Emerging Web Technologies in Higher Education: A Case of Incorporating Blogs, Podcasts and Social Bookmarks in a Web Programming Course based on Students' Learning Styles and Technology Preferences

نویسندگان

  • Nauman Saeed
  • Yun Yang
  • Suku Sinnappan
چکیده

The adoption level of emerging web technologies is on the rise in academic settings. However, a major obstacle in the practice of web-based instruction is the limited understanding of learners’ characteristics and perceptions about technology use. Thus there is a need to understand the relationship between students’ learning styles and their preferences for instructional strategies, including the use of emerging web technologies. Since learning styles provide information about individual differences in learning preferences they can suggest how instruction can be best designed to support the learning preferences. In this paper, a research framework has been proposed to incorporate emerging web technologies into higher education based on students’ learning styles and technology preferences and a case study has been carried out to validate the proposed framework. An action research methodology has been adopted to carry out the study, which comprises of conducting a survey about students’ learning styles and technology preferences; incorporating a combination of emerging web technologies based on the survey findings; and analyzing key achievements and shortcomings of the study to redefine research objectives. The study provides support for the proposed framework by highlighting the significant relationships among students’ learning styles and technology preferences and their impact on academic performance.

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

E-Tools to Assist EFL Learners' Writing Skill: Wikis, Weblogs, and Podcasts

One of the promises of web-based education is to help students take control of their learning pace as the basic requirement of language learning is being life-long. The purpose of the present study was to find out which of the e-tools -- weblogs, wikis, or podcasts -- can better help EFL learners excel in their writing skill. To this end, 156 Iranian sophomore students majoring in English and s...

متن کامل

The social presence theory in distance education; the role of social presence in web-based educational environment

Dear editor-in-chief, The Future of Medical Education Journal The emergence of new theories of learning and education and a paradigm shift from being teacher-centered to student-centered alongside with advancement of novel communication technologies have set the grounds for modern human to use new methods of teaching-learning and free himself of the chains of time and place and keep on learning...

متن کامل

Effect of web-based education on cardiac disrhythmia learning in nursing student of Urmia University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Web-based education is among the newer and more active methods for promotion of educational quality which enjoys advantages such as accessibility, unlimited and abundant participation of learners and its flexibility. This study aimed to investigate the effect of web-based education on cognitive learning of nursing students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences in 2010. Methods:...

متن کامل

Web-Based Education in Teaching Medical Mycology to The Students of Pharmacy in Zabol University of Medical Sciences in 2009

Introduction: With regard to general benefits of e-learning in medical education, and the necessity of paying attention to it, this study was to assess the strength and weak points of web-based teaching in medical mycology course. Methods: In this descriptive comparative study conducted on pharmacy students in the first semester of 2009-2010, parallel to attendance and the traditional teaching...

متن کامل

The effect of web quest and team-based learning on students’ selfregulation

Introduction: In this study, the authors aimed to examine theeffects of cooperative learning methods using Web Quest andteam-based learning on students’ self-direction, self-regulation,and academic achievement.Methods: This is a comparative study of students taking a course inmental health and psychiatric disorders. In two consecutive years,a group of students were trained using the Web Quest a...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

عنوان ژورنال:
  • Educational Technology & Society

دوره 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009