scholarly journals Understanding the Diverse Field of “Educational Technology” as Revealed in Twitter Job Postings: Encoding / Decoding Approach

Author(s):  
Merve Basdogan ◽  
Zulfukar Ozdogan ◽  
Curtis Bonk

In this study, we attempt to understand discursive interrelationships among five professional job advertisements which are often used interchangeably, including educational technology, educational design, instructional design, learning design, and instructional systems design. The purpose is to better understand the distinctions, interactions, and overlaps of these disciplines using Encoding/Decoding Model over the discourses of the jobs’ announcements. We collected data using a social network analysis tool, NCapture, and imported to qualitative analysis software (i.e., NVivo) to conduct thematic analyses. For this study, 171 job postings in Twitter were captured by using NCapture as a Web-browser extension. Findings indicated that the relations between the targeted disciplines can be explained by Stuart Hall’s Communication Model (1980). Results can serve as a guide for scholars and students studying at the intersection of technology and education fields.

Author(s):  
He Hu ◽  
Xiaoyong Du

Online tagging is crucial for the acquisition and organization of web knowledge. We present TYG (Tag-as-You-Go) in this paper, a web browser extension for online tagging of personal knowledge on standard web pages. We investigate an approach to combine a K-Medoid-style clustering algorithm with the user input to achieve semi-automatic web page annotation. The annotation process supports user-defined tagging schema and comprises an automatic mechanism that is built upon clustering techniques, which can automatically group similar HTML DOM nodes into clusters corresponding to the user specification. TYG is a prototype system illustrating the proposed approach. Experiments with TYG show that our approach can achieve both efficiency and effectiveness in real world annotation scenarios.


1973 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-204
Author(s):  
Donald W. Meals

An examination of the steps in systems design reveals it to be an iterative process. The complexity and dynamic quality of the educational environment require designers of educational technology systems to emphasize this process and at the same time take into account conditions within the education system and the community that provide essential data. Examples of attempts to cope with these features of the design processes are presented along with implications for changes in the approach to the design of educational technology systems.


Author(s):  
N. Lazaryan

The article discusses innovations in educational technology that have replaced traditional Methods of learning. Innovation involves all facets of the didactic process. Types Organization, content and learning technologies, teaching and learning. BasicInteractive learning technologies, design learning technologies, computer technologies Forms and methods of interactive technology learning are identified and described. In particular: the problem of lecture activities, seminar - discussions, educational discussions, "brainstorming "assault, didactic games, etc.


Author(s):  
Sean D. Williams ◽  
Deborah M. Switzer

This chapter introduces an assessment rubric for virtual world learning environments (VWLEs) built from proven principles of user experience design, instructional design, interface design, learning theory, technical communication, instructional systems design (ISD), and VIE motivation theory. Titled the “CIMPLe System,” this rubric captures the ways that context, interactivity, motivation, presence, and cognitive load weave together to form a successful VWLE. The CIMPLe System offers an advance in how educators can assess the quality and predict the success of the VWLEs that they build. The holistic approach achieved in the CIMPLe System arises from the multidisciplinary approach represented in the tool. As designers consider what to build into the environment, they can refer to the CIMPLe System as a checklist to ensure that the environment meets the needs that the cross-disciplinary theory suggests are necessary.


Author(s):  
Gary Greenberg

This chapter describes the Northwestern University Collaboratory Project’s ePortfolio. As a resource in the Collaboratory, a Web-based collaborative learning environment, it provides collaborative learning spaces where K-12 students can share and discuss their work. Web document templates are used by students to create media-rich documents that can be viewed with only a Web browser. Of particular significance is how the ePortfolio’s document-based communication model is being used to support mentoring, peer review, feedback, and reflection, and to facilitate a community of learning that motivates and encourages students.


1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thierry Beltan ◽  
Alain Girault ◽  
Thierry Beltan ◽  
Alain Girault

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 526-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang Liang ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Bo Li ◽  
Xiaojie Guo ◽  
Chunfu Jia ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Shixiang Wang ◽  
Yi Xiong ◽  
Kai Gu ◽  
Longfei Zhao ◽  
Yin Li ◽  
...  

Motivation: UCSC Xena platform provides huge amounts of processed cancer omics data from big public projects like TCGA or individual reserach groups for enabling unprecedented research opportunities. In 2019, we developed UCSCXenaTools, an R package for retrieval of UCSC Xena data. However, an easier dataset exploration and analysis tool is still lack, especially for researchers without programming experience. Results: We develop UCSCXenaShiny, an R Shiny package to quickly explore, download all datasets from UCSC Xena data hubs. In addiction, a module based analysis framework is constructed to analyze and visualize data. Availability: https://github.com/openbiox/UCSCXenaShiny or https://cran.r-project.org/package=UCSCXenaShiny.


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