EdTech Impressions
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EDU 800 Week 10
This week I decided to further explore the work of Leu and Coiro. As their work appears foundational to research in New Literacies, I thought it a good idea to explore a theory they suggest for designing research in this area. Leu, D. J., Kinzer, C. K., Coiro, J.,...
EDU 811 Week 10 Article Summaries
de Bruin, A. B. H., & van Merriënboer, J. J. G. (2017). Bridging Cognitive Load and Self-Regulated Learning Research: A complementary approach to contemporary issues in educational research. Learning and Instruction, 51, 1–9....
EDU 800 Week 9
Higashi, R. M., Schunn, C. D., & Flot, J. B. (2017). Different underlying motivations and abilities predict student versus teacher persistence in an online course. Educational Technology Research and Development, 65(6), 1471–1493....
EDU 811 Week 9 Article Summaries
EDU 811 Summaries Week 9 Bonk, C. J., Lee, M. M., Kou, X., Xu, S., & Sheu, F.-R. (2015). Understanding the self-directed online learning preferences, goals, achievements, and challenges of MIT OpenCourseWare subscribers. Journal of Educational Technology & Society,...
EDU 800 Critical Review of Research 1
Adam Hain CMU DET Program Cohort 4 Critical Review of Literature #1 Article Reviewed:...
EDU 811 Week 8 Article Summaries
Boelens, R., De Wever, B., & Voet, M. (2017). Four key challenges to the design of blended learning: A systematic literature review. Educational Research Review, 22, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2017.06.001 In this article, the...
EDU 800 Week 8
This week I decided to explore the work of Richardson a bit more as I found her article in the weekly readings useful and well-articulated. I found the following article which discusses critical thinking and student preferences in discussion boards. Richardson, J....
EDU 800 Week 7
This week I decided to look at some of the other research involving TPACK. There’s a wealth of articles out there, so it took some effort to choose which to review. I ended up going with an article from Koehler, one of the creators of TPACK, referenced below:...
EDU 800 Week 6 Post 2
This week I was able to find a couple of articles concerned with levels of interactivity in online video content. My search yielded several interesting articles, of which I picked two to review. Below is the first. Delen, E., Liew, J., & Willson, V. (2014). Effects...
EDU 800 Week 6 post 1
This article was the second of two I reviewed that dealt with learning outcomes of various forms of interactivity in video. Cojean, S., & Jamet, E. (2017). Facilitating information-seeking activity in instructional videos: The combined effects of micro- and...
EDU 800 Week 5
This week I decided to explore current hypertext research. I was able to find an article using similar methods and addressing some of the dame concerns as the readings for the week. Salmerón, L., Naumann, J., García, V., & Fajardo, I. (2017). Scanning and deep...
EDU 800 Week 4
This week I decided to explore some of the more recent work from Kozma, Solomon and Perkins. I scanned through quite a few articles and found, as might be expected, that the interests of each have shifted over the years in several different directions. Additionally,...
EDU 800 Week 3
This week I took a look at two very similar articles. Both were studies of trends in educational technology research methodology and subject matter over the course of two starting points and ending in 2014. I read the article from Scientometrics first, which...
EDU 800 Week 2
This week I was able to find an interesting article from ETRD on conceptual frameworks for educational technology research. I’ve been trying to follow the AECT lately and this was a nice, relevant find for this week’s topics. Antonenko, P. D. (2015). The instrumental...
Hello world! EDU 800 Week 1
I wanted to explore the idea of active learning online this week, as it relates to the reading material on computer-aided student collaboration and teaching in ill structured environments with constructivist techniques. This week I started my search with ‘learning...
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