The Emerging Force in Education: Cloud Spaces for Mobile Web Applications

Ferial Khaddage

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 19–22

Mobile devices are becoming cheaper and access is becoming affordable and global. Recently the rapid development of the emerging cloud computing has triggered educators to rethink the ubiquities learning environment. Cloud computing is one of the...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

The iPad Global Embrace!Are we Branding Mobile Learning?

Ferial Khaddage

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3234–3240

Mobile computing is taking the educational institutions into a new era of instruction. Educational institutions globally are opting for new mobile devices to integrate, and it seems that the vast majority are integrating the iPad without even...

Rising to the Challenge The Changing Nature of Education in the 21st Century! “Lebanon Case”

Ferial Khaddage

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1532–1536

ICT and mobile learning technologies and applications are shaping the future of education, and are becoming pervasive in today’s society. We believe that the Lebanese education curriculum needs to be amended to incorporate ICT and mobile...

Facebook as a Dynamic Educational Tool in a Mobile Learning Environment

Ferial Khaddage; Eric Bray

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 3791–3798

Facebook is a worldwide phenomena and a popular multi-user social platform. It has evolved into a dynamic powerful social multimedia platform, and currently it is the most popular among users of all ages. Facebook is evolving at a rapid rate...

Device Independent Mobile Applications for Teaching and Learning: Challenges, Barriers and Limitations

Ferial Khaddage; Gerald Knezek

Global Learn 2011 (Mar 28, 2011) pp. 1–7

Mobile applications for teaching and learning are becoming an increasingly popular method of content delivery. Universities are being confronted with a rapid surge in the penetration of mobile devices amongst students. The challenge that...

Community-Based Learning (CBL) via Facebook Mobile“It is Time to BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)

Ferial Khaddage; Adalheidur Reed

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3220–3224

The penetration of social networking platforms such as Facebook is becoming pervasive in education, along with mobile applications (apps) and mobile devices. Students are using these technologies and apps to organise their learning material. Social...

The Good the Bad the Ugly of Artificial Intelligence & Why It Matters in Education

Ferial Khaddage; Walid Safi

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 1791–1796

The world is changing at a rapid speed, smart data gathering, data mining systems, powered by intelligent systems, natural language processing (NLP), virtual reality, cloud computing, mobile applications and artificial intelligence (AI) are already...

Topics: Innovative online learning and educational programming, Mobile teaching and learning technologies, Education for sustainable development

Utilising AI Tools and ChatGPT in Inquiry-Based Learning: A Paradigm Shift in Computer Science Education

Ferial Khaddage; Antoine Melki

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2024 (Jul 01, 2024) pp. 213–218

Inquiry-based learning (IBL) has long been acknowledged as a pedagogical approach that fosters critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and deep conceptual understanding. However, its implementation in computer science education often faces...

Topics: Emerging Technologies for Learning and Teaching, Artificial Intelligence in Education

iTeach We Learn Via Mobile Apps "a Case Study in a Business Course"

Ferial Khaddage; Christoph Lattemann

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3225–3233

Mobile smart phones and Mobile applications (apps) can be seen as an added opportunity for education and for teachers in particular, this can be true if educational institutions are willing to enable this type of delivery mechanism. With the recent...

Opportunities for Mobile Applications to Empower Informal Learning in University Environments

Ferial Khaddage; Gerald Knezek

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 236–243

The integration of mobile applications, mobile social networking platforms and other mobile technologies has become pervasive in teaching and learning. This rapid development has empowered informal learning, and is now leading to the exploration of...

Introducing a Novel Hybrid Algorithm for a Client-Server Mobile Learning System

Ferial Khaddage; Ashley Chonka

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2893–2899

This paper is based on previous publications and work by the same authors during the implementation of a client-server mobile learning system called Image Indexing for Mobile Phone (ID4MP). The system has a good feature of efficiency, accuracy and...

Mobile Computing and Educational Innovation in Japan

Eric Bray; Ferial Khaddage

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3470–3472

Japan is well known for it economic and technological development but lags behind other industrialized countries, e.g. USA, Britain, South Korea, Singapore, etc. in its use of IT in education. Over the past 20 years there have been various...

Towards an Innovative Approach for Teacher Education: Training Teacher to Train (TTT) Model

Ferial Malaeb-Khaddage; Helen Crompton

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1608–1612

The world is now connected virtual and mobile, it is currently going through a fundamental transformation in the way we humans work, perform tasks and activities. Automation and ‘thinking machines’ are replacing basic human tasks and jobs, and...

Topics: Mobile Learning, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Trends and Barriers on the Fusion of Mobile Apps in Higher Education Where to Next and How?

Ferial Khaddage; Jesús Hernández Cosío

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 903–909

Mobile applications (apps) can be seen as an added opportunity in education. Currently it is hard to imagine a better device that can grant students easy flexible and on demand access to learning content than each student having in their hands a...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Mobile Learning, Information Technology Diffusion/Integration

Water, Food, Shelter and a Mobile Phone Mobile Learning Despite Crises Syrian Refugees’ Case Study

Ferial Malaeb-Khaddage; Helen Crompton

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 768–770

This panel describes the refugees’ crisis and its impact on school age children. The focus is on the Syrian children refugees in Mount Lebanon, an area that is usually forgotten. The United Nations offers schooling to primary school children in...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Mobile Learning

Mobile Apps Integration for Teaching and Learning. (Are Teachers Ready to Re-blend?)

Ferial Khaddage; Christoph Lattemann; Eric Bray

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2545–2552

The challenge of experimenting with new mobile technological innovations for teaching and learning is a constant factor for teachers at universities. This paper examines some important features that mobile phone Apps can bring to the learning...

ICT in the Middle East: Looking at Mobile Technologies

Miri Shonfeld; Ferial Khaddage; Melda Yildiz

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1606–1609

In this panel, we will draw a picture relating to ICT in education of three countries in the Middle East: Turkey, Lebanon and Israel, with a focus on mobile technologies. Currently these tools are developing rapidly and can be seen as the promising...

Advancing Mobile Learning in Formal and Informal Settings via Mobile App Technology: Where to from Here, and How?

Ferial Khaddage; Wolfgang Müller; Kim Flintoff

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 3 (2016) pp. 16–26

In this paper a brief review of the framework that addressed mobile learning implementation challenges (pedagogical, technological, policy and research) that was developed by Khaddage et al. (2015) is briefly discussed, followed by possible...

Mobile Gamification in Education Engage, Educate and Entertain via Gamified Mobile Apps

Ferial Khaddage; Christoph Lattemann; Ricardo Acosta-Díaz

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1654–1660

Digital games are very popular amongst the digital natives; they use them for entertainment engagement, enjoyment and fun. With the emergence of the internet and mobile apps edutainment and gamification is also becoming increasingly important in the ...

Topics: Games & Simulations, Mobile Learning, Information Technology Diffusion/Integration

Towards a Persuasive Design Pattern for a Gamified M-Learning Environment

Ferial Khaddage; Christoph Lattemann; Helen Crompton

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2016 (Nov 14, 2016) pp. 1340–1349

New innovative technologies create opportunities for persuasive engagement. Persuasive technology is all about software, systems and applications designed to hook, reinforce, change and shape the attitudes of the learners without using coercion or...

Topics: Content Development, Tools & Systems, Designing, Developing, and Assessing E-Learning

If Not Now! When? A Mobile Badge Reward System for K-12 Teachers

Ferial Khaddage; Rowland Baker; Gerald Knezek

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2900–2905

Badges can be an effective method to publically recognize and reward individual achievement in certain areas of expertise. Badge recognition systems are on the rise in business, social networking environments, and most recently, in education. The...

Aligning Learner Preferences for Information Seeking, Information Sharing and Mobile Technologies

Leila A. Mills; Gerald Knezek; Ferial Khaddage

International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA) 2012 (October 2012)

This paper reports on the development of a new information communications technology (ICT) learning preference survey, its cross-validation with attitudes towards mobile learning, and new perspectives on information seeking, information sharing, and ...

The Teacher Education Evolution: The Shift from Online to Mobile Learning in Curriculum, Assessment and Delivery

Ferial Khaddage; Gerald Knezek; Dina Rosen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3936–3942

: Most teacher education programs have online applications. Increasingly teacher education programs are expanding their distance education applications with mobile learning, or m-learning. Although related to online learning, m-learning focuses on...

Image Indexing for Learning Content via a Mobile Phone

Ferial Khaddage; Ashley Chonka; Wanlei Zhou

Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 187–194

Mobile devices and especially mobile phones are being seen as an added opportunity for learning. Few problems are being faced today with content presentation on a mobile phone, as some mobile phones have limited capabilities and have small screen...

Tools for Mobile Apps Development in Primary Schools “A Fourth Grader Case Study”

Ferial Khaddage; Johannes Magenheim; Melanie Margaritis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2425–2428

Mobile apps are becoming the main tool/technology to handle, manage and organize information on a mobile device. During this roundtable we attempt to describe a method/approach on how to introduce mobile app design and development in primary school. ...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technology Education, Middle School Education, Mobile Learning, Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education

Smartphones as Learning Devices in Primary School:A Case Study from Singapore

Ferial Khaddage; Gerald Knezek; Cathie Norris; Elliot Soloway

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014 (Oct 20, 2014) pp. 980–986

Smartphones are fusion devices; they are currently being used in our daily activities--social, work, education and communication. Smartphones provide rapid and easy access to information and facilitate communication anytime, anywhere. The main focus ...

Topics: research, Implementation Examples & Issues, Social & Cultural Issues

Barriers and Limitations of Mobile Device Integration: The Case of Nan Chiau Primary School (Singapore)

Ferial Khaddage; Gerald Knezek; Cathie Norris; Elliot Soloway

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2420–2424

Mobile devices are being used as learning tools for grade three and grade four students at Nan Chiau Primary School in Singapore. This is part of the WeLearn Project initiative by the University of Michigan, Microsoft and Nokia, the aim of this...

Topics: Integration, Research & Evaluation, Administration, New Possibilities with Information Technology Education

A Case Study of Student’s Attitude Towards the Adoption of Educational Apps and Mobilization as Teaching and Learning Tools at a Historical Black College (HBCU) in the Southeastern Part of the United States

Pramod Jasti; Albertha Lawson; Moustapha Diack; Ferial Khaddage

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1644–1649

Mobile application is a software application designed to run on Smartphones. Because of the significant advancement in mobilization technology (use of mobile technology to deliver online learning using mobile devices), how these devices are...

Topics: Software, Standards, Attitudes, Mobile Learning, New Possibilities with Information Technology Education

A Model Driven Framework to Address Challenges in a Mobile Learning Environment

Ferial Khaddage; Rhonda Christensen; Wing Lai; Gerald Knezek; Cathie Norris; Elliot Soloway

Education and Information Technologies Vol. 20, No. 4 (2015) pp. 625–640

In this paper a review of the pedagogical, technological, policy and research challenges and concepts underlying mobile learning is presented, followed by a brief description of categories of implementations. A model Mobile learning framework and...

MOOCs to SIMMs: M-learning around the world

Melda Yildiz; Ferial Khaddage; Miri Shonfeld; Christoph Lattemann; Adalheidur Reed; Sagini Keengwe; Gregory Shepherd

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1145–1151

Will massive open online courses (MOOCs) and mobile technologies improve education or endanger it? In this panel discussion, panelists from six different countries and five continents discuss the power of MOOCs and mobile technologies in the...

Topics: Mobile Learning, International Education

Research-informed Strategies to address Educational Challenges in a Digitally Networked World: The EDUsummIT 2013 Action Agenda

Joke Voogt; Gerald Knezek; Mike Searson; Kwok-Wing Lai; David Gibson; Ferial Khaddage

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1022–1023

EduSummIT is a global community of policy-makers, researchers, and educators working together to move education into the digital age. EDUsummIT 2013 took place in Washington DC and resulted in an action agenda for researchers, policy makers and...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Information Technology Diffusion/Integration, International Education

Digital Divide: Will Mobile Technology Lead the Change?

Miri Shonfeld; Ferial Khaddage; Melda Yildiz; Adalheidur Reed; Asmaa N. Ganayem

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 723–726

In this panel, we redefine the "digital divide” from a global point of view. We bring examples from K-12 and higher education institutions highlighting Turkey, Israel, Iceland and Australia. This panel not only focuses on the access to ICT resources,...

Topics: Computers, Literacy, Digital Divide, Equity & Social Justice, Information Literacy Education (Library & Media Science)

Is this an iPad Revolution or Mobile Learning Revolution?A Global Perspective across Countries: “ iWorld, iLearn”

Ferial Khaddage; Miri Shonfeld; Melda Yildiz; Christoph Lattemann; Adalheidur Reed; Eric Bray

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3505–3513

This evolution of mobile technologies and application integration in education across the world has provided a shift to a new learning environment via various mobile platforms.Educational institutions globally are missing to identify specific mobile ...

Technology Enhanced Quality Learning for All

Joke Voogt; Gerald Knezek; Ferial Khaddage; Therese Laferriere; Paul Resta; Peter Albion; Punya Mishra; Petra Fisser; Mike Searson; Mike Spector; Kwok Wing Lai; David Gibson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1312–1314

EduSummIT is a global community of policy-makers, researchers, and educators working together to move education into the digital age. The fourth EDUsummIT in 2015 will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, in close connection with the UNESCO Bangkok....

Topics: Research & Evaluation, Technology Leadership