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E-learning and social media: Using Facebook to create an online community among applied social practice postgraduate students during a COVID-19 lockdown
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This paper will discuss the use of Facebook as a means for creating an online community to support e-learning among applied social practice postgraduate students in the School of Healthcare and Social Practice at Unitec ... -
EAP : imagining a new tertiary community
(Association for Academic Language and Learning, 2018-07-04)Through a case study of an English for Academic Purposes and academic readiness program in Lao PDR, this article explores how the particular needs of the students can be taken into account in the design and teaching ... -
Earlier visual N1 latencies in expert video-game players: A temporal basis of enhanced visuospatial performance
(Public Library of Science, 2013-09-18)Increasing behavioural evidence suggests that expert video game players (VGPs) show enhanced visual attention and visuospatial abilities, but what underlies these enhancements remains unclear. We administered the Poffenberger ... -
Ecological counter-narratives of interdependent wellbeing
(University of Melbourne, 2011)This paper reports some insights garnered from a recent research project in Aotearoa (New Zealand) which explored possibilities for enacting ecological sustainability within early childhood education. The project was ... -
Educational middle change leaders in New Zealand: The meat in the sandwich
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2012-06)This article reports findings from a larger study into the role of middle leaders of change in New Zealand Higher Education. The study discusses the perceptions of being in the ‘middle’ and how change leaders reconcile ... -
Effective spelling strategies for students with dyslexia in Hong Kong secondary schools
(2014)This study examines the effectiveness of five spelling strategies used to teach junior secondary school students with dyslexia. Participants were 30 secondary school teachers in Hong Kong. The teachers commented on five ... -
The effects of aural input enhancement on L2 acquisition
(University of Hawai‘i, National Foreign Language Resource Center., 2013-07)Input enhancement involves attempts to direct the learner’s attention to specific linguistic forms in target language input (Sharwood Smith, 1993). One way to do this is by manipulating the input in order to attract learners’ ... -
The effects of implicit and explicit instructions on acquisition of two English grammatical structures
(2008)The use of tasks is often seen as a means for preparing learners for real-life communication, a way of providing learners with opportunities to practise meaningful communication and to acquire implicit knowledge. “It ... -
Encouraging autonomy with an online language support system
(Asia-Pacific Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning, 2010-02)In this article we describe the results of a small study into the implementation of a new institutional language support system in an academic English class at a Thai University. The system was designed to encourage ... -
Encouraging proofreading and revision
(National University of Singapore, 2010-01-11)Recent years have seen a lot of interest in learner autonomy. Although many teachers can see the value of encouraging in learners more awareness of the learning process, and the ability to make decisions about their learning ... -
Engaging children with educational content via gamification
(Springer Open, 2019-07-18)Gamification is the application of game mechanisms in non-gaming environments with the objective of enhancing user experience. In this paper, we investigate the effectiveness of gamification in an educational context, i.e. ... -
Engaging Pacific In the mainstream
(Australian & New Zealand Student Services Association, 2016-04)This paper is part of a presentation at the Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association (ANZSSA) Conference held in Hobart, Australia, 7th-9th December 2015, entitled ‘Engaging Pacific in the Mainstream’. It ... -
Enhancing informal language learning with mobile technology : does it work?
(University of Central Lancashire, 2011-10-10)There are many theories that attempt to explain second language acquisition processes and factors determining success or failure. Despite a lack of general agreement between proponents of these theories, research has ... -
Enhancing local identity through fostering research-based education in architecture
(Association of Architectural Educators, 2017-09)This paper emerged from the strong belief in the importance of research-based education for enhancing local identity in modern architectural practice and education of young architects today. It proposes an alternative ... -
Enhancing students' tertiary blended learning experience through embedding digital information literacy
(2016-01)This article argues that integrating practices of digital information literacy can support a learner-centred, developmental blended learning experience. It considers the consequences of blended learning delivery for teachers ... -
Entry-level tertiary student perceptions of challenges when using a wiki : trust and peer teaching
(Unitec ePress, 2017-09-07)Wikis are widely used in blended learning educational settings with varying degrees of success. Scholarly attention increasingly regards student perceptions and experiences of using wikis as part of ongoing development. ... -
Essential advising to underpin effective language learning and teaching
(Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS), Chiba, Japan, 2015-03)This paper is aimed at managers, teachers and advisors who are involved with language learner advising. It will first give a historic background to autonomy and advising (Benson & Voller, 1997; Crabbe, 1993; Holec, 1981) ... -
Evaluation of a special education professional development program: part 2: Success case studies
(Australasian Evaluation Society, 2009)An earlier article in EJA (Piggot-Irvine 2008) reported on the background, methodology and overall results for an evaluation study of a special education teacher professional development project that involved action research ... -
An evaluative checklist for self-access materials
(Oxford University Press, 2006-07)Self-access centres (SACs) are playing an increasingly pivotal role in supporting the (self-) study of languages. Selecting suitable resources thus becomes more and more important. At the selection stage, identifying ... -
‘Examining the "self” in self-access materials
(rEFLections, 2005)Self-access centres (SACS*) are an increasingly common form of support for language learners. Self-access learning, by its nature, is heavily dependent on the availability of sufficient and relevant materials of a high ...
