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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Exploration of Tensions in a Mobile-Technology Supported Fieldtrip: An Activity Theory Perspective
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Lai, Chih-Hung; Chen, Fei-Ching; Yang, Jie-Chi – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2014
The purpose of this study was to analyze how mobile technologies were incorporated and implemented in an outdoor learning activity. Two classes of primary school students participated in the experiment. Using activity theory as an analytical framework, it is found that underlying tensions provided rich insights into system dynamics and that…
Descriptors: Conflict, Handheld Devices, Electronic Learning, Field Trips
Development and Evaluation of a Web 2.0-Based Ubiquitous Learning Platform for Schoolyard Plant Identification
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Hwang, Gwo-Haur; Chu, Hui-Chun; Chen, Beyin; Cheng, Zheng Shan – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2014
The rapid progress of wireless communication, sensing, and mobile technologies has enabled students to learn in an environment that combines learning resources from both the real world and the digital world. It can be viewed as a new learning style which has been called context-aware ubiquitous learning. Most context-aware ubiquitous learning…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Experiential Learning