Tag: #EDU800
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Social Media Use and Creativity: An Annotation
In this article, Sun describes creativity as the tendency of a student to generate novel ideas, through interaction and knowledge sharing with others, that are useful in product or service. Sun goes on to define social media as a set of interactive technology tools designed to encourage networking and dialogue in virtual communities. Sun suggests…
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Creativity is Contagious: An Annotation
Krishen (2022) proposed a new model, the contagious motivation and creative experience model (CMCEM), as a way to look at the interaction of five different theories and perspectives and the effect of that interaction on a student’s overall course experience. Included in the synthesis of these factors were the context-dependent fixation hypothesis, transformational teaching, the…
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No Mic Drop This Time: An Annotation
Fyfield, M. (2022). YouTube in the secondary classroom: how teachers use instructional videos in mainstream classrooms. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 31(2), 185–197. The research study intended to explore why and how teachers actually use instructional videos in their classrooms rather than focusing on results from a specific application of video technology. Foundational to the study…
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Nonplussed: An Annotation
Hung, C. M., Hwang, G. J., & Huang, I. (2012). A Project-based digital storytelling approach to improving students’ learning motivation, problem-solving competence and learning achievement. Educational Technology & Society, 15(4), 368–379. Oh, boy, I said to myself. Some research about project based learning and technology. I hope I’ll learn something new that I might be…
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“Truth is Made Not Found.” (Rorty): An Annotation
Postmodernism as a basis for research is a philosophy that embraces all of the complexity that surrounds educational technology and the process of learning. Founded in pluralism, the philosophy rejects a single explanation in favor of recognizing differences and acknowledging the influence of various perspectives. For educational technology, this implies that there is no one…
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Quantifying the Unquantifiable: An Annotation
Long, H. (2014). An empirical review of research methodologies and methods in creativity studies (2003–2012). Creativity Research Journal, 26(4), 427–438. As I embark on a quest to explore creativity, I realize I really don’t know much, and I really don’t even know where to begin. This article summarizes the types of research that were used…
