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Heading at Enabling Settings for Learning
2021
The paper draws on two cases of learning settings that were converted to meet up-to-date educational requirements within these learning contexts. The authors address the role of stakeholder perspectives. Focusing on the learning situation, they present an articulation tool to aid dialogue between key stakeholder perspectives in a (re)design process. Dialogue is a way to figure out relevant issues and to establish the common ground between participants. The goal of a redesign process is that user requirements are well understood, and the design is embedded into local practices, informed of constraints and aware of potential opportunities regarding educational technology.
Learning to read with Graphogame, an ethnography in a Peruvian rural school
2015
The purpose of the present ethnographic case study is to examine what happens when the literacy learning software Graphogame, designed in Finland, is introduced in a new and radically different context, that of a poor rural school in the Peruvian Andes. The research attempts to complement the quantitative approach which has dominated the research on Graphogame. It also aims to take into consideration the unique circumstances and challenges of rural Peru and how they can affect the use and implementation of the software. I spent two months in the rural school of Quilcas, where nine struggling readers used Graphogame for daily 20 minutes remedial sessions. In this research setting, I conducte…
The Potentials of Tangible Technologies for Learning Linear Equations
2020
Tangible technologies provide interactive links between the physical and digital worlds, thereby merging the benefits of physical and virtual manipulatives. To explore the potentials of tangible technologies for learning linear equations, a tangible manipulative (TM) was designed and developed. A prototype of the initial TM was implemented and evaluated using mixed methods (i.e., classroom interventions, paper-based tests, thinking aloud sessions, questionnaires, and interviews) in real classroom settings. Six teachers, 24 primary school students, and 65 lower secondary school students participated in the exploratory study. The quantitative and qualitative analysis revealed that the initial…
"Media are your windows to the world" : teachers' perspectives on the use of media and ICT in foreign language teaching
2016
Eri medioita on käytetty opetuksessa jo vuosikymmeniä. Internetin ja sosiaalisen median käytön kasvun myötä uudentyyppiset mediat ovat ottaneet jalansijaa luokkahuoneissa ja niiden oppiainerajat ylittävään käyttöön kehotetaan myös uusimmissa opetussuunnitelmissa. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää kuinka usein opettajat käyttävät eri medioita opetuksessaan ja vapaa-ajallaan, kuinka pedagogisesti hyödyllisiksi he kokevat eri mediatyypit ja kuinka hyvin he osaavat niitä itse käyttää opetuksessa. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on lisäksi saada tietoa siitä, mitkä ovat opettajien mielestä suurimmat hyödyt ja haasteet median opetuskäytössä ja siitä, minkälaista lisäkoulutusta medioiden käyt…
Perceptions of digital technology in nursing education: A qualitative study.
2021
Abstract Aim The aim of this study was to explore how digital technologies can facilitate interactive learning in a 15-credit theory module on basic nursing. Background Digital platforms are in widespread use in nursing education; however, the rapid technological advancement provides new opportunities to support teaching and learning. This indicates the need to explore how educational digital technologies can be used as an integral part of learning activities to promote quality and relevance in nursing education. This study was carried out at the Department of Nursing Science at a university in Norway. The university has been using a digital platform for many years and has recently adopted …
Students’ Perception of Cell Phones Effect on their Academic Performance: A Latvian and a Middle Eastern University Cases
2021
This study is unique in its attempt to combine the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) with external variables and the Information System Continuance Theory, in the context of mobile learning. It extends TAM with the external variables perceived mobility and perceived enjoyment. Mainly, students’ perception of cell phones effect on their academic performance is investigated. The study was conducted at two different universities—in Europe and the Middle East. Cell phone usage is analyzed from the perspective of mobile learning. The data in this study were collected from 103 students from the University of Latvia and 106 students from a Middle Eastern private American University. This study sho…
Transforming subjectivities in psychiatric care
2009
Accepted version of an article in the journal: Subjectivities. The definitive publisher-authenticated version: Transforming subjectivities in psychiatric care, Subjectivity, Vol. 27, 195–216 , 2009, Palgrave Macmillan is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/sub.2009.6 This paper is based upon ethnographic fieldwork in a Norwegian psychiatric unit practicing a psycho-educational treatment of young adults diagnosed with schizophrenia. An aim of the programme is that patients learn to detect and monitor their 'symptoms' in order to obtain 'insight into their own illness', thus transforming themselves into self-governed and self-responsible subjects who are able to cope with life outs…
Nuevas ecologías del aprendizaje en el currículo: la era digital en la escuela The new learning ecology in the curriculum: the digital age at school
2020
espanolLa expansion y crecimiento de los ambientes de aprendizaje como resultado de la integracion de las TIC han facilitado el surgimiento de distintas formas de interrelacion educativa, provocando un interes en el estudio de las ecologias del aprendizaje y de los ecosistemas educativos digitales. Cada vez es mas necesario un cambio profundo en el proceso ensenanza-aprendizaje ya que el alumnado actualmente dentro del aula demanda un tipo de aprendizaje activo, vivencial y digital. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar los nuevos modelos o paradigmas del aprendizaje basados en los intereses de las nuevas generaciones que aprenden en un contexto rodeado de las TIC. La metodologia empleada…
Pair interactions in online assessments of collaborative problem solving: case-based portraits
2018
This exploratory case study focuses on how pairs of students can build a shared understanding and acquire collaborative problem-solving (CPS) practices during an online assessment of CPS skills, which is seen in the context of the CPS construct, in a symmetrical and asymmetrical task type. Even though CPS is widely recognised as a core twenty-first-century competency, its nature is not yet well understood. Also, until recently, most of studies have focused on the individual’s solution to a problem or on the skills individuals bring into a problem-solving space. This study extends from an individual- to group-level focus in CPS, emphasising the role and quality of the social aspects in CPS p…
Insights into Finnish first-year pre-service teachers’ twenty-first century skills
2016
This study focuses on Finnish pre-service teachers’ perceptions of their twenty-first century skills, especially their learning strategies, collaboration and teamwork, as well as knowledge and attitudes related to ICT in education. The target group consist of 263 first-year pre-service teachers from three universities. The results outline how pre-service teachers perceive their twenty-first century skills, the relationships between different areas of these skills, and the differences among pre-service teachers in terms of perceived skills. The results indicate that the pre-service teachers perceive themselves as skilled learners in terms of learning strategies used as well as collaboration …