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- Student, School, Parent Connectedness, and School Risk Behaviors of Adolescents in Saudi Arabia
- This article investigates select school behaviors, including school absenteeism, engaging in fights, and discipline for misconduct at school as well as their association with the school environment, school and home connectedness.
- Five-Picture Charades: A Flexible Model for Technology Training in Digital Media Tools and Teaching Strategies
- This article presents Five-Picture Charades, an instructional activity designed to introduce preservice and in-service teachers to the technical and pedagogical uses of digital images in the classroom.
- Sociodemographic characteristics and sexual behavior as risk factors for human papillomavirus infection in Saudi Arabia
- This article seeks to determine the prevalence and the sociodemographic characteristics and sexual behavior risk factors for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in a hospital-based cohort of women in Saudi Arabia.
- Framework for designing motivational augmented reality applications in vocational education and training
- This article introduces and evaluates a framework for designing motivational augmented reality applications.
- Insights Into the Factors Influencing Student Motivation in Augmented Reality Learning Experiences in Vocational Education and Training
- This article attempts to identify some of the components that positively affect student motivation in mobile augmented reality (AR) learning experiences to contribute to the design and development of motivational AR learning experiences for the Vocational Education and Training (VET) level of education.
- Value and Pricing of MOOCs
- This article reviews the potential for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to transform higher education delivery, accessibility, and costs.
- Game design for visually-impaired individuals: Creativity and innovation theories and sensory substitution devices influence on virtual and physical navigation skills
- This article examines the design elements of three virtual reality games for functionality and transferability to orientation and mobility education for visually impaired individuals.
- Service learning in action: Integrating reflection to deepen the educational experience
- This article focuses on service learning projects (SLPs) sponsored by the University of North Texas College of Information. A constructivist learning environment perspective was applied to the potential for library science international service learning projects to provide a short term learning environment that introduces pedagogy, provides the opportunity to develop and apply new skills, energizes students to develop cultural competence, and develops reflective skills towards the pursuit of wisdom.
- Semantic Clause Types and Modality as Features for Argument Analysis
- This article investigates the role of semantic clause types and modality in argumentative texts.
- Classifying Semantic Clause Types: Modeling Context and Genre Characteristics with Recurrent Neural Networks and Attention
- This paper introduces an attention mechanism that pinpoints relevant context not only for the current instance, but also for the larger context.
- Reproducible Research in Linguistics: A Position Statement on Data Citation and Attribution in Our Field
- This article is a position statement on reproducible research in linguistics, including data citation and attribution, that represents the collective views of some 41 colleagues.
- Bot-teachers in hybrid massive open online courses (MOOCs): A post-humanist experience
- 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 indicate that bot-teachers hold promise as an educational tool.
- Collaboration and Crowdsourcing: The Cases of Multilingual Digital Libraries
- Article discussing research on collaboration and crowdsourcing. The purpose of the study is to understand existing multilingual digital libraries and to suggest strategies for building and sustaining multilingual digital libraries.
- Exploration of Information Organization in Language Archives
- This article reports preliminary results of the first stage of a research project that seeks to identify the information organization methods and techniques currently offered in the language data archives and the gaps between the tools and techniques available and the needs of actual and potential users of language data archives.
- Unveiling the Co-Word Structures Among Mobile Computing, Mobile Commerce and Mobile Application Research: A Science Mapping Analysis
- Article on the interplay over time among mobile computing, commerce and applications. The study performed is a co-word analysis for a corpus of 4821 SCI/SSCI indexed papers related to mobility in the Web of Science (WoS) database from 1995 to 2013. The emerging concepts demonstrated in the strategic diagrams and the associated co-word structures have implications for future research.
- Metadata Records Translation: The Case of The Portal to Texas History
- Article on metadata records translation and a study of The Portal to Texas History.
- A preliminary evaluation of metadata records machine translation
- Article discussing a preliminary evaluation study of metadata records machine translation. This study evaluates freely available machine translation (MT) services' performance in translating metadata records.
- The Development and Assessment of an Instrument for Measuring Mental Model Styles in Korea
- This article discusses a research study on the development and assessment of an instrument for measuring mental model styles in Korea.
- Discovering fake news embedded in the opposing hashtag activism networks on Twitter: #Gunreformnow vs. #NRA
- This article is a study investigating fake news included in political discourse of opposing activism hashtags, #Gunreformnow and #NRA (The National Rifle Association) and aims to lay out the process of identifying fake news in the hashtag activism network on Twitter.
- Longitudinal analysis of cognitive constructs fostered by STEM activities for middle school students
- This article studies whether the changes found to occur pre- to post intervention in students' cognitive structures continued to persist two years later.
- Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information
- Article discussing a philosophy of educating health information professionals in a rapidly changing health care and information environment.
- "Genomics and Translational Medicine for Information Professionals:" an innovative course to educate the next generation of librarians
- This article discusses an innovative course to educate the next generation of librarians and meet the demands of the changing health information environment.
- A geospatial method for estimating soil moisture variability in prehistoric agricultural landscapes
- Article describes study which develops a static geospatial soil moisture model, the Soil Moisture Proxy Model, which uses soil and topographic variables to estimate soil moisture potential across a watershed in order to better understand the quality of farmland in terms of soil moisture.
- Examining Scientific Literacy through New Media
- Article evaluates the impact of new media on scientific literacy. Content analysis with a coding scheme was performed on 42 filtered websites and 20 microblogs to analyze the role of new media in disseminating scientific knowledge. The results showed that the quality of science-oriented websites was higher than that of microblogs. Suggestions about how to improve the quality of science-oriented new media and how to develop students’ scientific literacy through new media are also discussed.
- Bringing the World to the Classroom through Videoconferencing and Project-based Learning
- Article describes a case study of a Texas-based school that implemented global projects to connect their students with many states and countries as a platform for integrating collaboration and communication skills, technology tools, and cultural diversity into an existing curriculum.
- Cross-Cultural Training and Success Versus Failure of Expatriates
- Article discussing cross-cultural training and the success versus failure of expatriates.
- The Effect of Stereoscopic Three-Dimensional Images on Vocabulary Learning
- Article describes study investigating the effect of stereoscopic three-dimensional (S3D) images on recall and retention of foreign language vocabulary.
- An Automated Framework for Fast Cognate Detection and Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference in Computational Historical Linguistics
- Article presents a fully automated workflow for phylogenetic reconstruction on large datasets, consisting of two novel methods, one for fast detection of cognates and one for fast Bayesian phylogenetic inference.
- Competencies Required for Digital Curation: An Analysis of Job Advertisements
- Article discussing competencies required for digital curation. The results of the analysis show that digital curation jobs are characterized by a complex interplay of various skills and knowledge. The findings of this study present emerging requirements for a qualified workforce in the field of digital curation.
- Does Providing a Personalized Educational Game Based on Personality Matter? A Case Study
- This article presents an educational game which models learner's personality, specifically introvert/extrovert dimension, to serve as a personalized game learning environment. The findings of this study can be used by educators and game designers to adopt and develop personalized game learning environments based on learner's personality.
- Contrasting Perceptions of STEM Content and Careers
- 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.
- Tools to support interpreting multiple regression in the face of multicollilnearity
- This article argues that rather than using one technique to investigate regression results, researchers should consider multiple indices to understand the contributions that predictors make not only to a regression model, but to each other as well.
- EDUsummIT: A Global Knowledge Building Community for Educational Researchers, Practitioners, and Policy Makers
- This paper reports findings of an evaluative study conducted at the conclusion of EDUsummIT 2015 to investigate the effectiveness and impact of EDUsummIT.
- A Multilevel System of Quality Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching Indicators
- This paper elaborates and extends the work of the EDUsummIT 2015 Thematic Working Group 7 by proposing a set of indicators on quality Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching.
- Challenges for Educational Technologists in the 21st Century
- This article describes the challenges that 21st century educational technologists are, and will be addressing as they undertake the effective integration of new technologies into K-12 educational systems and learning environments.
- A Theory of Public Knowledge
- This article offers a theory of public knowledge for the purposes of defining more clearly its role in information systems and classification schemas.
- Information Seeking, Information Sharing, and going mobile: Three bridges to informal learning
- This article introduces a new perspective on information behavior in Web 2.0 environments, including the role of mobile access in bridging formal to informal learning.
- Statistical assumptions of substantive analyses across the general linear model: a mini-review
- This article seeks to support researchers by concisely reviewing key statistical assumptions associated with substantive statistical tests across the general linear model. Additionally, the article reviews techniques to check for statistical assumptions and identifies remedies and problems if data do not meet the necessary assumptions.
- Photography Changes Our Environmental Awareness
- This article is part of a series by the Smithsonian Photography Initiative called Click! Photography Changes Everything. This article discusses how photography and increased visibility can bridge the gap between the natural world and human interaction.
- Job Satisfaction, Work Engagement, and Turnover Intention of Career and Technical Education Health Science Teachers
- Article describes study which examines the relationships between job satisfaction, work engagement, and turnover intention of Career and Technical Education (CTE) health science teachers in the United States (US).
- Leadership, Training, Mentoring, and Instructional Design
- Editorial article for the second issue of Learning and Performance Quarterly. In this piece, the author describes the second issue and the overall focus on leadership, training, mentoring and instructional design.
- The Subject of Learning and Performance
- This editorial article discusses the inaugural issue of the Learning and Performance Quarterly (LPQ) open access journal. This editorial offers a welcome and introduction to the first issue.
- Severity of U.S. Construction Worker Injuries, 2015-2017
- Article reports on a case-control study of risks factors associated with 4,845 injured workers and their work environments that led to fatal rather than nonfatal injuries during 2015-2017.
- An exploration of text mining of narrative reports of injury incidents to assess risk
- In this article, a topic model was explored using unsupervised machine learning to summarized free-text narrative reports of 77,215 injuries that occurred in coal mines in the USA between 2000 and 2015. Latent Dirichlet Allocation modeling processes identified six topics from the free-text data. The modeling success enjoyed in this exploratory effort suggests that additional topic mining of these injury text narratives is justified, especially using a broad set of covariates to explain variations in topic emphasis and for comparison of surface mining injuries with injuries occurring during site preparation for construction.
- Julia M. Esparza, AHIP, Medical Library Association President, 2019–2020
- Article features a profile of Julia M. Esparza, AHIP, Medical Library Association President, 2019–2020.
- Using the mTSES to Evaluate and Optimize mLearning Professional Development
- This article reports on the findings from the analysis of data collected using the Mobile Teacher's Sense of Efficacy Scale survey instrument, from an open course about mobile learning called Instructional Design for Mobile Learning that took place from May 4 through June 6, 2015.
- Care, Communication, Support: Core for Designing Meaningful Online Collaborative Learning
- Article describes study seeking to identify emergent themes regarding higher education instructors’ perceptions concerning the provision of collaborative learning activities and opportunities in their online classroom.
- The Relationship between Administrative Intensity and Student Retention and Success: A Three-Year Study
- This article describes a secondary data analysis study linking the internal organizational elements of administrative intensity to institutional results as evidenced by higher education student retention and graduation rates.
- Technology Enhanced Instruction: An Example of English Language Learning in the Context of Peace
- This study reveals the impact of learning through technology in the English language.
- Multi-Institutional Partnerships for Higher Education in Africa: A Case Study of Assumptions of International Academic Collaboration
- This article examines the expectations, dynamics, and intricacies of academic partnerships and the reality of African academic institutions.