Authentic Activity as a Model for Appropriate Learning Activity: Implications for Emerging Instructional Technologies

Emerging technologies as cognitive tools for authentic learning

Employing emerging technologies in learning is becoming increasingly important as a means to support the development of digital media literacy. Using a theoretical framework of authentic learning and technology as cognitive tools, this study examined student responses to the infusion of emerging technologies in a large first year teacher education unit over two full iterations, using a design-b...

A Method for Investigating “Instructional Familiarity” and Discerning Authentic Learning

BACKGROUND Presently, most medical educators rely exclusively on item difficulty and discrimination indices to investigate an item's psychometric quality and functioning. We argue "instructional familiarity" effects should also be of primary concern for persons attempting to discern the quality and meaning of a set of test scores. AIM There were four primary objectives of this study: (1) Revi...

Emerging technologies for learning

The use of emerging technologies for authentic learning: A South African study in higher education

It is now widely accepted that the transmission of disciplinary knowledge is insufficient to prepare students leaving higher education for the workplace. Authentic learning has been suggested as a way to bring the necessary complexity into learning to deal with challenges in professional practice after graduation. This study investigates how South African higher educators have used emerging tec...

the use of appropriate madm model for ranking the vendors of mci equipments using fuzzy approach

abstract nowadays, the science of decision making has been paid to more attention due to the complexity of the problems of suppliers selection. as known, one of the efficient tools in economic and human resources development is the extension of communication networks in developing countries. so, the proper selection of suppliers of tc equipments is of concern very much. in this study, a ...