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Richard Schmid
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Using Brunerian Learning Theory with Educational Simulations to Teach Concepts
Laura Winer; Richard Schmid
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 15, No. 3 (Dec 31, 2017)
The present study maintains that consistently effective leaming materialscan best be generated if the prescriptions instructional designers use are founded on learning theory. It is also considered critical that cognitive processes central to the...
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Pedagogical Implications of Using Learner-Controlled, Web-based Tools for Learning
Gretchen Lowerison; Richard F Schmid
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 6255–6262
Students from a graduate class in educational computing took part in a study exploring the effectiveness of learner-controlled, web-based tools to support knowledge building and self-regulation. Learners were randomly divided into one of five study...
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Evaluating a Complex Program: Where to Start and How to Finish
Richard W. Kemerer; Richard F. Schmid
Data on the intrinsic characteristics of an educational program are essential in pilot testing new programs in order to determine how successfully design components have achieved their intended purpose. At the outset of an evaluation of such data,...
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The Online Chat and the E-mail: Alternative Interview Formats in a Science Teaching Methods Course
Rana Tamim; Kamran Shaikh; Richard Schmid
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 6587–6594
In the educational context, anonymity plays a major role when 'power relations' may impact the participants' responses. The current paper presents a pilot study for the design and utilization of an anonymous synchronous chat (ASC) interviewing...
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Fostering Quality Online Dialogue: Does Labelling Help?
Eva Bures; Philip Abrami; Richard F. Schmid
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 21, No. 2 (April 2010) pp. 187–213
Despite its potential, online dialogue (online dialogue) can be superficial. Following Vygotskian (1978) and design experiment approaches (Brown, 1992), this study explores a labelling feature that allows students to tag parts of their messages....
Topics: eLearning, Collaboration, Educational Technology, Information Communication Technologies, Students
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An Analysis of Algorithmic Processes and Instructional Design
Richard F. Schmid; Vernon S. Gerlach
Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development Vol. 34, No. 3 (1986) pp. 163–74
Describes algorithms and shows how they can be applied to the design of instructional systems by relating them to a standard information processing model. Two studies are briefly described which tested serial and parallel processing in learning and...
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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...
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A Human-Computer Partnership: The Tutor/Child/Computer Triangle Promoting the Acquisition of Early Literacy Skills
Richard F. Schmid; Nancy Miodrag; Nathalie Di Francesco
Journal of Research on Technology in Education Vol. 41, No. 1 (2008) pp. 63–84
This study involved the analysis of the complex interactions that take place between tutors and preschool children using a computer during early literacy tutoring sessions. Eight five-year-old pre- and early-readers attending a childcare centre...
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Supporting the Learning Process with Collaborative Concept Mapping Using Computer-based Communication Tools and Processes
Christina De Simone; Richard F. Schmid; Laura A. McEwen
Educational Research and Evaluation Vol. 7, No. 2 (2001) pp. 263–83
Studied the effects of a combination of student collaboration, concept mapping, and electronic technologies with 26 students in a graduate level learning theories class. Findings suggest that concept mapping and collaborative learning techniques...
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Using Technology for Learning in Higher Education: What is Important?
Richard Schmid; Gretchen Lowerison; Philip Abrami; Christina Dehler
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1090–1096
This series of studies investigated the role that computer technology plays in transforming the learning process in higher education. We looked at the relationship between technology use, active learning, and perceived course effectiveness. The...
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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
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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 ...
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Technology and Student Achievement: What do 40 Years of Research and 25 Years of Systematic Reviews Have to Tell
Rana Tamim; Robert Bernard; Eugene Borokhovski; Richard Schmid; Philip Abrami
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 3142–3152
This research involved a systematic quantitative synthesis procedure to answer the question: does technology use affect student achievement in formal face-to-face classroom settings as compared to traditional settings. An extensive literature search ...
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"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...
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Technology Integration in Postsecondary Education: A Summary of Findings of a Series of Meta-Analytical Research
Eugene Borokhovski; Robert M. Bernard; Rana Tamim; Richard F. Schmid
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015 (Jun 22, 2015) pp. 1764–1774
Although the overall research literature on the application of educational technologies to classroom instruction tends to favor their use over their non-use these results vary considerably depending on what kind of technology is used, who it is used ...
Topics: pedagogical issues, Teaching/Learning Strategies, Integration, Research Perspectives
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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...
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Achievement and attitudes in technology-supported postsecondary education: Complexity of relationships through the lens of meta-analysis
Eugene Borokhovski; Robert M. Bernard; Rana M. Tamim; Richard F. Schmid
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 1994–2003
One-hundred and forty-three paired achievement and attitudinal effect sizes from a meta-analysis of technology use in postsecondary education were subjected to correlational analyses to explore patterns of association between learning satisfaction...
Topics: online learning environments, E-learning/E-training, Flexible learning
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An Exploration of Bias in Meta-Analysis: The Case of Technology Integration Research in Higher Education
Robert M. Bernard; Eugene Borokhovski; Richard F. Schmid; Rana M. Tamim
Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 26, No. 3 (December 2014) pp. 183–209
This article contains a second-order meta-analysis and an exploration of bias in the technology integration literature in higher education. Thirteen meta-analyses, dated from 2000 to 2014 were selected to be included based on the questions asked and ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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Technology-supported student interaction in post-secondary education: A meta-analysis of designed versus contextual treatments
Eugene Borokhovski; Robert M. Bernard; Rana M. Tamim; Richard F. Schmid; Anna Sokolovskaya
Computers & Education Vol. 96, No. 1 (May 2016) pp. 15–28
The present study extends the results of a larger meta-analysis that addressed the effects of technology use on student achievement and attitudes in postsecondary education. The focus of the current meta-analysis is the use of technology to enable...
Language: English
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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
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A Review of e-Learning in Canada: A Rough Sketch of the Evidence, Gaps and Promising Directions
Philip Abrami; Robert Bernard; Anne Wade; Richard Schmid; Eugene Borokhovski; Rana Tamin; Michael Surkes; Gretchen Lowerison; Dai Zhang; Iolie Nicolaidou; Sherry Newman; Lori Wozney; Anna Peretiatkowicz; Anna Peretiatkowicz
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 32, No. 3 (Oct 15, 2006)
This review provides a rough sketch of the evidence, gaps and promising directions in e-learning from 2000 onwards, with a particular focus on Canada. We searched a wide range of sources and document types to ensure that we represented,...
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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...