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Sy-Miin Chow; Jungmin Lee; Jonathan Park; Prabhani Kuruppumullage Don; Tracey Hammel; Michael N. Hallquist; Eric A. Nord; Zita Oravecz; Heather L. Perry; Lawrence M. Lesser; Dennis K. Pearl – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2024
Personalized educational interventions have been shown to facilitate successful and inclusive statistics, mathematics, and data science (SMDS) in higher education through timely and targeted reduction of heterogeneous training disparities caused by years of cumulative, structural challenges in contemporary educational systems. However, the burden…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Instructional Design, Science Education, Higher Education
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Öçal, Mehmet Fatih; Simsek, Mertkan; Kapucu, Serkan – PRIMUS, 2021
The use of smartphones is increasingly gaining popularity in education. Students and teachers can determine scientific concepts using smartphones equipped with sensors such as Global Positioning System (GPS -- a navigation system that provides location information) and orientation (a device to measure coordinates according to a reference frame).…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Measurement Techniques, Scientific Concepts
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Duarte-Hueros, Ana; Yot-Domínguez, Carmen; Merino-Godoy, Ángeles – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Healthy Jeart is a free app targeted to young people. It is especially designed to foster a healthy lifestyle. Young people can find in it practical recommendations about seven areas of health and a game through which they can consolidate the acquired knowledge on different healthy and beneficial elements. Healthy Jeart is also useful for…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Life Style, Health Promotion, Youth
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Pyburn, Lydia L. – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2019
Sometimes users need to be asked if they need help. This is difficult with online users, because in-person cues cannot be used to engage when the users need assistance. Proactive chat widgets help to solve this problem as the chat box slides out onto the screen and prompts the user for help. The need for the proactive chat widget was also seen as…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs
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Gobel, Peter; Kano, Makimi – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
PeerEval is a mobile app created for evaluating student presentations. This paper covers the rationale for creating such an app, the features of the app, and the benefits for both teachers and students. The details and initial findings of ongoing research into the efficacy of PeerEval will be briefly discussed. [For the complete proceedings, see…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs
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Akinola, Motolani; Hebert, Luciana E.; Hill, Brandon J.; Quinn, Michael; Holl, Jane L.; Whitaker, Amy K.; Gilliam, Melissa L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Young African American and Latina women aged 15 to 24 are more likely to adopt short-acting forms of contraception over long-acting reversible contraception. Mobile applications and other forms of digital media may be useful for providing adolescents with information about sexual and reproductive health both inside and outside of the health care…
Descriptors: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Adolescents, Young Adults
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Wong, Wilson; Pepe, James; Englander, Irv – Information Systems Education Journal, 2017
Information systems capstone projects aim to prepare students for what they will encounter in the industry after graduation. Corporate application development is often a complex endeavor that requires coordination between related products. For example, software development in the mobile application sector may require a coordinated parallel…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Information Systems, Teaching Methods
Villavicencio, Adriana; Siman, Nina; Lafayette, Camille; Kang, David – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2016
In 2011, with support from a federal Investing in Innovation grant, the NYC Department of Education launched Innovate NYC Schools. The initiative was designed to address two, related challenges to effectively integrating education technology (ed-tech) into classrooms: First, procurement of ed-tech tools is often hampered by a disconnect between…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Davison, Fred C. – EDUCOM, 1984
Goal setting, empowering champions (individuals who make a difference in initiating change), faculty-initiated activities, and faculty-staff development opportunities are the four major factors in determining success in computing at the University of Georgia. Each of these areas is discussed. (JN)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Performance Factors
Grzywinski, Carol M. – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1983
Argues that a computerized data management system can help the developmental educator maintain professional accountability. Reports on a project conducted at the State University of New York Agricultural and Technical College at Canton during which paperwork was reduced and report writing expedited through a computerized management information…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Management Information Systems
Potts, Michael – Instructor, 1981
The author describes how he has integrated a TRS-80 microcomputer into his second-grade classroom as a tutor, an enrichment resource, and a recordkeeping tool. He outlines some of the benefits this microcomputer has brought to his students and himself. (SJL)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Grade 2
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Kaplan, Alan L.; Lillich, Thomas T. – Journal of Dental Education, 1991
Use of the Application Transfer Study (ATS), a method of assessing information systems, to evaluate a dental school's information system is described, and its results are reported. It is concluded that the ATS was a worthwhile undertaking for both direct and indirect benefits derived from the analysis and the implementation of resulting…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Dental Schools, Higher Education, Information Management
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Milheim, William D.; And Others – NACADA Journal, 1989
Kent State University's College of Education implemented a computer-controlled advising system for undergraduate education students, providing information including program descriptions, deadlines and applications, student teaching, and other topics. Preliminary evaluation shows the system able to answer most-asked questions. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Computer Oriented Programs, Education Majors, Higher Education
McClure, Polley Ann; Williams, James G. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1992
In 1988, Indiana University's separate academic and administrative computing units were not responding to changing user demands. In merging and reorganizing the systems, the university tackled problems shared by many institutions and gathered information that can encourage and forewarn others in similar efforts. The project's history, process, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education
Vaughan, Larry, Ed. – 1982
This report presents brief descriptions of exemplary programs validated by the National Diffusion Network (NDN) and approved for national dissemination by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel, which focus specifically on the effective use of technology in education. As exemplary projects called Developer Demonstrators, 12 of the programs described…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science, Demonstration Programs
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