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Kivunja, Charles – International Journal of Higher Education, 2014
Marck Prensky, an authority on teaching and learning especially with the aid of Information and Communication Technologies, has referred to 21st century children born after 1980 as "Digital Natives". This paper reviews literature of leaders in the field to shed some light on theoretical perspectives of how Digital Natives learn and how…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Computer Literacy, Learning Theories, Educational Theories
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Smith, Bryan; Ng-A-Fook, Nicholas; Corrigan, Julie – McGill Journal of Education, 2014
This research project explored the nexus between historical literacies, digital literacy and m-learning as a praxis of mobilizing technopolitics. To do this, we developed a mobile application for teacher candidates to study the absence of the Indian Residential School system from history textbooks and other curricular materials. Building on the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Research, Computer Literacy, Electronic Publishing
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Iqbal, Javed; Hardaker, Glenn; Sabki, Aishah Ahmad; Elbeltagi, Ibrahim – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
This paper is grounded in a qualitative approach, to call forth the views of Muslim teenage girls on their access and use of learning technologies for inclusive educational practice. The 45 Muslim teenage girls, aged 14-19 years old, from three British Muslim girls schools participated in this empirical study. Semi-structured interviews were used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Literacy, Muslims, Females
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Colak, Serap – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
Computers have become a part of every area of human life, and are often used in the field of education. Becoming self-confident with regard to computer use can therefore make individuals' lives particularly the lives of university students substantially easier. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the computer self-efficacy belief (CSEB) level…
Descriptors: Correlation, Self Efficacy, Computer Attitudes, Physical Education
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Koffarnus, Mikhail N.; DeFulio, Anthony; Sigurdsson, Sigurdur O.; Silverman, Kenneth – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
Advancing the education of low-income adults could increase employment and income, but adult education programs have not successfully engaged low-income adults. Monetary reinforcement may be effective in promoting progress in adult education. This experiment evaluated the benefits of providing incentives for performance in a job-skills training…
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Low Income Groups, Adults, Employment Level
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Pierce, Robyn; Stacey, Kaye – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2013
This paper explores how four good teachers, who do not have a special interest in technology, meet the challenge of introducing the rapidly developing mathematics analysis software (e.g. spreadsheets, function graphers, symbolic algebra manipulation and dynamic geometry) into their classrooms. These teachers' practice is viewed through the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Educational Technology, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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Gruszczynska, Anna; Merchant, Guy; Pountney, Richard, – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2013
This paper reports the findings of a project "Digital Futures in Teacher Education" (DeFT) undertaken as part of the third phase of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) UK Open Educational Resources (OER) programme. It builds on previous work (Gruszczynska and Pountney, 2012, 2013) that has addressed attempts to embed OER…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Literacy, Information Technology, Resource Units
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Kelle, Sebastian; Klemke, Roland; Specht, Marcus – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
Based on a previous analysis of game design patterns and related effects in an educational scenario, the following paper presents an experimental study. In the study a course for Basic Life Support training has been evaluated and two game design patterns have been applied to the course. The hypotheses evaluated in this paper relate to game design…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Design, First Aid
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Schlotter, Nicholas E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2013
Our ability to statistically analyze data has grown significantly with the maturing of computer hardware and software. However, the evolution of our statistics capabilities has taken place without a corresponding evolution in the curriculum for the undergraduate chemistry major. Most faculty understands the need for a statistical educational…
Descriptors: Statistics, College Mathematics, College Science, Undergraduate Students
Blanson, Constance D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Online students represent a growing majority of individuals who complete their academic studies via the use of a distance education. However, with so many distance learners not completing their online courses, identifying the factors that influence online course completion has became a widespread initiative within institutions of higher learning…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Educational Technology, College Students
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Dodge, Heather – Public Services Quarterly, 2013
The ability to navigate the vast ocean of available information and perform reference services in digital environments is an essential component of the job for most of today's reference librarians, especially those working in academic libraries. Reference librarians face a challenge: they must be highly skilled at searching for, locating, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Reference Services, Information Science Education, Librarians
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Godwin-Jones, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
Over the last 20 years Robert Godwin-Jones has written 48 columns on "Emerging Technologies"; an additional six columns have been written by guest columnists. Several topics have been re-examined in regular intervals of approximately five years, namely digital literacy (Vol. 4, Num. 2; Vol. 10, Num. 2; Vol. 14, Num. 3; Vol. 19, Num. 3)…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Affordances
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Lorenzo, Arnold R. – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2016
Evaluation is important to gauge the strengths, weaknesses and effectiveness of any activity. This study evaluated the iSchools Project implemented in the Public High Schools of Tarlac Province, Philippines by the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) in partnership with the selected State Universities and Colleges. Using…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Internet, High Schools, Program Effectiveness
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Cetin, Ibrahim – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
Computational thinking has been gaining new impetus in the academic community and in K-12 level education. Scratch is a visual programming environment that can be utilized to teach and learn introductory computing concepts. There are some studies investigating the effectiveness of Scratch for K-12 level education. However, studies that have been…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Computation, Programming
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Karamti, Chiraz – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2016
Measuring the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) is a contemporary question of interest. Despite the general acceptance that ICTs are changing ways of learning, empirical research conducted to date does not consistently verify the efficacy of such changes. Several studies supporting positive impacts of ICTs on achievement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Influence of Technology, Academic Achievement
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