eLearn Mag.Pub Date : 2015-03-23DOI: 10.1145/2749476.2745842
Boris Costa-Guerra, Leslie Costa-Guerra
{"title":"Do Online Courses Help or Hinder English Language Learners' Experience With Math Credit Recovery?","authors":"Boris Costa-Guerra, Leslie Costa-Guerra","doi":"10.1145/2749476.2745842","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2749476.2745842","url":null,"abstract":"As online learning enrollments continue to grow, the conversation has shifted from the value of online learning to what tools students should be using and in what capacity. The benefits of having such a variety of options are immense and allow schools to meet the needs of individual learners no matter where they are. However, are all of the outcomes from online learning positive? How is online learning effective for English language learners (ELLs) in mathematics? This study sought to understand the influence of Edgenuity s E2020 Math Credit Recovery Program on the degree of the quality of learning experience with ELL students in the southwestern United States.","PeriodicalId":201580,"journal":{"name":"eLearn Mag.","volume":"191 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133166317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eLearn Mag.Pub Date : 2015-03-23DOI: 10.1145/2749476.2747006
M. Burns
{"title":"Not Just for Students: Mobile Teacher Professional Development","authors":"M. Burns","doi":"10.1145/2749476.2747006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2749476.2747006","url":null,"abstract":"Mobile phones are emerging as an important professional learning vehicle for the millions of teachers who lack access to computers and technology and their use as teacher professional development tools is expanding. This article shares some examples of how simple mobile phones provide teachers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia with access to content, language instruction, and curriculum. While the mobile phone is a promising tool for teacher learning, the article outlines some of the challenges associated with mobile learning and cautions against the temptation to abandon or reduce face-to-face interventions (when possible) in favor of phone-based learning.","PeriodicalId":201580,"journal":{"name":"eLearn Mag.","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125440768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eLearn Mag.Pub Date : 2015-03-23DOI: 10.1145/2749476.2749226
S. Schuck
{"title":"Mobile Learning in Higher education: Mobilizing staff to use technologies in their teaching","authors":"S. Schuck","doi":"10.1145/2749476.2749226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2749476.2749226","url":null,"abstract":"Given the ubiquity of mobile devices being used by students in their university, a group of lecturers formed an action-learning group to learn collaboratively about enhancing their teaching with mobile pedagogies. The community of learners developed a process for setting goals for themselves, and for implementing action plans to do with integrating mobile technologies in teaching. The article discusses the processes used and the lessons learned through this project. These findings have informed work done with schools that are trying to integrate mobile learning into their classrooms.","PeriodicalId":201580,"journal":{"name":"eLearn Mag.","volume":"125 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114311008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eLearn Mag.Pub Date : 2014-12-03DOI: 10.1145/2693839.2688139
Donna Gardner Liljegren, L. Trombetta
{"title":"Finding Your Niche During the MOOC Revolution","authors":"Donna Gardner Liljegren, L. Trombetta","doi":"10.1145/2693839.2688139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2693839.2688139","url":null,"abstract":"Elmhurst College, a small, four-year, liberal arts college, identified its niche and used partnerships to develop and market a successful MOOC promoting its programs in geospatial science. The authors explain how the same process may help you to identify and launch MOOCs to a niche audience.","PeriodicalId":201580,"journal":{"name":"eLearn Mag.","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117328599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eLearn Mag.Pub Date : 2014-12-03DOI: 10.1145/2693839.2687335
Y. Lee, Hwan Ik Yeo
{"title":"Expanding the Uses of Blogs in the Classroom: How blogs support self-directed learning and personal information management","authors":"Y. Lee, Hwan Ik Yeo","doi":"10.1145/2693839.2687335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2693839.2687335","url":null,"abstract":"Blogs are not only tools for self-expression or social interaction among school children. They also have the potential to influence the cognitive processes of learning. The authors detail their experience using blogs at a public elementary school in Korea.","PeriodicalId":201580,"journal":{"name":"eLearn Mag.","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116979500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eLearn Mag.Pub Date : 2014-12-03DOI: 10.1145/2693839.2686759
A. G. Dikkers, Aimee L. Whiteside, Somer Lewis
{"title":"Do you Blend? Huntley High School Does","authors":"A. G. Dikkers, Aimee L. Whiteside, Somer Lewis","doi":"10.1145/2693839.2686759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2693839.2686759","url":null,"abstract":"Huntley High School in Huntley, Illinois has recently implemented a blended learning initiative to meet needs of their learners in the 21st century, infusing technology into the school s curriculum and teachers instructional practices, and preparing students for college and career. Huntley 's unique mix of traditional and blended learning provides a variety of ways for students to learn in both elective and core classes. We share Huntley s unique model of blended learning, focusing on four lessons learned.","PeriodicalId":201580,"journal":{"name":"eLearn Mag.","volume":"136 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123386944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eLearn Mag.Pub Date : 2014-12-03DOI: 10.1145/2693839.2692276
A. Jude
{"title":"English Language Acquisition and the Internet: Access and choice in the digital age","authors":"A. Jude","doi":"10.1145/2693839.2692276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2693839.2692276","url":null,"abstract":"Today there are more than 1 billion people learning English as a second language worldwide. With demand for ESL tuition increasing year-on-year, there is a chronic global shortage of native English teachers on the ground. This is pushing up class sizes and lesson prices while leaving learners with less choice. The emergence of Skype schools, social language networks, and new online resources represents a big change within the ESL industry and a challenge to its traditional structure. This article takes a closer look at the reasons behind this recent shift towards eLearning and considers who studies online, how and what motivates them to do so.","PeriodicalId":201580,"journal":{"name":"eLearn Mag.","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133152170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eLearn Mag.Pub Date : 2014-12-03DOI: 10.1145/2693839.2694729
A. Carr-Chellman
{"title":"Online Learning and the Doctorate","authors":"A. Carr-Chellman","doi":"10.1145/2693839.2694729","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2693839.2694729","url":null,"abstract":"As the popularity of online doctoral programs grows, it s vital for learners to have an accurate picture of the professional opportunities that await them within industry and academia.","PeriodicalId":201580,"journal":{"name":"eLearn Mag.","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131048684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eLearn Mag.Pub Date : 2014-11-11DOI: 10.1145/2687917.2686761
G. Veletsianos
{"title":"The Significance of Educational Technology History and Research","authors":"G. Veletsianos","doi":"10.1145/2687917.2686761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2687917.2686761","url":null,"abstract":"What impacts learning are changes in instructional design and pedagogical practices supported by the introduction of new technologies, not the technology itself.","PeriodicalId":201580,"journal":{"name":"eLearn Mag.","volume":"2014 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130177239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
eLearn Mag.Pub Date : 2014-11-11DOI: 10.1145/2687917.2687010
Timothy Stafford
{"title":"Creating Instruction for Ubiquitous Learners: Three paradigm shifts that are changing the foundations of instructional design","authors":"Timothy Stafford","doi":"10.1145/2687917.2687010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2687917.2687010","url":null,"abstract":"Learning is shifting, but in many ways it is the foundations of learning that are having the most profound effect on contemporary instructional designers. Defining social media, digital literacy and learning, knowing, and expertise are only the tip of the iceberg for the future of learning within digital environments.","PeriodicalId":201580,"journal":{"name":"eLearn Mag.","volume":"276 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134272230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}