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- Work in ProgressApril 2023
Exploring Potential Contributions of Social Learning to Adaptive Learning Systems
CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsArticle No.: 119, Pages 1–6https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585758Adaptive learning systems aim to emulate how skilled educators seek to provide every student the best possible learning experience. We investigate how such systems might be enriched by activities and indicators of social learning - an aspect of learning ...
- abstractAugust 2021
A Pedagogical Framework for Teaching Computer Programming: A Social Constructivist and Cognitive Load Theory Approach
ICER 2021: Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on International Computing Education ResearchPages 415–416https://doi.org/10.1145/3446871.3469778Computer programming is widely regarded as a complex learning domain with high element interactivity leading to some students experiencing low levels of success due to high cognitive load. Collaborative cognitive load theory may provide a way to ...
- research-articleFebruary 2016
Relationships among tasks, collaborative inquiry processes, inquiry resolutions, and knowledge outcomes in adolescents during guided discovery-based game design in school
Journal of Information Science (JIPP), Volume 42, Issue 1Pages 35–58https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551515614537This research study investigates US middle school students' collaborative information-seeking, sense-making and knowledge-building practices in a guided discovery-based programme of game design learning in which students and their teachers participate ...
- short-paperSeptember 2015
Fontys ICT, Partners in Education Program: Intensifying Collaborations Between Higher Education and Software Industry
ECSAW '15: Proceedings of the 2015 European Conference on Software Architecture WorkshopsArticle No.: 33, Pages 1–4https://doi.org/10.1145/2797433.2797468In this paper, we describe the existing successful practices at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences, ICT in establishing and maintaining collaboration with industry within its ICT curriculum. We describe our approach and the major challenges that ...
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- tutorialAugust 2014
Collaborative Learning of Translation: The Case of TransWiki in Macao
OpenSym '14: Proceedings of The International Symposium on Open CollaborationPages 1–10https://doi.org/10.1145/2641580.2641629Pedagogy has undergone a paradigm shift since the focus changed from uni-directional transmission to collaborative construction of knowledge. The social constructivist approach calls for pedagogy to facilitate interaction between learners involved in ...
- posterMarch 2014
Adaptive and social mechanisms for automated improvement of eLearning materials
L@S '14: Proceedings of the first ACM conference on Learning @ scale conferencePages 165–166https://doi.org/10.1145/2556325.2567861Online environments introduce unprecedented scale for formal and informal learning communities. In these environments, user-contributed content enables social constructivist approaches to education. In particular, students can help each other by ...
- ArticleJuly 2013
Building and sustaining a lifelong adult learning network
OCSC'13: Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Online Communities and Social ComputingPages 260–268https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39371-6_30What happens when a group of co-learners engage in a continuous lifelong learning community in the context of rapid changes in both the use of ICT in learning and the curriculum?
This paper describes a longitudinal study from 1995 to 2010 into the ...
- ArticleDecember 2010
Issues of interaction in pure-online English learning environment through perspectives of cognitive constructivism and social constructivism: a case study for non-formal learning
ICWL'10: Proceedings of the 2010 international conference on New horizons in web-based learningPages 139–150Most previous studies on the use of Internet technology and computers for second language learning have been conducted in blended learning environments. Although much research has been undertaken into interactions in online learning, little work has ...
- ArticleJuly 2010
From CMS to SNS: Exploring the Use of Facebook in the Social Constructivist Paradigm
SAINT '10: Proceedings of the 2010 10th IEEE/IPSJ International Symposium on Applications and the InternetPages 221–224https://doi.org/10.1109/SAINT.2010.101This paper is a report on a case study of the use of Facebook to augment an undergraduate Korean language teacher education class through discussions and use of student-generated data. Results showed that students had positive attitudes toward the use of ...
- articleFebruary 2010
The Evolution of Social Capital and Civic Engagement Between Nonprofit Networks and County Representatives
Social Science Computer Review (SSCR), Volume 28, Issue 1Pages 135–150https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439309337452The concept of social capital continues to underline contemporary debate regarding the extent to which shared values, ideas, norms, and culture shape the kind of political and administrative efficacy that enhances collective action, democracy, and ...
- ArticleOctober 2009
Using cooperative writing and oral presentations as peer teaching - evaluating the effectiveness of elements of inductive teaching and social constructivism on student outcomes
FIE'09: Proceedings of the 39th IEEE international conference on Frontiers in education conferencePages 483–489The overall teaching strategy in our basic materials engineering course has been transformed from deductive practice to an inductive teaching and learning system where most of the elements of a student-centered approach are present: cooperative learning,...
- articleJuly 2009
Mobilising learning: intentional disruption – harnessing the potential of social software tools in higher education using wireless mobile devices
International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation (IJMLO), Volume 3, Issue 4Pages 399–419https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2009.027456This paper introduces a research project that explores the integration of Web2 and wireless mobile devices (WMDs) in tertiary education. It discusses the results of the first mobile learning trial undertaken as part of the research. The paper argues ...
- ArticleMarch 2008
Using a blog to bridge the mathematical knowledge at the tertiary level
Over the decades, the imparting of knowledge by teachers have always been proven challenging. Research in teaching has contributed to some improvement in teaching. In the Caribbean, financial assistance for research in teaching is very limited. This ...
- ArticleMarch 2008
Combining Physical Activities and Mobile Games to Promote Novel Learning Practices
WMUTE '08: Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Wireless, Mobile, and Ubiquitous Technology in EducationPages 31–38https://doi.org/10.1109/WMUTE.2008.37Mobile outdoor games can be seen as fertile ground for conducting novel learning activities that involve children in different tasks including physical motion, problem solving, inquiry and collaboration; all those are activities that support different ...
- ArticleOctober 2007
Building collaborative capacities in learners: the M/cyclopedia project revisited
WikiSym '07: Proceedings of the 2007 international symposium on WikisPages 1–10https://doi.org/10.1145/1296951.1296952In this paper we trace the evolution of a project using a wiki-based learning environment in a tertiary education setting. The project has the pedagogical goal of building learners' capacities to work effectively in the networked, collaborative, ...
- articleJune 2007
The genesis of a virtual world revisited
International Journal of Web Based Communities (IJWBC), Volume 3, Issue 3Pages 271–282https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWBC.2007.014238Constructing a virtual world requires certain technical skills and the ability to make difficult decisions regarding how the world will look and feel. However, the most difficult aspect of building a virtual world has less to do with the building of the ...
- ArticleApril 2007
Sounding board: a handheld device for mutual assessment in education
CHI EA '07: CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPages 2783–2788https://doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241079We are developing a set of handheld input devices for mutual assessment in the course of a learning activity and a system to give on-the-spot feedback concerning the summary of the assessment to the learners visually with the aid of charts. This paper ...
- ArticleOctober 2005
Wikis in teaching and assessment: the M/Cyclopedia project
WikiSym '05: Proceedings of the 2005 international symposium on WikisPages 25–32https://doi.org/10.1145/1104973.1104976In a knowledge-based, networked economy, students leaving university need to have attained skills in collaborative and creative project-based work and to have developed critical, reflective practices. This paper outlines how a wiki can been used as part ...
- articleOctober 2004
Assessing Online Discussions Working ‘Along the Grain’ of Current Technology and Educational Culture
Education and Information Technologies (KLU-EAIT), Volume 9, Issue 4Pages 377–386https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EAIT.0000045294.49420.1cThe paper reports a case study assessing asynchronous text-based online discussion amongst trainee teachers in Britain. It describes the project as working ‘along the grain’ of current technology and educational culture since it aims to exploit the ...