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Through Efficient Use of LORs: Prospective Teachers' Views on Operational Aspects of Learning Object Repositories
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Yalcinalp, Serpil; Emiroglu, Bulent – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Although many developments have been made in the design and development of learning object repositories (LORs), the efficient use of such systems is still questionable. Without realising the functional use of such systems or considering the involvement of their dynamic users, these systems would probably become obsolete. This study includes both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Educational Resources
Evaluation of the Use of Computer-Assisted Management Information Systems in Dutch Schools.
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Visscher, Adrie J.; Bloemen, P. P. M. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1999
The extent of school information systems (SIS) use, factors promoting successful SIS implementation, and the effects of SIS use were studied in Dutch secondary schools. Findings indicated that SIS use is not of the same intensity for all SIS modules and is not equally distributed across all types of respondents. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Management Information Systems
Evaluation of the Implementation, Use and Effect of a Computerised Management Information System in English Secondary Schools.
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Visscher, Adrie; Wild, Phil; Smith, Debbie; Newton, Len – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2003
Sophisticated computerized school information systems (SISs) will have to provide school-based information relevant to the development of policies in areas where schools used to merely follow governmental guidelines. The large-scale research project in England, reported in this article, goes some way toward filling gaps in the knowledge on the…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
Information Seeking in Electronic Encyclopedias.
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Marchionini, Gary – Machine-Mediated Learning, 1989
Discussion of the process involved in information seeking focuses on studies of high school students that were conducted to determine how mental models for a print encyclopedia are adapted to a full-text electronic encyclopedia. Three case studies are analyzed, and recommendations for designers of electronic encyclopedias and instructional…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Case Studies, Computer System Design, Encyclopedias
A Careers Service on the Internet.
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Jackson, Anita – Computers & Education, 1998
Reports on one of the first projects in the United Kingdom which used the Internet to link schools with their local career service. Results of evaluations by staff and pupils in four secondary schools are discussed in terms of design features, access and communication issues, and further recommendations for development. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Career Information Systems, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design
Intelligent Tutor, Environment and Manual for Introductory Programming.
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Brusilovsky, P. L. – Educational and Training Technology International, 1992
Describes the integrated Intelligent Tutor, Environment and Manual for Introductory Programing (ITEM/IP), which supports a course on computer programing based on the minilanguage Turingal. Discussion covers system design, including design philosophy, system overview, concepts included and information structure, programing laboratory mode,…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computer System Design
WritingLands: Composing with Old and New Writing Tools.
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Zeni, Jane – 1990
Designed to help teachers, grade six through high school, overcome misgivings about computers for writing and make the most of the new technology, this book offers answers to an urgent question in language arts: how can computers be woven into the human fabric of a writing workshop? The book is based on a five-year study of computers for writing…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Collaborative Writing, Computer Centers, Computer System Design