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The critical focus of this co-authored paper will be to examine research approaches, design processes, and the analyses of their outcomes that address how and why technologically enhanced teaching and learning strategies and methods can positively ...

It is evident that information and communication technology (ICT) plays a vital role in educational settings. However, it is also important to determine how learners use ICT in different settings. Currently, ICT is mostly used as a supporting tool for ...

This paper offers an overview of Line B of the Tutti a Iscol@ project, a 3 year program financed by the Regional Sardinian Authority through European Social Fund (ESF): POR FSE 2014-2020 to fight student disengagement through extracurricular activities ...

Visual information can be decoded very fast, letting us perceive and process a large amount of data in parallel. There is a lot of knowledge organized as guidelines and recommendations for GUI design. However, for blind people that perceive the world ...

In primary education, concepts are commonly introduced through concrete instantiations, such as physical manipulatives and kinaesthetic activities, with an expectation that learners will gradually move towards working with abstract representations. ...

It is generally believed that recommender systems are a suitable key to overcome the information overload problem. In recent years, a special research area in this domain has emerged that concerns recommender systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, in ...

This study aims to contribute to recent developments in empirical studies on students' learning strategies, whereby the use of trace data is combined with self-report data to distinguish profiles of learning strategy use [3--5]. We do so in the context ...

This paper presents different approaches, experiences and perspectives of using technologies in higher education institutions. Particular case studies of application of social media (especially wikis), game-based learning and various technology-...

The benefits of applying technology to education have been often questioned. Learning through digital devices might imply reducing the children's physical interaction with the real world, when cognitive theories hold that such interaction is essential ...

Modern constructivist approaches to education dictate active experimentation with the study material and have been linked with improved learning outcomes in STEM fields. During classroom time we believe it is important for students to experiment with ...

Group Spinner is a digital visual tool intended to help teachers observe and reflect on children's collaborative technology-enhanced learning activities in the classroom. We describe the design of Group Spinner, which was informed by activity theory, ...

This work provides an overview of an education and technology monitoring system developed at Plan Ceibal, a nationwide initiative created to enable technology enhanced learning in Uruguay. Plan Ceibal currently offers one-to-one access to technology and ...

In online social learning environments, tagging has demonstrated its potential to facilitate search, to improve recommendations and to foster reflection and learning.Studies have shown that shared understanding needs to be established in the group as a ...

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder with different levels of severity. Although the exact causes of ASD is not yet known, nor is there a medical cure for ASD to date, special facilities and schools have been established to help ...

Countless projects are being developed around the world to improve the experience of the public in cultural spaces. Institutions are interrogating themselves on how to embrace the current shift towards a more digitised approach, and how to appropriately ...

This paper explores the potential of analytics for improving accessibility of e-learning and supporting disabled learners in their studies. A comparative analysis of completion rates of disabled and non-disabled students in a large five-year dataset is ...

Writing a thesis is no less challenging a task for students, than for organizations who instruct and tutor thesis writing at higher education institutions. Annually within just our departments, 1000 undergraduates face the task of writing a thesis. ...

Modern educational Web sites often feature a rich assortment of linked media content. In this paper, we present a workload study of such an educational Web site hosted at the University of Calgary. Three main insights emerge from our study. First, ...

With the development of multimedia and Internet of things technologies, technology enhanced learning applications such as smart class and smart learning at home have received more attentions from industrial and academic communities. However, pervasive ...

With the advancement of multimedia, Internet of things, and cloud computing technologies, technology enhanced learning applications such as smart school and smart learning at home have been paid more attentions to. Cloud computing services, which provide ...