International Journal of Information and Learning Technology: Volume 38 Issue 2

Facilitating factors in cultivating diverse online communities of practice: a case of international teaching assistants during the COVID-19 crisis

Toni McLaughlan

This study aims to identify facilitating factors in cultivating a linguistically and culturally diverse virtual Community of Practice (CoP) and techniques in tailoring such…

Students' expectations and social media sharing in adopting augmented reality

Ari Alamäki, Amir Dirin, Jyrki Suomala

This study examines students' emotional responses to augmented reality (AR) applications and their willingness to share on social media. It also compares user experiences of AR…

Closing the chasm between virtual and physical delivery for innovative learning spaces using learning analytics

Noha Saleeb

One of the misconceptions of teaching and learning for practical-based programmes, such as engineering, sciences, architecture, design and arts, is the necessity to deliver via…

College students' readiness for connectivist learning: the development and validation of a scale

Bulut Atay, Evren Sumuer

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the components of college students' readiness for connectivist learning in technology-enhanced learning environments through the…

Predictive learning analytics and the creation of emotionally adaptive learning environments in higher education institutions: a study of students' affect responses

Paul Joseph-Richard, James Uhomoibhi, Andrew Jaffrey

The aims of this study are to examine affective responses of university students when viewing their own predictive learning analytics (PLA) dashboards, and to analyse how those…

Transitioning to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: differences in access and participation among students in disadvantaged school districts

Amy J. Catalano, Bruce Torff, Kevin S. Anderson

The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which emerged in 2019 and quickly spread to the United States, resulted in widespread closure of PreK-12 schools and universities and a rapid…