Computers & Education
April 2010 Volume 54, Number 3
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 21
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Exploring creative thinking in graphically mediated synchronous dialogues
Rupert Wegerif, Bruce M. McLaren, Marian Chamrada, Oliver Scheuer, Nasser Mansour, Jan Mikšátko & Mriga Williams
This paper reports on an aspect of the EC funded Argunaut project which researched and developed awareness tools for moderators of online dialogues. In this study we report on an investigation into... More
pp. 613-621
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The role of physical representations in solving number problems: A comparison of young children’s use of physical and virtual materials
Andrew Manches, Claire O'Malley & Steve Benford
This research aims to explore the role of physical representations in young children’s numerical learning then identify the benefits of using a graphical interface in order to understand the... More
pp. 622-640
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Not all wizards are from Oz: Iterative design of intelligent learning environments by communication capacity tapering
Manolis Mavrikis & Sergio Gutierrez-Santos
This paper presents a methodology for the design of intelligent learning environments. We recognise that in the educational technology field, theory development and system-design should be... More
pp. 641-651
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Cognitive learning efficiency through the use of design patterns in teaching
Gwendolyn Kolfschoten, Stephan Lukosch, Alexander Verbraeck, Edwin Valentin & Gert-Jan de Vreede
Nowadays we need to teach students how to become flexible problem solvers in a dynamic world. The pace in which technology changes and complexity increases requires increased efficiency in learning... More
pp. 652-660
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Layered learning design: Towards an integration of learning design and learning object perspectives
Tom Boyle
The use of ICT to enhance teaching and learning depends on effective design, which operates at many levels of granularity from the small to the very large. This reflects the range of educational... More
pp. 661-668
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MuseumScouts: Exploring how schools, museums and interactive technologies can work together to support learning
Jocelyn Wishart & Pat Triggs
In this paper we report on the successes and challenges of a creative project involving museums, schools and interactive technologies. The MuseumScouts project is EU Comenius 2.1 funded and... More
pp. 669-678
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The design of Cloudworks: Applying social networking practice to foster the exchange of learning and teaching ideas and designs
Gráinne Conole & Juliette Culver
This paper describes a new social networking site, Cloudworks, which aims to provide a dynamic environment for finding, sharing and discussing learning and teaching ideas and designs. The paper... More
pp. 679-692
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Student engagement and blended learning: Portraits of risk
Debbie Holley & Martin Oliver
The widening participation agenda was instigated by a government seeking to develop skilled workers in the global economy, yet it has consistently refused to fund the burgeoning student population ... More
pp. 693-700
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‘There was a lot of learning going on’ Using a digital medium to support learning in a professional course for new HE lecturers
Sarah Chesney & Caroline Marcangelo
This small scale action research study investigated the experiences of learners over two iterations as they completed a patchwork text assignment within the digital medium of a personal learning... More
pp. 701-708
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Quality enhancement for e-learning courses: The role of student feedback
Magdalena Jara & Harvey Mellar
The collection of student feedback is seen as a central strategy to monitor the quality and standards of teaching and learning in higher education institutions. The increasing use of technology to ... More
pp. 709-714
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Formative e-assessment: Practitioner cases
Norbert Pachler, Caroline Daly, Yishay Mor & Harvey Mellar
This paper reports on one aspect of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)-funded project ‘Scoping a vision of formative e-assessment’, namely on cases of formative e-assessment developed... More
pp. 715-721
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Net generation or Digital Natives: Is there a distinct new generation entering university?
Chris Jones, Ruslan Ramanau, Simon Cross & Graham Healing
This article reports key findings from the first phase of a research project investigating Net generation age students as they encounter e-learning at five universities in England. We take a... More
pp. 722-732
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Development and evaluation of a compartmental picture archiving and communications system model for integration and visualization of multidisciplinary biomedical data to facilitate student learning in an integrative health clinic
Meyrick Chow & Lawrence Chan
Information technology (IT) has the potential to improve the clinical learning environment. The extent to which IT enhances or detracts from healthcare professionals’ role performance can be... More
pp. 733-741
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Interactive video technology: Enhancing professional learning in initial teacher education
Brian Marsh, Nick Mitchell & Peter Adamczyk
The University of Sussex In-School Teacher Education Project (InSTEP) uses interactive video technologies to enhance initial teacher education programmes for science trainee teachers. With four... More
pp. 742-748
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Technology to support parental engagement in elementary education: Lessons learned from the UK
Cathy Lewin & Rosemary Luckin
This paper compares and contrasts two projects in order to better understand the complex issues surrounding the use of technology to support parental involvement with schools and their children’s... More
pp. 749-758
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Interactivity in the classroom and its impact on learning
Gary Beauchamp & Steve Kennewell
The term ‘interactive’ appears in two distinct strands of educational research discourse: one concerning pedagogy and the other concerning new technologies in education. As new technology... More
pp. 759-766
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Personalising learning through the use of technology
Carol Robinson & Judy Sebba
In March 2005, the Department for Education and Skills published its e-strategy, Harnessing Technology (DfES, 2005, Harnessing technology: Transforming Learning and Children’s Services). Within... More
pp. 767-775
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Get out of MySpace!
Norah Jones, Haydn Blackey, Karen Fitzgibbon & Esyin Chew
To understand the student experience on social software, the research aims to explore the disruptive nature and opportunity of social networking for higher education. Taking four universities, the ... More
pp. 776-782
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Pedagogical-research designs to capture the symbiotic nature of professional knowledge and learning about e-learning in initial teacher education in the UK
Keith Turvey
This paper argues that if new communications technologies and online spaces are to yield ‘new relationship[s] with learners’ ( DfES, 2005, p. 11) then research that is tuned to recognize,... More
pp. 783-790
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Mediating Media Studies – Stimulating critical awareness in a virtual environment
David Kurt Herold
Second Life has become increasingly popular with educators and educational institutions, because of the educational possibilities it seems to offer. While there has been a lot of hype and academic ... More
pp. 791-798