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Peer reviewedBush, Michael D. – Applied Language Learning, 1991
Reviews principles for hardware selection, and forecasts the state of technology in terms of fidelity, feedback, and open architecture in language training. (six references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computers, Educational Technology, Feedback
Wheeler, David L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Experimental computer programs are being developed to teach students at all levels and in a wide variety of training fields and track their progress at the same time. (MSE)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Experiments
Direct linkReiser, Brian J. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2004
There has been much interest in using software tools to scaffold learners in complex tasks, that is, to provide supports that enable students to deal with more complex content and skill demands than they could otherwise handle. Many different approaches to scaffolding techniques have been presented in a broad range of software tools. I argue that…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Design Requirements, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Learning Strategies
Download full textCrawford, Mikiko; Thomas-Maddox, Candice – 2000
This paper focuses on the experiences and the research of two communication instructors who are currently using Blackboard CourseInfo, an online software program, to enhance learning and communication. The paper states that ,in 1999, Ohio University made Blackboard CourseInfo available to its faculty to enable instructors to have the option of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software
Smith, Lotsee; Swigger, Keith – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1984
Reviews two basic ways in which microcomputers are being used in school library media centers--administrative or management purposes (circulation control, budget planning, acquisitions processes, staff and student scheduling); and instructive purposes (library skills, drill and practice, problem solving, computer literacy). Three major types of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education
Deacon, Andrew; Jaftha, Jacob; Horwitz, David – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2004
Powerful applications such as Microsoft Office's Excel and Word are widely used to perform common tasks in the workplace and in education. Scripting within these applications allows unanticipated user requirements to be addressed. We show that such extensibility, intended to support office automation-type applications, is well suited to the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Writing Instruction, Economics
Loertscher, David V. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1984
Examines incorporation of local production of microcomputer software as part of school library media center services, highlighting need for local production, software types (adapting and altering commercial programs, finding and trading noncopyrighted programs, assisting in computer-assisted instruction authoring, programing computer lessons from…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education
