Este trabalho aborda a temática da educação no ensino superior e a adaptação por parte de estudantes e docentes relativamente ao impacto que o confinamento provocado pela pandemia de COVID-19 gerou no sistema educativo, tendo sido necessário transformar os métodos de ensino e de…
The purpose of this study was to identify which instructional design models are currently used in designing virtual world instruction and why, and identify specific instructional design elements being used to develop virtual world instruction that enable effective utilization of…
While technology investments in education have risen dramatically during the last decade, research has demonstrated multiple cases for oversold and underused technology tools that have failed to enhance teaching and learning. It is argued that teacher concerns play an important …
The advances in information and communication technology (ICT), particularly in the last few years, have influenced teaching and learning activities across educational institutions. There has also been an increase in research studies that explore how students and teachers intera…
Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become a common feature in contemporary Higher Education institutions worldwide. LMS literature shows that the level of interest and/or knowledge among academics towards the importance and usefulness of these systems, and the opportunities …
This thesis describes a Change Laboratory (Engeström et al., 1996; Virkkunen & Newnham, 2013) intervention carried out by a group of English Language Teaching (ELT) professionals with the aim of improving teaching and learning in laptop-mediated English language classrooms. …
Online learning has been widely adopted in higher education to reach students who typically would not have a chance to complete accredited courses (Kentnor, 2015). Massive open online courses (MOOC), which is a type of online learning, makes it easier for people to take universi…