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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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Facilitating Exposure to Sign Languages of the World: The Case for Mobile Assisted Language Learning
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Parton, Becky Sue – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2014
Foreign sign language instruction is an important, but overlooked area of study. Thus the purpose of this paper was two-fold. First, the researcher sought to determine the level of knowledge and interest in foreign sign language among Deaf teenagers along with their learning preferences. Results from a survey indicated that over a third of the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Assistive Technology, Sign Language, Deafness
WhatsApp Goes to School: Mobile Instant Messaging between Teachers and Students
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Bouhnik, Dan; Deshen, Mor – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2014
WhatsApp is a Smartphone application for instant messaging. Lately the application's popularity has risen. One of the unique features of the application is its ability to enhance communication within a group. Classroom communication between teaching faculty and high school students using WhatsApp has not yet, to our knowledge, been researched…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Synchronous Communication, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Software
Building a Student-Centred Learning Framework Using Social Software in the Middle Years Classroom: An Action Research Study
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Casey, Gail – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2013
This article discusses the development of the online spaces that were used to create a learning framework: a student-centred framework that combined face-to-face teaching with online social and participatory media. The author, as part of her Doctoral research study, used action research as a mechanism for continual improvement as she redesigned…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Educational Technology, Action Research, Middle Schools
Enhancing Learning Management Systems Utility for Blind Students: A Task-Oriented, User-Centered, Multi-Method Evaluation Technique
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Babu, Rakesh; Singh, Rahul – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2013
This paper presents a novel task-oriented, user-centered, multi-method evaluation (TUME) technique and shows how it is useful in providing a more complete, practical and solution-oriented assessment of the accessibility and usability of Learning Management Systems (LMS) for blind and visually impaired (BVI) students. Novel components of TUME…
Descriptors: Integrated Learning Systems, Blindness, Visual Impairments, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Developing Digital Literacy through Collaborative Inquiry Learning in the Web 2.0 Environment--An Exploration of Implementing Strategy
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Pow, Jacky; Fu, Jun – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2012
This study explores a strategy for Web-based collaborative inquiry learning (WCIL) for the purpose of developing students' digital literacy (DL). In view of the problems and difficulties identified in a previously published case study of WCIL practice in a class of secondary 3 students (aged 14 to 15), another round of WCIL activity was carried…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web 2.0 Technologies, Computer Literacy, Multimedia Materials