Improving literacy and metacognition with electronic portfolios: Teaching and learning with ePEARL

Elizabeth Meyer; Philip C. Abrami; C. Anne Wade; Ofra Aslan; Louise Deault

Computers & Education Vol. 55, No. 1 (August 2010) pp. 84–91

Can an electronic portfolio that is both a multimedia container for student work and a tool to support key learning processes have a positive impact on the literacy practices and self-regulated learning skills of students? This article presents the...

Language: English

Using Educational Technology to Develop Early Literacy Skills in Sub-Saharan Africa

Philip C. Abrami; C. Anne Wade; Larysa Lysenko; Jonathon Marsh; Anthony Gioko

Education and Information Technologies Vol. 21, No. 4 (2016) pp. 945–964

The research explores the impact of interactive, multimedia literacy software (ABRA) on the reading skills of early elementary students in Kenya. Twelve grade two English teachers and their students from six schools were randomly divided in half: an ...

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