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Maria R. Ebling – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2024
Objectives: Faculty new to teaching operating systems or those looking to refresh their course need to understand the state of the art in operating system education. Toward this goal, we conducted a survey of operating system instructors to understand how they approach teaching the course and what textbook and software platforms they use in their…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Information Technology
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Kezia Herman Mkwizu; Ritimoni Bordoloi – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2024
Purpose: Inclusive growth in the education sector is still a major challenge in some countries because of limited access to technologies and internet connectivity, among other reasons. However, as a technology, augmented reality (AR) is expected to be widely used in the field of education in the future. The main purpose of this paper is to explore…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Simulated Environment, Synthesis, Information Technology
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Anyim, Wisdom O. – Online Submission, 2021
This paper investigates the relevance of electronic resources and improved access for effective distance learning and continuing education. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The total population of the study comprises 7,125 registered students of the National Open University of Nigeria. A convenience sampling technique was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Access to Information
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Fraire, Juan A.; Duran, Juan E. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2021
Contribution: In a context where hands-on courses are biased toward specific technologies, a novel creativity-provoking instructional approach for networking undergraduate courses is successfully applied following action research principles and active and creative learning techniques. Background: Extensive engineering-oriented networking courses…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Creativity, Curriculum Development, Teaching Methods
Crearie, Linda – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
Technological advances over the last decade have had a significant impact on the teaching and learning experiences students encounter today. We now take technologies such as Web 2.0, mobile devices, cloud computing, podcasts, social networking, super-fast broadband, and connectedness for granted. So what about the student use of these types of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Engineering Education, Computer Uses in Education
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Ibrahim, Walid; Atif, Yacine; Shuaib, Khaled; Sampson, Demetrios – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
The assessment of curriculum outcomes is an essential element for continuous academic improvement. However, the collection, aggregation and analysis of assessment data are notoriously complex and time-consuming processes. At the same time, only few developments of supporting electronic processes and tools for continuous academic program assessment…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Computer Interfaces, Internet, Course Evaluation
Yagci, Mustafa; Ünal, Menderes – Online Submission, 2014
A design and application of adaptive online exam system are carried out in this paper. Adaptive exam systems determine different question sets automatically and interactively for each student and measure their competence on a certain area of discipline instead of comparing their gains with each other. Through an adaptive exam technique, a…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Expertise, Information Security, Databases
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Visich, John K.; Gu, Qiannong; Khumawala, Basheer M. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2012
The purpose of this article is to describe an internet-based mass customization assignment in Operations Management/Supply Chain Management classes where students utilize the Web site of a company that offers a customized product. Students evaluate the user interface, judge the value proposition of the product they demonstrate, and discuss issues…
Descriptors: Internet, Web Sites, Marketing, Industry
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Ng, Vincent; Tang, Zoe – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2012
In teaching software engineering, it is often interesting to introduce real life scenarios for students to experience and to learn how to collect information from respective clients. The ideal arrangement is to have some real clients willing to spend time to provide their ideas of a target system through interviews. However, this arrangement…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Computer Software, Computer Interfaces, Engineering
Clark, Jason – Computers in Libraries, 2012
The rise of apps and mobile devices has opened the door to small, dedicated software programs that are focused on singular tasks. From the author's perspective as head of digital access and web service manager at Montana State University, these apps offered an opportunity to build a focused digital service aimed at allowing someone to enter a…
Descriptors: Internet, Handheld Devices, Computer Software, Programming
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Glenn, Julia L.; Sampson, Royce R. – Research Management Review, 2011
While medical research may often be regarded by academics and the general population in terms of the remarkable science being conducted or the study participants willing to volunteer their time for the advancement of medical innovation, many in the research administration field recognize the tremendous amount of effort that goes on behind the…
Descriptors: Medical Research, Medical Schools, Research Administration, Budgeting
Alyahya, Dalia Mohammed – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The expansion of the Internet and online learning around the globe makes it more important to understand the differences in website design among cultures. Furthermore, the members of educational institutions around the world rely on the Internet more than ever before in a variety of aspects. Also, web design differs from culture to culture. Saudi…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Web Sites, Cultural Differences
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Teague-Rector, Susan; Ballard, Angela; Pauley, Susan K. – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2011
Creating a learnable, effective, and user-friendly library Web site hinges on providing easy access to search. Designing a search interface for academic libraries can be particularly challenging given the complexity and range of searchable library collections, such as bibliographic databases, electronic journals, and article search silos. Library…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Testing, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries
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Snider, Jean; Martin, Florence – Performance Improvement, 2012
Web usability focuses on design elements and processes that make web pages easy to use. A website for college students was evaluated for underutilization. One-on-one testing, focus groups, web analytics, peer university review and marketing focus group and demographic data were utilized to conduct usability evaluation. The results indicated that…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Internet, Usability, Web Sites
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Vedder, Richard G. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2012
In October 2012, Microsoft will release the commercial version of its next operating system, presently called "Windows 8." This version represents a significant departure from the past. Microsoft wants this operating system to meet user needs regardless of physical platform (e.g., desktop, notebook, tablet, mobile phone). As part of this mission,…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Information Technology, Internet, Vendors
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