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Dimensions of Personalisation in Technology-Enhanced Learning: A Framework and Implications for Design
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FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Kucirkova, Natalia; Jones, Ann; Cross, Simon; Ferguson, Rebecca; Herodotou, Christothea; Hillaire, Garron; Scanlon, Eileen – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
Personalisation of learning is a recurring trend in our society, referred to in government speeches, popular media, conference and research papers and technological innovations. This latter aspect--of using personalisation in technology-enhanced learning (TEL)--has promised much but has not always lived up to the claims made. Personalisation is…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Individualized Instruction, Student Needs
Social Media for Informal Minority Language Learning: Exploring Welsh Learners' Practices
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Jones, Ann – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2015
Conole and Alevizou's social media typology (Conole and Alevizou, 2010) includes amongst its ten categories: media sharing; conversational arenas and chat; social networking and blogging. These are all media with which language learners are increasingly engaging (Lamy and Zourou, 2013). Social networking tools, in particular, which encourage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Welsh, Informal Education, Learning Strategies
Museum Learning via Social and Mobile Technologies: (How) Can Online Interactions Enhance the Visitor Experience?
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Charitonos, Koula; Blake, Canan; Scanlon, Eileen; Jones, Ann – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Key to introducing information and communication technologies in museums is to support meaning-making activity in encounters with artefacts. The study presented in this paper is exploratory in nature and investigates the use of social and mobile technologies in school field trips as a means of enhancing the visitor experience. It is anchored in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Handheld Devices, Social Networks, Web 2.0 Technologies
Motivation and Mobile Devices: Exploring the Role of Appropriation and Coping Strategies
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Jones, Ann; Issroff, Kim – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2007
There has been interest recently in how mobile devices may be motivating forces in the right contexts: for example, one of the themes for the IADIS International Conference on Mobile Learning in 2007 was "Affective Factors in Learning with Mobile Devices" (http://www.mlearning-conf.org). The authors have previously proposed six aspects…
Descriptors: Motivation, Coping, Informal Education, Case Studies
Digital Maps for Learning: A Review and Prospects
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Jones, Ann; Blake, Canan; Davies, Clare; Scanlon, Eileen – Computers and Education, 2004
Over the last 10 years there has been a rapid increase in the development and use of digital maps for teaching and learning in Higher Education. There is also a political drive to encourage and foster best practice in this area. This is part of a more general initiative on fostering the development and demonstrating the impact of the use of…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Maps, Educational Technology, Instructional Effectiveness
The Use of Computers for Self-Expression and Communication.
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Jones, Ann; Selby, Carolyn – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1997
Uses case studies to assess extent to which the "Bubble Dialogue," an application supporting role-play within a comic strip environment, helps abused, adopted, and foster children express feelings, reflect, and debate pertinent issues. Study of the application with comparison group in primary school provides baseline data. Issues arising…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Case Studies, Child Abuse, Children