Development of Help-Seeking
September 21st, 2009
Help! How do I…?
The use of help features in computer-based learning has been an issue of recent research. Learning outcomes appear to be at least partially dependent on available support, and help-seeking on the part of students is seen as a positive sign of self-regulated learning. How do students ask for help? Are there developmental [...]
Tags: eLearning, help
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Are you polite on discussion boards?
September 3rd, 2009
How do people interact on discussion boards in an education setting? In my experience, people are much more polite and restrained in classroom discussion boards than on more general boards on the web. It turns out that politeness is actually a construct studied by sociolinguists. They define it in the context of discussion boards as [...]
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Framework for Educational Technology Research
August 31st, 2009
A lot of educational technology research is very specific and focused on a specific technology. For the last couple of years, there has been a movement to get more of a theoretical base around the research. This has led to the development of what researchers call Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK).
This idea derives from the [...]
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5 Cautions For Wikis in Classrooms
August 19th, 2009
I think there is a lot of potential for use of wikis in classrooms, particularly in the area of collaborative writing. There are a number of articles out there extolling the possible virtues of the tool. However, I also think it is important to look at potential pitfalls so they can (hopefully) be addressed during [...]
Tags: education, wikis
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Podcasting in Education
August 17th, 2009
Podcasting is a relatively new addition to many classrooms and as such, research on it is somewhat limited. McGarr recently reviewed existing studies and identified three types of usage:
Substantial – delivering full lectures
Supplemental – reviewing and/or synthesizing material
Creative – having students create podcasts
Podcasting is interesting to me because although it uses new technology, it largely [...]
Tags: lecture, podcasting
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Administrators’ Dilemmas with Web2.0
August 12th, 2009
School administrators are in a tight spot with Web 2.0 technologies and a recent survey by the Metiri group highlights ways in which their reported attitudes differ from their implemented policies.
On one hand, nearly three-quarters of superintendents and curriculum directors indicated that web 2.0 technologies had a positive influence on student communication skills and quality of [...]
Tags: administrator attitudes, web2.0
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Requiring Discussion Board Responses
July 21st, 2009
If you’ve ever taught an online course, or used a discussion board feature in any class, you may have wondered as I did whether to require students to respond to other students. Also, should I, as the instructor, respond to all the students’ posts or does that inhibit other students from responding? An article by [...]
Tags: discussion board facilitation
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Research on Learning with Mobile Devices
July 15th, 2009
Arne Duncan recently called for more use of cell phones in learning. I wondered what the state of research was on cell phone use for learning applications and came across a nice article in the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (seriously, if you’ve never checked it out, there are some good articles there).
Cheung & Hew [...]
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