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Does breaking up a video into parts improve learning?

With Covid-19 pushing video deeper into our pandemic-affected classrooms, studying multimedia design has taken on a new urgency. My recent article in the British Journal of Educational Technology...

Applications of learning analytics in Latin America

In Latin America (LATAM), socioeconomic inequality and lack of resources shape the context of educational institutions in particular ways. Programme quality and dropout rates preoccupy...

2021 BJET Fellowship

The BJET Fellowship is awarded to an individual with the most compelling proposal for a piece of research in the field of educational technology. The Fellowship lasts for one year and is worth...

Advancing posthumanist perspectives on technology-rich learning

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Picture your favourite childhood toy. What was it? What did you learn from it? How did you know it was for you? These questions, and others like it, underpin the questions raised by posthumanist...

Maths at the kitchen table: Capturing teacher and family voices on online teaching and learning in Covid-19 times

The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on everyday life across the world. In January 2020, we could not have imagined that in just a few months as many as 138 countries would...

English instrumental music teaching: A model for authentic learning

At the time of writing, as we move through the Covid-19 pandemic, most children in the UK have been away from school for nearly half a year, no end-of-year public examinations have taken place,...

What can multimodal data tell us about learning? Opportunities for positioning the learner as the real protagonist in learner-centred design

Contemporary educational technology research utilises data such as keystrokes, log files and clicks to interpret complex learning phenomena. In recent years, multimodal data’s potential to help...

Escape boxes: Bringing escape room experience into the classroom

Escape rooms can provide golden experiences for education. Problem-based, time-constrained, and requiring a team of active and collaborative participants, escape rooms offer an immersive...

Two worlds collide? The role of Chinese traditions and Western influences in Chinese preservice teachers’ perceptions of appropriate technology use

This blog post is based on our recent article in which we explored how Chinese preservice teachers perceive appropriate technology use in early childhood education (ECE) and how Chinese traditions...

Anti-racist and online: Educational tools for 2020’s twin challenges

The lower rates of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) academic performance by underserved groups (Black, Latinx, Native in the US) is a well-known problem. Some of the...

Deaf children and social wellbeing: The evolution of the special school for the deaf

Research has shown that deaf children experience disadvantage in the education system (Berry, 2017). This disadvantage is associated with a lack of tailored pedagogy, being educated in...

Can an immersive virtual reality simulation increase students’ interest and career aspirations in science?

This article investigates the potential benefits of immersive virtual reality (IVR) in science education, exploring its effects on students' interests, self-efficacy, science aspirations, and...