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Gradel, Kathleen; Edson, Alden J. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2011
This article is based on the premise that face-to-face training can be augmented with cloud-based technology tools, to potentially extend viable training supports as higher education staff and faculty implement new content/skills in their jobs and classrooms. There are significant benefits to harnessing cloud-based tools that can facilitate both…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Faculty Development, Staff Development, Workshops
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Ahmed, Jamil Shaikh; Coughlan, Jane; Edwards, Michael; Morar, Sonali S. – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2009
Expert operative information is a prerequisite for any form of surgical training. However, the shortening of working hours has reduced surgical training time and learning opportunities. As a potential solution to this problem, multimedia programs have been designed to provide computer-based assistance to surgical trainees outside of the operating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Surgery, Trainees, Medical Students
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Olkun, Sinan; Altun, Arif; Deryakulu, Deniz – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2009
It is important for teachers of mathematics to know how pupils react to certain mathematical situations and what these reactions imply, in order to design more effective instructional environments based on their learning needs. This study reports the development processes of a digital learning tool (Learning Tool for Elementary School Teachers…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
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Vaillancourt, Jean-Pierre; Lambert, Gene; Popovich, Laura W. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
Delivery and formatting techniques for technical materials have traditionally been determined by common sense, not cognitive theory. In fact, for hundreds of years, verbal messages in the form of lecture and print have been the primary method of disseminating information to the learner. To move beyond verbal messages and toward the assimilation of…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Risk Management, Multimedia Materials, Communicable Diseases