Technology

SLanguages 2009 - Information & Call for Papers

nikeditor — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:19:59 +0000

Following on from last year's second SLanguages conference, we are pleased to announce a call for papers for this year's bigger and better event, to be held 8th May11:00 PDT to 9th May 11:00 PDT on EduNation II and III. The conference aims to bring together practitioners and researchers in the field of language education in Second Life for a 24-hour festival celebrating languages and cultures in Second Life, and will include a variety of social events as well as an exciting mix of plenary and simultaneous sessions throughout. Read more

Language Learning in Computer Mediated Communities October 11-13, 2009 Hawai

nikeditor — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:58:08 +0000

Once, computers were seen as thinking machines or electronic tutors. Now the computer has become one of many devices that people use to form virtual communities of all kinds. In the field of language education, computer mediated communication (CMC) enables students to interact with one another free of space and time constraints and to participate in communities of learning with their counterparts in the target culture. Read more

Using Student Response Systems to Increase Motivation, Learning, and Knowledge Retention

nikeditor — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:21:34 +0000

Student response system (SRS) technology is one of many tools available to help instructors create a rich and productive learning environment. David J. Radosevich, Roger Salomon, Deirdre M. Radosevich, and Patricia Kahn describe a study designed to measure the effect of an SRS on student interest and retention. Read more

Looking for ‘Technology in Education’ Courses

Olga_R — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:09:28 +0000

Dear colleagues,

Perspectives on early years and digital technologies

nikeditor — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:01:03 +0000

This publication is a first for us as it brings together early work from Futurelab’s PhD studentship network. This network was set up to bring together PhD students and their supervisors from Bristol, Nottingham and Stirling universities to explore how these different groups might, collaboratively, explore challenging questions around the role of digital technologies in young children’s learning. Read more

Moving Teaching and Learning with Technology from Adoption to Transformation

nikeditor — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:09:56 +0000

Information technology has been an important part of higher education since the development of the lantern slide in the mid-1800s. However, occasions in which the academy has been transformed by technology are rare. Viewed in a historical perspective, these occasions can be considered as a series of three epochs: the online public-access catalog epoch; the personal computer, Internet, and web epoch. Read more

Using technology in the classroom

carladelia — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:23:58 +0000

I find the use of technology in the classroom amazing. It offers great visual aids as well as listening and reading inputs through powerpoint presentations, for instance.

The Gateway to 21st Century Skills

nikeditor — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:09:10 +0000

Today’s education system faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between how students live and how they learn. Schools are struggling to keep pace with the astonishing rate of change in students' lives outside of school. Students will spend their adult lives in a multitasking, multifaceted, technology driven, diverse, vibrant world
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Most principals think their schools prepare students for 21st-century careers, but students disagree

nikeditor — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:04:11 +0000

Students who took the survey said the major obstacles to their use of technology at school include filters that block the web sites they need and administrators who impose rules that limit their technology use.
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Researching Computer Mediated Communication in Foreign Language Education: Issues and Methods

nikeditor — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:28:30 +0000

EUROCALL’s Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) Special Interest Group wishes to announce the following regional workshop for foreign language educators and researchers: “Researching Computer Mediated Communication in Foreign Language Education: Issues and Methods” The workshop will take place between the 23-25 April, 2009 (Thurs-Sat.) at the University of León, Spain. Read more