Information and Learning Sciences: Volume 120 Issue 11/12

Guest editorial

Naresh Kumar Agarwal, Kathleen Campana

The landscape of research on learning in low-tech environments

Kathleen Campana, Naresh Kumar Agarwal

This paper aims to review the landscape of research in pedagogy and learning that surmounts the challenges of low-tech, information-rich environments during the past decade. It…

Connecting moments of creativity, computational thinking, collaboration and new media literacy skills

Xanthippi Tsortanidou, Thanasis Daradoumis, Elena Barberá

This paper aims to present a novel pedagogical model that aims at bridging creativity with computational thinking (CT) and new media literacy skills at low-technology…

An iterative process for developing digital gamified sexual health education for adolescent students in low-tech settings

Hussein Haruna, Zamzami Zainuddin, Robin R. Mellecker, Samuel K.W. Chu, Xiao Hu

Digital technology has great potential for educating today’s digitally oriented adolescents on health. In particular, digital health gamified learning can make the promotion of…

A study of Veterinary Scholars’ Perception of MOOCs

Kutty Kumar

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a currently trending e-learning platform that presumably attract thousands of participants because of boundless participation, are open to…

Students’ use of digital learning resources: diversity, motivations and challenges

Swiga Alphonce, Kelefa Mwantimwa

With the advent of ICTs, a large percentage of university students are shifting their interest and focus on digital learning resources from print ones. This study aims to examine…

Use of e-resources by unmotivated students: a success story from a library in Russia

Valentina Vasilyeva, Valeria Vasilyeva

This paper aims to examine how new educational approaches to the presentation of electronic information resources can influence interest in their use among first-year…

The effects of gamified flipped instruction on learner performance and need satisfaction: A study in a low-tech setting

Zamzami Zainuddin, Muhammad Shujahat, Samuel K.W. Chu, Hussein Haruna, Ratna Farida

This study aims to assess students’ learning performance and perceived need satisfaction between a gamified flipped classroom (GFC) and flipped classroom (FC) instruction in a…