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Download full textDurall, E.; Gros, B.; Maina, M.; Johnson, L.; Adams Becker, S. – New Media Consortium, 2012
This report reflects a multi-year collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the eLearn Center of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya to help inform Iberoamerican educational leaders about significant developments in technologies supporting teaching, learning, and research in tertiary education. The report was produced to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Technological Advancement, Educational Technology
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At a time when scientific and technological competence is vital to the nation's future, the weak performance of U.S. students in science reflects the uneven quality of current science education. Although young children come to school with innate curiosity and intuitive ideas about the world around them, science classes rarely tap this potential.…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Science Education, Science Process Skills, Computer Games
Peer reviewedMayer, Igor S. – Simulation & Gaming, 2009
This article examines the foundations of gaming and related concepts, such as policy exercises and serious gaming, in a public policy making context. Examining the relevant publications in "Simulation & Gaming" since 1969, the author looks back at the development of gaming simulation for purposes such as public policy analysis and planning, and…
Descriptors: Policy Analysis, Public Policy, Simulation, Computer Simulation
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 1992
This document on contingent student assistance repayment plans in Ontario universities contains a paper on policy options for repayment plans and the manual for a simulation model for testing policy options. The policy options paper begins by describing the contingent repayment concept in which the test for receiving a public subsidy is shifted…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Financial Policy
Fletcher, J. D. – 1989
This study was performed in response to the 1989 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill, which directed the Department of Defense to conduct a study on the use of interactive videodisk technology in education and training as it pertains to effectiveness, cost effectiveness, time on task, retention, and overall applicability to current and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Cost Effectiveness, Feasibility Studies
Richardson, William M.; Baacke, Clifford M. – 1985
Annual use of fuel oil for heating schools and other facilities of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools, Montgomery County Government, and Montgomery College exceeds four-million gallons. This report examines the processes by which purchases and distributions of fuel oil are made, makes recommendations based on the examination, and…
Descriptors: Building Operation, Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Simulation
Bank Street Coll. of Education, New York, NY. Center for Children and Technology. – 1990
The development of improved and alternative methods of educational assessment should take advantage of technologies that enable different aspects of learning, teaching, and student achievement to be part of an improved assessment system. The current understanding of knowledge assessment, new approaches to assessment, and technologies that may…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Watson, John F. – North American Council for Online Learning, 2007
Online learning is growing rapidly across the United States within all levels of education, as more and more students and educators become familiar with the benefits of learning unconstrained by time and place. Across most states and all grade levels, students are finding increased opportunity, flexibility, and convenience through online learning.…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Resources, Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment
