Search results for author:"Lyn Henderson"
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Instructional Design of Interactive Multimedia: A Cultural Critique
Lyn Henderson
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 44, No. 4 (1996) pp. 85–104
Discusses the relationship between cultural context and the instructional design of interactive multimedia and argues for multiple cultural, rather than multicultural, contextualization of instructional design. Topics include world views; values,...
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Playing video games and cognitive effects: Teenagers' thinking skills and strategies
Lyn Henderson
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 759–760
The study examines a dominant aspect of youth culture: playing video computer games. The study is interested in the recreational video game as a means of informal cognitive education. Centered within an information processing theory and...
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Theorizing Audioconferencing: An Eclectic Paradigm
Lyn Henderson; Ian Putt
Canadian Journal of Educational Communication Vol. 27, No. 2 (1999) pp. 87–103
Develops an eclectic paradigm of audioconferencing that incorporates the notion of transactional distance in flexible learning, caters for cultural contextualization, and includes aspects of objectivist, constructivist, and critical theory models of ...
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First year education students’ mental models of learning ICT and Education course
Trang Nguyen; Lyn Henderson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 1240–1245
Universities face a challenging task to reduce the attrition rate. Recent studies have suggested students' knowledge, critical thinking skills, and mental models influencing students' academic performance. Mental models theory has been adopted as...
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Evaluating Audioconferencing as an Effective Learning Tool in Cross-Cultural Contexts
Lyn Henderson; Ian Putt
Open Learning Vol. 14, No. 1 (1999) pp. 25–37
Describes a case study of indigenous tertiary students in the Remote Area Teaching Education Program (RATEP) at James Cook University (Australia) that found that audioconferencing can be an effective learning tool in cross-cultural distance and open ...
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Getting Computer Information Technologies Used in Teaching and Learning: A Model of Technology Diffusion in a K-10 School.
Lyn Henderson; Scott Bradey
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 1198–1202
Technological diffusion in schools is a complex process that has not met expectations. The paper identifies a model adopted by a K-10 school of distance education: the Multi-Dimensional Emersion Model of Technology Diffusion. It analyzes the...
Topics: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Evaluation, Schools
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Teachers as change agents in information technology diffusion
Lyn Henderson; Scott Bradey; Michael Henderson
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 1993–1999
Technological diffusion and integration in schools is a complex process that has not met expectations. The paper analyses the views of teachers in a K-10 school of distance education to their whole school emersion approach to school change and...
Topics: Distance Education, Teachers, Educational Technology, Evaluation, Information Communication Technologies
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The impact of Chinese language lessons in a virtual world on university students' self-efficacy beliefs
Michael Henderson; Hui Huang; Scott Grant; Lyn Henderson
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jan 01, 2012) pp. 400–419
It was found in the two-year study reported in this article that a single collaborative language lesson using Second Life can result in a statistically significant increase in student self-efficacy beliefs across a range of specific and...
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Just Playing a Game? Educational Simulation Software and Cognitive Outcomes
Lyn Henderson; Joel Klemes; Yoram Eshet
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 22, No. 1 (2000) pp. 105–29
Describes a study that investigated whether second grade students internalized content and concepts embedded in a science computer simulation as opposed to treating it as a game to be played. Discusses cognitive outcomes and processes, thinking...
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Researching teenagers’ recreational video/computer gameplaying
Lyn Henderson; Joel Klemes; Yoram Eshet
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 761–762
The purpose of this brief paper is to invite additional project partners in our research. We believe that an international, rather than country specific, survey of the various issues involved in playing recreational video/computer games will help...
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Students composing music in a cognitive apprenticeship interdisciplinary online curriculum: An analysis of systemic issues in the MUSYC-IT program
Frank York; Donna Rigano; Lyn Henderson
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 763–768
Music Uniting Schools, Youth, and Communities through Information Technologies (MUSYC-IT) is an innovative multidisciplinary program offered to Grade 5-8 students in Schools of Distance Education and small rural schools. Students conduct an oral...
Topics: Schools, Learning Outcomes, Distance Education, Mentoring, Educational Technology
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Under the Microscope: Factors Influencing Student Outcomes in a Computer Integrated Classroom
YOVAN ESHET; JOEL KLEMES; LYN HENDERSON
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 19, No. 3 (2000) pp. 211–236
Researchers continue to argue that more research is needed con-cerning how teachers actually integrate instructional technology into their curriculum. This qualitative study examined the incor-poration of interactive multimedia science software into ...
Topics: Social Studies, Instructional Design, Computer Sciences, Learning Outcomes, Social Sciences
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What are users thinking in a virtual world lesson? Using stimulated recall interviews to report student cognition, and its triggers
Lyn Henderson; Michael Henderson; Scott Grant; Hui Huang
Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Vol. 3, No. 1 (Apr 29, 2010)
Stimulated recall is an empirically rigorous introspection data collection tool that allows the interviewer to elicit, identify and explore participants\u2019 thinking. In this study it was used to identify the types of thinking skills and...
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A Model of Successful Technology Integration in a School System: Plano's Curriculum Integration Project
Yoram Eshet; Joel Klemes; Lyn Henderson; Sara Jalali
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 310–315
The technology-based Curriculum Integration project in the Plano Independent School District is presented as a model for successful implementation of large-scale technology integration projects. The project addressed relevant components: teachers, ...
Topics: Physical Environments, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Curriculum, Integration
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Supporting the co-generation of work-based learning designs
Michael Henderson; Hui Huang; Scott Grant; Lyn Henderson; Michelle L.L. Honey; Scott Diener; Kelley Connor; Max Veltman; David Bodily
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2009 (2009) pp. 475–479