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Lisseth Sanchez; Jefferson Penarreta; Xavier Soria Poma – Discover Education, 2024
The learning management system (LMS) is a software based on SAAS, internet navigator, or user application, which manage the teaching and learning of an academic or non-academic program. This work presents a comparison of 45 LMSs. The objective of this research is to report a study of the LMS developed for higher education. This objective is…
Descriptors: Learning Management Systems, Influence of Technology, Computer Software Evaluation, Technology Uses in Education
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Pear, Joseph J.; Schnerch, Gabriel J.; Silva, Kathleen M.; Svenningsen, Louis; Lambert, Jody – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
In the last two decades, there has been a proliferation of Web-based course-management systems designed to facilitate postsecondary teaching (for example, WebCT, Blackboard, Desire2Learn, Moodle). In general, these systems provide analogs for delivering lectures, holding class discussions, giving quizzes and examinations (typically multiple…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Web Based Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Courseware
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Parette, Howard P.; Hourcade, Jack J.; Dinelli, Jenny M.; Boeckmann, Nichole M. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2009
Best practices in emergent literacy instruction for young children acknowledge and facilitate the smooth progression between children's early engagement with print materials and subsequent fuller literacy mastery. In so doing, model programs target five key emergent literacy skills. The rapid rise in the breadth and depth of educational…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Technology, Emergent Literacy, Writing Skills
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Dyckhoff, Anna Lea; Zielke, Dennis; Bultmann, Mareike; Chatti, Mohamed Amine; Schroeder, Ulrik – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
Learning Analytics can provide powerful tools for teachers in order to support them in the iterative process of improving the effectiveness of their courses and to collaterally enhance their students' performance. In this paper, we present the theoretical background, design, implementation, and evaluation details of eLAT, a Learning Analytics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Semi Structured Interviews, Usability
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Woollard, John; Wickens, Cathy; Powell, Ken; Russell, Terry – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2009
E-safety issues have come to the fore of thinking about young people's use of the internet because of their vulnerable position with regard to contact with people who may take advantage of them. The "Byron Review" in the UK makes explicit the steps that need to be taken to protect internet users. Based upon research across four United…
Descriptors: Safety, Foreign Countries, Internet, School Law
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Barber, Maryfran; Njus, David – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2007
Two years after the first low-cost radio-frequency audience response system using clickers was introduced for college classrooms, at least six different systems are on the market. Their features and user-friendliness are evolving rapidly, driven by competition and improving technology. The proliferation of different systems is putting pressure on…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Educational Technology, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Computer Software Evaluation