International Journal of Information and Learning Technology: Volume 36 Issue 3

Digital creativity: learning by story driven digital production

Maria Spante

The goal to stimulate perspective taking and inference making on social phenomena, such as gender roles in society, has proven to be difficult to achieve in general and in…

Assessing the emotional impact of virtual reality-based teacher training

Kalliopi Evangelia Stavroulia, Maria Christofi, Evangelia Baka, Despina Michael-Grigoriou, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Andreas Lanitis

The purpose of this paper is to propose the use of a virtual reality (VR)-based approach to improve teacher education and life-long professional development. Through constant…

Digitalization and school leadership: on the complexity of leading for digitalization in school

Marcia Håkansson Lindqvist, Fanny Pettersson

Digitalization has permeated society and schools. In this process, focus has turned to the importance of school leaders in their leadership for digitalization. The purpose of this…

On the relationship between computer simulation training and the development of practical knowing in police education

Tor Söderström, Carina Lindgren, Gregory Neely

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the practical knowing that is central in police education. Drawing on perspectives about tacit knowledge and embodied learning (e.g…

Applying learning analytics to program curriculum review

Christine Armatas, Christine F. Spratt

The purpose of this paper is to describe examples of the application of learning analytics (LA), including the assessment of subject grades, identifying subjects that need…

Talking about digital textbooks. The teacher perspective

Marcia Håkansson Lindqvist

An increasing amount of students’ and teachers’ work in the classroom involves digital technologies such as tablets and laptop computers. The purpose of this paper is to gain…

Redesigning initial teacher’s education practices with learning scenarios

Ana Pedro, João Piedade, João Filipe Matos, Neuza Pedro

The construction of learning scenarios is a way to plan for teaching activities, promoting the development of skills related to problem solving, collaboration, critical thinking…