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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Learning Sciences"”.
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Reengineering Education : systems engineering and the LearningGraph as a means to develop a coherent learning data architecture
… learners globally need access to high quality learning environments and coherent learning pathways that support them to thrive in our complex world. Fundamental to every learning technology, environment, and system, is a learning data model and architecture that helps to organize the learner's …
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Development of a Scalable Self-Regulation Intervention in Support of Lifelong Learning for First-year Engineering Students
Lifelong learning is a Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) graduate attribute and thus a fundamental component of engineering education, and yet, unlike many core engineering concepts such as thermodynamics or heat transfer, there is no agreed upon approach to teach it to students. This …
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Techno-vernacular creativity, innovation and learning in underrepresented ethnic communities of practice
… Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) learning was proposed. This dissertation consists of a study involving four workshops conducted between 2013 and 2014 that sought to examine the impact of the following combined methods a) culturally situated design, which connects vernacular art …
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Piano Instruction: Reframing the Master-Apprentice Model Through the Integration of Dialogic Processes
… separate it from the traditional classroom. The learning in a private lesson encompasses cognitive, affective, and motor skills, often all at the same time, in a relatively intimate setting. Historically, this teaching and learning environment has followed the master-apprentice model of …
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Researching and developing the impacts of virtual identity on computational learning environments
… virtual environments. Using a computer science learning platform and game of our own creation as an experimental setting, we have been studying the impacts of avatar use on users' performance and engagement in computer science learning environments. This is a topic of increasing importance in …
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The design process of a collaborative orchestration tool and its implications for instructor uptake
… becomes a widely used methodology in the Learning Sciences, research is needed to understand how this methodology is applied in practice. The present study responds to calls from the field, for researchers to disseminate the design processes when conducting design-based research studies. …
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Professional Development and Learning of In-Service Teachers at Different Career Stages in China: A Teacher Knowledge Building Perspective
… that targeted professional development and learning (PDL) approaches should be provided for in-service teachers at different career stages. This research aims to add to the paucity of research that explores what PDL approaches are best suited for in-service teachers at different career …
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Impact of Organizational Context Factors on Individuals' Self-Reported Knowledge Sharing Behaviors
The proliferation of teams and team-based activities emphasizes the need to understand knowledge sharing behaviors in order to facilitate team performance. Knowledge sharing in teams is valuable and indispensable for both academic and corporate organizations in order to meet and manage team …
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Broadening Participation of Girls in Computing: An Integrated Approach to Supporting Interest in CS
… girls may benefit from intentionally designing learning environments informed by domain-specific theoretical models of interest development in CS. Prior research suggests that supporting interest involves multiple interacting factors; therefore, using an integrated approach may be more effective …
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Understanding Relations, Learning, and Transformation in Mongolian Herders’ Climate Change Adaptation
… study investigates pastoralists’ adaptation and learning, relational factors that shape the processes, and the impact of learning on transformations toward sustainability. My conceptualization and analysis of relations and learning build on the complementary perspectives of social practice theory …
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Developing TPACK in Practice: a multiple case study of higher education instructors
Engaging instructors with technology remains a problem in higher education (Westberry, McNaughton, Billot, & Gaeta, 2015). For many instructors, competency with new tools and practices remains a barrier to using technologies in their teaching (Buchanan, Sainter, & Saunders, 2013; Georgina & …
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Addressing Skills Gap: A Systemic Reframe and Redesign of Capstone using Design-Based Research
… be used in a systems approach to improve student learning experiences and create stronger workplace readiness? This design-based research study, comprised of three research cycles, explores research for, on, and through intervention, and investigates reframing and redesign in the context of an …
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Attitudes, behaviors, and learning outcomes from using classtranscribe, a UDL-featured video-based online learning platform with learnersourced text-searchable captions
… studies on students' attitudes, behaviors, and learning outcomes from using ClassTranscribe, a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) featured video-based online learning platform. ClassTranscribe provided accurate accessible transcriptions and captioning plus a custom text-searchable interface to …
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Design for Learning Through a Complexity Perspective: A Board Game Redesign Approach to Enabling Learning Possibilities
This doctoral study followed a conception of learning as a complex phenomenon and aimed to examine possible ways of supporting it. Drawing on insights from complexity research, particularly the notion of enabling constraints (Davis & Simmt, 2003), I explored the settings for supporting learners’ …