UP in the Clouds: Where to Find to Enhenced Learning

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Natália
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro, María del Carmen, Serrano, María José
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10314/3948; https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1145/3029387.3029423
• topic: Learning, Learning technology, Emerging models of learning, Cloud computing.

This research review reports on articles presenting empirical research in the area of how the learning and teaching process, involving teachers, students, and learning institutions, can be enhanced by the use of technology, particularly through the use of the new opportunities offered by cloud services. Some studies have demonstrated that the implementation of blended and mobile learning can modify and create new and successful e-learning projects. Their success depends, essentially, on two components: teacher training and student characteristics. A focus on these two components will contribute to create powerful opportunities for the improvement of learning in higher education. For most learning institutions, although the implementation of successful elearning projects is still a long way off, it is possible as long as innovative processes and the learning approaches to integrate technologies in teaching practices are both created and evaluated.