Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
Jan 01, 2010 Volume 26, Number 3
Editors
Eva Heinrich; Michael Henderson; Petrea Redmond
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 8
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Preschool cookbook of computer programming topics
Leonel Morgado, Maria Cruz, Ken Kahn & Ken Kahn
A common problem in computer programming use for education in general, not simply as a technical skill, is that children and teachers find themselves constrained by what is possible through limited... More
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Analysing high school students' participation and interaction in an asynchronous online project-based learning environment
Choon Quek & Quek Lang
This study aims to replicate and extend a previous study which was conducted on primary school students' asynchronous online project-based learning. In this study, 276 high school students'... More
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Using wikis for collaborative learning: Assessing collaboration through contribution
Terry Judd, Gregor Kennedy, Simon Cropper & Simon Cropper
Wikis are widely promoted as collaborative writing tools and are gaining in popularity in educational settings. However, while wikis include features that are designed to facilitate collaboration, ... More
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Using blogging to promote clinical reasoning and metacognition in undergraduate physiotherapy fieldwork programs
Shuyan Tan, Richard Ladyshewsky, Peter Gardner & Peter Gardner
This qualitative study investigated the impact of using blogs on the clinical reasoning and meta-cognitive skills of undergraduate physiotherapy students in a fieldwork education program. A blog is... More
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The networked student model for construction of personal learning environments: Balancing teacher control and student autonomy
Wendy Drexler & Wendy Drexler
Principles of networked learning, constructivism, and connectivism inform the design of a test case through which secondary students construct personal learning environments for the purpose of... More
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Educational design of short, audio-only podcasts: The teacher and student experience
Lucy Taylor, Steve Clark & Steve Clark
This paper reports the findings of an exploratory study on the use of podcasting in higher education. The study was conducted during 2007 and 2008 and involved students from 20 units of study.... More
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Grappling with technology: A case of supporting Malaysian Smart School teachers' professional development
Siew Thang, Puvaneswary Murugaiah, Kean Lee, Hazita Azman, Lay Tan & Yit Lee
This paper discusses the challenges faced by a group of Smart School teachers in a partnership model designed to help them develop professionally through the use of online tools. This model known... More
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Elementary school students' attitudes and self-efficacy of using PDAs in a ubiquitous learning context
Pei-Shan Tsai, Chin-Chung Tsai & Gwo-Haur Hwang
The purpose of this study was to develop an attitude and a self-efficacy survey of using PDAs in ubiquitous learning (u-learning) environments for elementary school students. The sample of this... More