Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
May 13, 2014 Volume 30, Number 2
Editors
Eva Heinrich; Michael Henderson; Petrea Redmond
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 8
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The Zones of Proximal and Distal Development in Chinese Language studies with the use of wikis
Esyin Chew, University of Glamorgan; Seong Ding, University of Malaya
Educational practitioners in the higher education institutions of the UK have increasingly promoted the use of wikis. The technology enhanced learning experience of the UK was transferred to a... More
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Exploring tablet PC lectures: Lecturer experiences and student perceptions in biomedicine
Julia Choate, George Kotsanas & Phillip Dawson, Monash University
Lecturers using tablet PCs with specialised pens can utilise real-time changes in lecture delivery via digital inking. We investigated student perceptions and lecturer experiences of tablet PC... More
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Personal learning environments and university teacher roles explored using Delphi
Zaffar Shaikh & Shakeel Khoja, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan
This paper presents the results of research using an online Delphi method, which aimed to explore university teacher roles and readiness for learner-centred pedagogy, driven by personal learning... More
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Factors that influence the perceived advantages and relevance of Facebook as a learning tool: An extension of the UTAUT
Toms Escobar-Rodrguez, Elena Carvajal-Trujillo & Pedro Monge-Lozano, University of Huelva
Social media technologies are becoming a fundamental component of education. This study extends the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to identify factors that influence the... More
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Exploring discipline differentiation in online discussion participation
Petrea Redmond, Jo Devine & Marita Bassoon, University of Southern Queensland
Online discussion forums are often the only interaction or communication a student in an online learning environment will have with the course instructor and fellow students. Discussion forums are ... More
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Implementation of an electronic Objective Structured Clinical Exam for assessing practical skills in pre-professional physiotherapy and occupational therapy programs: Examiner and course coordinator perspectives
Suzanne Snodgrass, Samantha Ashby & Darren Rivett, The University of Newcastle; Trevor Russell, The University of Queensland
Assessment of practical clinical skills is essential in the health fields. Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs), where examiners assess students performing clinical procedures on simulated... More
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Middle-school students' online information problem solving behaviors on the information retrieval interface
Yi-Fen Yeh, Science Education Center, National Taiwan Normal University; Ying-Shao Hsu & Fu-Tai Chuang, Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Taiwan Normal University; Fu-Kwun Hwang, Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University
With the near-overload of online information, it is necessary to equip our students with the skills necessary to deal with Information Problem Solving (IPS). This study also intended to help... More
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Learning outside the walls of the classroom: Engaging the digital natives
Andrea Veira, St. Vincent Girls' High School P.O. Box 1057 Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies.; Coreen Leacock, The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus School of Education St. Michael, BB11000 Barbados; S Warrican, The University of the West Indies Open Campus Cave Hill St. Michael, BB11000 Barbados
This study investigated the response of students and teachers to the use of ICTs to promote teaching and learning outside of the classroom and regular school hours in a Caribbean secondary school. ... More
