Investigating the Relationship Between Measures of Students’ Learning and Their Development of Visual Representations in Learning About ICTs

David M Kennedy

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1876–1882

In this study a range of data (concept maps and assessment tasks involving the development of multimedia-rich learning environments) were used to determine if the ability of students to develop visual representations in the form of a concept map,...

Topics: Students

Student managed learning management systems: Teachers as designers

David M Kennedy

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 3172–3178

The use of Learning Management Systems (LMSs) has become almost mandatory for a significant number of higher education institutions around the world, with the use in schools and colleges also growing. In teacher education a challenge exists about...

Topics: Teachers, Learning Management Systems

Dimensions of Distance: A Comparison of Classroom Education and Distance Education

David M. Kennedy

Nurse Education Today Vol. 22, No. 5 (2002) pp. 409–16

Cognitive, role, and access distance affects both conventional and virtual classrooms. Analysis of teacher-student communication patterns in distance (e-mail and postal mail) and traditional courses showed that communication time in the distance...

Continuous Refinement of Reusable Learning Objects: The Case of the Interactive Graphing Object

David M. Kennedy

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 1398–1405

The development of reusable learning objects (RLOs) is currently gaining popularity in higher education and schools. There is a need for reusable learning objects that are more than a collection of 'learning assets'. This paper describes a new...

Topics: Interaction, Learning Objects

Multiple Perspectives in the Design of Interactive Multimedia: An Evaluation

David M. Kennedy; Norm Eizenberg; Gregor Kennedy

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 1559–1560

The development of the An@tomedia CD-ROM (Eizenberg, Briggs, Barker, & Grkovic, 1998) has evolved from a series of action research cycles aimed at improving the learning of anatomy (Eizenberg, 1991) through the development of an innovative text book ...

Topics: Students

A Meta-analysis of Learning Evaluation Online: LEO's Useability, Adoption, and Patterns of Use

Albert Ip; David M. Kennedy

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 1999 (1999) pp. 126–131

The design, development, implementation, and evaluation of Web-based courseware for teaching and learning are important issues in higher education. However, available evidence suggests evaluation of much courseware is minimal. This paper reports...

Topics: Software, Evaluation

Using Student Learning Needs to Guide eLearning Development Now and in the Future

Carmel McNaught; David M. Kennedy

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 2912–2917

This paper examines how eLearning sites can be designed to meet learners' needs. After a brief overview of types of learning, we explore the diversity that online learning needs to cater for. Explicit recognition needs to be given to diversity in...

Topics: Students, Educational Technology

Developing Virtual Tours for Teaching and Learning: A Template Approach

David M Kennedy; Shihui Chen

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 2205–2210

There is considerable focus in pre-service teacher (PST) education world-wide to encourage innovative approaches to teaching and learning, including incorporating information and communication technologies (ICTs) in pedagogically sound ways. While...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Communication, Virtual Environments, Information Communication Technologies

Can Learning to Use Moodle Alter Teachers’ Approaches to Teaching?

Brant Knutzen; David M Kennedy

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 3809–3818

This study examines how social engagement in an online learning environment (OLE) can transform teachers’ perceptions of their own pedagogical practices. Data was collected over a ten-month period, as a group of five teachers at an international...

Topics: Social Studies, Schools, Teachers

Making the Transition From Print: Integrating Concept Mapping and Online Communication With Traditional Distance Education Materials

David M. Kennedy; Cornelius Reiman

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 952–957

The move from traditional paper-based distance education subject materials to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) has increased the ways in which students can engage with their lecturers, peers and the unit materials. In this ...

Topics: Communication, Information Communication Technologies, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Students

An Evaluation of Interactive Multimedia Designed to Support Problem-Based Learning in Medicine

David M. Kennedy; Norm Eizenberg; Gregor E. Kennedy

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 508–513

In the medical and health sciences, a well described problem for students is the linking of discipline-based knowledge with clinical practice. The CD-Rom, An@tomedia has been developed to support a problem-based learning curriculum in ...

Topics: Students

A Multimedia Business Simulation Game: Making Decisions That Count

David M Kennedy; Kim Styles; Wendy Doube

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 949–950

Good communication in a business context requires a student to select the most appropriate mode of communication (e.g., email, meeting, telephone or fax) and construct an appropriate message. The student has to make decisions regarding content, ...

Topics: Communication, Students

Designing the Self: The Transformation of the Relational Self-Concept through Social Encounters in a Virtual Immersive Environment

K Brant Knutzen; David M. Kennedy

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 20, No. 3 (2012) pp. 271–292

This article describes the findings of a 3-month study on how social encounters mediated by an online Virtual Immersive Environment (VIE) impacted on the relational self-concept of adolescents. The study gathered data from two groups of students as...

A Case Study Examining the Transfer of Information Literacy Across Subjects in Hong Kong Primary Schools

Ning Kon-ying; David M Kennedy

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 166–174

In different countries, Information Literacy (IL) is taught by class teachers in different subjects and also by librarians. However, in Hong Kong primary schools, IL is only taught by teachers of the subject Computer and General Studies. This paper ...

Topics: Schools, Teachers, Computers, Research Methods, Students

Developing Generic Interactive Learning Tools to Engage Students: The Text Analysis Object for Web and CD-ROM

Craig Adams; Norm Eizenberg; David M. Kennedy; Albert Ip

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 558–563

This paper reports on research engaged in the design, development and evaluation of an innovative, interactive learning tool-for Web and CD-ROM. The learning tool is the text analysis object (TAO). TAO facilitates the development of text-based...

Topics: Evaluation, Learning Objects, Students

An Evaluation of Two Open Source Digital Library Software Systems

Shuk Ying Tam; Sin Tung Wat; David M Kennedy

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 4613–4618

Digital libraries have become essential components for museums, archives, libraries and resource centres in the 21st century. The Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong recognizes a need for developing a digital library for its collections. This paper...

Topics: Evaluation, Library

An@tomedia: A New Approach TO Medical Education Developments In Anatomy

David M. Kennedy; Norm Eizenberg; Chris Briggs; Ivica Grkovic; Priscilla Barker

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) p. 1818

Evaluations have indicated that students find An@tomedia very engaging (Kennedy, Eizenberg, & Kennedy, In this volume). An@tomedia supports students actively in their learning tasks, fostering a deeper understanding of human structure, with a...

Topics: Students