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Towards a Differentiated and Domain-Specific View of Educational Technology: An Exploratory Study of History Teachers' Technology Use
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Voet, Michiel; De Wever, Bram – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Adopting a differentiated and domain-specific view of educational technology, the present study focuses on the case of school history. It argues that, in this particular context, one of technology's main assets is its ability to support inquiry-based learning activities, during which students interpret the past through historical reasoning. As…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, History Instruction, Inquiry
VET Workers' Problem-Solving Skills in Technology-Rich Environments: European Approach
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Hämäläinen, Raija; Cincinnato, Sebastiano; Malin, Antero; De Wever, Bram – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2014
The European workplace is challenging VET adults' problem-solving skills in technology-rich environments (TREs). So far, no international large-scale assessment data has been available for VET. The PIAAC data comprise the most comprehensive source of information on adults' skills to date. The present study (N = 50 369) focuses on gaining insight…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Problem Solving, Educational Technology
VET Workers' Problem-Solving Skills in Technology-Rich Environments: European Approach
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Hämäläinen, Raija; Cincinnato, Sebastiano; Malin, Antero; De Wever, Bram – Online Submission, 2014
The European workplace is challenging VET adults' problem-solving skills in technology-rich environments (TREs). So far, no international large-scale assessment data has been available for VET. The PIAAC data comprise the most comprehensive source of information on adults' skills to date. The present study (N = 50 369) focuses on gaining insight…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Problem Solving, Educational Technology
Vocational Education Approach: New TEL Settings--New Prospects for Teachers' Instructional Activities?
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Hämäläinen, Raija; De Wever, Bram – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2013
This study focuses on vocational education teachers' instructional activities in a new technology-enhanced learning (TEL) setting. A content analysis is applied to investigate teachers' and students' interactions in a 3D game context. The findings illustrate that when teachers' and students' interactions are mediated by a…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Vocational Education, Educational Games
The State-of-the-Art of Collaborative Technologies for Initial Vocational Education: A Systematic Literature Review
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Schwendimann, Beat A.; De Wever, Bram; Hämäläinen, Raija; Cattaneo, Alberto A. P. – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2018
Future workplaces require collaboration skills in which members of different work communities use technologies to solve complex problems. Vocational education and training (VET) programs need to meet the challenge to prepare students to be part of a competent workforce. Particularly initial vocational education is under pressure to develop…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Vocational Education, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Mediated Communication
Researching Instructional Use and the Technology Acceptation of Learning Management Systems by Secondary School Teachers
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De Smet, Cindy; Bourgonjon, Jeroen; De Wever, Bram; Schellens, Tammy; Valcke, Martin – Computers & Education, 2012
The aim of this large-scale study was to understand the technology acceptation of learning management systems (LMS) by secondary school teachers and to investigate the instructional use of LMS, distinguishing between informational use and communicational use. The predictive model further includes: perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use,…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Information Technology, Statistical Data, Secondary School Teachers