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Online submission, feedback and grading of assessment: what do academic staff really think? Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Emma Mayhew,Vicki Holmes,Madeline Davies,Yota Dimitriadi
The move to institution-wide adoption of online submission, feedback and grading is increasing significantly within the Higher Education sector. This transition is predominantly driven by the need to improve the student assessment experience, but some institutions now also cite the need to improve the staff assessment experience. Existing studies, however, provide seemingly contradictory evidence surrounding
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Students’ experiences of synchronous online tuition in health and social care Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2022-04-06 Kathy Chandler
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Online microlearning and student engagement in computer games higher education Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2022-03-09 Connor McKee,Konstantinos Ntokos
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Smartphones as digital instructional interface devices: the teacher’s perspective Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2022-01-11 Terrence Manyeredzi,Vongai Mpofu
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Transforming the online learning space through advanced development retreats Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-12-10 Daniel J. Belton,Sue Folley,Sophie McGown
Learning technologies have the potential to transform Higher Education, although multifaceted demands on staff time, confidence and training in using new technologies, and a lack of support can make this transformation difficult. The University of Huddersfield recently transitioned to a new virtual learning environment (VLE), which provided the opportunity to change the way staff view and use the new
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Increasing the attention, relevance, confidence and satisfaction (ARCS) of students through interactive science learning multimedia Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-08-13 Herianto,Insih Wilujeng
Research in Learning Technology 2021. © 2021 Herianto and I. Wilujeng. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
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Teaching social skills to students with autism spectrum disorder through augmented, virtual and mixed reality Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-08-06 Maggie A. Mosher,Adam C. Carreon
This systematic literature review was conducted to explore the social validity of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR) as a means of providing social skill instruction to students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Forty-one articles met the inclusion criteria, including five studies utilizing AR and the remaining 36 utilizing VR for social skill interventions. No
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Exploring the characteristics of adults’ online learning activities: a case study of EdX online institute Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-08-03 Yuewei Shi,Xi Lin
Online learning has become a prevailing trend among adult learners. Therefore, this study investigated the learning time preference and the relationship between the course completion and learning activities among adult learners based on data from one online learning platform. Results indicate that a periodical fluctuation of participating online course study exists among adult learners. Additionally
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Learning to teach mathematics with robots: Developing the ‘T’ in technological pedagogical content knowledge Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-06-11 Shelli Casler-Failing
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A Disruptive Innovation perspective on students’ opinions of online assessment Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-05-28 Michael Flavin
This article analyses students’ thoughts and feelings about online assessment. This article uses Disruptive Innovation theory as a lens through which to analyse students’ responses to online assessment, in a case study of a Leadership course. The sources of data for this article comprise annual course evaluation surveys, a one-off assessment survey and a focus group. Qualitative content analysis with
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The Development of an Integrated Scale of Technology Use in Physics Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-04-27 Fikret Korur,Sevda Yerdelen-Damar,Havva Sağlam
In this study, the Integrated Scale of Technology Use in Physics (ISTUP) was developed to determine students’ frequency of technology use, their perceptions about the effects of technology use on physics interest and achievement, and their preferences of technological tools and applications in learning physics. The scale was administered two different times to 670 high school students in total who
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Parental involvement, learning participation and online learning commitment of adolescent learners during the COVID-19 lockdown Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-04-08 Kehinde Clement Lawrence,Olubusayo Victor Fakuade
During the escalating coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, attempting to contain its spread, a large number of educational institutions shut down face-to-face teaching and learning activities globally due to a complete lockdown. This lockdown revealed emerging vulnerabilities of education systems in the low- and middle-income countries of the world, with Nigeria being no exception. Given these
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Improving student and faculty communication: the impact of texting and electronic feedback on building relationships and the perception of care Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-03-22 Jennie M. Carr,Karen Santos Rogers,Gibbs Kanyongo
Students perceive care as a quality of highly effective faculty, and building positive relationships is essential to a successful college experience. However, many college students report never having developed caring relationships with faculty. We propose faculty have an opportunity to use technology to help build caring relationships in an effort to improve overall academic success. The majority
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Facilitating peer-led group research through virtual collaboration spaces: an exploratory research study Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-03-05 Richard Walker,Setareh Chong,James Chong
Peer-led group learning is a variation of collaborative learning and is based on ‘small groups of students meeting regularly with a peer – one who has additional expertise in the subject matter – to work on problems collaboratively’ (Pazos, Micari, and Light 2010). In this study, we explored how a Slack team environment could be used in a blended course design to support students working remotely on
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Learning experience design for augmented reality Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Betül Czerkawski,Margherita Berti
Recent years have seen a growing interest in augmented reality (AR) technologies due to their potential for simulating real-life situations and creating authentic learning tasks. Studies have shown that AR enables engaging and interactive learning experiences (e.g. Bressler and Bodzin 2013; Klopfer and Sheldon 2010) and can benefit student learning (e.g. Bonner and Reinders 2018; Siegle 2019). However
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Introducing augmented reality in early childhood literacy learning Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-02-11 Zilong Pan,Mary Frances López,Chenglu Li,Min Liu
Augmented reality (AR) as an emerging technology has gradually been incorporated into educational contexts; however, the cases that incorporate AR into early childhood contexts are underrepresented and especially scant in the literacy domain. Aiming to measure the impact of AR on early childhood learning and motivation in the literacy domain, this study brought an application into six pre-kindergarten
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Content-specific differences in Padlet perception for collaborative learning amongst undergraduate students Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-02-10 Kosha J. Mehta,Isabelle Miletich,Michael Detyna
Collaborative learning offers benefits but there is insufficient information on how students perceive specific digital tools supporting collaborative learning and whether there are content-related differences in students’ perceptions. Here, we utilised Padlet to mediate collaborative learning amongst undergraduate students from two distinct disciplines, Dentistry and Bioscience to examine students’
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Digital media assignments in undergraduate science education: an evidence-based approach Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-02-05 Jorge Reyna
Digital media assignments empower students to become co-creators of knowledge rather than passive consumers of content. The Internet explosion and the affordability of digital technologies and devices such as smartphones, tablets and action cameras have created opportunities to use digital media in the classroom. This article aims to present an evidence-based approach to help educators to design, implement
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Selecting student-authored questions for summative assessments Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-02-03 Alice Huang,Dale Hancock,Matthew Clemson,Giselle Yeo,Dylan Harney,Paul Denny,Gareth Denyer
Production of high-quality multiple-choice questions (MCQs) for both formative and summative assessments is a time-consuming task requiring great skill, creativity and insight. The transition to online examinations, with the concomitant exposure of previously tried-and-tested MCQs, exacerbates the challenges of question production and highlights the need for innovative solutions. Several groups have
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An examination of student preference for traditional didactic or chunking teaching strategies in an online learning environment Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-01-28 Brendan Humphries,Damien Clark
This research examined first year undergraduate tertiary student preferences for different online video playback options by comparing a didactic long lecture recording versus a series of topical ‘chunked’ videos of identical learning material in an information literacy unit. Student preference was determined by student unique download choice of streaming video lecture material, cumulative visits and
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Long-term effectiveness of immersive VR simulations in undergraduate science learning: lessons from a media-comparison study Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-01-18 Prajakt Pande,Amalie Thit,Anja Elaine Sørensen,Biljana Mojsoska,Morten E. Moeller,Per Meyer Jepsen
Our main goal was to investigate if and how using multiple immersive virtual reality (iVR) simulations and their video playback, in a science course, affects student learning over time. We conducted a longitudinal study, in ecological settings, at an undergraduate field-course on three topics in environmental biology. Twenty-eight undergraduates were randomly assigned to either an iVR-interaction group
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Use of augmented reality (AR) to aid bioscience education and enrich student experience Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Laura E. Reeves,Edward Bolton,Matthew Bulpitt,Alex Scott,Ian Tomey,Micah Gates,Robert A. Baldock
In recent years, development of new technologies designed to enhance user experience have accelerated, often being used in modern media such as in films and games. Specifically, immersive experiences, such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), have redefined how digital media can be delivered, encouraging us to interact with and explore our environment. Reciprocally, as the power of these
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Measuring the correlation between digital media usage and students’ perceived writing ability: Are they related? Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Jean Parrella,Holli R. Leggette,Tobin Redwine
The purpose of our correlational, quantitative study was to determine if time spent using digital media (i.e. text messaging and social media) influences students’ media writing self-perceptions (MWSPs). We measured students’ perceived writing ability using the MWSP scale and their time spent using digital media with the social networking time use scale (SONTUS). Correlations between students’ MWSP
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Two groups separated by a shared goal: how academic managers and lecturers have embraced the introduction of digital technologies in UK Higher Education Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-01-15 Xue Zhou,Melania Milecka-Forrest
Digital technologies have been widely used in higher education (HE) for years, and the benefits have been recognised by both students and academics. Although many universities have developed their own digital technology strategies, many do not share either their vision or implementation strategies with staff. This research explores differences and similarities in the perception of digital technology
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Perceived educational usefulness of a virtual-reality work situation depends on the spatial human-environment relation Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2021-01-04 Martin Dobricki,Kevin G. Kim,Alessia E. Coppi,Pierre Dillenbourg,Alberto Cattaneo
Research in Learning Technology 2021. © 2021 M. Dobricki et al. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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A participatory framework proposal for guiding researchers through an educational mobile app development Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-12-31 Rita Tavares,Rui Marques Vieira,Luís Pedro
The research work reported in this article is part of a wider study aimed at developing a mobile application (app) for Science Education in primary school. For that, we designed a participatory framework proposal nested within the larger framework of Educational Design Research. This framework emerged from the authors’ need to organise the different phases of the mobile apps development and to arrange
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Engaging the control-value theory: a new era of student response systems and formative assessment to improve student achievement Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-12-10 Mary W. Paul,Colleen Torgerson,Susan Tracz,Kimberly Coy,Juliet Wahleithner
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 M. W. Paul et al. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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The effectiveness of flipped learning strategy in the development of scientific research skills in procedural research course among higher education diploma students Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-11-24 Omar M. Mahasneh
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 O.M. Mahasneh. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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The effects of a Moodle-based instructional unit on physical activity in schools on 15–20 years experienced permanent Irish primary teachers physical activity knowledge, attitudes and behaviour Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-11-12 David Brennan
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 D. Brennan. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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The impact of audience response platform Mentimeter on the student and staff learning experience Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-10-30 Emma Mayhew,Madeleine Davies,Amanda Millmore,Lindsey Thompson,Alicia Pena Bizama
Research suggests that active and discussion driven dialogic approaches to teaching are more effective than passive learning methods. One way to encourage more participatory learning is through the adoption of simple, freely available audience response systems which allow instant and inclusive staff-student dialogue during teaching sessions. Existing literature is largely limited to exploring the impact
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First year undergraduates make use of recordings to overcome the barriers to higher education: evidence from a survey Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-10-16 Jill R.D. MacKay
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 J.R.D. MacKay. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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An exploratory study of students’ perceptions of learning management system utilisation and learning community Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-10-13 Hungwei Tseng
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 Hungwei Tseng. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Empowered learning through microworlds and teaching methods: a text mining and meta-analysis-based systematic review Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-10-12 Joana Martinho Costa,Sérgio Moro,Guilhermina Miranda,Taylor Arnold
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 J.M. Costa et al. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Critical literacies for a datafied society: academic development and curriculum design in higher education Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-10-05 Javiera Atenas, Leo Havemann, Cristian Timmermann
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 J. Atenas et al. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Beyond description: in search of disciplinary digital capabilities through signature pedagogies Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-09-17 Tünde Varga-Atkins
The development of digital capabilities has received significant attention in higher education (HE) in recent years, with various attempts made to develop digital frameworks to support curriculum design. However, few studies have articulated these generic capabilities in terms of specific disciplines. This paper addresses the gap by exploring how digital capabilities are planned in HE curricula in
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A chemistry laboratory platform enhanced with virtual reality for students’ adaptive learning Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-09-11 Oluwatoyin C. Agbonifo, Oluwafemi A. Sarumi, Yewande M. Akinola
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 O. C. Agbonifo et al. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4
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A mobile app for public legal education: a case study of co-designing with students Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-09-11 Hugh McFaul, Elizabeth FitzGerald, David Byrne, Francine Ryan
The sharp decline in levels of state funded legal support have highlighted the importance of publicly available sources of legal information for facilitating access to justice. Mobile apps present an opportunity to provide legal information that can be targeted at particular audiences. University law schools, sometimes in partnership with civil society organisations, are beginning to engage their students
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Digital storytelling: a tool for promoting historical understanding among college students Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-09-10 Ericson H. Peñalba, Chaddlyn Rose C. Samaniego, Shiella Mae A. Romero
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 E.H. Peñalba et al. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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Exploring the use of online machine translation for independent language learning Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-09-04 Ana Niño
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 A.N. Sfhea. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Performance, behaviour and perceptions of an open educational resource-derived interactive educational resource by online and campus university students Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-08-24 Erin J. Ward, Brian L. Lindshield
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 E.J. Ward and B.L. Lindshield. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
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Tech and me: an autoethnographic account of digital literacy as an identity performance Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-08-21 Daniel Clark
This paper is an autoethnographic account of developing digital literacy, as seen through references to identity, both in direct and indirect relationship to digital technology. Conceiving of digital literacy as a process that includes identity change, and identity as constituted by actions performed, posts from my blog focusing on educational technology written between 2011 and 2019, are analysed
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Changing the Spanish arts curriculum for secondary school: the case for digital geometry and screencasting Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-08-20 Altamira Saez-Lacave, Ana Rodriguez-Lopez, Silvia Serrano-Muñoz, Raquel Perez-Fariñas
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 A. Saez-Lacave et al. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4
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The case for engaging online tutors for supporting learners in higher education in refugee contexts Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-08-19 Paul O’Keeffe
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 P. O’Keeffe. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Student engagement and disengagement in TEL – The role of gaming, gender and non-native students Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-08-19 Nina Bergdahl, Jalal Nouri
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 N. Bergdahl and J. Nouri. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
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Pre-service primary teachers’ views and use of technology in mathematics lessons Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-08-07 Muhammet Sahal,Ahmet Sukru Ozdemir
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 M. Sahal and A. S. Ozdemir. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
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Cheap, accessible, and virtual experiences as tools for immersive study: a proof of concept study Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-08-03 Steven L. Rogers
Virtual and augmented reality technology is becoming more commonly available within a plethora of environments in which we exist, including educational environments. With advances in technology, and more exposure to its capabilities, there is a greater expectations and reliance on it. However, much of the hardware (and some of the software) which makes this technology usable is expensive and inaccessible
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Students’ video viewing habits during a flipped classroom course in engineering mathematics Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-07-31 Kjetil Liestøl Nielsen
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 K.L. Nielsen. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Using social media to support teaching and learning in higher education: an analysis of personal narratives Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-07-23 Nurten Kara,Begüm Çubukçuoğlu,Alev Elçi
The increasing trend of using new media technologies and particularly social media (SM) among students provides an advantage for lecturers. Apparently their importance accelerated with the application of social distancing during a pandemic crisis such as the one World has been experiencing since the end of 2019. In this article, the stories of two academics are used expressing experiences, motives
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Does technical assessment matter? Functionality and usability testing of websites for ESL/EFL autonomous learners Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-07-14 Natividad Aguayo,Cristina M. Ramírez
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 N. Aguayo-Arrabal and C.M. Ramírez-Delgado. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative
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A flipped classroom model for inquiry-based learning in primary education context Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-07-09 Maria Loizou, Kyungmee Lee
In this article, we present the outcomes of the pilot phase of a multi-case study being conducted in Cyprus. The study aims to develop and propose universal design principles of using a Flipped Classroom (FC) approach as a pedagogical structure of Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) applicable across primary education context in Cyprus. The universal design principles refer to the general guidelines most
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Factors influencing teachers’ utilisation of ICT: the role of in-service training courses and access Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-06-26 Azam Esfijani,Bibi Eshrat Zamani
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 A. Esfijani and B. E. Zamani. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
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‘This is two different worlds, you have the asylum world and you have the study world’: an exploration of refugee participation in online Irish higher education Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Orna Farrell, James Brunton, Eamon Costello, Lorraine Delaney, Mark Brown, Colum Foley
This qualitative study explores the transition experiences of refugees to study online in Dublin City University (DCU). Asylum seekers face financial, structural, cultural and digital equity barriers to access higher education (HE). In response to these barriers to access, DCU became a ‘University of Sanctuary’ in 2017, offering scholarships to refugees. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews
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Peer-graded individualised student homework in a single-instructor undergraduate engineering course Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-05-15 Olivier Cleynen,Germán Santa-Maria,Mathias Magdowski,Dominique Thévenin
This article reports on the implementation of a program of individualized, peer-graded homework assignments in a large-scale engineering course, with minimal resources. Participation in the program allows students to receive grades for problem-solving work in a setting more conducive to learning than the traditional final examination. The homework program was designed to support the ordinary course
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Co-creation of knowledge using mobile technologies and digital media as pedagogical devices in undergraduate STEM education Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-05-12 Jorge Reyna,Peter Meier
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 J. Reyna and P. Meier. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4
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EDITORIAL: Special collection on mobile mixed reality 2019 update Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-05-11 Thomas Cochrane, Vickel Narayan, James Birt
This special collection of Research in Learning Technology explores the development of the state of the art of Mobile Mixed Reality (MMR) in education. The special collection was established in 2018 to provide research-informed exploration of this emergent and rapidly developing arena of educational technology through the lens of Scholarship Of Technology Enhanced Learning (SOTEL). The special collection
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Holographic teaching presence: participant experiences of interactive synchronous seminars delivered via holographic videoconferencing Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-05-04 Nai Li, David Lefevre
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 Nai Li and David Lefevre. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
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Learner skills in open virtual mobility Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-03-19 Kamakshi Rajagopal, Olga Firssova, Ilse Op de Beeck, Elke Van der Stappen, Slavi Stoyanov, Piet Henderikx, Ilona Buchem
Internationalisation has been a key theme in higher education (HE) for decades. Multiple initiatives across the world have contributed to creating offerings of high-quality online education, with collaborations across national borders. Two of the concepts that have proved to be influential are Virtual Mobility (VM) and Open Education (OE). Virtual mobility refers to study activities that students enrolled
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The seven principles of online learning: Feedback from faculty and alumni on its importance for teaching and learning Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-03-17 Cynthia Janet Tanis
Effective online teaching and learning requires a carefully designed classroom that promotes student engagement with faculty, peers and course content. This research included an investigation of the importance of faculty–student communication and collaboration; student–student communication and collaboration; active learning techniques; prompt feedback; appropriate time for tasks; high performance
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Examining educational technology and research impact: the two roles of e-learning and related terms in the 2014 REF impact case studies Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-03-10 Katy Jordan
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 K. Jordan. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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A Framework for Mixed Reality Free-Choice, Self-Determined Learning Research in Learning Technology Pub Date : 2020-03-09 Claudio Aguayo, Chris Eames, Thomas Cochrane
Research in Learning Technology 2020. © 2020 C. Aguayo et al. Research in Learning Technology is the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), a UK-based professional and scholarly society and membership organisation. ALT is registered charity number 1063519. http://www.alt.ac.uk/. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International