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Assessing the Application of Three-Dimensional Collaborative Technologies within an E-Learning Environment
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McArdle, Gavin; Bertolotto, Michela – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
Today, the Internet plays a major role in distributing learning material within third level education. Multiple online facilities provide access to educational resources. While early systems relied on webpages, which acted as repositories for learning material, nowadays sophisticated online applications manage and deliver learning resources.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Interaction
Pedagogy and Processes for a Computer Programming Outreach Workshop--The Bridge to College Model
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Tangney, Brendan; Oldham, Elizabeth; Conneely, Claire; Barrett, Stephen; Lawlor, John – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2010
This paper describes a model for computer programming outreach workshops aimed at second-level students (ages 15-16). Participants engage in a series of programming activities based on the Scratch visual programming language, and a very strong group-based pedagogy is followed. Participants are not required to have any prior programming experience.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Software, Programming Languages, Computer Science Education
Experiences Gained Using a Set of SCORM Compliant Reusable Learning Objects for Teaching Programming
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Costelloe, Eileen; Sherry, Elizabeth; Magee, Patricia – International Journal on E-Learning, 2009
A collaboration between three higher education institutions in Ireland and two European partners has resulted in the design and development of reusable learning objects for undergraduate programming students that would assist in their learning. This international project conducted extensive research of over 600 students' examination scripts in…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Programming, Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education
The Use of Digital Video in Physical Education
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Weir, Tony; Connor, Sean – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2009
This paper details the technical and operational aspects of a project investigating the role of digital video in physical education in 12 Irish schools over a period of two academic years. The project design involved a qualitative investigation into the use of digital video in three areas of physical education, namely teaching, learning and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Feedback (Response), Portfolios (Background Materials), Physical Education
Using a Virtual Learning Environment to Manage Group Projects: A Case Study
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Cleary, Yvonne; Marcus-Quinn, Ann – International Journal on E-Learning, 2008
Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are increasingly used by Higher Education Institutions to manage and enhance teaching and learning, and research. Discussion, chat, scheduling, and other collaboration tools make VLEs especially useful systems for designing and managing complex group projects. In the spring semester of 2006, students at the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Management, Case Studies, Instructional Design
In Two Minds? Learner Attitudes to Bilingualism and the Bilingual Tandem Analyser
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Kapec, Peter; Schwienhorst, Klaus – ReCALL, 2005
One of the issues that has been debated in the context of fairly open learning partnerships such as tandem learning has been whether and, if so, how much pedagogical support should be provided. Another issue is how do language learners who have grown accustomed to maximising their learning through comprehensible input and output make the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Personal Autonomy, English (Second Language), Bilingualism