Information and Learning Sciences: Volume 120 Issue 7/8

Changes in science attitudes, beliefs, knowledge and physiological arousal after implementation of a multimodal, cooperative intervention in primary school science classes

Annemaree Carroll, Robyn M. Gillies, Ross Cunnington, Molly McCarthy, Chase Sherwell, Kelsey Palghat, Felicia Goh, Bernard Baffour, Amanda Bourgeois, Mary Rafter, Tennille Seary

Student competency in science learning relies on students being able to interpret and use multimodal representations to communicate understandings. Moreover, collaborative…

A comparative analysis of instructional course themes in LIS and museum studies programs in the USA

Brady Lund, Ting Wang

Considerable overlap exists between the disciplines of library and information science and museum studies. Exploiting the overlap and examining those areas were library/museum…

Using educational data mining techniques to increase the prediction accuracy of student academic performance

Gomathy Ramaswami, Teo Susnjak, Anuradha Mathrani, James Lim, Pablo Garcia

This paper aims to evaluate educational data mining methods to increase the predictive accuracy of student academic performance for a university course setting. Student engagement…

Comparing factors that influence learning management systems use on computers and on mobile

Xiao Hu, Chun Lai

Learning management systems (LMSs) have been embraced for their potential to create a ubiquitous learning that is free from time and space constraints. Mobile devices afford…

Students’ intentions to use PBWorks: a factor-based PLS-SEM approach

Eddie W.L. Cheng, Samuel K.W. Chu, Carol S.M. Ma

Wikis, as one of the Web 2.0 tools, has been increasingly used to engage students to learn with others in a collaborative virtual environment. However, there are relatively few…

The building blocks of coding: a comparison of early childhood coding toys

Jody Clarke-Midura, Victor R. Lee, Jessica F. Shumway, Megan M. Hamilton

This paper aims to be a think piece that promotes discussion around the design of coding toys for children. In particular, the authors examine three different toys that have some…

Weaving together media, technologies and people: Students’ information practices in flipped classrooms

Samuel Dodson, Ido Roll, Negar M. Harandi, Sidney Fels, Dongwook Yoon

Students in flipped classrooms are challenged to orchestrate an increasingly heterogeneous collection of learning objects, including audiovisual materials as well as traditional…