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Research Reports

DERN provides access to quality assured and current information resources around the use of digital technologies and digital media in education. These resources are annotated and linked to relevant categories to enable access to collections of similar resources under specific topics.


Economic implications of alternative scholarly publishing models: exploring the costs and benefits

Posted on 23 Apr 2012 with 0 comments
Open scholarship

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This report examines three publishing models: subscription or toll access publishing, open access publishing where access is free, and open access self-archiving where academic authors place their work in an online open access repository for free access.

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Social Media: Tools for User-Generated Content - Social Drivers behind Growing ConsumerParticipation in User-Led Content Generation Volume 1 – State of the Art

Posted on 23 Apr 2012 with 0 comments
Interactive personal networking Social Media

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This report offers insights into how the benefits of social media can be maximised. So, for organisations which do choose to incorporate social media elements into their online presence, this report provides material to inform that choice and guide the structural decisions which follow from it.


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AeP2: Australian ePortfolio Project

Posted on 23 Apr 2012 with 0 comments
Electronic portfolios

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This report explores the current scope of national and international ePortfolio communities of practice in order to identify the factors that have contributed to their success and sustainability.

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Youth safety on a living Internet

Posted on 23 Apr 2012 with 0 comments
Safe use

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Through this report, the Online Safety and Technology Working Group (OSTWG), reviewed and evaluated the status of industry efforts to promote safety through educational efforts, communication service providers and the development of new technologies that assist in blocking inappropriate material.

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The safe use of new technologies

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Safe use

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This report is based on evidence from a small-scale survey carried out between April and July 2009 in 35 maintained schools in England. It evaluates the extent to which the schools taught pupils to adopt safe and responsible practices in using new technologies, and how they achieved this. It also assesses the extent and quality of the training the schools provided for their staff.

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The current state of affairs with regard to virtual and managed learning environments in UK schools

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Learning systems

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National education technology trends: 2010 - innovation through state leadership

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Internet use

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This annual report provides a national perspective on the technology section for federal fiscal year 2008 (2008-09 school year), as well as emergent trends based on data from the past seven years.

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Engaging remote and very remote Indigenous students with education using information and communication technologies (ICTs)

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Indigenous Education

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The project aimed to identify strategies employed by schools for engaging and motivating Indigenous students with education using ICT. This project report outlines the results from each case study site and the overall analysis, the limitations of the project and the provision of a high quality resource.

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Digital reading spaces: how expert readers handle books, the Web and electronic paper

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Digital literacy Learning environment

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This paper focuses on changing reading characteristics and presents a study among a group of expert readers. Considering technological bases of reading and applying corporeal and material perspectives, this study examines manners in which proficient readers handle printed and digital texts, attempting to explain differences in digital and paper–based reading.

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National Assessment Program: ICT literacy Years 6 and 10 report 2008

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Digital literacy

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This report presents the findings from the National Assessment Program – ICT literacy assessment, conducted in 2008 under the auspices of the national council of education ministers, the Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA).

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Over 100 leading Australian and international educators and experts concerned with Australian education contributed to this report on how Educational Technologies and the computing curriculum is currently being implemented in Australian schools, and the changes that may occur in the near future (5 years).

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21st century skills (206)
Assessment online (103)
Blended learning (128)
Collaboration (248)
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Educational leadership (107)
Engagement and performance (279)
Evaluating ICT effects (98)
ICT in education (475)
Information (78)
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Interactive personal networking (99)
Internet use (157)
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Learning environment (633)
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Multimedia (65)
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Pedagogy (441)
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Social Media (176)
Teacher capacity (144)
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Training (102)
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