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Brewer, Sharon E.; Cinel, Bruno; Harrison, Michelle; Mohr, Christina L. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
In delivering chemistry courses by distance, a key challenge is to offer the learner an authentic and meaningful laboratory experience that still provides the rigour required to continue on in science. To satisfy this need, two distance general chemistry laboratory courses appropriate for Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) students, including chemistry…
Descriptors: Distance Education, College Freshmen, Laboratory Training, Chemistry
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Russo, D.; Fagan, R. D.; Hesjedal, T. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
The University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, is home to North America's first undergraduate program in nanotechnology. As part of the Nanotechnology Engineering degree program, a scanning probe microscopy (SPM)-based laboratory has been developed for students in their fourth year. The one-term laboratory course "Nanoprobing and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Engineering, Foreign Countries, Laboratory Experiments
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Sundar, Purnima; Kasprzak, Susan; Halsall, Tanya; Woltman, Heather – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 2010
Given today's climate of economic uncertainty and fiscal restraint, organizations providing child and youth mental health services are required to do so with limited resources. Within this context, service providers face added pressure to deliver evidence-based programs and demonstrate program effectiveness. The Ontario Centre of Excellence for…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Health Services
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Doan, Lara – Ontario Action Researcher, 2009
Computer artifacts are anything but socially neutral learning tools. The presence of computer-based technologies not only influences the thought processes of both teachers and students, but also affects the rhythms and ordering of classroom life. This article describes one teacher educator's efforts to structure occasions for teacher candidates to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Influence of Technology, Educational Practices
Boulet, Marie-Michele – 1993
An intelligent advisor system is an instructional technology designed to further the transfer of knowledge by intervening when the user of any application software performs transfer tasks. In Quebec (Canada), the teaching of music is regulated by a mandatory curriculum which is divided into six modules; the intelligent advisor system, MUSIC,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
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Murphy, Elizabeth – E-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology, 2004
This paper describes the design of a web-based learning module. The aim in the design was to operationalize the concepts of granularity, reusability, scalability, and interoperability as they relate to learning objects. The prototypical module was designed for contexts where identifying and solving ill-structured problems is relevant. The module…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Learning Modules, Internet, Problem Solving
Maeers, Mhairi; Browne, Nancy; Cooper, Elizabeth – 1999
This paper describes ways in which preservice students in an elementary education four-year degree program at the University of Regina (Saskatchewan) learn about and learn with information technology. Students learn specific skills and concepts related to informational technology (IT) and its uses and application to the classroom in specific ways…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Phelps, Julia; Reynolds, Ross – 1998
The EuroMET (European Meteorological Education and Training) project was created to address the education and training needs of professional meteorologists and students in tertiary education throughout Europe and more widely. Two courses, each modular in format, have been developed for the World Wide Web. The courses have been evaluated at three…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Course Evaluation