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21st Century Innovations: Librarians, Trend-Watching, and the Warning Signs of Fads
With each significant new trend in higher education, librarians immediately consider how to effectively update the delivery of outreach, services, and course instruction.
Lori Lysiak
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The impact of educational technology: a radical reappraisal of research methods
The practical problem which motivates this paper is that of deciding - on the basis of published research - whether to adopt some new device, procedure or paradigm thought likely to improve education.
P. David Mitchell
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This article aims to highlight the educational practices for students with deafness in the Specialist Educational Attendance - AEE. In the teaching practice, the main difficulties encountered in the process of school inclusion of people with deafness ...
Flavia Roldan Viana +1 more
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Making Sense of MOOCs: Musings in a Maze of Myth, Paradox and Possibility
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are the educational buzzword of 2012. Media frenzy surrounds them and commercial interests have moved in. Sober analysis is overwhelmed by apocalyptic predictions that ignore the history of earlier educational ...
John Daniel
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The use of serious games in education is growing, particularly within the field of health professional training (Graafland, Schraagen, & Schijven, 2012; Wattanasoontorn, Boada, Garcia, & Sbert, 2013). Serious games aim to teach or train whilst simultaneously entertaining and engaging users (Hawn, 2009).
McGregor, Gillian, Bartle, Emma
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Against the backdrop of current Scottish and British efforts to establish social pedagogy in higher education and professional practice, these efforts may be met with enthusiasm or reticence.
Jacob Kornbeck
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Editorial: Knowing about communication and media
Yngve Nordkvelle, editor There is a tradition in media history from Plato idealising the communication situation that is person to person. Although several authors have shown that Socrates used many strategies for his communication to his audience, and ...
Yngve Nordkvelle
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Consulting activities in the modern educational space: necessity or a fad?
The article clarifies the importance of educational consulting and ways to ensure high-quality consulting activities in the modern educational space to form the entrepreneurial competence of specialists. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the basic principles of consulting activities in the modern educational space and the formation of ...
Roman Grynyov +4 more
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Makerspace in Education - Disruptive Technology or Just Another Passing Fad?
Makerspaces are now common in schools. This idea, which originated outside education, is being advocated as a way to improve student engagement in learning and/or to foster creativity and/or innovation. It is also linked with “future-focused” education and is seen by some as a potentially disruptive force for good in education.
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