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Using PowerPoint as a Lens to Focus on Linearity in Teaching
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Kinchin, Ian M.; Chadha, Deesha; Kokotailo, Patricia – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2008
As university lecturers select and sequence materials for their teaching, a linear structure emerges by default. Such a structure is made explicit within PowerPoint presentations and may even be amplified as PowerPoint invites the lecturer to reduce content to a bulleted format. Such linear sequences have been related to passive, surface…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Multimedia Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation
Course Management Systems: Time for Users to Get What They Need
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Ioannou, Andri; Hannafin, Robert D. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
Course management systems (CMSs) are software systems designed to manage course content and course activities. These tools integrate technological and pedagogical features into a web-based system that allows instructors, even those who are unfamiliar with web-based technologies, to design, deliver, and manage an online course. However, CMSs have…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Course Content, Courseware, Computer Managed Instruction
Clickers in the Large Classroom: Current Research and Best-Practice Tips
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Caldwell, Jane E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2007
Audience response systems (ARS) or clickers, as they are commonly called, offer a management tool for engaging students in the large classroom. Basic elements of the technology are discussed. These systems have been used in a variety of fields and at all levels of education. Typical goals of ARS questions are discussed, as well as methods of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Audience Response, Guidelines, Lecture Method
Developing Competence through the Design of CAL.
Charles, David; And Others – Aspects of Educational and Training Technology Series, 1992
Describes the development and implementation of a stand-alone computer assisted learning package for the manufacturing division of Digital Equipment Corporation. Trial tests of the courseware showed gradual improvement suggesting that computer assisted learning has considerable potential in industrial training. Identifies several issues to be…
Descriptors: Competence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware
Technology, CD-ROM Atlases, and Social Studies.
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White, Cameron – Southern Social Studies Journal, 1998
Proposes new ways to get students involved in the classroom by using new information technology such as CD-ROM atlases. Maintains that using technology in the classroom allows students to learn at different rates, promotes critical thinking and problem solving, and encourages global awareness. Includes an evaluation of several CD-ROM atlases. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Media, Educational Technology
Design for Adoption: The Development of an Integrated Web-Based Education Environment.
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Zhao, Yong – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1998
Examines "eWeb," a Web-based educational environment drawing on social, cognitive, and technological resources to improve teaching and learning. Discusses teacher knowledge of technology and pedagogical beliefs, wide-area and teacher collaboration, design principles of "eWeb," and its components (forum, bulletin board, chat,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation, Cooperation