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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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Laying the Groundwork for Socialisation and Knowledge Construction within 3D Virtual Worlds
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Minocha, Shailey; Roberts, Dave – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2008
The paper reports the theoretical underpinnings for the pedagogical role and rationale for adopting 3D virtual worlds for socialisation and knowledge creation in distance education. Socialisation or "knowing one another" in remote distributed environments can be achieved through synchronous technologies such as instant messaging, audio and…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Educational Environment, Distance Education, Online Courses
Maintaining, Changing and Crossing Contexts: An Activity Theoretic Reinterpretation of Mobile Learning
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Wali, Esra; Winters, Niall; Oliver, Martin – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2008
Although mobile learning is a popular topic in current research, it is not well conceptualized. Many researchers rely on under-theorized conceptions of the topic, and those who have tried to refine the ideas involved have found this to be complex and difficult. In this paper a new interpretation of the concept "mobile learning" is offered, drawing…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Telecommunications, Physical Mobility, Educational Technology