit those themes with a brief description on how they were identified then and what they see now with social changes and the introduction…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Social Change, Trend Analysis, Fundamental Concepts
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Enriquez, Judith Guevarra – E-Learning, 2009
"Impact" is possibly the most frequently evaluated construct associated with any kind of technological diffusion or adoption within educational settings. Seemingly endless research projects are funded to measure it and to validate the educational value we have become adept at inscribing into practically all novel technologies brought to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Educational History
Mayadas, A. Frank; Bourne, John; Bacsich, Paul – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2009
Online education is established, growing, and here to stay. It is creating new opportunities for students and also for faculty, regulators of education, and the educational institutions themselves. Much of what is being learned by the practitioners will flow into the large numbers of blended courses that will be developed and delivered on most…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Federal Government, Access to Education
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