by Tanya Elias Athabasca University, Canada originally appeared in The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning February – 2011 Abstract The report extends a previous analysis of universal instructional design principles in distance education by applying them to the design of mobile learning. Eight principles with particular relevance for distance education…
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Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT)
The standard creativity test which is used in the assessment of creativity is the Torrance Test of Creativity, which was developed by psychologist Ellis Paul Torrance (October 8, 1915 – July 12, 2003) an American psychologist from Milledgeville, Georgia in 1966. Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) test has had 50 years of research behind it to be considered useful and statistically…
The Creativity Crisis
Back in 1958, Ted Schwarzrock was an 8-year-old third grader when he became one of the “Torrance kids,” a group of nearly 400 Minneapolis children who completed a series of creativity tasks newly designed by professor E. Paul Torrance. Schwarzrock still vividly remembers the moment when a psychologist handed him a fire truck and asked,…
Using Mobile Phones to Improve Educational Outcomes
Abstract Using Mobile Phones to Improve Educational Outcomes Despite improvements in educational indicators, such as enrolment, significant challenges remain with regard to the delivery of quality education in developing countries, particularly in rural and remote regions. In the attempt to find viable solutions to these challenges, much hope has been placed in new information…