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Matt Bower
Macquarie University
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The Relative Utility of Different Online Learning Modes – the Students’ Perspective
Matt Bower
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3243–3252
As part of a student questionnaire relating to students perceptions of an online IT course at Macquarie University, students from four semesters were surveyed regarding their preferences for different learning technologies. The purpose of this paper ...
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Learning Computing Online – Key Findings From Students
Matt Bower
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 4166–4175
This report summarizes key findings relating to the implementation of an online Graduate Diploma of Information Technology (GDIT) offered by Macquarie University. Specifically, the data collected from an online student feedback survey and student...
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A Framework for Adaptive Learning Design in a Web-Conferencing Environment
Matt Bower
Journal of Interactive Media in Education Vol. 2016, No. 1 (2016)
Many recent technologies provide the ability to dynamically adjust the interface depending on the emerging cognitive and collaborative needs of the learning episode. This means that educators can adaptively re-design the learning environment during...
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Technology‐mediated learning theory
Matt Bower
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 50, No. 3 (May 2019) pp. 1035–1048
Technology‐enhanced learning research, such as that relating to the use of online technologies in formal learning contexts, is sometimes criticised for being under‐theorised. This paper draws together areas of research and theory that have...
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Synchronous Collaboration Competencies in Web-Conferencing Environments--Their Impact on the Learning Process
Matt Bower
Distance Education Vol. 32, No. 1 (2011) pp. 63–83
Based on a three-semester design-based research study examining learning and teaching in a web-conferencing environment, this article identifies types of synchronous collaboration competencies and reveals their influence on learning processes. Four...
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Deriving a typology of Web 2.0 learning technologies
Matt Bower
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 47, No. 4 (July 2016) pp. 763–777
This paper presents the methods and outcomes of a typological analysis of Web 2.0 technologies. A comprehensive review incorporating over 2000 links led to identification of over 200 Web 2.0 technologies that were suitable for learning and teaching...
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Discourse Analysis of Teaching Computing Online
Matt Bower
Computer Science Education Vol. 19, No. 2 (June 2009) pp. 69–92
This paper analyses the teaching and learning of computing in a Web-conferencing environment. A discourse analysis of three introductory programming learning episodes is presented to demonstrate issues and effects that arise when teaching computing...
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An ability approach to within-class curriculum differentiation using student response systems and Web 2.0 technologies: Analysing teachers’ responsiveness
Matt Bower
Themes in Science and Technology Education Vol. 5, No. 1 (2012) pp. 5–26
This paper examines teacher responsiveness to an ability approach of within-class curriculum differentiation using technology. Teachers were guided through a series of four workshops designed to enhance their capacity to differentiate the curriculum ...
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Redesigning a Web-Conferencing Environment to Scaffold Computing Students' Creative Design Processes
Matt Bower
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 1 (2011) pp. 27–42
Based on a three-semester design research study, this paper argues the need to redesign online learning environments to better support the representation and sharing of factual, procedural, and conceptual knowledge in order for students to develop...
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Affordance Analysis--Matching Learning Tasks with Learning Technologies
Matt Bower
Educational Media International Vol. 45, No. 1 (March 2008) pp. 3–15
This article presents a design methodology for matching learning tasks with learning technologies. First a working definition of "affordances" is provided based on the need to describe the action potentials of the technologies (utility). Categories...
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Online assessment feedback: competitive, individualistic, or… preferred form!
Matt Bower
Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 24, No. 2 (April 2005) pp. 121–147
This study investigated the "the effects of receiving the preferred form of online assessment feedback upon middle school mathematics students." Students completed a web-based quadratics equations learning module followed by a randomly generated...
Topics: testing, online learning, web-based learning, Assessment, Mathematics, Educational Technology, eLearning
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Educational User Interface Design
Matt Bower; John Hedberg
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 963–972
The increased flexibility built into many contemporary software applications provides teachers with far greater control over the educational user interface they provide for students. At the same time there has been an increasing emphasis upon more...
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A Pilot Study: The Effect of Modality of Representation upon Learning
Alex Chan; Matt Bower
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 2436–2441
Multimedia technology and problem based learning not only allow more realistic interaction between students and the learning context, but can also facilitate integration of material from previous experiences, and can encourage students to critically ...
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What are the educational affordances of wearable technologies?
Matt Bower; Daniel Sturman
Computers & Education Vol. 88, No. 1 (October 2015) pp. 343–353
By providing users with hands-free access to contextually relevant knowledge, wearable technologies are poised to inspire a new generation of mobile learning design. However, in order for educators to harness the pedagogical opportunities of...
Language: English
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An Institutional Study of Learning and Teaching Using Web-Conferencing
Matt Bower; Meeri Hellstén
Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 4168–4177
This report summarizes key findings relating to an institutional study of web-conference based learning and teaching at Macquarie University. Academics from a range of disciplines trialed a web-conferencing system during Semester 1 of 2009. Feedback ...
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Transmedia in English Literature Classes: A Literature Review and Project Proposal
Michael Griffith; Matt Bower
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 325–329
This paper is the beginning of a research project which will explore the function and impact of Transmedia (TM) in Higher Education (specifically English Literature studies). There are several underlying assumptions that are being tested about the...
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An authentic learning framework for integrating one-to-one laptop usage in Hong Kong Schools
Kathryn Reed; Matt Bower
Global Learn 2011 (Mar 28, 2011) pp. 1782–1791
One-to-one laptop programs have become increasingly prevalent in schools. This paper shares an authentic learning framework for effective integration of one-to-one laptops that has been designed for the English School Foundation (ESF) school cluster ...
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Compiling students’ computer programs online – a cognitively efficient and secure approach
Kartik Modi; Matt Bower
Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 4295–4304
This technical paper presents an online Java compilation plug-in for the Moodle Learning Management System. The system allows students to compile and execute Java programs directly through the Moodle interface so that they can concentrate on the...
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A critical analysis of technology-enhanced learning design frameworks
Matt Bower; Panos Vlachopoulos
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 49, No. 6 (November 2018) pp. 981–997
Numerous models have been developed to help teachers efficiently and effectively design learning opportunities using new and emerging technologies. However, the literature to date makes little reference to the variation that exists within the models ...
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Learning through Social Networking Sites--The Critical Role of the Teacher
Noelene Callaghan; Matt Bower
Educational Media International Vol. 49, No. 1 (2012) pp. 1–17
This comparative case study examined factors affecting behaviour and learning in social networking sites (SNS). The behaviour and learning of two classes completing identical SNS based modules of work was observed and compared. All student...
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How is the use of technology in education evaluated? A systematic review
Jennifer W.M. Lai; Matt Bower
Computers & Education Vol. 133, No. 1 (May 2019) pp. 27–42
There are a large variety of methodologies, contexts and perspectives that have been used to evaluate the use of technology in education. The vast array of literature involving learning technology evaluation makes it challenging to acquire an...
Language: English
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A quantitative multimodal discourse analysis of teaching and learning in a web-conferencing environment – The efficacy of student-centred learning designs
Matt Bower; John G. Hedberg
Computers & Education Vol. 54, No. 2 (February 2010) pp. 462–478
This paper presents a quantitative approach to multimodal discourse analysis for analyzing online collaborative learning. The coding framework draws together the fields of systemic functional linguistics and Activity Theory to analyze interactions...
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Blended reality: Issues and potentials in combining virtual worlds and face-to-face classes
Matt Bower; Andrew Cram; Dean Groom
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2010 (2010) pp. 129–140
This paper describes issues and potentials related to blending virtual worlds and face-to-face environments for the purposes of learning and teaching. By streaming a live video feed of a face-to-face classroom into a virtual world space at the same...
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Novice teacher technology-enhanced learning design practices: The case of the silent pedagogy
Giang N. H. Nguyen; Matt Bower
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 49, No. 6 (November 2018) pp. 1027–1043
There is increasing social and political pressure to prepare teachers of the future with strong technology-enhanced learning design capabilities, yet little is known about how teachers in training actually go about technology-enhanced learning...
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Computational Support for Teachers' Design Thinking: Its Feasibility and Acceptability to Practitioners and Institutions
Elizabeth Masterman; Simon Walker; Matt Bower
Educational Media International Vol. 50, No. 1 (2013) pp. 12–23
A significant area of learning design research has been the development of software applications that guide teachers' thinking as they plan, construct and revise learning events for their students. In this paper, we review conceptualisations of, and ...
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A Framework for Web 2.0 Learning Design
Matt Bower; John G. Hedberg; Andreas Kuswara
Educational Media International Vol. 47, No. 3 (September 2010) pp. 177–198
This paper describes an approach to conceptualising and performing Web 2.0-enabled learning design. Based on the Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge model of educational practice, the approach conceptualises Web 2.0 learning design by...
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Towards student-centred uses of learning technologies in Malaysia
Matt Bower; Soon Fook Fong; John Hedberg; Leanne Cameron
Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 782–789
Based on a study of the use of the EDUWEBTV streaming video system in Malaysian schools this paper suggests some strategies for developing more student-centred pedagogies. The review of the system recommended more activity-based learning and the...
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Patterns and principles for blended synchronous learning: Engaging remote and face-to-face learners in rich-media real-time collaborative activities
Matt Bower; Jacqueline Kenney; Barney Dalgarno; Mark Lee; Gregor Kennedy
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 30, No. 3 (Aug 05, 2014)
Blended synchronous learning involves using rich-media technologies to enable remote and face-to-face students to jointly participate in the same live classes. This article presents blended synchronous learning designs from seven case studies that...
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Uniting on-campus and distributed learners through media-rich synchronous tools: A national project
Matt Bower; Gregor E. Kennedy; Mark J.W. Lee; Barney Dalgarno
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 150–155
Twenty-first century university students find it increasingly difficult to commit to regular face-to- face classes, yet real-time interaction and collaboration are often essential to achieving successful learning outcomes. This paper outlines the...
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Collaborative learning across physical and virtual worlds: Factors supporting and constraining learners in a blended reality environment
Matt Bower; Mark J. W. Lee; Barney Dalgarno
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 48, No. 2 (March 2017) pp. 407–430
This article presents the outcomes of a pilot study investigating factors that supported and constrained collaborative learning in a blended reality environment. Pre-service teachers at an Australian university took part in a hybrid tutorial lesson...
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By design: Professional learning ecologies to develop primary school teachers’ makerspaces pedagogical capabilities
Michael Stevenson; Matt Bower; Garry Falloon; Anne Forbes; Maria Hatzigianni
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 50, No. 3 (May 2019) pp. 1260–1274
Makerspaces embody a growing movement of educators promoting constructionist learning with physical materials and digital technologies such as 3D design and 3D printing. As it gains traction in K‐12 settings, the maker movement represents an...
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Supporting Pre-Service Teachers' Technology-Enabled Learning Design Thinking through Whole of Programme Transformation
Matt Bower; Kate Highfield; Pam Furney; Lee Mowbray
Educational Media International Vol. 50, No. 1 (2013) pp. 39–50
This paper explains a development and evaluation project aimed at transforming two pre-service teacher education programmes at Macquarie University to more effectively cultivate students' technology-enabled learning design thinking. The process of...
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Augmented Reality in Education--Cases, Places and Potentials
Matt Bower; Cathie Howe; Nerida McCredie; Austin Robinson; David Grover
Educational Media International Vol. 51, No. 1 (2014) pp. 1–15
Augmented Reality is poised to profoundly transform Education as we know it. The capacity to overlay rich media onto the real world for viewing through web-enabled devices such as phones and tablet devices means that information can be made...
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A Pedagogical Evaluation of Moodle Extensions
Margot McNeill; Matt Bower; Kathleen Curtis; John Hedberg
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)
There has been a shift by the Australasian tertiary education sector towards open source Learning Management Systems (LMSs), in part due to the potential for extending and tailoring the systems using community sourced plugins. This paper reports on...
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Blended synchronous learning: Patterns and principles for simultaneously engaging co-located and distributed learners
Matt Bower; Jacqueline Kenney; Barney Dalgarno; Gregor E. Kennedy
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 92–102
This paper presents seven blended synchronous learning designs and articulates principles for implementation as espoused by the teachers who enacted them. Blended synchronous learning approaches use media-rich synchronous technologies to enable...
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Developing Communication Competence Using an Online Video Reflection System: Pre-Service Teachers' Experiences
Matt Bower; Michael Cavanagh; Robyn Moloney; MingMing Dao
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education Vol. 39, No. 4 (2011) pp. 311–326
This paper reports on how the cognitive, behavioural and affective communication competencies of undergraduate students were developed using an online Video Reflection system. Pre-service teachers were provided with communication scenarios and asked ...
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The Effect over Time of a Video-Based Reflection System on Preservice Teachers' Oral Presentations
Michael Cavanagh; Matt Bower; Robyn Moloney; Naomi Sweller
Australian Journal of Teacher Education Vol. 39, No. 6 (June 2014)
We report the development of preservice teachers' oral presentation performance based on a technology-mediated video reflection system. Participants video-recorded oral presentations and uploaded them to an online blog to view and reflect on...
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Use of media-rich real-time collaboration tools for learning and teaching in Australian and New Zealand universities
Matt Bower; Gregor E. Kennedy; Barney Dalgarno; Mark J.W. Lee; Jacqueline Kenney; Paula de Barba
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)
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Patterns and Principles for Blended Synchronous Learning: Engaging Remote and Face-to-Face Learners in Rich-Media Real-Time Collaborative Activities
Matt Bower; Jacqueline Kenney; Barney Dalgarno; Mark J. W. Lee; Gregor E. Kennedy
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 30, No. 3 (2014) pp. 261–272
Blended synchronous learning involves using rich-media technologies to enable remote and face-to-face students to jointly participate in the same live classes. This article presents blended synchronous learning designs from seven case studies that...
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Design and implementation factors in blended synchronous learning environments: Outcomes from a cross-case analysis
Matt Bower; Barney Dalgarno; Gregor E. Kennedy; Mark J.W. Lee; Jacqueline Kenney
Computers & Education Vol. 86, No. 1 (August 2015) pp. 1–17
Increasingly, universities are using technology to provide students with more flexible modes of participation. This article presents a cross-case analysis of blended synchronous learning environments—contexts where remote students participated in...
Language: English
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The Larnaca Declaration on Learning Design
James Dalziel; Grainne Conole; Sandra Wills; Simon Walker; Sue Bennett; Eva Dobozy; Leanne Cameron; Emil Badilescu-Buga; Matt Bower
Journal of Interactive Media in Education Vol. 2016, No. 1 (2016)
The Larnaca Declaration on Learning Design arose from a 2012 meeting of experts in Larnaca, Cyprus who sought to provide a new theoretical foundation for the field of Learning Design, based on a synthesis of research and practice in the field to...
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Sustaining the future through virtual worlds
Sue Gregory; Lisa Jacka; Frederick Stokes-Thompson; Helen Farley; Sheila Scutter; Penelope Neuendorf; Shame Matthews; Jaime Garcia; Grant Meredith; Scott Grant; Angela Giovanangeli; Andrew Cram; Tracey Muir; Jenny Grenfell; Anthony Williams; Anglea McCarthy; Brent Gregory; Stefan Schutt; Denise Wood; Lindy Orwin; Ian Warren; Matt Bower; Des Butler; Jay Jay Jegathesan; Anton Bogdanovych
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)
Virtual worlds (VWs) continue to be used extensively in Australia and New Zea land higher education institutions although the tendency towards making unrealistic claims of efficacy and popularity appears to be over. Some educators at higher...