Traditionally, music education focused on the assimilation of fundamental music concepts by individual students. In contrast, this paper outlines a study, which proposes to utilise students’ creative musical potential, collaboratively within the classroom. This work extends upon MOLE (Music Oriented Learning Environment, Truman, 2001; Badii & Truman, 2001), a computer-based environment designed...

Most efforts to create computer-supported collaborative learning environments have been focused on students. However, without providing appropriate integration of collaborative activities into curricula, these efforts will have little widespread impact on educational practices. To improve education through technology, learning environments for students must be integrated with curriculum develop...

In our research, we synthesize two lines of development that have been dealt with independently so far: 1) the development and evaluation of educational technologies to support problem-oriented and collaborative learning activities inside and outside of the classroom, and 2) interaction design patterns as a means to document and generate design knowledge. Primary contributions are software prot...

A teacher and a teacher assistant, working together in an inclusive grade-six classroom, provided an invaluable insider perspective on the kind of context that leads to effective support for all students. Findings from this case study revealed five ways in which the teacher could facilitate the work of the teacher assistant, by: 1) focusing on relationship building (nudging instead of nagging);...

Two studies examined the significance of children's perceptions of their classroom environment along autonomy versus external control dimensions. Study 1 related a self-report measure of the perceived classroom climate to other self-related constructs. In a sample of 140 elementary children, it was found that the more "origin" the children perceived in their classroom, the higher their perceive...

Over the past few years, there has been a growing interest in using robots in education. The use of these tangible devices in combination with problem-based learning activities results in more motivated students, higher grades and a growing interest in the STEM areas. However, most educational robotics systems still have some restrictions like high cost, long setup time, need of installing soft...