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Investigating the Effects of Authentic Activities on Foreign Language Learning: A Design-Based Research Approach
Ildeniz Ozverir; Ulker Vanci Osam; Jan Herrington
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 20, No. 4 (2017) pp. 261–274
Achieving communicative competency in English classes has been a key goal in contexts where English is taught as a foreign language (EFL). During this process, however, integrating the difficulty and complexity of real life tasks into classroom...
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Incorporating risk assessment into the formative evaluation of an authentic e-learning program
James L. Vesper; Ümit Kartoğlu; Jan Herrington; Thomas C. Reeves
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 6 (November 2016) pp. 1113–1124
This paper describes the use of two different risk assessment strategies during the design and development of a complex authentic task-based e-learning program developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). The first strategy involved the use of...
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Design principles for authentic learning of English as a foreign language
Ildeniz Ozverir; Jan Herrington; Ulker Vanci Osam
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 3 (May 2016) pp. 484–493
Knowledge obtained in higher education through de-contextualised tasks and activities often remains “inert” and learners cannot readily transfer understanding to novel contexts. Nowhere is this more evident than in learning a foreign language....
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ePortfolio-Based Learning Environments: Recommendations for Effective Scaffolding of Reflective Thinking in Higher Education
Pauline Roberts; Dorit Maor; Jan Herrington
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 4 (2016) pp. 22–33
In addition to providing a useful repository for learning products, ePortfolios provide enhanced opportunities for the development of advanced learning skills. It can be argued, however, that ePortfolios are not being implemented effectively towards ...
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Neither the frying pan nor the fire: In search of a balanced authentic e-learning design through an educational design research process
Hanna Ters; Jan Herrington
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr 01, 2014)
Teaching in higher education in the 21st century can be a demanding and complex role and academic educators around the globe are dealing with questions related to change. This paper describes a new type of a professional development program for...
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Developing More Authentic e-Courses by Integrating Working Life Mentoring and Social Media
Irja Leppisaari; Riina Kleimola; Jan Herrington; Markus Maunula; Tuula Hohenthal
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 25, No. 2 (April 2014) pp. 209–234
Studies show that affordances of social media have not yet been fully exploited in the promotion of authentic e-learning in higher education. The e-Learning of the Future project (2009–2011) has met these challenges through working life mentoring...
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Scaffolding Students’ Reflection in an ePortfolio-based Learning Environment: Interaction with the Technology
Pauline Roberts; Dorit Maor; Jan Herrington
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1339–1348
e-Portfolios have the potential not only to act as repositories for student artefacts, but to provide a powerful tool for reflection in learning. This paper details a study within a doctoral project that investigated the use of an ePortfolio to...
Topics: Instructional Design, Evaluation, Implementation Examples & Issues
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Emerging technologies as cognitive tools for authentic learning
Jan Herrington; Jenni Parker
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 44, No. 4 (Jul 05, 2013) pp. 607–615
Employing emerging technologies in learning is becoming increasingly important as a means to support the development of digital media literacy. Using a theoretical framework of authentic learning and technology as cognitive tools, this paper...
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The use of emerging technologies for authentic learning: A
Vivienne Bozalek; Daniela Gachago; Lucy Alexander; Kathy Watters; Denise Wood; Eunice Ivala; Jan Herrington
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 44, No. 4 (Jul 05, 2013) pp. 629–638
It is now widely accepted that the transmission of disciplinary knowledge is insufficient to prepare students leaving higher education for the workplace. Authentic learning has been suggested as a way to bring the necessary complexity into learning...
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Using Design-based Research to Investigate the Design and Development of an Online Community of Practice for Teacher Professional Development
Eunice Sari; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 121–127
This paper discusses how design-based research (DBR) has been used to investigate the development of OLC4TPD (Online Learning Community for Teacher Professional Development), an online learning community developed in 2009 to support ongoing teacher...
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Design Principles for Applied Learning in Higher Education: A Pedagogical Approach for Non-traditional Students in an Online Course.
Jillian Downing; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 874–881
The profile of university students is changing, as a larger percentage of the population fill our online and on-campus classrooms. A new teacher education program commenced at an Australian university in 2011, with an explicit focus on applied...
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Using Preliminary Risk Assessment in a Formative Evaluation
James L Vesper; Thomas Reeves; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 407–412
Risk assessment is used to identify potential hazards and prioritize those that may be most likely to have a significant impact. While widely used in the aviation, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries, formalized risk assessments are not often...
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Applied learning in online spaces: Traditional pedagogies informing educational design for today’s learners.
Jillian Downing; Jan Herrington
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 236–246
The challenge to provide engaging, effective learning environments for university students is perhaps greater now than ever before. While the ‘anytime, anywhere’ online learning environment appeals, students also need a learning environment that...
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Augmenting learning reality: iPads and software as cognitive tools
James Oldfield; Jan Herrington
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 652–656
In the three short years since the release of the iPad, it has become the object of substantial investment in a number of areas of education. This investment is driving the need for significant research into mobile device related teaching and...
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Student Reflection and Learning through Peer Reviews
Daniel Boase-Jelinek; Jenni Parker; Jan Herrington
Issues in Educational Research Vol. 23, No. 2 (2013) pp. 119–131
This paper describes lessons learnt whilst using an online peer review system in an undergraduate unit for pre-service teachers. In this unit, students learn to use information technologies as part of their future teaching practice. The unit aims to ...
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Authentic Online Learning: Aligning Learner Needs, Pedagogy and Technology
Jenni Parker; Dorit Maor; Jan Herrington
Issues in Educational Research Vol. 23, No. 2 (2013) pp. 227–241
Over the past few decades there has been a substantial swing among higher education practitioners towards a more constructivist approach to learning. Nevertheless, it is still evident that many instructivist models are widely used in both classroom...
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Authentic e-Learning in a Multicultural Context: Virtual Benchmarking Cases from Five Countries
Irja Leppisaari; Jan Herrington; Leena Vainio; Yeonwook Im
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 24, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 53–73
Abstract: The implementation of authentic learning elements at education institutions in five countries, eight online courses in total, is examined in this paper. The International Virtual Benchmarking Project (2009-2010) applied the elements of...
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nDiVE: The Story of How Logistics and Supply Chain Management Could be Taught
Torsten Reiners; Lincoln Wood; Sue Gregory; Natasha Petter; Hanna Teras; Vanessa Chang; Christian Gutl; Jan Herrington
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 734–744
Abstract: One major element of supply chain management education is helping learners to grasp the complexity, the challenges, and the efficient management of the multiple dimensions in supply chains. Each decision made can ‘ripple’ through supply...
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Mobilising authentic learning: Understanding the educational affordances of the iPad
James Oldfield; Jan Herrington
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)
A strong body of evidence exists around the power of authentic learning as a pedagogical model to support learning for the future. In recent years, with the increased understanding and focus on authentic learning theory, the educator’s toolkit has...
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Design-based research: Implementation issues in emerging scholar research
Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 1–6
Design-based research (DBR) (also known as educational design research and design experiments) is a promising approach to finding solutions to significant educational problems. This paper describes the background to the approach and a model, and...
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Considering Communities of Learners When Creating an E-learning Course
James Vesper; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 481–490
There are many definitions of the term community of learners, but regardless of which is used, it is important for instructional designers, instructors, and facilitators to understand how these informal groups can enhance – or thwart – a learning...
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Mobile learning in higher education: Authentic tasks, assessment and Web 2.0
Jan Herrington; Anthony Herrington; Ian Olney
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 1988–1993
Increasingly ubiquitous and smart devices have enabled learning opportunities away from established learning places, as students have extended the means and the spaces in which they learn. In this paper, we describe the evolution of a project...
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A reality check: Taking authentic e-learning from design to implementation
Hanna Teräs; Marko Teräs; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 2219–2228
Tampere University of Applied Sciences has developed a postgraduate certificate program for teaching in higher education that is currently being implemented at Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates. In the design of the program,...
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The Application of Expert Review as a Formative Evaluation Strategy within an Educational Design Research Study
James Vesper; Thomas Reeves; Jan Herrington
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 973–978
This paper describes how expert review strategies were applied to the testing and refinement phase of an educational design research project being conducted under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO). The overall goals of the...
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Perceptions and reflections: Using Skype chat to build a community of learners
Jenni Parker; Dani Boase-Jelinek; Jan Herrington
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1599–1604
Abstract: This paper is a report on the preliminary findings of two on-going studies conducted on graduate level courses for pre-service teachers. A survey was used to gather student perceptions about using Skype and written tutor reflections...
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‘Please switch off your (im)mobile’: The demise of immobile learning in higher education
Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 3449–3454
Mobile devices are more and more becoming indispensible tools in everyday life. However, universities continue to rely on the provision of computer labs for ICT-based instruction where in many cases mobile phones would be a much more appropriate...
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Developing Expertise in those Handling Time and Temperature Sensitive Pharmaceutical Products: Applying the Early Phases of a Design Research Methodology
James Vesper; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 591–600
The storage, transportation and distribution of time and temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products such as vaccines and human insulin, within the proper temperature conditions is an important public health concern worldwide. The people...
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Authentic activities in language learning: Bringing real world relevance to classroom activities
Ildeniz Ozverir; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 1423–1428
Maintaining essential contextual conditions in TESOL classroom in order to achieve authenticity have been the target for many researchers. During this process, however, the difficulty and complexity of real life tasks have been disregarded. As a...
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Supporting interaction and collaboration in the language classroom through computer mediated communication
Mariolina Pais Marden; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 1161–1168
This paper describes the design and implementation of a technology supported learning environment that enabled interaction and collaboration between a group of sixteen intermediate and advanced level university students of Italian and a group of...
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Developing More Authentic e-Courses: Working Life Mentoring through Social Media
Irja Leppisaari; Markus Maunula; Jan Herrington; Tuula Hohenthal
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 1368–1377
Affordances of social media have not yet been fully exploited in the promotion of authentic e-learning in higher education. In this paper, we examine the planning and implementation of social media in five e-Learning of the Future project courses...
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Authentic e-Learning in a Multicultural Context: Virtual Benchmarking Cases from Five Countries
Irja Leppisaari; Jan Herrington; Leena Vainio; Yeonwook Im
Global Learn 2011 (Mar 28, 2011) pp. 961–970
The implementation of authentic learning elements at education institutions in five countries, eight online courses in total, is examined in this paper. The International Virtual Benchmarking Project (2009-2010) applied the elements of authentic...
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Design-based research
Jan Herrington
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology Vol. 2011, No. 1 (2011)
Design-based research (also known as design research and design experiments) is a promising approach to finding solutions to significant educational problems. This session will explain the background to the approach, and provide a practical ...
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Using design principles to improve pedagogical practice and promote student engagement
Jan Herrington; Thomas Reeves
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 594–601
Professor Emeritus, Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology University of Georgia
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Publishing and perishing: The critical importance of educational design research
Thomas Reeves; Susan McKenney; Jan Herrington; Jan Herrington
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2011)
The outcomes of educational systems continue to lag far behind expectations at all levels, primary, secondary, and tertiary. Meanwhile, the sheer amount of educational research published in refereed journals has expanded enormously. There is an...
Language: English
Topics: Educational Technology
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International E-Benchmarking: Flexible Peer Development of Authentic Learning Principles in Higher Education
Irja Leppisaari; Leena Vainio; Jan Herrington; Yeonwook Im
Educational Media International Vol. 48, No. 3 (2011) pp. 179–191
More and more, social technologies and virtual work methods are facilitating new ways of crossing boundaries in professional development and international collaborations. This paper examines the peer development of higher education teachers through...
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ICT as learning media and research instrument: What eResearch can offer for those who research eLearning?
Lina Markauskaite; Rob Phillips; Jan Herrington; Peter Reimann; Shannon Kennedy-Clark; Vilaythong Southavilay
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 840–841
Integrating digital research methods for exploring collaborative decision -making patterns in a virtual learning environment
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A whole-school approach to technological literacy: Mobile learning and the iPhone
Jan Herrington; Susan McKenzie; Robin Pascoe; Amanda Woods-McConney; Judith MacCallum; Peter Wright
Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 181–186
Mobile learning is not pervasive in higher education and yet its potential is enormous. This paper describes a project to instigate mobile learning in a School of Education using a whole-of-school approach to technological literacy and professional...
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Future School research: A school’s response to the digital revolution, Part 1
Jasmine, Ah Hong Tey; Wen Chee Chung; Chiew Weng Hon; Jan Herrington; Choon Cheng Ang; Keng Peng Khoo; Cheng Wai Yip; Hsiu Leng Oon; Adeline Tan; Siew Hoon Ang; Hui Peng Har; Hwee Ngee Gwee; Sandra Tan
Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 1259–1263
This symposium will demonstrate how a whole school will potentially be re-invigorated by commitment to innovative practice using information and communications technologies. This symposium will share the strategies developed at one of the pilot...
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Future School research: A school’s response to the digital revolution, Part 2
Jasmine, Ah Hong Tey; Wen Chee Chung; Chiew Weng Hon; Jan Herrington; Choon Cheng Ang; Keng Peng Khoo; Cheng Wai Yip; Hsiu Leng Oon; Adeline Tan; Siew Hoon Ang; Hui Peng Har; Hwee Ngee Gwee; Sandra Tan
Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 1264–1269
This symposium will demonstrate how a whole school will potentially be re-invigorated by commitment to innovative practice using information and communications technologies. This symposium will share the strategies developed at one of the pilot...
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The development of social presence in online Arabic learning communities
Andrea Hall; Jan Herrington; Jan Herrington
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 26, No. 7 (Jan 01, 2010)
An effective online learning community requires the development of social presence, as this helps learners to project themselves online and feel a sense of community. A literature review found that cultural preferences are important in developing...
Language: English
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Publishing and perishing: The critical importance of educational design research
Jan Herrington; Thomas Reeves; Susan Mckenney
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2010 (2010) pp. 787–794
The outcomes of educational systems continue to lag far behind expectations at all levels, primary, secondary, and tertiary. Meanwhile, the sheer amount of educational research published in refereed journals has expanded enormously. There is an...
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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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Developing an Online Community of Learners for Second Language Students Using Design-Based Research
Mariolina Pais Marden; Jan Herrington; Anthony Herrington
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 1862–1867
This paper describes the design of a research project that adopted a design-based research (DBR) approach to create and implement an online community of second language learners of Italian. For one semester a group of sixteen intermediate and...
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Reflections on creating an international virtual benchmarking model for authentic e-learning: Crossing boundaries and breaking down barriers
Irja Leppisaari; Leena Vainio; Jan Herrington; Yeonwook Im
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 950–959
International virtual teamwork offers new opportunities for the professional development of teachers. In this paper, we examine the initial experiences in an ongoing international virtual benchmarking project coordinated by the Finnish Online...
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Workplace culture and accessibility of the Internet for professional learning
Madeleine Shanahan; Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 4423–4432
The World Wide Web is an important information source for professionals providing immediate access to the most current information and recent research. This study examined accessibility to the Internet within healthcare workplaces by utilising two...
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Developing Authentic e-Learning through Virtual Benchmarking
Irja Leppisaari; Leena Vainio; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2609–2618
The implementation of authentic learning elements in 12 universities of applied sciences online courses is examined in this paper. The Virtual Benchmarking Project conducted at the Finnish Virtual University of Applied Sciences in 2008 used the...
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Transfer of Online Professional Learning to Teachers’ Classroom Practice
Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington; Garry Hoban; Doug Reid
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 20, No. 2 (April 2009) pp. 189–213
Professional learning is an important process in enabling teachers to update their pedagogical knowledge and practices. The use of online technologies to support professional learning has a number of benefits in terms of flexibility and scalability. ...
Topics: Schools, eLearning, Professional Development, Teachers, Information Communication Technologies
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Exploring the pedagogical foundations of museum exhibitions and their websites
Jan Herrington; Gwyn Brickell; Barry Harper
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 4143–4151
This paper reports in research conducted in two museums in Australia on the beliefs and pedagogies that influenced the design and development of educational materials on museum websites, both for materials that explicitly accompanied and explained...
Topics: Museums
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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...