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Technology-enhanced learning objects and learning outcomes

Posted by Smetty | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 17-04-2012

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The first part of my research was about the way secondary school teachers use their LMS (Learning Management System). The results have been published recently. I will upload that paper here as well very soon.

As we found that teachers use their LMS mainly for administrative reasons, we decided for the second part to research learning within the LMS, and this from a teachers’ and students’ perspective.

The first results of that research are published as a poster presentation (download here) during AERA 2012 (Vancouver, B.C., Canada).

Paper: The Impact of Group Setting and Visual Representations on Secondary School Students’ Learning Outcomes. Cindy De Smet, University College Ghent and Ghent University; Tammy Schellens, Ghent University; Bram De Wever, Ghent University; Martin M. Valcke, Ghent University. Presented at AERA 2012, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.