Review
Education & Educational Research
Veronica Basilotta-Gomez-Pablos, Maria Matarranz, Luis-Alberto Casado-Aranda, Ana Otto
Summary: Digital competence is crucial in the educational context, and the state of digital competencies of university teachers needs attention and improvement. Current research mainly focuses on teachers' self-assessment and reflection of their digital competencies, with most teachers recognizing their low digital competence. It is necessary to further evaluate teachers' digital competencies and design practical and personalized training programs.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
David Boud, Phillip Dawson
Summary: This paper analyzes the experiences of those who provide effective feedback, elucidating the feedback literacy of teachers. Through an analysis of conversations with 62 teachers from five Australian universities, a competency framework for teacher feedback literacy is developed. The paper discusses the different competencies required of university teachers in feedback processes and considers implications for professional development in this area.
ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Stephanie Link, Mohaddeseh Mehrzad, Mohammad Rahimi
Summary: In recent years, there has been growing interest in the use of automated writing evaluation (AWE) in second language writing classrooms. However, little evidence has supported the claims of its effectiveness. This study compared two groups of second language writing classes, one with AWE and teacher feedback, and the other with only teacher feedback. The results showed that AWE did not significantly impact the amount of feedback provided by teachers, but teachers without AWE tended to provide more lower-level feedback. Interestingly, students seemed to revise the teacher's feedback more frequently than computer-generated feedback and retained their improvement in accuracy in the long-term when they had access to AWE. This study contributes to the discussion on how AWE can best support second language writing development.
COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING
(2022)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Gwo-Jen Hwang, Ching-Yi Chang
Summary: This study explores the trends of chatbots in education studies by conducting a literature review. The analysis of relevant papers published in the SSCI journals reveals that the United States, Taiwan, and Hong Kong are the top contributors. Most studies adopted quantitative methods and ANCOVA was the most frequently used approach for comparing the performances or perceptions of different student groups. The study finds that there is still a lack of empirical research on the use of effective learning designs or strategies with chatbots in education.
INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
(2023)
Correction
Education & Educational Research
John Jerrim, Mary Oliver, Sam Sims
Summary: Inquiry-based science teaching involves students conducting their own experiments to acquire scientific knowledge, rather than receiving it directly from teachers. While this approach is widely used in science education in many countries, recent research raises doubts about its effectiveness.
LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Ahmed A. Mubarak, Han Cao, Weizhen Zhang
Summary: Online learning is popular in higher education but faces challenges with high dropout rate, this study aims to construct a predictive model to early predict at-risk students, and the proposed models achieved an accuracy of 84%.
INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Naomi E. Winstone, David Boud
Summary: This paper critically examines the issues created by the entanglement of assessment and feedback, highlighting the importance of maintaining the unique purposes of both assessment and feedback. It presents strategies for preserving the learning function of feedback and suggests research and practice to address the challenges posed by their entanglement.
STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Wanying Xie, Samantha Curle
Summary: This article reports on a study conducted at a Chinese state university that investigates the factors contributing to academic success in English Medium Instruction (EMI). The findings highlight the importance of business English proficiency as a predictor of success in EMI, while language learning motivation does not significantly impact academic success. Perceived success in EMI is found to be a significant predictor, emphasizing the importance of enhancing students' perceptions of their own ability to succeed in EMI.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUALISM
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
David Carless
Summary: In order for feedback processes to be effective, students need to actively participate in generating, processing, and responding to feedback information. This article argues that students should be at the center of feedback processes and make productive use of different forms of feedback. Educators play a role in designing learning environments that provide ample opportunities for students to make evaluative judgments and take action based on feedback. The analysis focuses on internal feedback generated by students themselves and students' feedback literacy, their ability to participate effectively in feedback processes. Peer review with written responses and using exemplars as substitutes for teacher feedback are proposed as pedagogical options that stimulate internal feedback generation and promote students' feedback literacy. Digital affordances and possibilities, such as video peer feedback and annotated online exemplars, are also discussed. The implications for practice are summarized in terms of educator and student roles and related digital affordances. Implementation challenges are addressed, and strategies that are more efficient than current unproductive marking practices are suggested. The analysis suggests that shared teacher and student feedback literacy can facilitate principled research-informed feedback processes.
ACTIVE LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(2022)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Awaz Naaman Saleem, Narmin Mohammed Noori, Fezile Ozdamli
Summary: The application of gamification in education brings significant benefits such as motivation, user interaction, and social effects. The use of gamified elements in online education creates more engaging learning environments and motivates students to participate.
TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING
(2022)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Mohammad Amin Kuhail, Nazik Alturki, Salwa Alramlawi, Kholood Alhejori
Summary: This study presents a systematic review of 36 papers analyzing the application of chatbots in education. The results show that chatbots are mainly used to teach computer science, language, and general education. Most of the chatbots follow a predetermined conversational path and some utilize personalized learning. Experimental evaluations demonstrate improved learning and subjective satisfaction.
EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
(2023)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Weijiao Huang, Khe Foon Hew, Luke K. Fryer
Summary: This review explores the technological, pedagogical, and social affordances of chatbots in language learning, identifying their technological advantages and pedagogical uses, as well as their role in encouraging students' social presence. It also discusses the challenges in using chatbots and proposes design principles for implementing educational chatbots effectively in language learning.
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING
(2022)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Ling Zhang, Richard Allen Carter, Xueqin Qian, Sohyun Yang, James Rujimora, Shuman Wen
Summary: This paper provides a comprehensive view of research on online learning in higher education during COVID-19 through bibliometric analysis. The findings show that scholars from around the globe have conducted research on a wide range of topics, including the use of technologies and strategies, curriculum redesign, student perceptions and psychological impacts of online learning. Medical education and chemical education were the most investigated disciplines, and inquiry-based learning, discovery learning, hands-on learning, and collaborative learning were frequently discussed or utilized instructional approaches.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Songshan Zhang, Xian Zhang
Summary: This study conducted a meta-analysis on more than 100 individual studies and found a moderate to high positive correlation between L2 vocabulary knowledge (VK) and L2 reading/listening comprehension. Different levels of vocabulary knowledge and the modality of VK measurement were found to contribute differently to L2 comprehension. The depth of vocabulary knowledge and publication factors were also found to be associated with the correlation between VK and L2 comprehension.
LANGUAGE TEACHING RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Karen Gravett
Summary: This article explores a broader re-conception of feedback literacy and learning and teaching interactions, drawing upon social, materialist, and posthuman perspectives. It argues that students' engagement with feedback is a sociomaterial practice and that their agency is influenced by factors beyond human-to-human interaction.
CRITICAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi, Noraffandy Yahaya, Uthman Alturki, Amen Alrobai, Ahmed A. Aldraiweesh, Alhuseen Omar Alsayed, Yusri Bin Kamin
Summary: Social media provides new opportunities for collaboration and engagement among students. However, the impact of cyberstalking and cyberbullying on students' academic performance and collaborative learning has not been thoroughly studied. This research aims to fill this gap by investigating the effects of social media use on student performance through cyberstalking and cyberbullying. The findings suggest that social presence, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and perceived enjoyment are significantly related to social media use. It is also found that student interactions are negatively associated with social media use. Moreover, the study reveals a positive relationship between social media use, collaborative learning, and student performance, which is dampened by cyberstalking and cyberbullying.
INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
(2022)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Yuk Ming Tang, Ka Yin Chau, Alex Pak Ki Kwok, Tongcun Zhu, Xiangdong Ma
Summary: This study conducts a systematic review of 128 articles to analyze the application of immersive technologies (such as VR, AR, MR, and XR) in medical practice and education. The results indicate that immersive technology is primarily used for surgery and anatomy-related subjects for doctors, medical students, and interns. Group experiments are the most commonly used data collection method.
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH REVIEW
(2022)
Editorial Material
Education & Educational Research
Pericles 'asher' Rospigliosi
INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Wei-Long Wu, Yen Hsu, Qi-Fan Yang, Jiang-Jie Chen, Morris Siu-Yung Jong
Summary: In recent years, researchers have been using spherical video-based virtual reality (SVVR) in classroom teaching to help students learn different subjects. However, learners often struggle to self-regulate their learning in SVVR. This study implemented a self-regulated strategy (SRS) intervention in SVVR and found that it had positive effects on learners' learning achievements, self-regulation, meta-cognitive awareness, and self-efficacy in art history education.
INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
F. M. Leo, A. Mouratidis, J. J. Pulido, M. A. Lopez-Gajardo, D. Sanchez-Oliva
Summary: This study examined the relationship between teaching styles, student motivation, and physical activity engagement among Spanish students. The results showed that a need-supportive teaching style was associated with higher levels of engagement and intentions, while a need-thwarting teaching style was associated with lower levels of engagement and intentions.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY
(2022)
