Interactive Technology and Smart Education: Volume 21 Issue 1

Mapping the landscape of Makerspaces in higher education: an inventory of research findings

Georgios Pallaris, Panayiotis Zaphiris, Antigoni Parmaxi

The purpose of this study is to chart the development of Makerspaces in higher education (MIHE), by building a map of existing research work in the field. Based on a corpus of 183…

The role of website features in creating value co-creation behaviors and enhancing the brand image and reputation of higher education institutions

Davood Ghorbanzadeh, Mohsen Sharbatiyan

Despite promising conceptual developments in value co-creation behaviors, the scholarly attention afforded to the importance of the university website features in strengthening…

Hands-on interaction in the augmented reality (AR) chemistry laboratories enhances the learning effects of low-achieving students: a pilot study

Yufang Cheng, Meng-Han Lee, Chung-Sung Yang, Pei-Yu Wu

The purpose of this study was to develop the augmented reality (AR) educational program combined with the instructional guidance for supportive learning, which enhanced the…

Offline collaborative learning approach for remote Northern territory students

Haixiao Dai, Phong Lam Nguyen, Cat Kutay

Digital learning systems are crucial for education and data collected can analyse students learning performances to improve support. The purpose of this study is to design and…

Educational technology research during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sijia Xue, Helen Crompton

This systematic review paper aims to examine extant empirical research involving educational technology during COVID-19 to provide an aggregated analysis of how the pandemic has…

Supporting university students’ learning across time and space: a from-scratch, personalised and mobile-friendly approach

Eliza Rossiter, T.J. Thomson, Rachel Fitzgerald

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use and effectiveness of a bespoke mobile learning resource, Pocket Tutor. This resource responds to a number of teaching and learning…

How to encourage students continue learning English on podcast? The perspectives of stimulus-organism-response and interest driven creator theory

Min Ching Chen, Tak-Wai Chan, Yu Hsin Chen

Podcasting is a new mobile technology application for language learning. Drawing upon the stimulus–organism–response model and the interest driven creator (IDC) theory from…

Microteaching networks in higher education

Sonia Santoveña-Casal, Javier Gil-Quintana, José Javier Hueso-Romero

Microteaching is a teacher training method based on microclasses (groups of four or five students) and microlessons lasting no more than 5–20 min. Since it was first explored in…

Anomaly detection in the course evaluation process: a learning analytics–based approach

Anagha Vaidya, Sarika Sharma

Course evaluations are formative and are used to evaluate learnings of the students for a course. Anomalies in the evaluation process can lead to a faulty educational outcome…