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The purpose of this interpretive case study was to explore—through a close analysis of one class project—students’ use of audio signs and the teacher’s scaffolding of the use of audio signs. Two research questions guided this study: (a) In what ways did the fifth-grade students use audio signs, specifically transitions sounds, when constructing multimodal texts […]
Europe is getting older. The ageing of the European population raises issues in almost all aspects of life. Active ageing in Europe calls for a new vision of older people and their social roles that are more in line with the reality of the 21st century. Lifelong learning is a key component of active ageing, […]
The Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study is a congressionally-mandated statistical report that documents the scope and nature of gaps in access and persistence in higher education by sex and race/ethnicity. The report presents 46 indicators grouped under seven main topic areas: (1) demographic context; (2) characteristics of schools; (3) student behaviors and […]
Abstract Online discussion boards are often used in traditional courses, hybrid courses, and fully online courses. Online chats and discussions can be particularly useful in fully online courses, as these communication connections are often students’ only means of connecting with each other and sharing ideas in an open forum. While traditional face-to-face courses, and even […]
Abstract The aim of this study was to examine the factors that motivate students in large online courses. Specifically, the purposes were: (a) to document how highly men and women rated motivational beliefs in a large online course; (b) to determine why men and women rated their motivational beliefs the way in which they did; […]
Abstract The lack of writing skill among college graduates is often blamed on poor teaching, or alternatively, failure on the part of schools and instructors to teach the basic grammar and punctuation skills that employers remember learning in their own school years. While it may be true that teaching techniques and course content have changed […]
Abstract The context for this case study is an online, undergraduate, 300-level organization behavior course that explores the intersection of individuals and organization systems at three levels of aggregation: individual, team/group, and organization system. The case study begins with a learning activity designed to use an asynchronous threaded discussion format to elicit, organize and meaningfully […]
Abstract We had an Abstract: In this paper, we explore roles that mobile technologies can play in supporting students transition to second and third year of university degree study, specifically along articulation routes from completing a Higher National Certific ate (HNC) or Higher National Diploma (HND) at college. Articulating students face particular challenges associated with, […]
Abstract It has been widely recognised that transition into higher education (HE) can be challenging for incoming students. Literature identifies three main areas where students may benefit from support: social, practical and academic. This paper discusses a cas e study that explores the potential of a social networking environment to provide support in these areas […]
Abstract This research reports a two-phase descriptive study of young children’s engagement with ebooks conducted in Head Start classrooms. Phase 1 focused on the development of a typology as an analytic framework for observing engagement with ebooks in different formats (shared book; independent book browsing) and across devices (stationary touch screen; handhelds). Converging extant […]