dimanche 24 novembre 2013 par Colin F Mang, Leslie J Wardley
This paper assesses students’ attitudes towards using tablets, such as the Apple iPad, in university classes. Tablets are found to be a substitute for laptop computers. Students initially expressed a great deal of optimism regarding the technology, and, although their views diminished slightly (...)
dimanche 24 novembre 2013 par Eva Mary Bures, Alexandra Barclay, Philip C Abrami, Elizabeth J Meyer
This study explores electronic portfolios and their potential to assess student literacy and self-regulated learning in elementary-aged children. Assessment tools were developed and include a holistic rubric that assigns a mark from 1 to 5 to self-regulated learning (SRL) and a mark to (...)
jeudi 15 août 2013 par Stéphane Allaire, Pascale Thériault, Vincent Gagnon, Evelyne Lalancette
This study documents to what extent writing on a blog in a blended learning environment could influence the affective variables of elementary-school students’ writing. We grounded our framework more specifically in Deci and Ryan’s theory of self-determination. Our research team used both pre and (…)
Technological innovations and the prevalence of the computer as a means of producing and engaging with texts have dramatically transformed the ways in which literacy is defined and developed in modern society. Concurrently, this rise in digital writing practices has led to a growing number of (...)
With the prevalence of teaching technologies, studies exploring the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) in university courses highlight the economic and technical issues of LMS adoption. Yet, few studies explore how LMS functions as a pedagogical tool to support teaching and learning. This (…)
The purpose of this research study was to investigate if and how digital technologies could be used to support a triad-approach for student assessment in higher education. This triad-approach consisted of self-reflection, peer feedback, and instructor assessment practices in a pre-service (...)
jeudi 25 juillet 2013 par Joel Donna, Brant G Miller
Technology plays a crucial role in facilitating collaboration within the scientific community. Cloud-computing applications can be used to model such collaboration and support inquiry within the secondary science classroom. Little is known about pre-service teachers’ beliefs related to the (...)
jeudi 25 juillet 2013 par Beverlie Dietze, Diane Kashin
Using technology with children in play-based early learning programs creates questions for some within the Early Childhood Education (ECE) community. This paper presents how two faculty who teach in ECE-related degree programs integrated educational technology into their teaching pedagogy as a (...)