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Lee, Chwee Beng; Ling, Keck Voon – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: This paper aims to describe the web-based scaffold dynamic simulation system (PRES-on) designed for pre-service teachers. Design/methodology/approach: The paper describes the initial design of a web-based scaffold dynamic simulation system (PRES-on) as a cognitive tool for learners to represent problems. For the widespread use of the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Internet, Web Based Instruction, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Boyer, Kristy Elizabeth; Phillips, Robert; Ingram, Amy; Ha, Eun Young; Wallis, Michael; Vouk, Mladen; Lester, James – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2011
Identifying effective tutorial dialogue strategies is a key issue for intelligent tutoring systems research. Human-human tutoring offers a valuable model for identifying effective tutorial strategies, but extracting them is a challenge because of the richness of human dialogue. This article addresses that challenge through a machine learning…
Descriptors: Markov Processes, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Tutoring, Program Effectiveness
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Knight, Eliot; Gunawardena, Charlotte N.; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan – Educational Media International, 2009
This study examines cross-cultural interpretations of icons and images drawn from US academic websites. Participants from Morocco, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and the USA responded to an online questionnaire containing 18 icons and images representing online functions and information types common on US academic websites. Participants supplied meanings for…
Descriptors: North Americans, Web Sites, Computer System Design, Cross Cultural Studies
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Chow, Meyrick; Chan, Lawrence – Computers & Education, 2010
Information technology (IT) has the potential to improve the clinical learning environment. The extent to which IT enhances or detracts from healthcare professionals' role performance can be expected to affect both student learning and patient outcomes. This study evaluated nursing students' satisfaction with a novel compartmental Picture…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Visualization, Biomedicine
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Ramesh, Venkatar; Ram, Sudha – Information Systems, 1997
Presents a seven-step methodology for utilizing integrity constraint knowledge from heterogeneous databases. Describes generating a set of integrity constraints applicable at the integrated level from constraints specified on local databases. Introduces the concept of constraint-based relationships between objects in heterogeneous databases;…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Databases, Information Processing, Information Technology
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Li, Wenjie; Wong, Kam-Fai; Yuan, Chunfa – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
The objective of this research is to exploit Chinese language processing techniques for temporal information extraction and concept reasoning. Outlines the characteristics of Chinese time system and temporal expressions. Discusses temporal knowledge representations. Presents a general framework for the storage and manipulation of temporal…
Descriptors: Chinese, Computer System Design, Information Processing, Information Sources
Sridharan, Bhavani; Kinshuk; Patel, Ashok; Hong, Hong – 2002
This paper presents the research and development of knowledge management system for Internet based intellectual assets to leverage the learning process for individual learners. The literature review reveals that corporate solutions of knowledge management are not directly applicable due to the lack of adaptivity needed to provide individualized…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design, Distance Education
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Jarvela, Sanna; Naykki, Piia; Laru, Jari; Luokkanen, Tiina – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
In our recent research we have explored possibilities to scaffold collaborative learning in higher education with wireless networks and mobile tools. The pedagogical ideas are grounded on concepts of collaborative learning, including the socially shared origin of cognition, as well as self-regulated learning theory. This paper presents our three…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Higher Education, Cooperation, Telecommunications