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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"digital resources"”.
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A collaborative design process for educational digital resources in African higher education
Within Africa, access to digital library systems is critical in supporting higher level teaching, learning and research. Currently there is a high demand with inadequate resources which often produces poorly supported learning outcomes. The effectiveness of current resources is further limited by …
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“All these wonderful things”: the place of digital resources in newly qualified English language and literacy teachers' practices, from higher education to high schools
… in the present period. The proliferation of the digital is often cited as a key factor driving this sense of flux. In initial teacher education, the place of the digital in teachers' practices is complicated by students' varying engagements with the digital, and unequal access to digital …
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The use of print library materials in the era of digital resources in institutions of higher learning in Namibia: a case study of the University of Namibia (UNAM) and Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)
… the extent to which students prefer print resources in the digital era. A mixed method research approach was adopted, with the use of a self-administered survey questionnaire and a semi-structured interview guide to gather data from the participants. The population comprised of the …
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Using Screenshots as a Medium to Support Knowledge Workers' Productivity
As computer users increasingly rely on digital tools for daily tasks, the complexity of their working environments continues to grow. Modern knowledge workers must navigate a diverse array of digital resources, including documents, websites, applications, and other information. This complexity …
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Digital competencies of high school mathematics teachers in Pakistan
… landscape, which includes a variety of digital tools and resources, require teachers to develop digital competencies. This need is particularly pertinent for mathematics teachers in developing countries like Pakistan, where there is a requirement to bridge the digital divide and equip …
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“A tool not a substitute” : a multiple case study investigation of technology use in the early years foundation stage
The increasing availability of digital resources accessible to young children and their engagement with technology is often portrayed in a negative manner. Early years teachers are in an ideal position to address this by introducing technology to young children as a tool for learning. This study …
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TEACHER PRACTICES AROUND REPERTOIRE LEARNING AND SELECTION IN THE ELEMENTARY GENERAL MUSIC CLASSROOM
… research to answer the following questions:What resources (textbooks, digital resources, etc.) do teachers report utilizing when seeking repertoire for use in their classrooms? When selecting repertoire for their classrooms, what musical and extra-musical factors do elementary general music …
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Informing a transformative multicultural approach: Seeking a content form and a medium for Illinois Indian resources for preservice social studies teachers
… for preservice social studies teachers in using resources for an ethnic minority relevant to the state of Illinois and US history, the Illinois Indians. I also explored how varied participant perspectives informed those recommendations and gave meaning to multicultural education via such content. …
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Investigating how South African humanities researchers engage with digital archives
… Despite technological developments in the Digital Humanities space, it is unclear that the facilities offered by digital archives support the needs of Humanities researchers in developing countries. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how South African Humanities scholars use …
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The BabelNEG System - A Protocol-generic Infrastructure for Electronic SLA Negotiations in the Internet of Services
… Internet of Services are driven by digital resources traded on a global scope. For the resulting economic setting, automated on-line techniques for handling services and resources themselves, for advertising and discovering as well as for the on-the-fly negotiation of proper terms …
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Games-based Techniques and Collaborative Learning Between Arts Students in Higher Education
… game-based techniques delivered through digital resources can impact collaborative learning between arts students in higher education. Research into games-based learning has paid little attention to its use in the Creative Arts: STEM subjects or vocational training are often the main …
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Money supply and inflation in virtual economies : creating the appropriate tools for virtual economic management in collaboration with NARC Ltd.
… represent economies that are based on scarce digital resources. Some of the largest and most complex virtual worlds that we interact with are a part of the genre of massively multiplayer online video games (MMO). Several MMO game developers have had to tackle with the issue of inflation …
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Social identity in Shakespeare's plays : a quantitative study
… claims they raise. In doing so, I illustrate how digital resources such as the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary (Kay et al 2015), the Folger Digital Texts (Mowat, Werstine, Niles and Poston 2014) and corpus analysis software including AntConc (Anthony 2014) and Ubiqu+ity can …
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Pre-service teachers' perceptions and practices: integrating digital literacy into English education
Teachers are increasingly expected to use digital resources to facilitate learning. Recent research in Higher Education has indicated the existence of a digital divide among students. With the changing role of the English teacher as a facilitator of critical skills and the traditional centrality of …
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Assessing learning outcomes and social capital formation resulting from the use and sharing of internet knowledge resources
Today's "digital natives" use the Internet to address most, if not all, their learning-related knowledge needs. This research evaluates the outcomes of formal learning activities requiring students to use, manage, share, and consolidate Internet knowledge resources (such as websites, videos, and …
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Ancient Art, Modern Tech: Experiencing the Digital Reinvention of the Mogao Grottoes
… protect, research, and promote the site. Today, digital resources, replicas, and exhibitions have redefined what it means to experience the caves. Together, they have also expanded Mogao’s reach far beyond its physical boundaries. Against all odds, this middle-of-nowhere desert outpost has …
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Using Timed-Release Cryptography to Mitigate Preservation Risk of Embargo Periods
… Cryptology (TRC) so that it can be deployed s digital resources encoded in the MPEG-21 Digital Item Description Language (DIDL) complex object format to harvesters interested in harvesting a local copy of content by utilizing The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting …
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Metadata creation and management in the preservation of digital information in selected libraries in Cape Town
Metadata describes and organizes resources in the digital environment for users to discover. Metadata plays an integral part in the digital preservation of information resources even though inadequacies exist in its creation and management. Challenges that affect creation and management of metadata …
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A Study on the Impact of Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic on Learner Performance in Grade 12 in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
… compounded by technological barriers and limited resources, highlighting inequalities in access to remote learning. This study recommends enhancing digital preparedness through training on online platforms, improving access to digital resources, prioritising Grade 12 learners with flexible …
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Digital technologies and photographic archives Birmingham Central Library: a case study
This thesis considers the use and potential of digital technologies for those responsible for photographic collections in public libraries. Using the Birnlingham Central Library as a case study, the research has explored how information comn1unication technologies have impacted on the way in which …
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