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Ecologically Valid Assessments of Attention and Learning Engagement in Media Multitaskers
Lin Lin; Thomas D. Parsons
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 62, No. 5 (2018) pp. 518–524
This paper provides a synthesis of core literature of media multitasking, attention, and learning engagement. The focus, however, is on the ecologically valid assessments examining the depth-biased or breadth-biased attention and learning engagement ...
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Examining Creativity through a Virtual Reality Support System
Xiaozhe Yang; Lin Lin; Pei-Yu Cheng; Xue Yang; Youqun Ren; Yueh-Min Huang
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 66, No. 5 (2018) pp. 1231–1254
This study explores the effects of immersive VR on an individual's creativity and factors related to creativity including flow, attention and meditation (i.e., mental relaxation or stress). Sixty undergraduate students were invited to participate in ...
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Using a Semantic Diagram to Structure a Collaborative Problem Solving Process in the Classroom
Huiying Cai; Lin Lin; Xiaoqing Gu
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 64, No. 6 (2016) pp. 1207–1225
This study provides an in-depth look into the implementation process of visualization-based tools for structuring collaborative problem solving (CPS) in the classroom. A visualization-based learning platform--the semantic diagram for structuring CPS ...
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Task Speed and Accuracy Decrease When Multitasking
Lin Lin; Deborah Cockerham; Zhengsi Chang; Gloria Natividad
Technology, Knowledge and Learning Vol. 21, No. 3 (2016) pp. 307–323
As new technologies increase the opportunities for multitasking, the need to understand human capacities for multitasking continues to grow stronger. Is multitasking helping us to be more efficient? This study investigated the multitasking abilities ...
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An Intervention Framework Designed to Develop the Collaborative Problem-Solving Skills of Primary School Students
Xiaoqing Gu; Shan Chen; Wenbo Zhu; Lin Lin
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 63, No. 1 (February 2015) pp. 143–159
Considerable effort has been invested in innovative learning practices such as collaborative inquiry. Collaborative problem solving is becoming popular in school settings, but there is limited knowledge on how to develop skills crucial in...
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Intentionality and Wisdom in Language, Information, and Technology
Lin Lin; Haj Ross; Brian O'Connor; J Michael Spector
Educational Technology Vol. 55, No. 5 (2015) pp. 35–39
An interdisciplinary approach from linguistics, information sciences, learning sciences, and educational technology is used to explore the concept of information. Several key issues are highlighted, including: (1) learning language through meaning...
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Persistent Possible Science Selves
Leila A. Mills; Lin Lin
International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA) 2014 (October 2014)
This paper examines literature on the development of self-knowledge for possible selves--how an individual thinks about oneself and one's potential future selves (Markus & Nurius, 1986). Future science selves research, a recent offshoot of...
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Transforming the Doctorate from Residential to Online: A Distributed PhD Learning Technologies
Greg Jones; Scott J. Warren; Demetria Ennis-Cole; Gerald Knezek; Lin Lin; Cathie Norris
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 58, No. 4 (July 2014) pp. 19–26
This article discusses a systemic change that expanded the doctorate in Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas to include a distributed option, delivered primarily online. It provides an overview of the development process from...
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Improving Critical Thinking with Interactive Mobile Tools and Apps
Lin Lin; Chris Widdall; Laurie Ward
Social Studies and the Young Learner Vol. 26, No. 4 (2014) pp. 10–14
In this article, the authors describe how integrating interactive mobile tools into elementary pedagogy can generate enthusiasm and critical thinking among students as they learn about the world. The activities described took place over the course...
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Reading while Watching Video: The Effect of Video Content on Reading Comprehension and Media Multitasking Ability
Lin Lin; Jennifer Lee; Tip Robertson
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 45, No. 2 (2011) pp. 183–201
Media multitasking, or engaging in multiple media and tasks simultaneously, is becoming an increasingly popular phenomenon with the development and engagement in social media. This study examines to what extent video content affects students'...
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A child’s power in game-play
Julie McLeod; Lin Lin
Computers & Education Vol. 54, No. 2 (February 2010) pp. 517–527
This paper is the first of its series that studies the power children have in game-play and examines its implications for teaching and learning. As a start, the paper describes a framework of power based on a synthesis of various types of power...
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Wrestling with Online Learning Technologies: Blind Students' Struggle to Achieve Academic Success
Samuel Muwanguzi; Lin Lin
International Journal of Distance Education Technologies Vol. 8, No. 2 (2010) pp. 43–57
This study examines the usability challenges and emotional reactions of blind college students in their attempts to access online educational materials and to communicate with colleagues through online technologies. A case study approach was adopted....
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Barriers to adopting technology for teaching and learning in Oman
Said Al-Senaidi; Lin Lin; Jim Poirot
Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 3 (November 2009) pp. 575–590
This study investigates the perceived barriers to adopting information and communication technologies (ICT) in Omani higher education. One hundred faculty members from four different departments at the College of Applied Sciences in Oman...
Language: English
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Reading Performances between Novices and Experts in Different Media Multitasking Environments
Lin Lin; Tip Robertson; Jennifer Lee
Computers in the Schools Vol. 26, No. 3 (2009) pp. 169–186
This experimental study investigated connections between subject expertise and multitasking ability among college students. One hundred thirty college students participated in the study. Participants were assessed on their subject expertise and...
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Support for Study: Online Educational Environments and the Rights to Education
Lin Lin; Karen Swan
Online Learning Journal Vol. 12, No. 1 (Feb 07, 2008)
This paper uses an online learning conceptual framework to examine the “rights to education\u201d that the current online educational environments could provide. The conceptual framework is composed of three inquiries or three spaces for inquiries,...
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An Online Learning Model to Facilitate Learners' Rights to Education
Lin Lin
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 12, No. 1 (February 2008) pp. 127–143
This paper connects an online learning model to the rights to education that the online educational environments can provide. The model emerges from a study of ninety-two online learners and is composed of three kinds of inquiries, namely,...
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Psychological Type and Asynchronous Written Dialogue in Adult Learning
Lin Lin; Patricia Cranton; Beatrice Bridglall
Teachers College Record Vol. 107, No. 8 (August 2005) pp. 1788–1813
This study explores how adults learn from asynchronous written dialogue through the lens of psychological type preferences. We asked participants to discover their dominant and auxiliary psychological preferences using the Personal Empowerment...