ERIC Number: EJ1097705
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Publication Date: 2014
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ICT to Support Ideation via General Education
Thorsteinsson, Gisli
Journal on School Educational Technology, v9 n3 p29-39 Dec 2013-Feb 2014
This paper reports a case study series of four related case study lessons, set up as a course using a Virtual Reality Learning Environment (VRLE) to support the students' ideation skills in Innovation Education (IE) in Icelandic conventional classroom. The IE course content and preparation is described. Overall aims, objectives and research questions for the case study series are stated and specific data collection methods explained. Triangulated findings are reported as categories and results are discussed and analysed. Subsequently, the following research questions are answered. 1. How could the VRLE be used with IE material in a conventional classroom? 2. What pedagogical factors influence the innovation process, where the VRLE is used?
Descriptors: Information Technology, Case Studies, Online Courses, Educational Innovation, Thinking Skills, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Electronic Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Needs Assessment, Problem Solving, Educational Benefits, Educational Objectives, Data Collection, Coding, Educational Planning, Teacher Role, Computer Literacy, Student Motivation, Student Needs, Notetaking, Computer Assisted Design, Freehand Drawing, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Usability, Grounded Theory
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Language: English
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