Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
Author
Brown, Michael P. | 1 |
Copeland, Willis D. | 1 |
Diem, Richard A. | 1 |
Glowacki-Dudka, Michelle | 1 |
Kingsford, Steve | 1 |
Kitabchi, Gloria | 1 |
Ross, Steven M. | 1 |
Stoner, Mark R. | 1 |
Publication Type
Reports - Evaluative | 6 |
Journal Articles | 3 |
Reports - Research | 2 |
Information Analyses | 1 |
Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Higher Education | 1 |
Audience
Researchers | 2 |
Location
Texas (San Antonio) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Stoner, Mark R. – Communication Education, 2007
This essay offers an analysis of PowerPoint apart from the histrionics of the "'Tis and 'Taint" arguments about its value, and proposes a program of research to move forward our understanding of PowerPoint as an inscriptional system. To that end, the study begins with a discussion of PowerPoint as an inscriptional system that employs both…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Design Requirements, Computer Software Evaluation, Instructional Material Evaluation
Glowacki-Dudka, Michelle; Brown, Michael P. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2007
Faculty learning communities (FLC) provide opportunities for professional development and personal growth within university settings. Some FLC are structured; others are unstructured. Faculty at a mid-sized Midwestern state university were asked a series of close- and open-ended questions that examined the reasons for and benefits from their…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Communities of Practice, Professional Development, Educational Opportunities

Diem, Richard A. – 1979
An evaluation of a computer assisted educational (CAE) program using the PLATO system at a Texas detention center included an examination of attitudes and perceptions from (1) inmates participating and not participating in jail education programs, (2) trustees, (3) educational program staff, (4) chaplaincy staff, (5) guards assigned to the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attitudes, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Ross, Steven M. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1984
Three adaptive models encompassing variations of instructional support, incentives, and context of presentations were developed and validated through eight separate studies which compared the teaching of statistics under computer-managed instruction or teacher-managed systems. Results indicate instructional support adaptations were effective, but…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Higher Education
Kitabchi, Gloria – 1987
The Memphis Apple Classroom of Tomorrow (ACOT), one of seven ACOT locations, was a joint project of the city schools and Apple Computer. The ACOT consisted of a class of 30 fifth grade students in an inner city school, who were selected on the basis of the willingness of the students and their parents to participate and to use computers in the…
Descriptors: Attendance, Black Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 5
Copeland, Willis D.; Kingsford, Steve – 1981
The effectiveness of two approaches used by the Ventura-Santa Barbara County (California) School Resource Network to meet district-wide staff development needs is evaluated in this report. A new inservice training method, characterized by facilitation teams working within schools on site-specific needs, is contrasted to a district-wide topical…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education