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Factors Determining Student&apos;s Perception towards Mobile Learning: An Empirical Study of Pakistan&apos;s Higher Education
Author: Uppal, M. Amaad
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Student Attitudes,Correlation,Knowledge Level,Teaching Methods,Barriers,Costs,Readiness,Foreign Countries

The evolution of mobile technology and its widespread use has prompted educators to research the use of mobile phones for education. Students of all ages use mobile phones not only for communication but also for entertainment, storage of data and accessing information. Many activities like photography have shifted to mobile, data storage has moved to mobiles, watching TV/movies is done on mobiles, internet is mostly accessed from mobiles. However, for learning purposes, use of mobile phones seems to be low. In this research, we identify factors that impact the perception of students towards use of mobiles for learning. These factors include 'knowledge on mobile learning', 'learning method issues', 'device issues', 'financial issues' and 'readiness for mobile learning'. Applying Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), a model is presented based on data collected from 200 business and engineering students, through a questionnaire. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is conducted to examine the reliability and validity of this model. Our findings reveal that all five variables of this study have correlation with 'perception of students', however, 'financial issues' and 'device issues' have been found to create significant impact on student perception. If these two issues are addressed, student perception towards mobile learning would improve.
Cross-Linguistic Influence in the Use of &quot;Be&quot; in L3 English by L1-Chinese and L1-Russian Children in Korea
Author: Jo, Kyuhee
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Russian,Chinese,Native Language,Second Language Learning,English (Second Language),Transfer of Training,Error Analysis (Language),Korean,Task Analysis,Language Usage,Morphemes,Teaching Methods,Second Language Instruction,Verbs,Immigrants,Foreign Countries,Language Proficiency,Children,Adolescents

Errors with &quot;be&quot;, whether omission (e.g., &quot;John happy&quot;) or overuse (i.e., &quot;be&quot;-insertion; e.g., &quot;John is love Mary&quot;), have received particular attention in L2 acquisition studies exploring L1 transfer. This study investigates such errors in the context of L3 acquisition, focusing on L1 transfer. L1-Chinese (n = 34) and L1-Russian (n = 34) children with L2 Korean completed an elicitation production task designed to explore their use of English &quot;be.&quot; The study resulted in two main findings. First, L1- Russian children showed more omission errors than proficiency-matching L1- Chinese children, possibly due to an L1 transfer given that copula in Russian are dropped in the present tense. Second, L1-Chinese learners used &quot;be&quot;-insertion more frequently than proficiency-matching L1-Russian children, possibly due to using &quot;be&quot; for more functions (as a topic marker and an inflectional morpheme), as other research has shown for L2-English learners with topic-prominent L1s. Based on the findings, the study discusses some pedagogical implications.
L2 Prediction Guided by Linguistic Experience
Author: Chun, Eunjin
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Prediction,Prior Learning,Eye Movements,Short Term Memory,Vocabulary Development,Linguistic Input,Second Language Learning,Error Analysis (Language),Native Language,Pretests Posttests,Task Analysis,Scores,Language Processing,Cues,English,Chinese,English (Second Language)

Research suggests that prediction is important for language comprehension and learning. Accordingly, it becomes crucial to understand factors that can influence prediction. In this regard, speakers' prior linguistic experience such as parsing bias has been claimed to affect prediction in the error-based learning account. To test this claim, the current study, using the visual world eye-tracking paradigm, investigated if L2 speakers' anticipatory eye movements are influenced by their parsing bias, and if individuals' parsing bias interacts with their working memory capacity and/or vocabulary size for the prediction. The results showed no main effect of the parsing bias on the prediction overall, and the parsing bias did not interact with the working memory capacity and/or the vocabulary size for the prediction. Importantly, however, the speakers' parsing bias significantly interacted with the trials. The influence of the parsing bias over the course of this experiment suggests that L2 speakers' prediction is guided by their recent experience with linguistic input as well as long-term linguistic experience.
The Language Attitude of Islamic Boarding School Students toward English
Author: Utami, Eka Ayu Rizki
Date: 2020-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Language Attitudes,Student Attitudes,English (Second Language),Boarding Schools,Islam,Foreign Countries,Private Schools,High Achievement,Low Achievement,High School Students

Language attitude study has proven to reveal students' success and failure in learning language. Attitude is not innate, but learned. Students learn to grow and improve their positive language attitudes towards foreign languages through certain programs at schools. The aim of this research is to investigate the language attitude of students in an Indonesian Islamic boarding school towards English as a foreign Language and to describe why they have the attitude. The respondents were 49 students of 2nd grade of senior high school classes from HAC (High-Achieving Class) and LAC (Low-Achieving Class). The design of this research was mixed method using explanatory sequential design. To obtain the data, the instrument used was a questionnaire consisting of cognitive, affective and conative components of language attitudes. Interview was carried out to acquire the reason the students had the attitudes. The finding was both HAC and LAC students' language attitudes were mostly positive (91.83%) in cognitive, affective and conative language attitudes. Some (8.17%) had different language attitudes. They showed positive language attitudes, but acquired low scores and showed negative language attitudes, but acquired high scores. The interview revealed this phenomenon.
Teachers&apos; Perceptions on Using Smartphones in Teaching English as a Foreign Language Context
Author: Alzubi, Ali
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Language Teachers,College Faculty,Teacher Attitudes,Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Teaching Methods,Barriers,Program Effectiveness

This study explored the perceptions of English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers at a foundation year in a university in Saudi Arabia. Forty-one (27 males and 14 females) teachers completed a survey using Google Forms. The results indicated that the majority of teachers (83%) supported the integration of smartphones in EFL context, in which 71% believed that smartphones would enhance students' EFL learning. 72% reported that they used smartphones for university-related work: sending and receiving emails, accessing the internet, and using educational applications were the most reported beneficial features whereas scanning/creating QR codes, using calculator, playing games, and playing a podcast were the least reported.79 % believed that smartphones would have instructional benefits for learners such as access to technology, motivation, creativity, English language learning opportunities, and variation in instruction, whereas 58 % did not notice any barriers in the use of smartphones in EFL context. That smartphones might distract students' attention was the only reported barrier. Recommendations and implications for further research and applications were suggested.
&quot;The Hour of the Code&quot;: Computational Thinking Workshop in a Primary School in Guarda, Portugal
Author: Brigas, Carlos Jorge
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Science Education,Thinking Skills,Coding,Elementary School Students,Programming Languages,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Workshops,College School Cooperation,Program Descriptions

In recent years, there has been an increased effort to introduce coding and computational thinking in early childhood education. In accordance with the international trend, programming has become an increasingly growing focus in European education. The idea of introducing computer programming in the classroom dates back to the late 1960s. The introduction of programming language provides an opportunity to engage in logical and abstract thinking, problem solving, and the creative design process. One of the best-known initiatives is The Hour of Code. This initiative is being implemented in 180 countries and more than 700 million students have participated. The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify &quot;code,&quot; to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. This article describes a workshop held under the &quot;The Hour of the Code&quot; initiative and implemented in the primary schools of Guarda, Portugal. The activity took place at the school and lasted two hours. Students from the first to the fourth grade participated, with ages ranging from 6-11 years. The teachers of the activity were university professors of computer engineering and students of computer engineering.
How Multimedia Support Collaborative Research: Best Practices
Author: Regaña, Cristóbal Ballesteros
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Multimedia Materials,Cooperation,Research,Best Practices,Curriculum Design,Internet,Constructivism (Learning),Technology Uses in Education,Teaching Methods,Teacher Education

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the potential for online multimedia materials as alternative learning tools for the collaborative training of teachers in the design of research-based teaching. A case study using a team of three trainee teachers was used to develop a process of initial training in the design of a constructivist and research-based teaching unit supported by online multimedia material. The results obtained from the research allowed some principles to be identified and basic recommendations and alternative lines of action to be given for designing online multimedia materials. Online multimedia materials can be alternative teaching tools that contribute, with other materials, to the development of constructivist, collaborative, and research-based strategies which help provide the necessary support for improving the initial and ongoing training of new teachers in the design of teaching from a research perspective.
Analog and Digital Games as a Pedagogical Tool in the Teacher Training Context
Author: Ribeiro, Maria do Céu
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Game Based Learning,Elementary School Students,Children,Skill Development,Learning Motivation,Social Development,Childrens Attitudes,Preservice Teacher Education,Internship Programs,Educational Games,Computer Games

This article focuses on analog and digital game play and the challenges it poses to future teachers in an educational context. For that, a review of the literature on the subject was made, addressing the theories of Piaget and Vygotsky. We refer to the game as a pedagogical resource, its relation to the teaching-learning process, and its role in stimulating the multiple intelligences referenced by the psychologist Howard Gardner. Structurally framed by this theoretical framework, we developed this study in an integrated internship context in a classroom of the First Cycle of Basic Education, with 20 children ages 9 and 10. In order to carry out this research, we developed teaching-learning experiences that allowed us to answer the following question: How do the different game supports (analog/digital) motivate children to the teaching-learning process? In order to answer this question, we have outlined the following objectives: i) to understand if the type of support in which children play influences learning; ii) develop activities in contexts, using games (analog and digital); (iii) understand, to what extent, playing games encourages the development of multiple skills. The study is part of a descriptive, interpretive, and reflexive process, framed in a qualitative approach. For data collection, we used participant observation, observation log grids, field notes, photographic records, and interviews with the children. After analyzing the data, these tend to reveal, among other aspects, a remarkable improvement in motivation of children, perceiving that the game is an excellent teaching/learning strategy that allows the development of social and communication skills of children, predisposing the child for learning. As far as the type of game support is concerned, we found that although digital is more appealing to children born in the Digital Age, we verified that both the game in analog and digital support, when properly integrated into the educational action, are also promoters of meaningful and lasting learning.
History of the Spanish Pedagogical Renewal through Its Education Centers: 1876-1972
Author: Pericacho, Francisco Javier
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational History,Educational Change,Teaching Methods,Social Change,Authoritarianism,Elementary Schools,Periodicals,Cultural Influences

Promoted by some of the most critical sectors of the education community, the history of the Spanish pedagogical renewal (19th and 20th centuries) shows all kinds of experiences representing an innovative, committed and transformative way to understand both pedagogical processes and the school. This article shows the final results of the historical analysis of the Spanish pedagogical renewal from the late 19th century (1876) to the last years of Franco's dictatorship (1972), through the different primary education schools considered as references, both public and private. Different studies on the Spanish pedagogical renewal have been examined, as well as media from the period and the main education magazines which acted as tools of expression in each historical period. This analysis was completed with data obtained from the revision of education projects, the direct observation of several cases, and consultation with the most relevant stakeholders. In order to create an overview, this article allows for a gradual understanding of the historical development, and of the cultural, political, social and pedagogical nature of the changing processes experimented through those years.
eHealth Systems--User Experiences from Healthcare Workers
Author: Thomassen Andersen, Synnøve
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Health Personnel,Health Services,Usability,Information Systems,Information Technology,Clinics,Employee Attitudes,Computer Literacy,Access to Information,Patients,User Needs (Information),Computer Interfaces,Foreign Countries

This article focuses on practices, perspectives and values by healthcare workers, by analyzing how they experience the use of eHealth systems. The empirical data is from a qualitative case study, is derived from a number of eight participating health clinics use of eHealth systems, by healthcare workers. The analysis shows that by adopting a simple, small-scale and user-oriented approach, and by focusing on the needs and circumstances of users instead of advanced technology, it was possible to reveal domestication of eHealth systems. While these findings cannot be generalized, they provide insight into and shed light on trends concerning the negotiations of healthcare workers with eHealth technology. Themes related to the experience of user interfaces in eHealth systems have generally not been explored in detail. This research thus contributes new insight to the field. This study is significant for more knowledge related to healthcare and use of technology. The promotion of research in this area will provide use and development of eHealth systems that will benefit healthcare workers and patients.
Technologies and Environmental Education: A Beneficial Relationship
Author: Fernández, Antonio Hernández
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Environmental Education,Educational Technology,Foreign Countries,Technology Integration,Teacher Attitudes,Elementary School Teachers,Consciousness Raising,Conservation (Environment),Barriers,Discussion (Teaching Technique),Relevance (Education),Sustainable Development,Internet

Educational technologies have an important role in education today. They represent a relevant resource in the process between theorizing and educational practices, and they are essential in the awareness process for sustainability. Thus, technological education appears as a facilitator in this process, especially with students, parents, and everyone around us, as being supported by tech resources to produce an efficient effect. This study was performed at Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental in Alagoinha-Paraíba, Brazil, between January and February, 2019; the research question is: Are teachers using and recognizing technology as a partner in the environmental awareness process? The main objective is to analyze the usage of tech in the process for environmental awareness by teachers. The specific objectives are: to check the usage of technological education in the environmental awareness process, to comprehend the challenges faced by the teachers in the process of technological usage on the scope of environmental education, to identify the activities developed by the teachers involving tech and environmental education, and to perceive the educational practices. A total of 22 teachers responded to the questions. Data collection was made on a Likert scale using the qualitative method and descriptive research. The Likert scale was validated on its construction with analysis factor. Therefore, it was found that the teachers use the tech resources in their classes, through the environmental awareness, besides defending the educational projects and realizing interdisciplinary works about environmental education for environmental conservation.
Promoting Professional Development for Teachers through a Scale of Competence Assessment
Author: García-Martínez, Inmaculada
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Faculty Development,Competency Based Teacher Education,Preservice Teacher Education,Preservice Teachers,Technology Uses in Education,Student Evaluation,Foreign Countries,Online Courses,Teamwork

Competencies are a key factor in the professional development of teachers. Additionally, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education are becoming increasingly important due to their potential in the field of education. The combination of both makes it easier to perform a comprehensive assessment of the level of competences of students in the Teacher Degree. The design of tasks and activities in order to promote their assessment enable classroom intervention. Indeed, this paper presents how ICTs have been used in university teaching. In order to respond to the evolution of training needs, we present a valid and reliable evaluation tool for professional competencies and learning results for prospective teachers (Pre-School and Primary Education). We applied for students from the Teacher Degree in their practicum period. Indeed, different learning and assessment tasks have been designed, some related to &quot;correct&quot; or &quot;incorrect&quot; teaching practices. This implies that the students have not only to do their tasks but to identify and to differentiate what is correct in their professional development. Finally, the instrument enables the assessment of the level of professional competencies acquired by prospective teachers during their training period.
Critiquing a Qualitative Study Using Tracy&apos;s Big-Tent Criteria
Author: Albusaidi, Saud
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Criticism,International Education,Critical Theory,Educational Philosophy,Curriculum Development,Qualitative Research,Research Reports,Foreign Students,Higher Education,Foreign Countries

This paper presents a critique of an article that explores the internationalisation of the curriculum. First, to facilitate critical reflection, the main Western paradigms of positivism, interpretivism, critical theory and postmodernism are described and the differences between them emphasised. The article focused on in this paper can be situated largely within an interpretivist paradigm. Big-tent markers, which are employed to evaluate qualitative research, are then critically implemented to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of this article and offer relevant suggestions regarding ways in which it can be improved.
Path Relationship of Time Management and Academic Achievement of Students in Distance Learning Institutions
Author: Ahmad, Saghir
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Time Management,Academic Achievement,Distance Education,Open Universities,Foreign Countries,Virtual Universities,Public Colleges,College Students

The primary achievement of distance and regular students is managing time effectively. Mismanagement disturbs the academic achievements of learners. Time administration plays a significant role in improving learners' performance and accomplishments. It is a skill to manage time and every learner must familiar and command on this skill for the sake of better results. A student can only survive if he/she has ability of time utilization properly. The motive of this study was to establish path relationship of time management and academic achievement of students in distance learning institutions through structural equation modeling. The population of the study was consisted of distance learning students of Virtual and Allama Iqbal Open Universities. Four hundred participants belong to different departments were participated conveniently in this study. Self-developed questionnaires regarding time management and academic achievement on five point likert scale were used to collect data from respondents. Validity was ensured by field experts before using scales. Internal consistency was checked among items by applying Cronbach alpha, rho-a, and composite reliability for reliability confirmation of scales. All three techniques verified that instruments are valid and reliable. Data were analyzed by smartly for path analysis. There was strong positive relationship between time management and academic achievement r = 0.778 of distance learning students. It is concluded that both variables are associated with each other and time utilization skill affects students learning seriously. Students of web-based learning may more focus on proper time managing ability for better academic success.