Browsing Veletsianos, George by Title
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Abne Praksisser Og Identitet – evidens fra forskeres og underviseres deltagelse i sociale medier
(Kognition & Paedagogik, 2014-06)The ways in which the new technologies and social media are used and perceived by researchers and teachers is insufficiently understood and explored. The aim of this study is to investigate individual researchers' ... -
Adventure learning: Educational, social, and technological affordances for collaborative hybrid distance education
(Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2008)Adventure learning (AL) is a hybrid distance education approach that provides students with opportunities to explore real-world issues through authentic learning experiences within collaborative learning environments. ... -
Cognitive and affective benefits of an animated pedagogical agent: Considering contextual relevance and aesthetics
(Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2007)Choi and Clark (2006) argue that learning is attributed to the instructional method rather than the specific medium used to deliver instruction (i.e. the pedagogical agent). Additionally, they consider pedagogical agents ... -
Coming of age: Research and pedagogy on geospatial technologies within K-12 social studies education
(Information Age Publishing, 2007)Throughout the decades, technology use within education has gone through numerous iterations with each new technology promising a transformation for learners, instructors, and classrooms. From the audiovisual movement ... -
Conceptualizing the Use of Technology to Foster Peace via Adventure Learning
(The Internet and Higher Education, 2009)In this paper we present and discuss the findings of a systematic literature review on the use of educational technology initiatives to foster peace outcomes, and we relate those findings to Adventure Learning. In the ... -
Content is king: An analysis of how the Twitter discourse surrounding open education unfolded from 2009 to 2016
(Athabasca University Press, 2018-02)Inspired by open educational resources, open pedagogy, and open source software, the openness movement in education has different meanings for different people. In this study, we use Twitter data to examine the discourses ... -
Content is king: An analysis of how the twitter discourse surrounding open education unfolded from 2009 to 2016
(International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018)Inspired by open educational resources, open pedagogy, and open source software, the openness movement in education has different meanings for different people. In this study, we use Twitter data to examine the discourses ... -
Contextually relevant pedagogical agents: Visual appearance, stereotypes, and first impressions and their impact on learning
(Computers & Education, 2010)Humans draw on their stereotypic beliefs to make assumptions about others. Even though prior research has shown that individuals respond socially to media, there is little evidence with regards to learners stereotyping ... -
Contributions to the mosaic describing learners’ experiences with open online learning
(Educational Media International, 2015)While individual offerings of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) differ in significant ways (Bayne & Ross, 2014), this fact did not prevent exuberant authors in the mass media in 2012-2013 to proclaim that MOOCs were ... -
Conversational agents and their longitudinal affordances on communication and interaction
(Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2008)In this study, we investigate the effects of conversational agents on communication and interaction when used to assist participants in developing an online portfolio. Data from 52 participants were gathered and analyzed ... -
Conversing with pedagogical agents: A phenomenological exploration of interacting with digital entities
(British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008)In this paper we examine the meaning of conversing with pedagogical agents. Previous research has focused on examining cause and effect relationships, failing to take into account the meaning of the experiences individuals ... -
COVID-19 misinformation in Canada: Report on survey findings to date
(Royal Roads University, 2020-05-31)This report synthesizes preliminary findings of several Canadian-focused surveys relating to COVID-19 and misinformation. It focuses on two specific areas: • the extent to which Canadians are exposed to COVID-19 misinformation ... -
Designing Opportunities for Transformation with Emerging Technologies
(Educational Technology, 2011)In this paper, the author argues that technology use in education has focused on combating instructional problems and inefficiencies. While technology use for such purposes is viable and important, the author proposes ... -
Digging deeper into learners' experiences in MOOCs: Participation in social networks outside of MOOCs, notetaking and contexts surrounding content consumption
(British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015-05-25)Researchers describe with increasing confidence what they observe participants doing in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). However, our understanding of learner activities in open courses is limited by researchers’ ... -
Digital Learning Environments
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Education scholars’ evolving uses of Twitter as a conference backchannel and social commentary platform
(British Journal of Educational Technology, 2016)The scholarly community faces a lack of large-scale research examining how students and professors use social media in authentic contexts and how such use changes over time. This study uses data mining methods to better ... -
The effects of digital video quality on learner comprehension in an american sign language assessment environment
(Sign Language Studies, 2007)The effects of digital video framerate and size on American Sign Language (ASL) learner comprehension were investigated. Fifty-one students were randomly assigned to one of three video size treatment groups: 480x360, ... -
Eight patterns of open textbook adoption in British Columbia
(International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018)Since the launch of the BC Open Textbook Project in 2012, the adoption of open textbooks has steadily grown within public post-secondary institutions in British Columbia, Canada. An analysis of adoption records over a ... -
EnALI: A research and design framework for virtual characters and pedagogical agents
(Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009)Conflicts occur when learners interact with pedagogical agents and virtual characters. Such conflicts – arising from technological limitations, psychosocial perceptions, and pedagogical inadequacies – hinder communication ... -
Fostering openness within a higher education institution: Tensions, opportunities and a work in progress
(Brill | Sense Publishers, 2020)At our institution, the authors have engaged in open practices and have sought to promote a culture of openness. In this chapter, we discuss factors that we have identified as fostering a culture of openness at school, ...
