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Johnson, L.; Adams Becker, S.; Cummins, M.; Estrada, V. – New Media Consortium, 2014
This report is a collaborative research effort between the New Media Consortium (NMC), Concordia International School Shanghai, and NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand, to help inform international school leaders in Asia about significant developments in technologies supporting teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in primary and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Schools, Technology Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Uzuner, Sedef – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
This paper reviews past research that focused on questions of culture in distance learning. Of specific interest are the studies that examined the influence of culture on students' learning and engagement in asynchronous learning networks (ALNs). The purpose of this review is three-fold: to present the state of knowledge concerning the questions…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Cultural Context, Educational Research
Johnson, L.; Adams Becker, S.; Estrada, V.; Martín, S. – New Media Consortium, 2013
The "Technology Outlook for STEM+ Education 2013-2018: An NMC Horizon Project Sector Analysis" reflects a collaborative research effort between the New Media Consortium (NMC), the Centro Superior para la Enseñanza Virtual (CSEV), the Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Control at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Computer Uses in Education, Adoption (Ideas), Technological Advancement
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Cifuentes, Lauren; Green, Marybeth; McNamara, Jim – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The research team identified and tested six criteria that operationalize cultural responsiveness as a factor for evaluating school district Websites: cultural utility, representation of diverse cultures of target populations in graphics, percentage of website topics translated into Spanish, the content of topics translated, the level on which…
Descriptors: School Districts, Internet, Hispanic American Students, Culturally Relevant Education
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Youn, Soonkyoung – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
Since the Internet was introduced in the field of Educational Technology, it has predominantly been seen as an instructional tool. A number of educational technologists point out that the Internet can be a powerful instructional tool that encourages learners to be involved in problem-solving by using a great deal of information and to enlarge and…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Virtual Classrooms, Interpersonal Communication, Student Attitudes