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Collis, Betty – Computers & Education, 1998
Examines the reasons and methods for changing didactics in higher education. Illustrates new didactical categories and their use of World Wide Web-based course environments in current practice with the Faculty of Educational Science and Technology at the University of Twente (Netherlands). Considers challenges in implementing the new didactics.…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Collis, Betty; Muir, Walter – 1984
The first of four major sections in this report presents an overview of the background and evolution of computer applications to learning and teaching. It begins with the early attempts toward "automated teaching" of the 1920s, and the "teaching machines" of B. F. Skinner of the 1940s through the 1960s. It then traces the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Collis, Betty – Educational Technology Review, 1997
Defines "pedagogical reengineering." Indicates how tele-learning can bring about enrichment or reengineering in the pedagogical profile of a course. Illustrates these ideas through experiences with four cycles of a particular course. Suggests a general approach for deciding where and how to integrate World Wide Web-based functionalities into…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courses, Distance Education, Educational Change
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Collis, Betty – Indian Journal of Open Learning, 1998
A first-year course in the computer-based educational media design curriculum at the University of Twente (Netherlands) uses the World Wide Web as an integrated course environment; collaborative group-based learning is the basis of the instruction. The Web is used to make evaluation-oriented activities part of the ongoing student experience.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Educational Media, Educational Technology
Collis, Betty – Computing Teacher, 1986
Summarizes five studies: (1) new sight words for computer-using children; (2) immediate rewards for correct answers with computer assisted instruction; (3) importance of parental attitude and experience to student achievement with computers; (4) Logo and adolescent females' mathematics achievement; and (5) competition versus cooperation for male…
Descriptors: Competition, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Cooperation
Collis, Betty – Computing Teacher, 1987
Describes five studies which investigate the effectiveness of computer use: (1) cost effectiveness in elementary school mathematics; (2) evaluation of computer use in a college chemistry course; (3) evaluating science software; (4) computer-videotape instruction in junior-secondary level mathematics; and (5) comparing microcomputers and flash card…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Drills (Practice)
Collis, Betty; Andernach, Toine; van Diepen, Nico – 1996
This paper discusses problems confronting the use of group-based project work as an instructional strategy in higher education, and describes two technical courses (i.e., courses in online learning and applications of business information technology) at the University of Twente (Netherlands) in which course-specific World Wide Web environments are…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning