Schools targeted in spectrum debate
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Making Good Use of Mobile Phone Capabilities
Small but fine – mobile learning today comes in many different forms and contexts. In Africa, the predominant technique, however, remains the mobile phone. To take advantage of the local infrastructural conditions is sometimes challenging; nonetheless, several pilot projects already show effectiveness in practise. John Traxler, University of Wolverhampton, depicts the crucial factors of mLearning […]
Creative Assessment with Handhelds
For the past 3 years I’ve been working on the e-scape (e-solutions for creative assessment in portfolio environments) project at TERU (Technology Education Research Unit) Based at Goldsmiths University, the project is funded by DfES and QCA in association with Edexcel and AQA awarding bodies.Read the Full Article
A Conceptual Model for Understanding Self-Directed Learning in Online Environments
Research indicates that online learning often situates control of implementation with the learner. Recently, scholars have turned attention to the importance of self-directed learning (SDL) skills for online learning environments. Existing frameworks for understanding SDL focus primarily on process and personal attributes in face-to-face settings. Some frameworks depict SDL as a process, focusing on learner […]
Making Research Cyberinfrastructure a Strategic Choice
Growing demands for research computing capabilities call for partnerships to build a centralized research cyberinfrastructureRead the Full Article
Identifying Influences on Attitudes and Self-Efficacy Beliefs Towards Technology Integration Among Pre-Service
This pilot study investigated the influences on self-efficacy beliefs toward technology integration among pre-service teachers at two mid-sized public institutions in the Midwest region of the United States. Using pre/post measurements of perceived comfort with using computer technology, perceived usefulness of computer technology, and ratings of self-efficacy beliefs toward technology integration, this study identified possible […]
VIRCLASS: the Virtual Classroom for Social Work in Europe – a toolkit for innovation?
Through a student-centred virtual learning environment students and teachers in Europe cooperate, exchange information of social work in their own country, and increase their digital literacy. In VIRCLASS students from 15 countries collaborated in their learning process by sharing knowledge with peer-students. Teachers from eight European countries were involved in the course. With a common […]
A Socio-Cultural Perspective on the Free and Open Source Software Movement
This paper examines the history, leading figures, and sub-culture of the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement from a socio-cultural perspective. It makes the argument that the evolution of FOSS movement is an interactional process between the socio-cultural environment and the ideas, negotiations, proposals, strategies, and overall leadership of leading figures of the FOSS […]
Wikipedia volunteers produce static version of collaborative encyclopedia on CD
NEW YORK (AP) — Wikipedia’s advocates like to tout its dynamic nature: Volunteers can quickly respond to new developments and errors in the collaborative online encyclopedia by adding or changing entries themselves.Read the Full Article
Audit: State has ‘virtually no oversight’ of online schools
TOPEKA – State oversight is weak for 28 “virtual” schools providing classes to 2,000 students online or through interactive television, a state audit says.Read the Full Article