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Assessing approaches to learning with nonparametric multidimensional scaling

Description: Article reports on a trace-based assessment of approaches to learning used by middle school aged children who interacted with NASA Mars Mission science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) games in Whyville, an online game environment with 8 million registered young learners. Differences in approach to learning were found illustrating the potential value of the methodology to curriculum and game-based learning designers as well as other creators of online STEM content for pre-collegeā€¦ more
Date: September 5, 2022
Creator: Knezek, Gerald; Gibson, David; Christensen, Rhonda; Trevisan, Ottavia & Carter, Morgan
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Assessment of ICT in Tertiary Education Applying Structural Equation Modeling and Rasch Model

Description: Article studies information and communication technology (ICT) in tertiary education. This article is part of the special collection: Educational Psychology & Counseling, Educational Psychology.
Date: December 21, 2020
Creator: Spector, J. Michael; Islam, A. Y. M. Atiquil; Gu, Xiaoqing & Crook, Charles
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A Bibliographic and Visual Exploration of the Historic Impact of Soft Systems Methodology on Academic Research and Theory

Description: This article produced descriptive narrative outcomes and data visualizations including information about top soft system methodology (SSM) authors, author citation impacts, common dissemination outlets for SSM work, and other relevant metrics commonly used to measure academic impact. The goal of this piece is to depict who, what, why, when, and where SSM had the greatest impact on research, systems thinking, and methodology after nearly 40 years of use, as we look towards its future as a methodā€¦ more
Date: February 13, 2019
Creator: Warren, Scott J.; Sauser, Brian & Nowicki, David
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Bot-teachers in hybrid massive open online courses (MOOCs): A post-humanist experience

Description: This article explores networked learning technologies and the development of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs). The study examines and explains hybrid MOOCs and focuses on the use of bot-teachers within a post-humanist perspective. The research findings reveal that, while the use of bot-teachers is beneficial in terms of facilitating and increasing discourse/interaction, it is ineffective in providing other components of teaching presence. Yet ultimately, learners' positive behaviors indicateā€¦ more
Date: July 20, 2018
Creator: Bozkurt, Aras; Kilgore, Whitney & Crosslin, Matt
Partner: UNT College of Information
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The Challenges of Training and Retraining Mature Learners

Description: Article discussing research on the aging process from physical, cognitive, and social and psychological perspectives, accommodations for age related changes, retraining mature learners, adaptations of the classroom environment, training technology issues, and successful corporate retraining programs to better prepare vocational educators for the workforce of the new millennium.
Date: 1998
Creator: Ennis-Cole, Demetria & Allen, Jeff M.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Complex Adaptive Systems: Adapting and Managing Teams and Team Conflict

Description: This book chapter provides an overview of teams, complex adaptive systems, conflict stages, and conflict models, while also presenting adaptive leadership as a style that offers organizations with the capabilities of reacting to changing environments quickly.
Date: August 1, 2018
Creator: Turner, John; Baker, Rose M. & Morris, Mark
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Complex Adaptive Team Systems (CATS)

Description: Presentation paper for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This paper introduces a new theoretical model utilizing Turner and Bakerā€™s (2017) Team Emergence Leadership Development and Evaluation (TELDE) model as a tool to facilitate interactions imbedded in complex adaptive systems.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Turner, John; Romine, Kerry & Baker, Rose M.
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Complex Adaptive Team Systems (CATS)

Description: Presentation for the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This presentation introduces a new theoretical model to facilitate interactions embedded in complex adaptive systems utilizing a Team Emergence Leadership Development and Evaluation model.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Turner, John; Baker, Rose M. & Romine, Kerry
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Conceptualizing the emerging field of smart learning environments

Description: This article suggests that a convergence of advances and developments in epistemology, psychology, and technology provide a foundation for the planning and implementation of smart learning environments. It includes an approach for the evaluation of smart learning environments.
Date: October 16, 2014
Creator: Spector, J. Michael
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Contrasting Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers

Description: This article presents a second year analysis of baseline attitudinal data gathered from a National Science Foundation Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers project concerning contrasts between the perceptions of practicing professionals and students toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and careers.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Knezek, Gerald; Christensen, Rhonda & Tyler-Wood, Tandra L.
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Creativity and Innovative Processes: Assemblages and Lines of Flight

Description: Article provides assemblage maps showing the elements related to creativity, innovation, and creativity and innovation. These assemblage maps highlight virtual and dynamic flight lines that represent potentially active components with varying intensity and direction, which provides a tool for managers and practitioners to identify potentialities for future predictions better.
Date: September 26, 2022
Creator: Turner, John R.; Baker, Rose M. & Thurlow, Nigel
Partner: UNT College of Information

Cross-Sectional Studies of the Impacts of Background Sounds on Math and Language Performance

Description: Presented at the 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management. This presentation reports a series of seven studies examining the extent to which background sounds impact individuals' math and language task performance.
Date: October 26, 2017
Creator: Cockerham, Debbie; Lin, Lin; Chang, Zhengsi & Schellen, Mike
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Designing Learning for Sustainable Development: Digital Practices as Boundary Crossers and Predictors of Sustainable Lifestyles

Description: This article contains results from a survey among students of urban and spatial planning in Slovenia to inform teacher's approaches to teaching as an important driver of institutional change.
Date: June 15, 2018
Creator: Starcic, Andreja Istenic; Terlevic, Maja; Lin, Lin & Lebenicnik, Maja
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Distance learning during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining K-12 studentsā€™ and parentsā€™ experiences and perspectives

Description: Article examines K-12 students and parents in the United Statesā€™ experiences and challenges during the sudden shift to distance learning during the COVID19 crisis. This article is part of the special issue: Learning and learning ecosystems in the time of Covid-19.
Date: 2020
Creator: Simpson, Jenna Conan
Partner: UNT College of Information
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