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Computers and play in early childhood: Affordances and limitations
Irina Verenikina; Jan Herrington; Rob Peterson; Jessica Mantei
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 21, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 139–159
** Invited as a paper from ED-MEDIA 2008 ** Abstract: The widespread proliferation of computer games for children as young as six months of age, merits a re-examination of their manner of use and a review of their facility to provide...
Topics: Developmental Stages, Games, Early Childhood Education, Children, Computers
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Standards for Educational, Edutainment, and Developmentally Beneficial Computer Games
Rob Peterson; Irina Verenikina; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 1307–1316
The results of a comprehensive review of the body of research concerning the developmental and educational value of computer gaming for children is reported. Based on the review, design criteria are proposed for educational and edutainment computer...
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The affordances and limitations of computers for play in early childhood
Irina Verenikina; Jan Herrington; Rob Peterson; Jessica Mantei
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 3091–3100
The widespread proliferation of computer games for children as young as 6 months of age, merits a re-examination of their manner of use and their facility to provide opportunities for developmental play. This paper describes a research study...
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Assisting Bulgarian Special Educators with Competency Development Online
Rob Peterson; Jan Herrington; Deslea Konza; Mira Tzvetkova-Arsova; Krassen Stefanov
Campus-Wide Information Systems Vol. 25, No. 4 (2008) pp. 197–208
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss an expansion of the Special Education Bulgaria (SEB) internet community that is required to pilot software created by the European Union's (EU's) Sixth Framework integrated project, TENCompetence....
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The State of the Art of Design-Based Research
Rob Peterson; Jan Herrington
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2302–2307
Ann Brown (1992) and Allan Collins (1992) introduced the term design experiment in 1992 as an innovative approach to educational research. Today, commonly termed design-based research (DBR), the approach itself is still very much being designed....