Play to win! Using games in library instruction to enhance student learning

Research has shown that educational games can have positive impacts on student learning and motivation. The success of a game played in a library instruction class depends on the type of game selected, the development of learning outcomes, and the flexibility of the librarian during class. This article explains the benefits to students and librarians of using games, discusses the development and use of a Jeopardy-style game, and provides practical tips for librarians interested in developing and incorporating games into one-time library instruction sessions.     

Introduction to the special issue on teaching and learning in information retrieval

We present an overview of the special issue in this paper. The main objective is to provide information for lecturers on how to improve the student experience, using current knowledge in the field. To this end we present an overview of six papers covering areas as diverse as tools and methods used to support teaching and learning, pedagogical challenges in teaching mathematics for search, etc.     

基于学习共同体的《教育技术学导论》——课程设计初探

文章简要地分析了教育技术导论课程的特点及其在目前的教学中存在的问题,提出以学习共同体作为学习组织形式开展教学,既可以丰富课堂教学形式,也能通过师生及同伴之间的互动,促进学习者独立思考,逐步建构自己对教育技术的理解。     

Professional knowledge or motivation? Investigating the role of teachers’ expertise on the quality of technology-enhanced lesson plans

In an expertise study with 94 mathematics teachers varying in their relative teacher expertise (i.e., student teachers, trainee teachers, in-service teachers), we examined effects of teachers' professional knowledge and motivational beliefs on their ability to integrate technology within a lesson plan scenario. Therefore, we assessed teachers' professional knowledge (i.e., content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, technological knowledge), and their motivational beliefs (i.e., self-efficacy, utility-value). Furthermore, teachers were asked to develop a lesson plan for introducing the Pythagorean theorem to secondary students. Lesson plans by advanced teachers (i.e., trainee teachers, in-service teachers) comprised higher levels of instructional quality and technology exploitation than the ones of novice teachers (i.e., pre-service teachers). The effect of expertise was mediated by teachers' perceived utility-value of educational technology, but not by their professional knowledge. These findings suggest that teachers’ motivational beliefs play a crucial role for effectively applying technology in mathematics instruction.     

CHE Principles: facilitating authentic and dialogical semi-structured interviews in educational research

This paper examines the values of the CHE principles of Connectivity, Humanness and Empathy as a guiding framework for maximizing the ethical and methodological advantages of semi-structured interview research practices. The authors draw from two separate educational studies and apply the CHE principles to analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of decision-making in facilitating sustainable relationships with the participants in each study. Findings highlight that dialogical relations with participants were evident in both studies, and identify significant junctures where decision-making and actions influenced effective rapport-building and respectful and reciprocal relationships with participants in the research. The CHE principles emerge as providing a robust framework for educational researchers to employ when auditing their decision-making prior to and during their engagement in qualitative interviews.     

论教育工会与青年教师思政工作

市场经济条件下的高校青年教师思想政治工作的环境、任务、内容、渠道和对象的素质等各方面都发生了很大的变化。教育工会应把握新时期青年教师思想政治工作的时代特征,不断改进教育方式方法,引导青年教师树立正确的世界观、人生观、价值观,为振兴教育、培养社会主义事业的建设者和接班人发挥应有的作用。     

2012~2015年《上海教育评估研究》载文统计分析

以2012~2015 年出版的《上海教育评估研究》为研究对象,通过统计期刊的载文量,分析了其信息传递效率;通过统计期刊载文的合著规模、地域分布和发表多篇论文作者,分析了该刊的作者队伍;通过统计期刊论文的出版时滞,分析了其发文的及时性;通过统计期刊载文的引文数和引文半衰期,分析了其文献情报容量及传递新情报的速度。     

利用混合学习模式提升教师信息化教学能力的研究

为了快速提高职业学校教师的信息化教学能力,促进其专业发展,教育技术培训日益受到重视,但教育技术培训中存在培训模式和方法单一、培训受益面有限等问题。理论探究和培训实践表明混合学习模式是解决这些问题的有效方式。基于混合学习模式的教育技术培训过程可以划分为准备、实施和评价三个阶段,在培训过程中,还需要特别处理好五大辩证关系:讲授与探究、课堂与网络、理论与实践、自主与协作、过程与结果。     

教育技术学本科专业审美教育浅谈

文章立足于专业建设的角度,从完善培养目标、优化设计培养方案与设置相关课程、提升教师的审美教学素养、合理地选用教学策略与方法、加强审美教育的教学资源和环境建设等方面探讨教育技术学专业本科阶段的审美教育,并提出了相应的审美教育的理念和方法。