Blended learning is increasingly being adopted at all levels of the educational system. It continues to gain primacy in the teaching and learning environment as both students and teachers seek to integrate familiar information communication technology (ICT) into their classroom activities. Additionally, it allows the teacher, as a facilitator of learning, and the learner, the opportunities of w…
Preparing for disasters can be a grueling, although necessary, exercise for those involved in emergency response. The large scale nature of disaster response poses many obstacles to executing an effective disaster preparedness drill that incorporates hospitals, fire and rescue personnel, and police. Cooperation and effective communication during these incidents is imperative. Simulation technol…
This study designed a system and a flow of learning to motivate and guide students to conduct experiential learning with mobile technologies. Students from two classes of fifth-grade at an elementary school participated in the experiment. Thirty-four students from one class conducted learning with PDAs in school garden while thirty-two students from another class conducted in a condition withou…
The study aimed to reveal the most important recent trends in digital learning systems research, and future visions for the possibility of using digital education systems in teaching media courses and benefiting from them to achieve the desired educational goals of digital learning systems and their effectiveness in media education, and to identify the most important issues, topics and research…
The negative aspects of technology can be controlled through an efficient information-dissemination process. As such, technical communicators are expected to act as the channel between experts and laymen, facilitating a constant information flow which puts the layman in control of the process.
The first two decades of moving-picture history offer numerous examples of films and industrial practices that give insight into the cinema's complex position within the expanding network of technological modernity. (1) From the cinema's initial obsession with speeding locomotives, out-of-control automobiles, and urban street scenes, to the nickelodeon's location as a convenient stop on busy ur…
This study investigated students ' actual use of mobile technology (MT) as a learning tool and identified their perceptions towards the effects of using MT on the learning process. It also examined the impact of students ' academic major on their use and perceived effects of MT. The relationship between MT use and its effect on learning was explored as well. To this end, a quantitative study of…
The decision to accept or reject new digital health technologies remains an ongoing challenge among health care patients, providers, technology companies, and policymakers. Over the past few decades, interest in understanding the choice to adopt technology has led to the development of numerous theories and models. In 1979, however, psychologists Kahneman and Tversky published their seminal res…
The intense use of digital media among children and adolescents raises concerns about online risks. In response, digital literacy frameworks for formal education usually include a set of protective skills. Considering that teachers have the responsibility to implement such frameworks, this study investigates factors associated with teachers' practices of fostering students' digital protective s…
Background Several technologies have been proposed to support the reduction of insomnia complaints. A user-centered assessment of these technologies could provide insight into underlying factors related to treatment adherence. Objective Gaining insight into adherence to technology-mediated insomnia treatment as a solid base for improving those adherence rates by applying adherence-enha…