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Pardim, Vanessa Itacaramby; Contreras Pinochet, Luis Hernan; Viana, Adriana Backx Noronha; de Souza, Cesar Alexandre – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2023
Purpose: Education is undergoing digital transformation intensified by COVID-19. In this context, gamification is an attractive alternative based on the use of elements of the games with educational purposes. However, it keeps the educational content to be learned as a central element without neglecting the "fun," which contributing to…
Descriptors: Gamification, Private Schools, Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education
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Malanga, Andrea Cristina Micchelucci; Bernardes, Roberto Carlos; Borini, Felipe Mendes; Pereira, Rafael Morais; Rossetto, Dennys Eduardo – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
The use of e-learning services is growing in different contexts, especially in the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to examine students' acceptance of and intention to use Learning Management Systems (LMSs) for university education in Brazil using the extended technology acceptance model, unified theory of acceptance and use of technology…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Integrated Learning Systems, College Students
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Santos, Anabela Caetano; Arriaga, Patrícia; Daniel, João R.; Cefai, Carmel; Melo, Márcia H. S.; Psyllou, Agoritsa; Shieh, Jin-Jy; Schutte, Nicola; Furtado, Crispiniano; David, Celso H.; Azevedo, Manecas C.; Andreou, Eleni; Simões, Celeste – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
Student engagement research in university students has been scarce, despite its major positive role on performance, degree completion and mental health. Social and emotional competencies, which are currently called twenty-first-century skills, exert some impact on student engagement in youth. Since engagement is cultural-sensitive, individual…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Screening Tests, Learner Engagement
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José Nunes da Silva Júnior; José Mariano de Sousa Oliveira; Jean-Yves Winum; Antonio José Melo Leite Junior; Francisco Serra Oliveira Alexandre; David Macedo do Nascimento; Ulisses Silva de Sousa; Antônia Torres Ávila Pimenta; André Jalles Monteiro – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
The educational game Interactions 500 was extensively used remotely during the COVID-19 Pandemic as an activity at the Federal University of Ceará (Brazil) to help students review intermolecular forces. In the postpandemic years, the game was also used face-to-face in the classroom. However, Apple Store and Google Play Store removed it from their…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Activities, Educational Games, COVID-19
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Bóbó, Míria L. D. R.; Campos, Fernanda; Stroele, Victor; David, José Maria N.; Braga, Regina; Torrent, Tiago Timponi – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2022
Dropping out of school comes from a long-term disengagement process with social and economic consequences. Being able to predict students' behavior earlier can minimize their failures and disengagement. This article presents the SASys architecture based on a lexical approach and a polarized frame network. Its main goal is to define the author's…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Psychological Patterns, Learner Engagement, Electronic Learning
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Guadelupe, Sávio Resende; Freitas, Danilo Pestana; De Carvalho, Paulo Victor Rodrigues; Jatobá, Alessandro – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2021
This article presents an observational qualitative study regarding the use of agile methodologies in implementing project-based student assessment procedures in higher education courses. The study comprised 32 students enrolled in an online biology class in a public university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Students underwent two types of activities:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Akazaki, Jacqueline Mayumi; Slodkowski, Bruna Kin; Machado, Leticia Rocha; Miranda, Kennya Ferreira Silva; Grande, Tássia Priscila Fagundes; Behar, Patricia Alejandra – Informatics in Education, 2022
The objective of this article is to present the creation process of Pedagogical Strategies (PS) based on Socio-affective Scenarios mapped in a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Every year, enterprises are looking for new technologies that can improve the skills of their collaborators, bringing VLE resources to e-training formations. The PSs are…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
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Tichaona Buzy Musikavanhu; Elizabeth Isabel Scheepers – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2024
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the transition to online learning, with synchronous e-learning becoming a critical modality in higher education institutions (HEIs) worldwide. This shift, while ensuring educational continuity, has unveiled numerous challenges, especially in developing nations where resources and infrastructure…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Electronic Learning, Barriers, College Students
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Mello, P. S.; Natale, C. C.; Trivelato, S. L. F.; Marzin-Janvier, P.; Vieira, L. Q.; Manzoni-de-Almeida, D. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2019
This article examines student engagement in an inquiry-based learning activity, planned to provide students with elements in the social, epistemic, and conceptual dimensions related to the scientific practice in immunology. The activity was applied to 39 groups of students enrolled in immunology or biochemistry courses in a public university in…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Inquiry, Learning Activities, Epidemiology
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Sangster, Alan, Ed.; Stoner, Greg, Ed.; Flood, Barbara, Ed. – Accounting Education, 2020
This paper presents a compilation of personal reflections from 66 contributors on the impact of, and responses to, COVID-19 in accounting education in 45 different countries around the world. It reveals a commonality of issues, and a variability in responses, many positive outcomes, including the creation of opportunities to realign learning and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Administration Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Piet Kommers Ed.; Tomayess Issa Ed.; Adriana Backx Noronha Viana Ed.; Theodora Issa Ed.; Pedro Isaías Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2022
These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the International Conferences on: Educational Technologies 2022 (ICEduTech 2022), Sustainability, Technology and Education 2022 (STE 2022), Internet Technologies & Society 2022 (ITS 2022), and Applied Management Advances in the 21st Century 2022 (AMA21 2022) held virtually, from December…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Simulation, Telecommunications, Teacher Education
Deacon, Lisa – Canadian Bureau for International Education, 2014
This report depicts the experience and perspectives of 100 Brazilian international students who responded to CBIE's "2014 International Student Survey".
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Student Motivation
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Rafferty, Anna N., Ed.; Whitehill, Jacob, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Cavalli-Sforza, Violetta, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2020
The 13th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2020) was originally arranged to take place in Ifrane, Morocco. Due to the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) epidemic, EDM 2020, as well as most other academic conferences in 2020, had to be changed to a purely online format. To facilitate efficient transmission of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Teaching Methods, Information Retrieval, Data Processing
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Correia, Rosane – English Teaching Forum, 2006
Using a reading lesson designed for advanced university students in Brazil, the author discusses different types of exercises that can help students become more active readers and be more critical about the reading materials. The author distinguishes between passive and active reading tasks and argues that active tasks are more beneficial because…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Critical Reading, Reading Instruction
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers