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Creating Electronic Tutorials: On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!
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Plumb, Tawnya K. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2010
As library patrons move online, librarians must move instructional content online to join them. One means of educating library users is to meet them on their computers with electronic tutorials. Electronic tutorials may be used for various instructional tasks such as teaching users about the basic elements of a library catalog, pointing out the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Educational Technology, Internet, Librarians
Applied Use of a Health Communications Model to Generate Interest in Learning
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Banas, Jennifer Rebecca – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2009
Educators are regularly challenged to design instruction that motivates learners. If interest is lacking, the challenge can be even greater. Tailoring is a message design technique that could help to stimulate interest and consequently, motivation to learn. Effective tailoring requires the formal assessment of learner characteristics and the…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Instructional Design, Interests, Perception
Applying Innovative Educational Principles when Classes Grow and Resources Are Limited: Biochemistry Experiences at Muhimbili University of Allied Health Sciences
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Omer, Selma; Hickson, Gilles; Tache, Stephanie; Blind, Raymond; Masters, Susan; Loeser, Helen; Souza, Kevin; Mkony, Charles; Debas, Haile; O'Sullivan, Patricia – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2008
Teaching to large classes is often challenging particularly when the faculty and teaching resources are limited. Innovative, less staff intensive ways need to be explored to enhance teaching and to engage students. We describe our experience teaching biochemistry to 350 students at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) under…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Educational Principles, Interaction, Biochemistry
Can Information Technology Improve Education? Measuring Voices, Attitudes and Perceptions.
Bollentin, Wendy Rickard – Educom Review, 1998
The Educom Medal honors individuals who have demonstrated that information technology improves undergraduate education. This article presents the viewpoints of the 1997 winners, examining fear of and resistance to technology in higher education, rigidity of the university system as an obstacle to bottom-up change, success of Web-based tutorials,…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Educational Change, Fear, Higher Education
Artificial Intelligence Applications for Education: Promise, ...Promises.
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Adams, Dennis M.; Hamm, Mary – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1988
Surveys the current status of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Discusses intelligent tutoring systems, robotics, and applications for educators. Likens the status of AI at present to that of aviation in the very early 1900s. States that educators need to be involved in future debates concerning AI. (CW)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Developing an Information Technology Support Model for Higher Education.
Kesner, Richard M. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1997
Babson College (Massachusetts) responded to expanded campus computer use and resulting demand for support services by developing service delivery tailored to user groups' needs. Resources devoted to this effort have grown dramatically, and include help desk and dispatch support, program of technology specialists, evening support to residence…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Administration, College Students, Computer Networks