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Lowrie, Tom; Logan, Tracy – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2019
The Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) pilot was a year-long investigation involving 300 educators and 4 500 four-year old children in one hundred learning centres across Australia. This paper reports on a pedagogical and design framework that was constructed to promote children's STEM engagement across digital and non-digital learning…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement
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Dean, Matthew D. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2016
Social reading can broadly be described as the experience surrounding the reading of electronic books, more commonly known as eBooks. Utilising eTextbooks and social reading at a university offers some powerful potential to engage students and help them succeed in their studies. A broad overview of the current landscape and recent initiatives…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Electronic Publishing, Books, Social Networks
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Ahadiat, Nas – Journal of Education for Business, 2008
Given the wide range of technologies available for use in education, the author tried to determine which technologies have widespread applications for accounting educators. This information can provide a basis on which faculty can determine which media are more appropriate or have practical applications in accounting curricula. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Accounting, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Incidence
Roberts, Harold Pepper – Educational Computer Magazine, 1981
Clover Park School District has planned a two-year phased-in implementation of microcomputers. This article describes the successes and problems encountered in the first year of the program, which focused on teacher training. Journal availability: Educational Computer, P.O. Box 535, Cupertino, CA 95015. (SJL)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Microcomputers
American School and University, 1985
This article describes 6 of the 17 school computer projects awarded $600,000 in microcomputer equipment and software in the "Wheels for the Mind" program established by Apple Education Affairs. Apple would provide advanced courses for rural schools, set up an intercultural network, develop reasoning skills, train teachers, and create…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Databases
Manock, John J.; Lumb, Roger H. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1984
Describes a pilot program that tested the feasibility of using a computer-based communication system for offering an interdisciplinary, inservice biology and chemistry course to regional high school teachers. Course structure (including computer management and electronic mail system), on-line examinations, and unanticipated problems are among the…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Oriented Programs, Course Descriptions
Hamlin, Roger E.; And Others – 1977
Test application and implementation of techniques and methods developed in the planning model, A Policy Information System for Vocational Education, are described in this report. (The computer planning model and policy information system designed for use in planning at the local level brings variables of student interest, manpower demand,…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Information Systems
Palmer, Adelaide; And Others – Computing Teacher, 1984
Description of a pilot word processing program instituted in two sixth-grade classes highlights teacher experiences and reactions of students obtained from an end of the year survey. Motivation and attitudes, word processing techniques, suggestions for expanded activities, and recent happenings are covered. (EJS)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Simair, Denis J. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1982
Describes the construction and implementation of a pilot project involving the use of microcomputers in secondary school administration in Canada. Reactions of students, parents, and school administrators to the computerized scheduling and attendance programs are evaluated. Sample printout pages are included. (JJD)
Descriptors: Attendance Records, Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Baggaley, Jon – Media in Education and Development, 1982
Discusses the use of microcomputer-based testing methods in media and community research, with descriptions of the Programme Evaluation Analysis Computer (PEAC) developed for the Ontario Education Communications Authority and of the application of the PEAC system in a study of second-by-second responses to Orson Welles'"War of the…
Descriptors: Audience Participation, Communication Research, Computer Oriented Programs, Man Machine Systems
Carlson, Bart – 1980
The pilot project described in this report was undertaken by the College of DuPage (CD) to increase the clerical efficiency of seven administrative offices through the installation of a computerized word processing and data transmission system. The first section of the report provides background information detailing: the history of computer…
Descriptors: Budgets, Clerical Workers, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs
Jones, Aubrey B., Jr. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1981
Describes a pilot project in Philadelphia which introduced seventh- and eighth-grade minority students to computers as a means of building their self-confidence and encouraging them to pursue careers in engineering and computer science. Includes partial course outline, evaluation methods, and tips for success. (DC)
Descriptors: Careers, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Course Descriptions
Besel, Ronald – 1971
An approach to a cost analysis of pilot, prototype, model and operational versions of the Southwest Regional Laboratory's (SWRL) Instructional Management System (IMS) is described. Five classes of systems (conceptual, pilot, prototype, model and operational) are defined, and a system development process relating classes of systems in presented.…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Computers, Cost Estimates
Struck, John W.; Curtis, Carroll A. – 1974
Specific programmatic segments of career education developed at four career education pilot sites in Pennsylvania--Ebensburg, Crawford County, Philadelphia, and McKeesport--were evaluated for the period June 1973 to September 1974. Evaluation was conducted through questionnaires, interviews, and observation. The Ebensburg project, conducted at a…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Education