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Learning, Media and Technology

2014 Volume 39, Number 2

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Table of Contents

Number of articles: 7

  1. Self-Directed Learning and Guidance in Non-Formal Open Courses

    Marisa Ponti

    Digital media and open educational resources (OER) are said to redraw the boundaries between learners and teachers, by weakening the centralization of expertise and the distribution of subject... More

    pp. 154-168

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  2. Finding Space for Student Innovative Practices with Technology in the Classroom

    Thomas Hillman

    This article examines the role students play in shaping the nature of the technologies they use in their classrooms and the role teachers play in supporting students' innovative practices.... More

    pp. 169-183

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  3. The Influence of Techno-Capital and Techno-Disposition on the College-Going Processes of Latina/O College Students in Central Texas

    Charles Lu & Joseph D. Straubhaar

    Latina/o students are one of the least likely populations to access technology and possess the techno-capital necessary to succeed in postsecondary education. This phenomenological qualitative... More

    pp. 184-198

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  4. An Examination of the Relationships among United States College Students' Media Use Habits, Need For Cognition, and Grade Point Average

    Jacob Stephen Turner & Stephen Michael Croucher

    The current study uses survey methods to understand how US college students' use of various types of social media, such as social networking websites and text messaging on smart phones, as... More

    pp. 199-214

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  5. Valuing Production Values: A "Do It Yourself" Media Production Club

    Jennifer Jenson, Negin Dahya & Stephanie Fisher

    In this paper, we identify how and why digital media production can contribute to the active participation of children in education and also consider how much of the existing work in this area is... More

    pp. 215-228

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  6. Mobile Phone Images and Video in Science Teaching and Learning

    Sakunthala Yatigammana Ekanayake & Jocelyn Wishart

    This article reports a study into how mobile phones could be used to enhance teaching and learning in secondary school science. It describes four lessons devised by groups of Sri Lankan teachers... More

    pp. 229-249

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  7. Developing Scales to Measure Parental Mediation of Young Children's Internet Use

    Peter Nikken & Jeroen Jansz

    With children using digital media at ever younger ages, media-education becomes a pressing issue for parents. As there is hardly any research on how parents guide the online activities of toddlers ... More

    pp. 250-266

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