This study aimed at developing a Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game-based (MORPG) Learning system which enabled instructors to construct a game scenario and manage sharable and reusable learning content for multiple courses. It used the curriculum of "Introduction to Computer Science" as a study case to assess students' learning…

The purpose of this study is to obtain suitable quality criteria for evaluation of electronic content for virtual courses. We attempt to find the aspects which are important in developing e-content for virtual courses and to determine the criteria we need to judge for the quality and efficiency of learning objects and e-content. So we can classify…

To get a better understanding of how networked technologies are impacting teachers and their teaching practices, in 2015 MediaSmarts partnered with the Canadian Teachers' Federation to survey 4,043 K-12 teachers and school administrators who were teaching in classroom settings across the country. The survey explored the extent to which networked…

This document is a report on the Santa Barbara City College (California) Campus Pipeline, an online portal system that provides a single Web entry point to relevant academic and institutional information for students and faculty. Introduced in spring 2001, the pipeline initially involved 22 courses, 30 sections, and 14 instructors who agreed to…

Most instructors today feel that using computers in classrooms to create electronic forums automatically results in a more egalitarian setting, but technology can become an effective cloak for otherwise oppressive practices. These settings can potentially reinscribe dominant ideologies, stifling students rather than empowering them. These…

This study examines the opinions of elementary school teachers currently employed by the Greeneville City School System regarding the utilization and effects of educational technology in the elementary classroom. The System has committed to building and maintaining a state-of-the-art computer network for students served by the district. A large…

This document presents the final report on the Evaluation of the Pennsylvania Teleteaching Project, which was designed to accomplish six objectives: (1) to provide students with the opportunity to take courses that would otherwise be unavailable; (2) to provide students with a higher level of learning; (3) to be usable across a wide variety of…

This paper examines the use of network technologies in higher education and explores how adaptable network tools are for particular learning and teaching environments. The study included a review of the literature describing World Wide Web use to support learning in postsecondary courses in the United States and Canada. Additionally, interviews…