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Technology-enhanced learning and teaching in higher education: what is 'enhanced' and how do we know? A critical literature review

  • Linda Price
    ,
  • Adrian Kirkwood
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Abstract

The term Technology-enhanced learning (TEL) is used to describe the application of information and communication technologies to teaching and learning. Explicit statements about what the term is understood to mean are rare and it is not evident that a shared understanding has been developed in higher education of what constitutes an enhancement of the student learning experience. This article presents a critical review and assessment of how TEL is interpreted in recent literature. It examines the purpose of technology interventions, the approaches adopted to demonstrate the role of technology in enhancing the learning experience, differing ways in which enhancement is conceived and the use of various forms evidence to substantiate claims about TEL. Thematic analysis enabled categories to be developed and relationships explored between the aims of TEL interventions, the evidence presented, and the ways in which enhancement is conceived.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 6-36

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Learning, Media and Technology (Volume 39, Issue 1)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 20/02/2013

Publication status

Published - 20/02/2013

ISSN

1743-9884

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/622640
  • Scopus: 84892484766

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