Are We Using Technology for Learning?

Gretchen Lowerison; Jennifer Sclater; Richard F. Schmid; Philip C. Abrami

Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 34, No. 4 (2006) pp. 401–425

This study investigated the role that computer technology plays in transforming the learning process in higher education. Specifically, we looked at the relationship between computer-technology use, active learning, and perceived course...

Student perceived effectiveness of computer technology use in post-secondary classrooms

Gretchen Lowerison; Jennifer Sclater; Richard F. Schmid; Philip C. Abrami

Computers & Education Vol. 47, No. 4 (December 2006) pp. 465–489

This study investigated the relationship between the amount of computer technology used in post-secondary education courses, students’ perceived effectiveness of technology use, and global course evaluations. Survey data were collected from 922...

Language: English

Topics: Post Secondary Education

Exploring whether Students' Use of Labelling Depends upon the Type of Activity

Eva Mary Bures; Philip C. Abrami; Richard F. Schmid

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 2010) pp. 103–116

This paper explores a labelling feature designed to support higher-level online dialogue. It investigates whether students use labels less often during a structured online dialogue than during an unstructured one, and looks at students' reactions to ...

"Developing a Perspective", "Inter-Connecting", and "Bringing It Together": Who Chooses to Use a Labelling Feature in Online Conversations in a Graduate Course?

Eva Mary Bures; Richard F. Schmid; Philip C. Abrami

Educational Media International Vol. 46, No. 4 (December 2009) pp. 317–334

This study explores a labelling feature that allows students to tag parts of their online messages. Data comes from four sequentially offered sessions of a graduate education course. Students engaged in two to three online activities in groups of...

A Multi-Year Investigation of the Relationship between Pedagogy, Computer Use and Course Effectiveness in Postsecondary Education

Rana M. Tamim; Gretchen Lowerison; Richard F. Schmid; Robert M. Bernard; Philip C. Abrami

Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 23, No. 1 (April 2011) pp. 1–14

This study investigated the change in the relationship between pedagogy, computer-use and students' perceptions about course-effectiveness over time. Students from a Canadian university completed a questionnaire in two different years (2003 = 1,834...

Assessing Computer Use and Perceived Course Effectiveness in Post-Secondary Education in an American/Canadian Context

Rana M. Tamim; Gretchen Lowerison; Richard F. Schmid; Robert M. Bernard; Philip C. Abrami; Christina Dehler

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 39, No. 3 (2008) pp. 221–234

The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between computer technology's role and students' perceptions about course effectiveness. Students from two universities (one Canadian, n = 1465; one American, n = 831) completed a 71...

What Forty Years of Research Says about the Impact of Technology on Learning: A Second-Order Meta-Analysis and Validation Study

Rana M. Tamim; Robert M. Bernard; Eugene Borokhovski; Philip C. Abrami; Richard F. Schmid

Review of Educational Research Vol. 81, No. 1 (March 2011) pp. 4–28

This research study employs a second-order meta-analysis procedure to summarize 40 years of research activity addressing the question, does computer technology use affect student achievement in formal face-to-face classrooms as compared to...

A Meta-Analysis of Blended Learning and Technology Use in Higher Education: From the General to the Applied

Robert M. Bernard; Eugene Borokhovski; Richard F. Schmid; Rana M. Tamim; Philip C. Abrami

Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 26, No. 1 (April 2014) pp. 87–122

This paper serves several purposes. First and foremost, it is devoted to developing a better understanding of the effectiveness of blended learning (BL) in higher education. This is achieved through a meta-analysis of a sub-collection of comparative ...

The effects of technology use in postsecondary education: A meta-analysis of classroom applications

Richard F. Schmid; Robert M. Bernard; Eugene Borokhovski; Rana M. Tamim; Philip C. Abrami; Michael A. Surkes; C. Anne Wade; Jonathan Woods

Computers & Education Vol. 72, No. 1 (March 2014) pp. 271–291

This meta-analysis is a study of the experimental literature of technology use in postsecondary education from 1990 up to 2010 exclusive of studies of online or distance education previously reviewed by Bernard et al. (2004). It reports the overall...

Language: English

Technology's Effect on Achievement in Higher Education: A Stage I Meta-Analysis of Classroom Applications

Richard F. Schmid; Robert M. Bernard; Eugene Borokhovski; Rana Tamim; Philip C. Abrami; C Anne Wade; Michael A. Surkes; Gretchen Lowerison

Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 21, No. 2 (August 2009) pp. 95–109

This paper reports the findings of a Stage I meta-analysis exploring the achievement effects of computer-based technology use in higher education classrooms (non-distance education). An extensive literature search revealed more than 6,000...