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Burstein, Jill; Madnani, Nitin; Sabatini, John; McCaffrey, Dan; Biggers, Kietha; Dreier, Kelsey – Grantee Submission, 2017
K-12 education standards in the U.S. require all students to read complex texts across many subject areas. The "Language Muse™ Activity Palette" is a web-based language-instruction application that uses NLP algorithms and lexical resources to automatically generate language activities and support English language learners' content…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Learning Activities, English Language Learners, Web Based Instruction
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Serapiglia, Anthony – Information Systems Education Journal, 2018
The following is an applied database scenario based on a single season in the FIA Formula One (F1) World Championship of auto racing. This scenario builds database understanding and skills through data modeling, data acquisition, creation of a database schema through a database management system, query construction, and report creation. In the…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Database Design, Motor Vehicles, Competition
Riggs, Shannon A.; Linder, Kathryn E. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2016
Active learning activities and pedagogical strategies can look different in online learning environments, particularly in asynchronous courses when students are not interacting with the instructor, or with each other, in real time. This paper suggests a three-pronged approach for conceptualizing active learning in the online asynchronous class:…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Online Courses, Student Participation, Active Learning
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Cho, Vincent; Jimerson, Jo Beth; Wayman, Jeffrey C. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2015
Computer data systems have become a lynchpin to supporting school data use. However, successfully implementing such systems is no easy task. In this case, readers explore the ways in which "technology problems" and "people problems" can be intertwined. The case follows Dr. Molly Winters as she encounters social and…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Systems Development, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Management Information Systems
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Bemposta-Rosende, Sergio; García-García, María José; Escribano-Otero, Juan José – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2011
In recent years, learning management systems (LMS) have become very popular in almost all traditional universities, generating a new learning strategy approach, mixing elements from both traditional and online learning: the blended learning or b-learning. How these new environments influence teaching activities and learning processes are the main…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods, Blended Learning
Hazzard, Sylvia – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1987
Presents an instructional unit in which grade 6 students used PFS:File to create a computerized database containing information about many countries. Six lessons are described: (1) introduction to a database; (2) selecting topics for the database form; (3) designing forms; (4) beginning research; (5) adding files; and (6) retrieving information.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Database Management Systems, Databases, Geography Instruction