Search for dissertations about: "Virtual Classroom"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Virtual Classroom.
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1. Languaging in virtual learning sites : studies of online encounters in the language-focused classroom
Abstract : This thesis focuses upon a series of empirical studies which examine communication and learning in online glocal communities within higher education in Sweden. A recurring theme in the theoretical framework deals with issues of languaging in virtual multimodal environments as well as the making of identity and negotiation of meaning in these settings; analyzing the activity, what people do, in contraposition to the study of how people talk about their activity. READ MORE
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2. Developing a Problem Based Learning model for Internet-based teaching in academic oral health education
Abstract : Problem Based Learning (PBL) has been fully or partly adopted by several medical and dental schools throughout the world, but only few attempts have been made to adjust this method to Distance Learning (DL) environments. It appears that the interaction demands of PBL could not be easily facilitated by the technologies used for DL in the past. READ MORE
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3. Researching and developing Swedkid : A Swedish case study at the intersection of the web, racism and education
Abstract : This thesis seeks to provide an insight into three phenomena: the condition of racism in Sweden, the complexity of identity, and the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in classroom settings. It also offers an analysis of how such phenomena combined in the development of a specific educational resource, the Swedkid project (2001-3) which aimed to develop an anti-racist website (www. READ MORE
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4. Around the Screen : Computer activities in children’s everyday lives
Abstract : The present ethnography documents computer activities in everyday life. The data consist of video recordings, interviews and field notes, documenting (i) 16 students in a seventh grade class in a computer room and other school settings and (ii) 22 children, interacting with siblings, friends and parents in home settings. READ MORE
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5. 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