NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Levin, James A.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1987
The instructional media created by microcomputers interconnected by modems to form long-distance networks present some powerful new opportunities for education. While other uses of computers in education have been built on conventional instructional models of classroom interaction, instructional electronic networks facilitate a wider use of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning, High Schools
Levin, James A.; And Others – Computing Teacher, 1989
Discussion of the use of electronic networks for learning activities highlights the Noon Observation Project in which students in various locations measured the length of a noontime shadow to determine the earth's circumference. Electronic pen pals are discussed, and the roles of the network and of the class are described. (LRW)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail
Jacobson, Michael J.; Levin, James A. – 1992
This paper discusses issues related to the design of software tools that support learners in their participation in network-based learning activities. To guide the development and use of a new class of educationally-oriented network tools, this paper proposes a cognitively-based, distributed network learning framework (DNLF). This framework has…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer System Design
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Riel, Margaret M.; Levin, James A. – Instructional Science, 1990
Discussion of the use of computer networks to create electronic communities highlights a research strategy that compared educational activities conducted across electronic networks to examine features of successful and unsuccessful electronic communities. Networks described include university researchers' networks; teacher networks; student…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks