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Student Reflections on Formative E-Assessment: Expectations and Perceptions
David J. Walker; Keith Topping; Susan Rodrigues
Learning, Media and Technology Vol. 33, No. 3 (September 2008) pp. 221–234
Research into student experiences of e-assessment has been neglected. Students' expectations and perceptions of e-assessment have been under-researched and their learning strategies are often unclear. This paper reports a qualitative study which...
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Cross-institutional development of an online open course for educators: confronting current challenges and imagining future possibilities
Keith Smyth; Panos Vlachopoulos; David Walker; Anne Wheeler
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 826–829
The Global Dimensions in Higher Education module is a fully online open course for educators, jointly developed by three UK universities through a process of consultation and inquiry involving colleagues within the global education sector. The...
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The Role of the Microcomputer-Based Laboratory Display in Supporting the Construction of New Understandings in Kinematics
David W. Russell; Keith B. Lucas; Campbell J. McRobbie
Research in Science Education Vol. 33, No. 2 (2003) pp. 217–43
Investigates how microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) activities specifically designed to be consistent with a constructivist theory of learning support or constrain student construction of understanding. Analysis of students' discourse and actions...
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Online education horror stories worthy of HALLOWEEN: a short list of problems and solutions in online instruction
David E. Hailey; Keith Grant-Davie; Christine A. Hult
Computers and Composition Vol. 18, No. 4 (2001) pp. 387–397
This article examines many surprising problems that arise in the process of distance education using the Internet and describes ways in which instructors and administrators can solve these problems. The information in the article is based largely on ...
Language: English
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Role of the Microcomputer-Based Laboratory Display in Supporting the Construction of New Understandings in Thermal Physics
David W. Russell; Keith B. Lucas; Campbell J. McRobbie
Journal of Research in Science Teaching Vol. 41, No. 2 (February 2004) pp. 165–185
Teachers' failure to use the microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) more widely may be a result of not recognizing its capacity to transform laboratory activities. This research aimed to increase understanding of how MBL activities designed to be...
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Microprocessor Based Laboratory Activities as Catalysts for Student Construction of Understanding in Physics
David Russell; Keith B. Lucas; Campbell J. McRobbie
combined Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education and the New Zealand Association for Research in Education 1999 (December 1999)
From the theoretical reference frame of constructivism, much of the rhetoric and positive research findings in support of microprocessor based laboratory (MBL) activities facilitating science learning can be interpreted in terms of the increased...
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International on-line reciprocal peer tutoring to promote modern language development in primary schools
Allen Thurston; David Duran; Erika Cunningham; Silvia Blanch; Keith Topping
Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 2 (September 2009) pp. 462–472
The paper reports data from an on-line peer tutoring project. In the project 78, 9–12-year-old students from Scotland and Catalonia peer tutored each other in English and Spanish via a managed on-line environment. Significant gains in first language ...
Language: English
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The Donaldson Review and Scottish Baccalaureates--A Model for Implementation in Schools
Margaret R. Ritchie; David Keith; Deuan Jones; Sabrina Ramnarine; Andrew Spiers
School Science Review Vol. 93, No. 345 (June 2012) pp. 99–108
In January 2011, a review about teacher education in Scotland included 50 recommendations designed to improve the learning of young people in Scotland. A feature of the recommendations was enhancement of teacher education via new national...