E-Learning and Digital Media
2012 Volume 9, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 10
-
How Compatible Are Communities of Inquiry and the Internet? Some Concerns about the Community of Inquiry Approach to E-Learning
Jennifer Bleazby
There is an extensive body of literature which argues that the Internet supports student-centred learning, collaboration, community, higher-order thinking and the construction of meaning and... More
pp. 1-12
-
Digital Leisure-Time Activities, Cognition, Learning Behaviour and Information Literacy: What Are Our Children Learning?
Mick Grimley
Recent developments in digital technology have resulted in the unprecedented uptake of digital technology engagement as a leisure-time pursuit across the age span. This has resulted in the... More
pp. 13-28
-
Stitching Together a Teacher's Body of Knowledge: Frankie N. Stein's ePortfolio
Timothy Hopper, Kathy Sanford & Sarah Bonsor-Kurki
In this article the authors report on research into how an ePortfolio (eP) process can address the critique that teacher education programs offer fragmented course experiences and too often focus... More
pp. 29-42
-
University Students and Ethics of Computer Technology Usage: Human Resource Development
Waleed Iyadat, Yousef Iyadat, Rateb Ashour & Samer Khasawneh
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the level of students' awareness about computer technology ethics at the Hashemite University in Jordan. A total of 180 university students... More
pp. 43-49
-
Marking Extended Essays on Screen: Exploring the Link between Marking Processes and Comprehension
Martin Johnson, Rebecca Hopkin & Hannah Shiell
Technological developments are impacting upon UK assessment practices in many ways. For qualification awarding bodies, a key example of such impact is the ongoing shift towards examiners marking... More
pp. 50-68
-
Online Advertising: Examining the Content and Messages within Websites Targeted at Children
Lisa Kervin, Sandra C. Jones & Jessica Mantei
It is recognised that from a young age children spend considerable portions of their leisure time on the Internet. In Australia a number of child-targeted magazines have associated websites, which ... More
pp. 69-82
-
The Influence of Computer-Mediated Communication Systems on Community
Amanda J. Rockinson-Szapkiw
As higher education institutions enter the intense competition of the rapidly growing global marketplace of online education, the leaders within these institutions are challenged to identify... More
pp. 83-95
-
The National Educational Technology Plan: Continuing the Dialogue
Raymond Rose & Leonard Waks
The members of the working group on National Educational Technology Policy continue to base their formulations around entrenched conceptions of education, retaining the language of teachers,... More
pp. 96-99
-
Synergy, Supervision and Self-Reliance: Perceptions of the Role of the Tutor in a Postgraduate Online Learning Programme
Cathy Sherratt
This article reports research into online learning in a part-time postgraduate programme in clinical education, which is delivered by means of supported online learning. The aim of this study is to... More
pp. 100-112
-
Constructing Narrative Ecologies as a Site for Teachers' Professional Learning with New Technologies and Media in Primary Education
Keith Turvey
This article argues that to understand how new technologies and media can become co-agents in the process of pedagogical change, we first need to understand teachers' complex relationship with new ... More
pp. 113-126