Investigating the Effects of Authentic Activities on Foreign Language Learning: A Design-Based Research Approach

Ildeniz Ozverir; Ulker Vanci Osam; Jan Herrington

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 20, No. 4 (2017) pp. 261–274

Achieving communicative competency in English classes has been a key goal in contexts where English is taught as a foreign language (EFL). During this process, however, integrating the difficulty and complexity of real life tasks into classroom...

Incorporating risk assessment into the formative evaluation of an authentic e-learning program

James L. Vesper; Ümit Kartoğlu; Jan Herrington; Thomas C. Reeves

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 6 (November 2016) pp. 1113–1124

This paper describes the use of two different risk assessment strategies during the design and development of a complex authentic task-based e-learning program developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). The first strategy involved the use of...

Design principles for authentic learning of English as a foreign language

Ildeniz Ozverir; Jan Herrington; Ulker Vanci Osam

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 3 (May 2016) pp. 484–493

Knowledge obtained in higher education through de-contextualised tasks and activities often remains “inert” and learners cannot readily transfer understanding to novel contexts. Nowhere is this more evident than in learning a foreign language....

ePortfolio-Based Learning Environments: Recommendations for Effective Scaffolding of Reflective Thinking in Higher Education

Pauline Roberts; Dorit Maor; Jan Herrington

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 4 (2016) pp. 22–33

In addition to providing a useful repository for learning products, ePortfolios provide enhanced opportunities for the development of advanced learning skills. It can be argued, however, that ePortfolios are not being implemented effectively towards ...

Neither the frying pan nor the fire: In search of a balanced authentic e-learning design through an educational design research process

Hanna Ters; Jan Herrington

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr 01, 2014)

Teaching in higher education in the 21st century can be a demanding and complex role and academic educators around the globe are dealing with questions related to change. This paper describes a new type of a professional development program for...

Developing More Authentic e-Courses by Integrating Working Life Mentoring and Social Media

Irja Leppisaari; Riina Kleimola; Jan Herrington; Markus Maunula; Tuula Hohenthal

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 25, No. 2 (April 2014) pp. 209–234

Studies show that affordances of social media have not yet been fully exploited in the promotion of authentic e-learning in higher education. The e-Learning of the Future project (2009–2011) has met these challenges through working life mentoring...

Emerging technologies as cognitive tools for authentic learning

Jan Herrington; Jenni Parker

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 44, No. 4 (Jul 05, 2013) pp. 607–615

Employing emerging technologies in learning is becoming increasingly important as a means to support the development of digital media literacy. Using a theoretical framework of authentic learning and technology as cognitive tools, this paper...

The use of emerging technologies for authentic learning: A

Vivienne Bozalek; Daniela Gachago; Lucy Alexander; Kathy Watters; Denise Wood; Eunice Ivala; Jan Herrington

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 44, No. 4 (Jul 05, 2013) pp. 629–638

It is now widely accepted that the transmission of disciplinary knowledge is insufficient to prepare students leaving higher education for the workplace. Authentic learning has been suggested as a way to bring the necessary complexity into learning...

Student Reflection and Learning through Peer Reviews

Daniel Boase-Jelinek; Jenni Parker; Jan Herrington

Issues in Educational Research Vol. 23, No. 2 (2013) pp. 119–131

This paper describes lessons learnt whilst using an online peer review system in an undergraduate unit for pre-service teachers. In this unit, students learn to use information technologies as part of their future teaching practice. The unit aims to ...

Authentic Online Learning: Aligning Learner Needs, Pedagogy and Technology

Jenni Parker; Dorit Maor; Jan Herrington

Issues in Educational Research Vol. 23, No. 2 (2013) pp. 227–241

Over the past few decades there has been a substantial swing among higher education practitioners towards a more constructivist approach to learning. Nevertheless, it is still evident that many instructivist models are widely used in both classroom...

Authentic e-Learning in a Multicultural Context: Virtual Benchmarking Cases from Five Countries

Irja Leppisaari; Jan Herrington; Leena Vainio; Yeonwook Im

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 24, No. 1 (January 2013) pp. 53–73

Abstract: The implementation of authentic learning elements at education institutions in five countries, eight online courses in total, is examined in this paper. The International Virtual Benchmarking Project (2009-2010) applied the elements of...

Publishing and perishing: The critical importance of educational design research

Thomas Reeves; Susan McKenney; Jan Herrington; Jan Herrington

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2011)

The outcomes of educational systems continue to lag far behind expectations at all levels, primary, secondary, and tertiary. Meanwhile, the sheer amount of educational research published in refereed journals has expanded enormously. There is an...

Language: English

Topics: Educational Technology

International E-Benchmarking: Flexible Peer Development of Authentic Learning Principles in Higher Education

Irja Leppisaari; Leena Vainio; Jan Herrington; Yeonwook Im

Educational Media International Vol. 48, No. 3 (2011) pp. 179–191

More and more, social technologies and virtual work methods are facilitating new ways of crossing boundaries in professional development and international collaborations. This paper examines the peer development of higher education teachers through...

The development of social presence in online Arabic learning communities

Andrea Hall; Jan Herrington; Jan Herrington

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 26, No. 7 (Jan 01, 2010)

An effective online learning community requires the development of social presence, as this helps learners to project themselves online and feel a sense of community. A literature review found that cultural preferences are important in developing...

Language: English

Computers and play in early childhood: Affordances and limitations

Irina Verenikina; Jan Herrington; Rob Peterson; Jessica Mantei

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 21, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 139–159

** Invited as a paper from ED-MEDIA 2008 ** Abstract: The widespread proliferation of computer games for children as young as six months of age, merits a re-examination of their manner of use and a review of their facility to provide...

Topics: Developmental Stages, Games, Early Childhood Education, Children, Computers

Transfer of Online Professional Learning to Teachers’ Classroom Practice

Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington; Garry Hoban; Doug Reid

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 20, No. 2 (April 2009) pp. 189–213

Professional learning is an important process in enabling teachers to update their pedagogical knowledge and practices. The use of online technologies to support professional learning has a number of benefits in terms of flexibility and scalability. ...

Topics: Schools, eLearning, Professional Development, Teachers, Information Communication Technologies

Assisting Bulgarian Special Educators with Competency Development Online

Rob Peterson; Jan Herrington; Deslea Konza; Mira Tzvetkova-Arsova; Krassen Stefanov

Campus-Wide Information Systems Vol. 25, No. 4 (2008) pp. 197–208

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss an expansion of the Special Education Bulgaria (SEB) internet community that is required to pilot software created by the European Union's (EU's) Sixth Framework integrated project, TENCompetence....

Authentic Learning Supported by Technology: Ten Suggestions and Cases of Integration in Classrooms

Jan Herrington; Lisa Kervin

Educational Media International Vol. 44, No. 3 (September 2007) pp. 219–236

Technology use in classrooms is often employed for all the wrong reasons--such as convenience, pressure from school administrators, the belief that students need to be entertained, and so on. In this article, the authors argue that technology...

Immersive Learning Technologies: Realism and Online Authentic Learning

Jan Herrington; Thomas C. Reeves; Ron Oliver

Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 19, No. 1 (September 2007) pp. 80–99

The development of immersive learning technologies in the form of virtual reality and advanced computer applications has meant that realistic creations of simulated environments are now possible. Such simulations have been used to great effect in...

Representing Authentic Learning Designs Supporting the Development of Online Communities of Learners

Ron Oliver; Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington; Thomas C. Reeves

Journal of Learning Design Vol. 2, No. 2 (2007) pp. 1–21

Authentic learning designs have been explored for some time now and have frequently been shown to provide learning settings that provide many meaningful contexts for learning. These meaningful contexts provide not only encouragement for students to...

Implementing Authentic Tasks in Web-Based Learning Environments

Younghee Woo; Jan Herrington; Shirley Agostinho; Thomas C. Reeves

Educause Quarterly Vol. 30, No. 3 (2007) pp. 36–43

The use of authentic tasks is derived from social constructivist principles of locating learning in the context of reality. Authentic tasks can foster learning transfer because collaboration among students not only helps them learn the concepts...

Authentic Tasks Online: A Synergy among Learner, Task, and Technology

Jan Herrington; Thomas C. Reeves; Ron Oliver

Distance Education Vol. 27, No. 2 (August 2006) pp. 233–247

Fostering synergies amongst "learner," "task," and "technology" to create innovative and immersive distance learning environments runs counter to the widespread practice of incorporating traditional classroom pedagogical strategies into Web-based...

The Design of an Online Community of Practice for Beginning Teachers

Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington; Lisa Kervin; Brian Ferry

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 6, No. 1 (March 2006) pp. 120–132

Beginning teachers face enormous challenges in their first year of teaching. High attrition rates of teachers within the first five years attest to the difficulties inherent in commencing professional life as a teacher. This paper describes the...

Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Mentoring, Preservice Teacher Education, Teachers, Community

Scaffolding Learners in Authentic, Problem Based e-Learning Environments: The "Geography Challenge"

Gwyn Brickell; Jan Herrington

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 22, No. 4 (2006) pp. 531–547

The affordances of online learning technologies have enabled more widespread development of learning environments that facilitate the exploration and solving of complex and realistic problems. In this paper, we describe the design of a real world...

Scaffolding learners in authentic, problem based e-learning environments: The Geography Challenge

Gwyn Brickell; Jan Herrington

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 22, No. 4 (Jan 01, 2006)

The affordances of online learning technologies have enabled more widespread development of learning environments that facilitate the exploration and solving of complex and realistic problems. In this paper, we describe the design of a real world...

Online Learning as Information Delivery: Digital Myopia

Jan Herrington; Thomas C Reeves; Ron Oliver

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 16, No. 4 (October 2005) pp. 353–367

** Invited as a paper from ED-MEDIA 2004 ** In business and commerce, the concept of marketing myopia has been a useful tool to predict, analyze and explain the rise and fall of businesses. In this article, we question whether the concept can...

Topics: Pedagogy, Constructivism, web-based learning, online learning, online teaching

Design Methodology for the Implementation and Evaluation of a Scenario-Based Online Learning Environment

Shirley Agostinho; Jim Meek; Jan Herrington

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 16, No. 3 (July 2005) pp. 229–242

A constant challenge facing university faculty and academics is determining how innovative and authentic elements, based on constructivist philosophy, can be manifested effectively in online learning settings. In this article, we describe an...

Topics: web-based learning, Educational Technology, Evaluation, Constructivism, online teaching

Design Research: A Socially Responsible Approach to Instructional Technology Research in Higher Education

Thomas C. Reeves; Jan Herrington; Ron Oliver

Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 16, No. 2 (March 2005) pp. 96–115

Design research has grown in importance since it was first conceptualized in the early 90s, but it has not been adopted for research in instructional technology in higher education to any great extent. Many researchers continue to conduct studies...

Designing Authentic Activities in Web-Based Courses

Jan Herrington; Thomas C. Reeves; Ron Oliver; Younghee Woo

Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 16, No. 1 (September 2004) pp. 3–29

Influenced by constructivist educational theory and advances in technology, there is increasing interest in authentic activities as a basis for learning in both face-to-face and Web-based courses. Whereas traditionally, real-world activities have...

A Development Research Agenda for Online Collaborative Learning

Thomas C. Reeves; Jan Herrington; Ron Oliver

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 52, No. 4 (2004) pp. 53–66

Although important, traditional basic-to-applied research methods have provided an insufficient basis for advancing the design and implementation of innovative collaborative learning environments. It is proposed that more progress may be...

Exploring Technology-Mediated Learning from a Pedagogical Perspective

Ron Oliver; Jan Herrington

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 11, No. 2 (August 2003) pp. 111–126

A considerable amount of the effort and enthusiasm that goes into the development and implementation of technology-mediated learning environments often fails to create effective settings for learning. Too often the opportunities and advantages of...

Patterns of engagement in authentic online learning environments

Jan Herrington; Ron Oliver; Thomas Reeves

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2003) pp. 59–71

The use of authentic activities within online learning environments has been shown to have many benefits for learners in online units and courses. There has been renewed interest in the role of student activities within course units, as...

An Instructional Design Framework for Authentic Learning Environments

Jan Herrington; Ron Oliver

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 48, No. 3 (2000) pp. 23–48

The purpose of this study was to: identify critical characteristics of a situated learning environment from the extensive literature base on the subject; operationalize the critical characteristics of a situated learning environment by designing a...

Moving from an Instructivist to a Constructivist Multimedia Learning Environment

Jan Herrington; Peter Standen

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 9, No. 3 (2000) pp. 195–205

This article describes the transformation of a multimedia pro-gram, designed to teach research skills to business students, from one based on an "instructivist" model to one under-pinned with a constructivist philosophy. The revised program uses the ...

Online Support for Preservice Mathematics Teachers in Schools

Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington; Arshad Omari

Mathematics Teacher Education and Development Vol. 2 (2000) pp. 62–74

Describes the development of a web-based resource on school practice designed to support preservice mathematics teachers. Conducts focus group discussions to gain ideas from students about the type of support that would be most helpful to them as...

Learning To Assess School Mathematics: Context, Multimedia and Transfer

Jan Herrington; Anthony Herrington; Len Sparrow

Mathematics Teacher Education and Development Vol. 2 (2000) pp. 75–92

Explores the use of a multimedia program on assessment strategies within a preservice teacher mathematics method unit and investigates the extent of transfer to classroom practice. Indicates that all students used a variety of assessment strategies...

A Web-Based Resource Providing Reflective Online Support for Preservice Mathematics Teachers on School Practice

Tony Herrington; Jan Herrington; Ron Oliver; Arshad Omari

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 1, No. 2 (2000) pp. 117–140

I have come, over the years, in spite of all the reform agendas, to believe that the best we can do in teacher preparation programs, through a variety of courses and clinical experiences in intentionally selected schools, is to help academically...

Using Situated Learning and Multimedia to Investigate Higher-Order Thinking

Jan Herrington; R. Oliver

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 10, No. 1 (1999) pp. 3–24

This paper describes a qualitative study into students' use of higher-order thinking as they use an interactive multimedia program based on a situated learning framework. The analysis of types of talk used by students as they worked with the program ...

Using Situated Learning and Multimedia to Investigate Higher-Order Thinking

Jan Herrington; R. Oliver

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 8, No. 4 (1999) pp. 401–422

This paper describes a qualitative study into students' use of higher-order thinking as they use an interactive multimedia program based on a situated learning framework. The analysis of types of talk used by students as they worked with the program ...

Authentic Assessment and Multimedia: How University Students Respond to a Model of Authentic Assessment

Jan Herrington; Anthony Herrington

Higher Education Research and Development Vol. 17, No. 3 (1998) pp. 305–22

Describes seven defining characteristics of "authentic" assessment and how they have been operationalized in an interactive multimedia learning environment in preservice teacher education. A study showed students responded favorably to the elements...

Investigating Implementation Strategies for WWW-Based Learning Environments

Ron Oliver; Arshad Omari; Jan Herrington

International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 25, No. 2 (1998) pp. 121–38

Describes a study which investigated the impact of implementation strategies on learner behavior and engagement in a university classroom-based World Wide Web learning activity. In particular it examined the influence of a collaborative activity on...

Multimedia, magic and the way students respond to a situated learning environment

Jan Herrington; Ron Oliver

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 13, No. 2 (Jan 01, 1997)

Interactive multimedia is a relatively new educational innovation in primary, secondary and tertiary level classrooms. While the educational community has enthusiastically embraced its potential, relatively little is known about how students learn...

Language: English

Developing effective hypermedia instructional materials

Ron Oliver; Jan Herrington; Jan Herrington

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 11, No. 2 (Jan 01, 1995)

The use of hypermedia as an instructional medium is growing rapidly with developments and enhancements in instructional and computing technologies. Much of the popularity of the medium is derived from its capacity to convey large amounts of...