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Implementing Web 2.0 Technologies in Higher Education: A Collective Case Study
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Bennett, Sue; Bishop, Andrea; Dalgarno, Barney; Waycott, Jenny; Kennedy, Gregor – Computers & Education, 2012
Web 2.0 technologies are becoming more popular in the everyday lives of students. As a result, teachers and designers have begun to explore their use in formal education. This paper presents evaluation findings from a collective case study of six Web 2.0 implementations in Australian higher education. The research was undertaken as part of a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Practices, Educational Technology, Case Studies
Understanding Students' Use and Value of Technology for Learning
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Beckman, Karley; Bennett, Sue; Lockyer, Lori – Learning, Media and Technology, 2014
Despite significant research in the field of educational technology, there is still much we do not fully understand about students' experiences with technology. This article proposes that research in the field of educational technology would benefit from a sociological framing that pays attention to the understandings and lives of learners. Within…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Secondary School Students
Talking Back to Theory: The Missed Opportunities in Learning Technology Research
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Bennett, Sue; Oliver, Martin – Research in Learning Technology, 2011
Research into learning technology has developed a reputation for being driven by rhetoric about the revolutionary nature of new developments, for paying scant attention to theories that might be used to frame and inform research, and for producing shallow analyses that do little to inform the practice of education. Although there is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Multimedia Instruction
Learning Objects in Practice: The Integration of Reusable Learning Objects in Primary Education
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Cameron, Tiffani; Bennett, Sue – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
The study described in this paper investigated the use of "The Le@rning Federation's" learning objects by students in primary school education. The study focused on how students engaged with and responded to the learning objects and how the objects supported student learning. A collective case study design allowed the researchers to investigate…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Teacher Role, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Elementary School Students
Investigating Strategies for Using Related Cases to Support Design Problem Solving
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Bennett, Sue – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2010
Case-based learning has long been used to bring students into contact with the complexity of real-world situations. Despite this popularity and considerable history, research into how case analysis can support future problem-solving has been limited. The study reported in this paper investigated learners' understanding of multimedia instructional…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Educational Strategies, Graduate Students, Problem Solving
Designing Real-Life Cases To Support Authentic Design Activities.
Bennett, Sue; Harper, Barry; Hedberg, John – 2001
Teachers in a range of disciplines are interested in engaging their students in authentic activities that reflect the experiences of real-world practitioners. Adopting this approach requires the design and implementation of learning environments that incorporate and support such activities. This paper describes two real-life cases at the…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Environment