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Digital Natives: Ten Years After

Abstract A lot has been written about the digital native since the coining of the term about ten years ago. A lot of what has been originally written by the digital native has been taken as common sense and has been repeated many times in many educational contexts, but until recently the true nature of […]

Teaching and Human Memory, Part 2

Last month I wrote an overview about recent research on the workings of human memory, with the help of a journal article on the subject published in College Teaching.Michelle Miller, a cognitive psychologist at Northern Arizona University, wrote the article and agreed to answer some questions I had, for this two-part series, on how memory […]

Teaching and Human Memory, Part I

Imagine you have a sore shoulder, so you visit a physical therapist and come away with a set of exercises that she says will help improve your condition. A month later, with your shoulder no better, you return and ask why the exercises aren’t working.“I have no idea,” she responds. “I don’t actually know anything […]

New guidelines for ed-tech research could help educators, vendors

Report explains how to evaluate educational technology programs and services properly and effectivelySOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article

Virtual Reality in Engineering Education: The Future of Creative Learning

Abstract Virtual reality has achieved an adequate level of development for it to be considered in innovative applications such as education, training, and research in higher education. Virtual reality offers both opportunities and challenges for the educational sector. One of the challenges of virtual reality technology is the costs associated which have been unaffordable for […]

Students as learning designers: Using social media to scaffold the experience

The ‘students as learning designers’ approach challenges transmission models of peda- gogy and requires teachers to relinquish some control to their students so that they might have the space to experiment and discover how to learn. This paper outlines the findings of two studies that allowed students to explore new ways of learning, where they […]

Princeton’s new computing research center builds research capacity

After several years of planning and more than a year of construction, Princeton University’s High-Performance Computing Research Center opened its doors this week. The facility gives researchers on campus new capacity to tackle some of the world’s most complex scientific challenges.SOURCE: Princeton UniversityRead the Press Release

Aligning the Quantum Perspective of Learning to Instructional Design: Exploring the Seven Definitive Questions

Abstract This paper builds upon a foundational paper (under review) which explores the rudiments of the quantum perspective of learning. The quantum perspective of learning uses the principles of exchange theory or borrowed theory from the field of quantum holism pioneered by quantum physicist David Bohm (1971, 1973) to understand learning in a new way. […]

Survey reveals teens’ experiences on social networking sites

Many students have witnessed cyber bullying and seek advice from their friends, parentsSOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article

Examining motivation in online distance learning environments: Complex, multifaceted and situation-dependent

Abstract Existing research into motivation in online environments has tended to use one of two approaches. The first adopts a trait-like model that views motivation as a relatively stable, personal characteristic of the learner. Research from this perspective has contributed to the notion that online learners are, on the whole, intrinsically motivated. The alternative view […]