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Yueh-Hui Vanessa Chiang; Maiga Chang; Nian-Shing Chen – Educational Technology & Society, 2024
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially machine learning models that autonomously generate human-like content, has recently attracted significant attention in the education sector. This paper explores the potential of generative AI, including tools like ChatGPT, to shift from traditional outcome-oriented educational practices to a more…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Educational Practices, Process Education, Educational Objectives
Jenkins, Craig William – Online Submission, 2012
In the 1960s, the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) developed a programming language called LOGO. Underpinning this invention was a profound new philosophy of how learners learn. This paper reviews research in the area and asks how one notion in particular, that of a microworld, may be used by secondary school educators to build powerful…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Programming, STEM Education, Secondary School Science
Kafai, Yasmin B.; Burke, Quinn – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
We are witnessing a remarkable comeback of programming. Current initiatives to promote computational thinking and to broaden participation in computing signal a renewed interest to bring programming back into K-12 schools and help develop children as producers and not simply consumers of digital media. This essay explores the re-emergence of…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
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Terawaki, Yuki; Takahashi, Yuichi; Kodama, Yasushi; Yana, Kazuo – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2011
This paper describes an integration of different Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) of two Course Management Systems (CMS) called Sakai and the Common Factory for Inspiration and Value in Education (CFIVE). First, when the service of CMS is provided campus-wide, the problems of user support, CMS operation and customization of CMS are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Case Studies
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Vitkute-Adžgauskiene, Davia; Vidžiunas, Antanas – Informatics in Education, 2012
The paper analyses the problems in selecting and integrating tools for delivering basic programming knowledge at the university level. Discussion and analysis of teaching the programming disciplines, the main principles of study programme design, requirements for teaching tools, methods and corresponding languages is presented, based on literature…
Descriptors: Programming, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Delivery Systems
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Teodosiev, Teodosi; Nachev, Anatoli – Informatics in Education, 2012
This paper discusses some difficulties in teaching introductory courses to programming, paying particular attention to their mathematical nature. We consider some aspects, which have not been commented in detail in textbooks and often neglected by course outlines and schedules. Some of these are constructing complex conditions, exceeding array…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Programming, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
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Drasutis, Sigitas; Motekaityte, Vida; Noreika, Algirdas – Informatics in Education, 2010
The Internet has recently encouraged the society to convert almost all its needs to electronic resources such as e-libraries, e-cultures, e-entertainment as well as e-learning, which has become a radical idea to increase the effectiveness of learning services in most schools, colleges and universities. E-learning can not be completely featured and…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer System Design, Computer Software Evaluation, Programming
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Corkern, Sheree M.; Morgan, Mark I. – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
This paper informs business instructors and educators about XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) so that they can introduce it to their students and expand their students' understanding of how it relates to the accounting profession. Even though the financial community has entered a new age with this standardized reporting language, many…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Introductory Courses, Accounting, Programming Languages
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Adelson, Jill L.; McCoach, D. Betsy; Gavin, M. Katherine – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2012
This study examined the average effects of schools' third through fifth grade gifted programming policy in mathematics and reading on overall school achievement, on gifted students' achievement and academic attitudes and on nongifted students' achievement and academic attitudes. Data and results represent a broad, national look at school…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Academic Achievement, Programming, Grade 5
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Koster, Alexis – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, close to 1.8 million people, or 77% of all computer professionals, were working in the design, development, deployment, maintenance, and management of software in 2006. The ACM [Association for Computing Machinery] model curriculum for the BS in computer science proposes that about 42% of the core body…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Engineering Education, Engineering Technology
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Chen, Hsinchun; Li, Xin; Chau, M.; Ho, Yi-Jen; Tseng, Chunju – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2009
With the advent of the World Wide Web, many business applications that utilize data mining and text mining techniques to extract useful business information on the Web have evolved from Web searching to Web mining. It is important for students to acquire knowledge and hands-on experience in Web mining during their education in information systems…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Information Systems, Internet, Computer Science Education
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Gray, Kathleen; Thompson, Celia; Sheard, Judithe; Clerehan, Rosemary; Hamilton, Margaret – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
Students now have at their disposal a range of Web 2.0 authoring forms such as audio and video podcasting, blogging, social bookmarking, social networking, virtual world activities and wiki writing. Many university educators are interested in enabling students to demonstrate their learning by creating content in these forms. However, the design…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Integrity, Educational Quality, Educational Assessment