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Online Interactive Mechanisms for Live-Streamed Teaching
Online live-streamed teaching interaction refers to the synchronous interactive behaviors conducted among teachers and students, as well as between students themselves (and between teachers, students, and the interface) during the process of live broadcasting instruction. 
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  • 22 Sep 2023
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Academic Rank in Sweden
This article describes the academic positions and ranks in Sweden.
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  • 14 Oct 2022
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Developmental Dyslexia, Dyslexia-Friendly Fonts and Text-to-Speech Technologies
Developmental dyslexia (DD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders diagnosed in children who fail to develop normal reading skills in spite of normal intelligence. A recent study conducted in Italy showed a prevalence of 3.5%. Traditional approaches considered DD as a phonological processing impairment; however, several other functions were shown to be specifically impaired, such as long-term and short-term verbal memory or working memory, visual attention, and visual and auditory perception. Over the past years, research has been looking for solutions to alleviate deficits in the visuospatial processing of letters and words, and to improve reading in individuals with DD using specific fonts or changing visualization parameters such as size, spacing and line spacing. Moreover, text-to-speech technology (TTS) has been used to support understanding of the text. However, apart from a general recommendation about slower pace, much less research has been devoted to the specific characteristics of TTS that may lead to clearer perception and better understanding in students with DD.
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  • 05 Feb 2024
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Sustainable Development Goals in Education
Following the fourth target of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), education disparity is one of the graver concerns delaying substantial economic development, especially in emerging market-based nations. Despite numerous efforts to address this disparity, it has been a long-standing concern for many communities. 
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  • 19 Jul 2023
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Expert and Inexpert Instructors Talking About Teaching
Using mixed-method social network analysis, researchers explored the discussions happening between instructors within a teaching-related network and how instructional expertise correlated with the content of those discussions. Instructional expertise, defined by the extent to which effective teaching practices were implemented, was measured for 82 faculty teaching at a Midwestern research university in the USA using the Faculty Inventory of Methods and Practices Associated with Competent Teaching (F-IMPACT).
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  • 30 Jun 2023
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Inclusive Supervision: Bridging the Cultural Divide
Inclusive supervision is an approach to supervision that prioritizes multicultural competencies and an ethic of inclusion. Inclusivity in doctoral (or PhD) supervision is of key significance due to the collaborative nature of the relationship between supervisors and supervisees. Scant research has been conducted that considers the multiple, intersectional influences and their impact within this relationship. This study employs a rapid review method to synthesize findings on the research evidence encapsulating inclusive doctoral supervision. A search of academic literature spanning the last ten years (2013–2023) led to the inclusion of nine empirical, qualitative research studies on inclusive supervision. A synthesis of the findings resulted in five key challenges to inclusive supervision that diverse students face: power dynamics and feedback, a lack of belonging and support, a racial lens on academic competence, (mis)understandings of cultural differences, and communication and language barriers. In discussing these findings, we employ an intersectional lens and introduce a conceptual framework for an inclusive collaboration between supervisors and supervisees.
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  • 31 Jan 2024
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The Impact of COVID-19 on E-Learning
Due to its severity, the outbreak of COVID-19 led to unprecedented levels of social isolation that affected educational institutions, among others. Digital technologies such as cloud computing and video broadcasting helped the adoption of e-learning during the crisis.
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  • 18 Dec 2023
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Matte Painting and First-Person View Drones
In terms of the teaching process of matte painting, it is essential for students to develop a sound understanding of the relationship between virtual and physical environments. First-person view (FPV) drones are applied to matte painting courses. This provides students with a better learning environment using a digital education system. It indicates that the flow experience, learning interest, and continuous learning intention of students who use FPV drones in matte painting are significantly greater than those of students who only utilize traditional teaching methods.
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  • 19 Jul 2022
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Visual Learning Technologies in the Immersive VET
Humanity faces diverse technological, societal, and sociological challenges. Digitalization is being integrated into every aspect of our lives. Technologies are developing rapidly and the ways in which we live and learn are changing. Young people are acquiring information and learning in a different way than in the recent past. Education systems are no longer keeping up with the development of technology. Education systems need to adapt and introduce technologies that motivate students and ultimately contribute to higher learning goals. 
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  • 29 Jun 2023
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Empowering Vocational Students
Vocational Education and Training (VET) faces significant challenges in equipping individuals for modern workplaces, which increasingly require digital literacy and Computational Thinking (CT) skills. A methodology primarily involves a systematic literature review, resulting in the identification of 29 relevant papers. Through qualitative content analysis, researchers develop a CT integration framework that connects CT practices and integration elements to the engineering design process, while highlighting the VET context. Arguably, the innovative aspect of this framework lies in its core dimensions of harnessing computational power for enhanced efficiency. Raising the question of whether computers can optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of specific tasks is paramount for addressing challenges in technology-rich environments. Therefore, this inquiry merits unwavering attention at every stage of the process. The proposed framework provides educators with a structured approach to identify integration opportunities and help prepare students for multifaceted vocational careers. Furthermore, other key findings underscore the inherently interdisciplinary nature of VET, the growing demand for STEM competencies, and the transformative potential of CT integration. Implications emphasize the need for further research, supportive policies, and practical CT integration.
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  • 01 Mar 2024
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Thematic Lessons and Cultural-Historical Activity Theory
Thematic learning features sustain exploratory activities focused on a selected theme, which contributes to developing students’ core competencies, including problem solving, collaboration, and communication skills, supporting sustainable development in learning. For teachers and students, this emerging pedagogical approach may encounter various contradictions in the classroom activity system. 
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  • 12 Jan 2024
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Inclusion in Immersion Education: Identifying and Supporting Students with Additional Educational Needs
This entry reviews the research around identifying and supporting students with additional educational needs (AEN) in immersion education. This is important as it is clear from international research that teachers in this form of education experience challenges due to the lack of availability of minority language services, assessments, interventions, and resources. The international research and literature on the positive practices that can be implemented in immersion education to help teachers and schools overcome the challenges they encounter is reviewed. The themes included in this entry are inclusive pedagogies, assessment, literacy, mathematics, and challenging behaviour.
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  • 08 Oct 2024
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Leadership Opportunities in the School Setting
To explore teachers’ and middle school leaders’ perspectives of promotional policies and practices within the schools where they work. Fifteen teachers and/or middle school leaders participated in semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was employed for data analysis. Themes that emerged from the data included a mix of perceptions, in that promotions were sometimes perceived to be based on appropriate measures of merit such as experience, but at other times were perceived to be unfair or based on cronyism, with female staff perceived to be at a disadvantage.
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  • 30 May 2023
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Automatically Detecting Incoherent Written Math Answers of Fourth-Graders
Arguing and communicating are basic skills in the mathematics curriculum. Making arguments in written form facilitates rigorous reasoning. It allows peers to review arguments, and to receive feedback about them.
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  • 25 Jul 2023
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Audio Segments in Classroom Automatic Transcription
Audio recording in classrooms is a common practice in educational research, with applications ranging from detecting classroom activities to analyzing student behavior.
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  • 03 Jan 2024
Topic Review
Nature-Based Education and Well-Being among Youth
The world has changed radically, and people now live in an era of an abundance of information and contacts. The standard of living has never before been so high in many Western countries, but at the same time, the first quarter of the 21st century has been turbulent in many ways and is characterized by an increasingly harsh social climate. Public debate has hardened, and polarization has increased. The world and everyday life have changed significantly in a short time. These are aspects that also affect the everyday lives of our young people and, thus, their opportunities for well-being. The range of choices for young people has never been so wide as today, but this seems to come with a price, as our individual choices and actions are portrayed as crucial to our future. Many young people feel that it has become more difficult to make the right choices in life, and research shows that young adults are increasingly worried about their future. Many youths feel that there are too many possibilities and too many decisions that should be made, and they feel pressure that too much is required of them.
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  • 04 Jan 2024
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Artificial Intelligence Course Design Planning Framework
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become key in numerous domains, emphasizing the need for education in this field. The interdisciplinary nature of AI and its relevance across various sectors call for an integration of AI topics into university curricula. This article introduces the "AI Course Design Planning Framework", a comprehensive tool designed to structure the development of domain-specific AI courses at the university level. The AI Course Design Planning Framework forms a visual and practical tool for instructors and course developers in the higher education or professional education context with a special focus on non-computer science (non-CS) students. It can be used as a means to gather ideas, innovate, plan and communicate ideas for domain-specific AI courses. The framework can be used as a self-contained instrument for individuals, in tandem with AI and domain experts or in a workshop setting with multiple people. Scholars suggest filling it from left to right, first considering the questions on AI in the domain, the learning environment of the course and last, the course implementation.
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  • 06 Dec 2023
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The Sustainable Improvement of Educational Empirical Research Quality
With the transformation of the knowledge production model, the research system of educational research is becoming more extensive, and academic collaboration has become an important productive method of promoting the sustainable development of educational empirical research. Identity collaboration, institutional collaboration, international collaboration, and discipline collaboration were all found to have a strongly significant influence on the sustainable improvement of educational empirical research output quality. 
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  • 25 Mar 2022
Topic Review Video
Mindful Nature (MiNa)
Mindful Nature (MiNa) stands as an exemplary project, positioned at the intersection of education and environmental consciousness. Based on the idea that a strong bond with nature is essential for promoting overall health, self-awareness, and relaxation, MiNa aims to transform the ways that teachers educate. This post offers a thorough examination of the MiNa initiative, including its history, goals, and the important contribution it makes to improving human health and wellbeing.
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  • 10 Jan 2024
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Promoting AI Literacy for Children
The advancement of generative AI technologies underscores the need for AI literacy, particularly in elementary Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) education.
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  • 06 Dec 2023
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