jeudi 14 août 2014 par Aaron Doering, Jeni Henrickson
There are multiple challenges to designing learning experiences for schools in remote communities, including technology and infrastructure limitations, high teacher and administrator turnover, and conflicting interests between local culture and school curricula. In this paper, we offer a brief (...)
This paper examines sources of potential bias in systematic reviews and meta-analyses which can distort their findings, leading to problems with interpretation and application by practitioners and policymakers. It follows from an article that was published in the Canadian Journal of (...)
vendredi 16 mai 2014 par Brent G Wilson, Jennifer Linder VanBerschot
Two instructors report our experience co-teaching an action research (AR) required as part of an e-learning master’s degree. Adopting a practice-centered stance we focus on the course activities of participants (instructors and students), with particular attention to the careful crafting of (...)
samedi 10 mai 2014 par Yu-Chang Hsu, Yu-Hui Ching, Chareen Snelson
Along with advancing mobile technologies and proliferating mobile devices and applications, mobile learning research has gained great momentum in recent years. While there have been review articles summarizing past research, studies identifying mobile learning research priorities based on (...)
samedi 10 mai 2014 par Robin Holding Kay, Sharon Lauricella
The purpose of this study was to investigate the benefits and challenges using laptop computers (hereafter referred to as laptops) inside and outside higher education classrooms. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 156 university students (54 males, 102 females) enrolled in (...)
samedi 10 mai 2014 par Georgette Goupil, Nathalie Poirier, Catherine des Rivières, Jean Bégin, Valérie Michaud
Le WEB représente une source importante d’information en matière de santé ou de déficience. Toutefois, peu d'études décrivent la fréquence d'utilisation d'Internet et les données consultées par les parents d’enfants qui ont un ont trouble du spectre de l’autisme (TSA). Cette étude (…)