Educational Technology & Society

Introduction Phonemic awareness is an important metalinguistic skill which can let students more effectively acquire reading and spelling abilities (Mehta, Foorman, Branum, & Taylor, 2005). While children learn English, an important step is...

Introduction A recent trend in higher education has been to set up e-learning systems that provide students with online access and learning content. What drives this trend are changes in students' demographic factors, in educational delivery market...

Introduction Geometry is one of fundamental methods which people use to understand and to explain the physical environment by measuring length, surface area and volume. For this reason, enhancing geometric thinking is very important for high-level...

Introduction This paper describes the educational technology and interface behind a model-free, customizable animated agent and its evaluation in a classroom setting for learners aged 9-11 (U.S. fifth grade). The agent, called a teachable agent,...

Motivation More than twenty years ago, one of the authors of this paper used a Lisp machine, which cost fifty-thousand US dollars, to implement an intelligent tutoring system prototype for his doctorial research. After a trial test by his two friends,...

Introduction Distance education has evolved from print-based correspondence courses to interactive web-based courses over time. Recently, the development of Internet technologies such as the World Wide Web and online communication tools has had...

Introduction Data capture, and its effective use and management in relation to user attainment in terms of learning inside and outside of the workplace, is a vital process for aiding personal development in both learning and working environments....

Introduction In view of the fact that "internet connections are only as useful as the people teaching with them" (Rivero, 2006), today, many educational institutions use web-based learning environments to deliver materials to, and communicate with,...

Introduction Self regulation increases student motivation and engagement by enabling students to customize and take control of their own learning through conscious knowledge of effective strategies and choices (Zimmerman, 2002; Zimmerman, Bandura,...

The landscape of K-12 public education is changing substantially. Recent trends in United States policy (Hassel & Terrell, 2004; U.S. Department of Education, 2004) support the continued expansion of distance learning opportunities aimed at elementary-...

Introduction The emerging knowledge society places new demands on individual workers, groups, and organisations. Central to these demands is the need to continuously develop and manage the competencies which provide competitive advantages (Koper,...

Understanding self-directing learning projects An essential aspect of today's postmodern, technologically rich society is to develop the ability to take control and responsibility for our own education, learning, and change. Charles Hayes has claimed...

Introduction This paper attempts to answer three fundamental questions about the possibility of using ICT to transform the delivery of education to professional architects. First, what are the potential benefits of ICT for teachers and students...