ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Making Innovation Visible
Author: Bucciarelli, Ilaria
Date: 2018-04-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Educational Innovation,Lifelong Learning,Faculty Development,Coaching (Performance),Video Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Tutorial Programs,Handheld Devices,Teaching Skills,Skill Development,Audiovisual Aids

Audiovisual and mobile technologies seem to be full of promises for teacher training and professional development. Within the INDIRE project &quot;Making Innovation Visible&quot; we have therefore designed an &quot;online video showcase&quot; drawing on the heritage of innovative educational practices and knowledge gathered by the Avanguardie Educative project (www.avanguardieeducative.indire.it). We prototyped this video showcase in order to build a flexible tool that can guide the progression towards 21st century learning environments. Working with teachers confirmed that instructional and educational video content through a tutorial format, used on mobile devices, could support them on a double direction: while they are trained and when they are working with their own classroom students. The use of video showcase through mobile devices supports the building up of teachers' competence. [For the complete proceedings, see ED590271.]
Cultural Diversity in British Columbia&apos;s Post-Secondary Student Population. Fact Sheet
Author: BC Student Outcomes (Canada)
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Student Diversity,Cultural Differences,Apprenticeships,Foreign Students,College Graduates,Bachelors Degrees,Associate Degrees,Educational Certificates,Student Characteristics

British Columbia's post-secondary education system includes students from all around the world. Many have been in Canada since childhood; others recently arrived as international students. Their participation brings social and cultural benefits to communities and institutions throughout the province, as well as opportunities for all students to gain cultural experience and have a more global education. This fact sheet uses results from the 2016 BC Student Outcomes surveys to explore some aspects of this cultural diversity in B.C.'s public post-secondary institutions. [The BC Student Outcomes surveys are conducted with funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training, the participating British Columbia post-secondary institutions, and the Industry Training Authority.]
Cellphone Use and Technological Appropriation among High School Students in Jalisco, Educational Strategies and Ties between Formal and Informal Education within a School Range
Author: Berber, Yesica Cecilia Núñez
Date: 2018-04-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,High School Students,Learning Strategies,Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Group Discussion,Communication (Thought Transfer),Social Media,Internet,Social Networks,Photography,Information Seeking,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Environment,Assignments

Cellphones are considered a convergent technology since their use goes beyond making a simple phone call, they are smart phones used as technological devices that have a series of applications as well as Internet connection. The use and appropriation of cellphones, consequently, require a series of learning and competence that is generated which goes beyond the instrumental use, since they place the user before another type of cognitive and symbolic learning that, in many Sometimes, they are not valued in other social areas (for example, the school), generating a false belief that when using and appropriating the cell phone, nothing is being learned. This research intends to know and analyze if high school students develop some type of learning with this mobile technology and if these learnings can link them with what they learn in the school environment. [For the complete proceedings, see ED590271.]
The Introduction of a Peer-Evaluation App for In-Class Presentations
Author: Gobel, Peter
Date: 2018-04-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Peer Evaluation,Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Computer Oriented Programs,Public Speaking,Student Evaluation,Program Effectiveness,Student Attitudes,College Students,Foreign Countries

PeerEval is a mobile app created for evaluating student presentations. This paper covers the rationale for creating such an app, the features of the app, and the benefits for both teachers and students. The details and initial findings of ongoing research into the efficacy of PeerEval will be briefly discussed. [For the complete proceedings, see ED590271.]
Dynamic Program Visualization on Android Smartphones for Novice Java Programmers
Author: Kumalija, Elhard
Date: 2018-04-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Programming,Visualization,Difficulty Level,Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Elementary Secondary Education,Access to Computers,Elementary School Students,Secondary School Students

Dynamic program visualization tools helps to reduce the cognitive load of students in learning programming. However, to authors' understanding there is no dynamic program visualization tool that can be used in a widely available smartphones. In this study, we design a Dynamic visualization engine for java programs that is integrated to java code interpreter that runs on android smartphones. This tool will be valuable to students who do not have access to computers. It can also increase productivity in smartphone usage among lower secondary schools students. [For the complete proceedings, see ED590271.]
Development of a Colorimetric Measurement Mobile App for Active Learning in Analytical Chemistry
Author: Chow, Eric H. C.
Date: 2018-04-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Measurement,Chemistry,Science Instruction,Computer Software,Active Learning,Telecommunications,Color,Handheld Devices,Teaching Methods,Learning Activities

This paper describes the development of a mobile application to engage students in active learning in analytical chemistry. Colorimetry is a topic in analytical chemistry that can effectively be learned through the use of mobile devices to perform colorimetric measurement in the real-life environment. Previous attempts in the development of colorimetry mobile apps have been described in the literatures, however, shortcomings exist in their ease of use for teaching and learning and dissemination. We herein propose a colorimetry mobile app design that allows anyone to download, and easily perform colorimetric measurements and engage in active learning anytime, anywhere. Pedagogical underpinnings of the mobile learning activity and app design will also be discussed. [For the complete proceedings, see ED590271.]
Better Teaching and More Learning in Mobile Learning Courses: Towards a Model of Personable Learning
Author: Ament, Vanessa
Date: 2018-04-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Handheld Devices,Telecommunications,Teacher Role,Professional Autonomy,Educational Trends,Trend Analysis,Educational Experience,Independent Study,Teacher Student Relationship,Constructivism (Learning),Student Centered Learning,Educational Change

In this reflection paper, we argue, contrary to many positive assessments of the use of new technologies, data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) in mLearning, it is worthwhile to look again at the process and agency that comes from human teachers and that live teaching acts should be prioritized in the creation of mLearning courses. The mLearning community should re-evaluate how teachers are part of the &quot;most irreplaceable aspect of education: inspiration.&quot; (Schrager and Wang, 2017). We will review existing trends in 21st century education that marginalize the role of the teacher and propose a new model that introduces the need for personable mobile learning to place teachers back into their primary role within communities of learners. If mLearning is going to be a dominant trend in 21st century education, it must resist technological determinism and a belief that learners on their own are to be primarily in control of their educational experiences. A model of personable learning restores teaching to its rightful place--as a both powerful source of connection among learners and at the center of any learning experience. [For the complete proceedings, see ED590271.]
Emerging Double Repeated Model for Language Learning Mobile Apps
Author: Baljinnyam, Norjinbuu
Date: 2018-04-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Chinese,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Computer Software,Models,Foreign Students,College Students,Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes

Nowadays technology development is so fast. Among this development, mobile usage, especially number of smart mobile users is rapidly increasing. So more and more researchers study focus on learning users' tendency of mobile phone and mobile app usage. As a result, every year many education-related, especially language learning mobile apps are born. This study is firstly aimed to learn a Chinese language foreigners' mobile apps usage situation, second to analyze popular mobile app types in Chinese language learning, and third tried to suggest emerging language learning app model to double repeated model. [For the complete proceedings, see ED590271.]
2012 Developmental Student Outcomes Survey: Report of Findings
Author: BC Student Outcomes (Canada)
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Adult Basic Education,Student Development,Student Surveys,Developmental Studies Programs,Postsecondary Education,Demography,Student Characteristics,Second Language Learning,Enrollment,Student Attitudes,Educational Attitudes,Educational Benefits,Academic Achievement,Student Improvement,Financial Support,Employment Patterns,Daily Living Skills,Mathematics Skills,Science Process Skills,Writing Skills,English Language Learners

The Developmental Student Outcomes (DEVSO) Survey is one of four annual surveys that make up the British Columbia (BC) Student Outcomes project. This report presents a summary of the findings from the 2012 Developmental Student Outcomes Survey. The results included in the report were analysed by demographic characteristics and other factors. The differences noted in the report are those that were statistically significant--a statistically significant result is one that cannot reasonably be explained by chance alone. The first part of the report focusses on former Adult Basic Education (ABE) students; the second part, on former ESL students. Each part of the report begins with a description of the respondents' demographic characteristics. This is followed by a presentation of the respondents' reasons or goals for enrolling, their evaluation of their education, and a discussion around how they financed their studies. The final sections centre on further education and employment outcomes--what former students did after they left their studies. [The BC Student Outcomes surveys are conducted with funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology and the participating B.C. post-secondary institutions.]
Comparative Study of the Context-Aware Adaptive M-Learning Systems
Author: Lamia, Mahnane
Date: 2018-04-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Electronic Learning,Handheld Devices,Individualized Instruction,Media Adaptation

In technology-enhanced learning (Tel), the use of mobile applications is increasing, which improves learning experiences, allowing learners to carry out daily activities anytime and anywhere. However learners might lose interest and motivation to learn using their mobile devices if content adaptation and learning personalization processes are not appropriately designed. This has led to an increasing interest on context-aware adaptive and personalized mobile learning systems aiming to provide learning experiences delivered via mobile devices and tailored to learner's personal characteristics and situation, increasing user satisfaction and facilitating learning achievement. This paper includes the detailed survey about context aware and adaptive m-learning, which serves as the base for new researches in this area. [For the complete proceedings, see ED590271.]
2013 Developmental Student Outcomes Survey: Report of Findings
Author: BC Student Outcomes (Canada)
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Adult Basic Education,Student Development,Student Surveys,Developmental Studies Programs,Postsecondary Education,Demography,Student Characteristics,Second Language Learning,English Language Learners,Enrollment,Student Attitudes,Educational Attitudes,Educational Benefits,Academic Achievement,Student Improvement,Financial Support,Employment Patterns,Daily Living Skills,Mathematics Skills,Science Process Skills,Writing Skills

The Developmental Student Outcomes (DEVSO) Survey is one of four annual surveys that make up the British Columbia (BC) Student Outcomes project. This report presents a summary of the findings from the 2013 Developmental Student Outcomes Survey. The results included in the report were analysed by demographic characteristics and other factors. The differences noted in the report are those that were statistically significant--a statistically significant result is one that cannot reasonably be explained by chance alone. The first part of the report focusses on former Adult Basic Education (ABE) students; the second part, on former English as a Second Language (ESL) students. Each part of the report begins with a description of the respondents' demographic characteristics. This is followed by a presentation of the respondents' reasons or goals for enrolling, their evaluation of their education, and a discussion around how they financed their studies. The final sections centre on further education and employment outcomes--what former students did after they left their studies. [The 2013 BC Student Outcomes surveys were conducted with funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education and the participating British Columbia post-secondary institutions. For the report from the previous year, &quot;2012 Developmental Student Outcomes Survey: Report of Findings,&quot; see ED590381.]
2014 Developmental Student Outcomes Survey: Report of Findings
Author: BC Student Outcomes (Canada)
Date: 2015-05-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Adult Basic Education,Student Development,Student Surveys,Developmental Studies Programs,Postsecondary Education,Demography,Student Characteristics,Second Language Learning,English Language Learners,Enrollment,Student Attitudes,Educational Attitudes,Educational Benefits,Academic Achievement,Student Improvement,Financial Support,Employment Patterns,Daily Living Skills,Mathematics Skills,Science Process Skills,Writing Skills,Family Structure,Gender Differences,Foreign Students

The Developmental Student Outcomes (DEVSO) Survey is one of four annual surveys that make up the British Columbia (BC) Student Outcomes project. This report presents the system-level findings from the 2014 Developmental Student Outcomes Survey. The results included in the report were analysed by demographic characteristics and other factors. The differences noted in the report are those that were statistically significant--a statistically significant result is one that cannot reasonably be explained by chance alone. The first part of the report focusses on former Adult Basic Education (ABE) students; the second part, on former ESL students. Each part of the report begins with a description of the respondents' demographic characteristics. This is followed by a presentation of the respondents' reasons or goals for enrolling, their evaluation of their education, and a discussion around how they financed their studies. The final sections centre on further education and employment outcomes--what former students did after they left their studies. [The 2014 Development Student Outcomes Survey Report of Findings has been prepared by BC Stats for the BC Student Outcomes Research Forum. The 2014 BC Student Outcomes surveys were conducted with funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education and the participating British Columbia post-secondary institutions. For the report from the previous year, &quot;2013 Developmental Student Outcomes Survey: Report of Findings,&quot; see ED590383.]
Opportunities and Challenges of Using Amazon Echo in Education
Author: Davie, Neil
Date: 2018-04-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Artificial Intelligence,Technology Uses in Education,Privacy,Technological Advancement,Educational Technology

This paper offers a first look at the opportunities and challenges for educators offered by the Amazon Echo smart speaker. As with all new technologies, educators have been quick to wonder how and if it could be adopted for use in educational contexts. Although at present most Amazon Echo and compatible devices need to be connected to mains electricity and are therefore relatively immobile, the Echo is designed to be switched on and left on permanently meaning that it conforms with the ubiquity often given as a defining factor of mobile learning. A review of articles as well as personal experiments will explore the possibilities Echo offers, especially with regard to language learning, and attempt to clarify whether it does offer teachers and students an additional value in the classroom. The issue of privacy is also discussed. [For the complete proceedings, see ED590271.]
Individualization of Instruction Using &apos;Socrative&apos; App
Author: Prextova, Tatiana
Date: 2018-04-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Individualized Instruction,Computer Software,Mathematics Instruction,Teaching Methods,Comparative Analysis,Test Format,Mathematics Tests,Time Management,Feedback (Response)

Individualization of instruction in a regular classroom is difficult. The paper explores the possibilities of using a mobile touch device and a web tool for time individualization in mathematics instruction. The paper compares the pros and cons of using an electronic and a regular (printed) test to determine students' needs. The results show that the electronic test is more time-saving than the regular test. Moreover, the paper also describes the use of an electronic test in a classroom. [For the complete proceedings, see ED590271.]
Methodology for Building Virtual Reality Mobile Applications for Blind People on Advanced Visits to Unknown Interior Spaces
Author: Guerrón Paredes, Nancy Enriqueta
Date: 2018-04-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Computer Simulation,Simulated Environment,Blindness,Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Visual Impairments,Visually Impaired Mobility,Travel Training,Workshops,Cognitive Mapping,Spatial Ability,Auditory Stimuli,Tactual Perception

Virtual reality applications for blind people in smartphones were used to make virtual visits in advance to unknown spaces; these need to include a set of cognitive and sensitive interfaces that allow users to use their other sensory capabilities to understand information about their environment and facilitate the interaction with the application, so that the user can make a mental representation of the unknown space. Some strategies were designed to provide continuous and clear information to the user, so that he can perform exploration activities within a virtual environment generated from a real environment with the help of nineteen blind people and five visually impaired people who participated in the development and tests carried out into six workshops, during twenty-four months. During each workshop took logs about the activities that the user did for the recognized and location of objects and structures indoors. This information was stored in a database to be analyzed and interpreted in order to make subsequent modifications to the application, until achieving a tool that is sufficiently useful, safe and accepted for the user. The last applications were built with voice patterns, beeps, vibrations and gestures called sensitive interfaces, and also with a cognitive interface called &quot;Focus of attention&quot; based on proximity and remote exploration. There was a thirty-eight percent of improvement when the participants chose to remote explore the virtual environment with regard to proximity exploration, also there was preference to be warned with low to medium frequency beeps, a fast reproduction of the voice to receive information on objects and structures and simple gestures for the interaction with Smartphone. In the last experience, we used a structure sensor coupled to the Smartphone for user tracking, and bone conduction headphones to reproduce spatial sounds; they said it was pleasing to hear 3D sounds with personalized response in bone earphones, for locating objects inside the test scenario; there was a twenty-one percent of improvement with the participants using beeps instead of vocals or musical instruments. [For the complete proceedings, see ED590271.]
Selfie as a Motivational Tool for City Exploration
Author: Bugeja, Mark
Date: 2018-04-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Photography,Handheld Devices,Portraiture,Tourism,Municipalities,Travel,Electronic Learning,Motivation

This study exploits the selfie phenomenon in order to develop an application that motivates city exploration and tourism to encourage greater mobility. The application uses a reward based system that rewards the user at specific target locations by allowing the user to take pictures and selfies at these landmarks only. This in turn encourages the user the visit more sites and unlock further content. Initially the research looks at evaluating whether taking a 'selfie' is sufficiently motivating for a user to be regarded as a reward. The survey results obtained show a strong correlation between photography, 'selfie' and travel. A number of users were then given a prototype of the application to use in Valletta the capital city of Malta. The users were then interviewed, the interviews established that users find such an approach for city exploration to be meaningful. Ultimately this means that through the application tourists are encouraged to explore more of the captivating sites found in the area. [For the complete proceedings, see ED590271.]
A Mobile Cloud Computing Based Independent Language Learning System with Automatic Intelligibility Assessment and Instant Feedback
Author: Kasrani, Imen M.
Date: 2018-04-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Computer Software,Computer Assisted Instruction,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Independent Study,Audio Equipment,Feedback (Response),Speech Communication,Pronunciation,Teaching Methods,Translation,Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Phrase Structure,Sentence Structure

In this research paper, we present a novel language learning/training and assessment system that helps people to learn and practice a new language independently at low cost. To achieve an independent-learning workflow, we explore the use of real-time speech recognition, language translation, speech synthesis, and language intelligibility assessment technologies to provide automatic assessment and instant feedback of language-speaking performance. We also propose and adopt an objective assessment methodology that determines the intelligibility based on outcome of speech recognition. Our experimental results demonstrate that the proposed system can sufficiently analyze the intelligibility of one's speaking, accurately identify mispronounced words, and define a feedback that localizes and highlights errors for helping continuous practice toward perfection. [For the complete proceedings, see ED590271.]