Search for dissertations about: "Instructional Technologies"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Instructional Technologies.
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1. Instructional technologies in science education : Students’ scientific reasoning in collaborative classroom activities
Abstract : This study originates from an interest in how students interpret scientific concepts demonstrated with animated instructional technologies. Currently, science education makes use of diverse kinds of instructional methods. For the advancement of instruction, new technologies have continuously been employed. READ MORE
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2. Group work and physics – characteristics, learning possibilities and patterns of interaction
Abstract : This thesis explores group work in physics at university level. The guiding research interest is what happens in the students’ interactions during such (instructional) activities, focusing both on the physics content and group dynamics. READ MORE
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3. Modularization of the Learning Architecture : Supporting Learning Theories by Learning Technologies
Abstract : This thesis explores the role of modularity for achieving a better adaptation of learning technology to pedagogical requirements. In order to examine the interrelations that occur between pedagogy and computer science, a theoretical framework rooted in both fields is applied. READ MORE
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4. Training to become a master mariner in a simulator-based environment: The instructors’ contributions to professional learning
Abstract : In higher education programs that aim to prepare students for professional performance in safety-critical work activities, the introduction of simulators is seen as a fundamentally restructuring of the ways in which professional skills are developed and assessed. This, in turn, creates new challenges and possibilities for both teaching and learning a profession. READ MORE
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5. Letters & Bytes : Sociotechnical Studies of Distance Education
Abstract : This dissertation studies the social aspects of technology in distance education trough the lens of history – in the form of correspondence education – and a possible future – in the form of a project of technical standardization, Learning Objects. The studied cases form a reflexive tool that allows the present of distance education to be seen in perspective. READ MORE