ERIC Number: EJ1117914
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Dec
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0735-6331
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Problem-Based Learning in Multimodal Learning Environments: Learners' Technology Adoption Experiences
Ioannou, Andri; Vasiliou, Christina; Zaphiris, Panayiotis
Journal of Educational Computing Research, v54 n7 p1022-1040 Dec 2016
In this study, we enhanced a problem-based learning (PBL) environment with affordable, everyday technologies that can be found in most university classrooms (e.g., projectors, tablets, students' own smartphones, traditional paper-pencil, and Facebook). The study was conducted over a 3-year period, with 60 postgraduate learners in a human-computer interaction course, following a PBL approach to teaching and learning. First, this article contributes a detailed description of how PBL can be enacted in a multimodal, technology-rich classroom. Second, the study presents evaluation data on learners' technology adoption experience while engaging in PBL. Overall, the participants positively endorsed the learning environment, rating their experience highly on scales of communication and interaction, reflection, perceived learning, and satisfaction. In addition, quantitative content analysis of Facebook use documented how the physical and digital tools in the environment, coupled with the capability of Facebook as a recordkeeping and communication tool, were integral part of the PBL process.
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Classroom Environment, Universities, Educational Environment, Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Interaction, Content Analysis, Social Media, Adoption (Ideas), Graduate Students, Handheld Devices, Multimedia Instruction, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Likert Scales, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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