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British Journal of Educational Technology

Sep 16, 2014 Volume 45, Number 5

Editors

Carina Girvan; Sara Hennessy; Manolis Mavrikis; Sara Price; Niall Winters

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Table of Contents

Number of articles: 15

  1. Being in the users' shoes: Anticipating experience while designing online courses

    Chrysi Rapanta & Lorenzo Cantoni

    While user-centred design and user experience are given much attention in the e-learning design field, no research has been found on how users are actually represented in the discussions during the... More

    pp. 765-777

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  2. Being in the users' shoes: Is there maybe another way?

    John Cowan

    This essay is in response to the paper “Being in the users' shoes: Anticipating experience while designing online courses” by Chrysi Rapanta and Lorenzo Cantoni (DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12102). More

    pp. 778-780

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  3. On becoming a civic-minded instructional designer: An ethnographic study of an instructional design experience

    Farrah Dina Yusop & Ana‐Paula Correia

    This ethnographic study took place in a graduate course at a large research university in the Midwestern United States. It presents an in-depth examination of the experiences and challenges of a... More

    pp. 782-792

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  4. The nature of teacher engagement at an online high school

    Jered Borup, Charles R. Graham & Jeffery S. Drysdale

    Little research has examined the critical components of successful K-12 online schools, due in part to the theoretical focus of current frameworks on higher education rather than characteristics of... More

    pp. 793-806

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  5. Participation, interaction and social presence: An exploratory study of collaboration in online peer review groups

    Huahui Zhao, Kirk P. H. Sullivan & Ingmarie Mellenius

    A key reason for using asynchronous computer conferencing in instruction is its potential for supporting collaborative learning. However, few studies have examined collaboration in computer... More

    pp. 807-819

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  6. An educational game for learning human immunology: What do students learn and how do they perceive?

    Meng‐Tzu Cheng, TzuFen Su, Wei‐Yu Huang & Jhih‐Hao Chen

    The scientific concepts of human immunology are inherently complicated and extremely difficult to understand. Hence, this study reports on the development of an educational game entitled and... More

    pp. 820-833

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  7. Linguistic analysis of extended examination answers: Differences between on-screen and paper-based, high- and low-scoring answers

    Melody Charman

    This small-scale pilot study aimed to establish how the mode of response in an examination affects candidates' performances on items that require an extended answer. The sample comprised 46 17-year... More

    pp. 834-843

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  8. The relative merits of transparency: Investigating situations that support the use of robotics in developing student learning adaptability across virtual and physical computing platforms

    Sandra Y. Okita

    This study examined whether developing earlier forms of knowledge in specific learning environments prepares students better for future learning when they are placed in an unfamiliar learning... More

    pp. 844-862

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  9. Membership, participation and knowledge building in virtual communities for informal learning

    Bunthida Chunngam, Sumalee Chanchalor & Elizabeth Murphy

    This paper reports on a study involving the design of a virtual community for informal learning about Thai herbs. The community relied on social networking tools and a database of expert knowledge ... More

    pp. 863-879

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  10. Designing a trust evaluation model for open-knowledge communities

    Xianmin Yang, Qin Qiu, Shengquan Yu & Hasan Tahir

    The openness of open-knowledge communities (OKCs) leads to concerns about the knowledge quality and reliability of such communities. This confidence crisis has become a major factor limiting the... More

    pp. 880-901

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  11. Twitter for teaching: Can social media be used to enhance the process of learning?

    Chris Evans

    Can social media be used to enhance the process of learning by students in higher education? Social media have become widely adopted by students in their personal lives. However, the application of... More

    pp. 902-915

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  12. Exploring new potentials of blogs for learning: Can children use blogs for personal information management (PIM)?

    Hwan‐Ik Yeo & Yekyung Lisa Lee

    This study explores the use of blogs for personal information management (PIM) as a learning tool that could bring increased efficiency and academic self-efficacy for carrying out learning tasks.... More

    pp. 916-925

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  13. Evaluating multimodal literacies in student blogs

    Barbara O'Byrne & Stacey Murrell

    This research presents ways in which high school students used the multimodal and interactive affordances of blogs to create, organize, communicate and participate on an educational blog. Their... More

    pp. 926-940

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  14. Self-regulated learning ability of Chinese distance learners

    Hong Zhao, Li Chen & Santosh Panda

    This study reports on self-regulated learning (SRL) of Chinese distance learners by using a structured SRL scale. SRL of adult and lifelong learners is a well-researched area, though its... More

    pp. 941-958

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  15. Web-based reading annotation system with an attention-based self-regulated learning mechanism for promoting reading performance

    Chih‐Ming Chen & Sheng‐Hui Huang

    Due to the rapid development of information technology, web-based learning has become a dominant trend. That is, learners can often learn anytime and anywhere without being restricted by time and... More

    pp. 959-980

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