Editorial Board

PREFACE TO THE PROCEEDINGS
Gregory Anderson

Keynote: LEARNING THROUGH INTERACTION AND CREATIVITY
IN ONLINE LABORATORIES
Michael E. Auer

Invited Speaker: A TURNING POINT FOR CLOUDY DAYS
Patrice O’Hagan

Invited Speaker: ORACLE ACADEMY 21ST CENTURY, NEW SKILLS, NEW JOBS... ARE YOU READY?
Danny Gooris

Plenary Session 1: Instructional Design Consideration

RIDING THE PERFECT STORM: DESIGNING AND DELIVERING CONTENT FOR TODAY’S LEARNERS
Irina Chernikova and Evangeline (Litsa) Varonis

BEYOND CUT-AND-PASTE: CREATING INTERACTIVE ONLINE RESOURCES TO INTRODUCE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS TO ACADEMIC CITATION
Evangeline (Litsa) Varonis, Laura Monroe, April Trowbridge, Katherine
Gulliford, Clifford Holcomb, John R. Reyes, Marty Smith, and Maria Varonis

STUDY MATERIALS FOR UNIVERSITY STUDY AND FURTHER EDUCATION: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LEARNING PREFERENCES IN 2010 AND 2014
Ivana Simonova and Petra Poulova

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
E-LEARNING AS A TOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR YOUTH IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
Cherie Enns and Nicole Klassen

Plenary Session 2: Embedding ICT in Teacher Training

UBIQUITIOUS COMPUTING DEVICES IN THE TRAINING OF TEACHER-TRAINERS
Neil Smith and Helen Caldwell

SIMULATION-BASED TRAINING FOR GREEK PRESERVICE TEACHERS: DEVELOPING A 3D CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT VIA PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
Kalliopi Evangelia Stavroulia

PRE-SERVICE TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF ICT TEACHERS
John Hunt

TEACHER EDUCATION AND CONSTRUCTIONISM WHEN TEACHING WITH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
Anthony Jones

Plenary Session 3: Evaluation and Assessment Practices

RETHINKING EVALUATION’S PRACTICE IN ACADEMIC TRAINING TO MEET DAY-TO-DAY CHALLENGES: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN EXPECTATIONS AND REALITY
Lamia Badra-Belaziz

INNOVATIVE ASSESSMENT AND PERSONALISED FEEDBACK IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Jill Barber and Steven Ellis

IS MATHEMATICS STILL RELEVANT AS AN ADMISSION CRITERION FOR ENTRY INTO AN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COURSE AT A SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITY?
Glenda Barlow-Jones, Duan van der Westhuizen and Carla Coetzee

EXPLORING STUDENT EXPERIENCES OF ASSESSMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND AND BRAZIL: EMBARGO OR EMPOWERMENT?
Maria Eugenia Witzler D’Esposito and Iain McPhee

Plenary Session 4: The Shifting Role of the Teacher in Today’s Classroom

MODEL OF THE “MEDIATING TEACHER” IN DISTANCE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: CLASSES THAT COMBINE ASYNCHRONOUS DISTANCE LEARNING VIA VIDEOTAPED LECTURES
Aryeh Ben-Chayim & Baruch Offir

BUILDING TEACHER CONFIDENCE IN ADDRESSING
INDIGENOUS ISSUES IN THE CLASSROOM
Rose-Marie Thrupp, John Hunt, Stacey Cowell, Ben Crowley and Leanne Whittaker

ENCOURAGING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH COLLABORATIVE SERIOUS GAMES: THE COCO FRAMEWORK
Prins Butt and Gary Wills

ON THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLAN 2012-2017: THE IMPORTANCE OF ESSENTIAL CONDITIONS AND RIGOROUS PILOTING
Maria Ghosn-Chelala

Plenary Session 5: Educating in the Digital World

A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM’S EFFECT ON PEDAGOGY
Voula Karvelas

E-LEARNING SPACES AND THE DIGITAL UNIVERSITY: WHERE THE PHYSICAL MEETS THE DIGITAL
Dominic Pates and Neal Sumner

PRODUCING OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES THROUGH MASSIVE COLLABORATION
Vilson J. Leffa

AN ONLINE MASTER’S DEGREE: TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGY VS. MANAGERIAL CONSTRAINTS
Andrew Doig and Claire Pekcan

Plenary Session 6: Extending Student Learning Opportunities

EFFECTIVE USE OF LECTURE CAPTURE IN LARGE LECTURE HALLS
Nick Linardopoulos and Steve Garwood

STUDENT AND STAFF PERCEPTIONS ON THE IMPACT OF LECTURE CAPTURE
Daran Price and Timos Almpanis

Plenary Session 7: ICT Fostering Knowledge and Skills Development

COGNITIVE AND METACOGNITIVE PROMPTING IN ILL-STRUCTURED TASKS: THE ART OF ASKING
Victoria Smy, Marie Cahillane, and Piers MacLean

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS RETENTION IN SUSTAINING E-LEARNING CAPABILITY
Marie Cahillane, Piers MacLean, and Victoria Smy

EXTENSION OF A KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TAXONOMY TO INCLUDE A COMPLEX AND INTEGRATED SKILLS CATEGORY
Piers MacLean, Marie Cahillane, and Victoria Smy

Plenary Session 8: Online Student Engagement

THE ROLE OF INSTANT MESSAGING DURING PRACTICUM: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A CASE STUDY
Apostolos Kostas, Alivisos Sofos and Constantinos Tsolakidis

EFFECTIVENESS OF AN E-LEARNING SYSTEM AND STUDENTS’ PERCEIVED SATISFACTION IN A PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMME USING THE MOODLE E-LEARNING PLATFORM
Lan Umek, Damijana Keržič, Aleksander Aristovnik and Nina Tomaževič

THE INTERDISCIPLINARY USE OF BLOGS AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Helen Caldwell and Rebecca Heaton

SOCIAL NETWORKS SUPPORTING HIGHER EDUCATION IN IT AND MANAGEMENT
Petra Poulova and Ivana Simonova

Plenary Session 9: Educating Our Children and Youth

CREATING ENVIRONMENTALLY ORIENTED ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITIES: THE CASE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN GREECE
Konstantinos Karampelas and Sarantis Karvounidis

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AND READING IN AN ERA OF DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY Roseland Da'eem

INTEGRATING ICT IN THE ARABIC GRAMMAR LESSONS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: ATTITUDES AND EFFECT!
Zuhaira Najjar

COMPARISON OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND ATTENTION SPAN OF CHILDREN BETWEEN MONTESSORI AND TRADITIONAL PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES OF PRESCHOOLS
Jean Marie Villamor Juanga and Ar Caryn Ressureccion

Plenary Session 10: ICT in Science-based Education

USING MOBILE TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOP UNDERSTANDING OF HEARING RISKS USING AN EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH
Lee Davison and Christopher Barlow

CLOUD-BASED TIME-EFFECTIVE LABORATORY REPORTS GRADING
Samuel Kosolapov and Nissim Sabag

INTRODUCING MICROCONTROLLER- BASED COMPUTER PLATFORMS INTO ENGINEERING COMPUTER EDUCATION
Jian Jiang

DOES IT MATTER IF A FIRST YEAR PROGRAMMING STUDENT IS DIGITALLY LITERATE? THE EFFECT OF DIGITAL LITERACY ON A STUDENT’S PERFORMANCE IN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
Glenda Barlow-Jones, Jacqui Chetty and Pieter Joubert

A REVIEW OF THE USE OF COMPUTER ALGEBRA SYSTEMS IN VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Juan Battaner-Moro

ICICTE Graduate Student Award Symposium

EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES IN SIMULATED CLASSROOM TRAINING ENVIRONMENTS
Kalliopi Evangelia Stavroulia, Evanthia Makri-Botsari, Sarantos Psycharis
and Gerassimos Kekkeris

TOWARDS AN INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL FOR THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND/FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ESL/EFL) IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Evriklea Dogoriti

LANGUAGES, HUMANITIES AND TECHNOLOGIES: BLENDING INTO ONE IN ORDER TO PROMOTE A CONSCIOUS CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION FOR CILDREN IN A VULNERABLE SITUATION IN BRAZIL
Sabrina Hax Duro Rosa