EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology
Jun 25, 2018
Editors
Theo Bastiaens; Johan Van Braak; Mark Brown; Lorenzo Cantoni; Manuel Castro; Rhonda Christensen; Gayle V. Davidson-Shivers; Koen DePryck; Martin Ebner; Mikhail Fominykh; Catherine Fulford; Stylianos Hatzipanagos; Gerald Knezek; Karel Kreijns; Gary Marks; Erkko Sointu; Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen; Jarmo Viteli; Joke Voogt; Peter Weber; Edgar Weippl; Olaf Zawacki-Richter
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 14
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Best of Austria: OER-Certification for Higher Education
Martin Ebner, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Open Education Resources (OER) will play an important role in the future of higher education institutions at least in German-speaking countries. Due to the very strict copyright law OER seems to be... More
pp. 1-6
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Best of Germany: A Cooperative Approach to the Challenges of Implementing e-Assessments
Dorothe Meister, Gudrun Oevel & Marcel Graf-Schlattmann, Paderborn University, Germany
The paper and the corresponding talk present a project conducted by five universities to implement e-assesments in the state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW, Germany) and its corresponding findings. We... More
pp. 7-15
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Developing e-learning system for English conversation practice using speech recognition and artificial intelligence
Makoto Shishido, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
It has been emphasized to comprehensively improve the four skills of English; reading, writing, listening, and speaking in the university English education in Japan. However, the teaching of... More
pp. 226-231
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Learning Experience Technology Usability Design framework
Veera Kenttälä, Rebekah Rousi & Marja Kankaanranta, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Using information and communication technology (ICT) for learning purposes has become more ingrained in curriculums and students’ lives over the past decades. Commonly, the lack of understanding... More
pp. 414-423
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Best of Germany: Developing Strategies for Digital Transformation in Higher Education: Not a Trivial Pursuit
Michael Kerres & Barbara Getto, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
The paper presents an organizational view on educational technology in higher education. Many institutions are eagerly implementing various digital technologies and tools for learning, they seem to... More
pp. 524-530
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Best of Finland: Perspectives for the Pre-service Teachers’ Readiness to Take Advantage of ICT in Education
Teemu Valtonen, Erkko Sointu & Jari Kukkonen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland; Kati Makitalo, Oulu University, Finland
This paper focuses on first-year pre-service teachers’ readiness to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education. Readiness to use ICT in education is studied as part of 21st... More
pp. 667-674
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Supporting Cultural Connections, Collections, and Reflections through Technology in Short-Term Study Abroad
Kevin Oliver & Angela Wiseman, North Carolina State University, United States; Michael Cook, Auburn University, United States
A short-term study abroad program funded by a local foundation provides teachers with a professional development opportunity in an international context. The goal of the grant is to train teachers ... More
pp. 769-776
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Best of Austria: Austria’s Higher Education e-Learning Landscape - Summary of the Status Quo
Hans-Peter Steinbacher, University of Applied Sciences Kufstein, Austria
An empirical study was conducted to assess the status quo of the Austrian e-learning landscape in tertiary education. The study examined strategies, resources, organization and experience relating ... More
pp. 802-806
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Water Cycle in Nature: Small-Scale STEM Education Pilot
Diana Bogusevschi, Dublin City University, Ireland; Irina Tal, National College of Ireland, Ireland; Marilena Bratu, University of Bucharest, Romania; Bogdan Gornea & Dorothea Caraman, Siveco, Romania; Ioana Ghergulescu, Adaptemy, Ireland; Cristina Hava Muntean, National College of Ireland, Ireland; Gabriel-Miro Muntean, Dublin City University, Ireland
A digitised educational application focused on the water cycle in nature was employed in a small-scale pilot carried out in a secondary school in Ireland, as part of the European Horizon 2020... More
pp. 1496-1505
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Evaluative Research on Virtual and Augmented Reality for Children
Seonghye Yoon, LET’s Lab, Korea (South); JeeEun Jang, Envisible, inc., Korea (South); JiYoung Lim, Ewha Womans University, Korea (South)
Recently, VR and AR technologies have attracted much attention in the field of education. The purpose of this study was to investigate the quantitative and qualitative aspects of learning... More
pp. 1603-1613
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Best of The Netherlands: How children use computational thinking skills when they solve a problem using the Ozobot
Diane van der Linde & Nicole van der Aar, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands; Joke Voogt, University of Amsterdam/ Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
An observation study has been conducted to find out which computational thinking skills children use when solving a programming task. The main question was “What are the thinking processes of young... More
pp. 2151-2157
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Best of Germany: Beyond the Buzzwords: A Strategy to Connect Curricula with the Digital World
Thilo Harth & Frank Dellmann, Muenster University of Applied Sciences, Germany, Germany
Disruption, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Augmented Reality, Industry 4.0 and Rapid Prototyping are just a selection of the buzzwords that come up in connection with the rapid changes in... More
pp. 2219-2226
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Best of Ireland: The Learning Portfolio in Higher Education: An Integrative Review
Darina Scully, Michael O'Leary & Mark Brown, Dublin City University, Ireland
The learning portfolio is often lauded as a powerful pedagogical tool, and consequently, is rapidly becoming a central feature of contemporary education. This paper synthesizes and critically... More
pp. 2237-2246
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Best of Finland: Adult Playfulness in Simulation-based Healthcare Education
Tuulikki Keskitalo, Marjaana Kangas & Heli Ruokamo, University of Lapland, Finland
Abstract: In many studies, simulation-based healthcare education has been observed to be enjoyable and meaningful. The objectives of simulation-based learning can be multifaceted, such as learning ... More
pp. 2316-2324
