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Reynolds, Barry Lee – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
In the age of "publish or perish," publishing academic journal articles is a must, not only for professors but also for graduate students in Taiwan. Increasingly, Taiwanese research universities are requiring masters and PhD students to write theses and dissertations in English, with an added caveat for PhD students to publish two or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Universities, Graduate Students, Graduate Study
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Luik, Piret – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
Most boys and girls interact differently with educational software and have different preferences for the design of educational software. The question is whether the usage of educational software has the same consequences for both genders. This paper investigates the characteristics of drill-and-practice programmes or drills that are efficient for…
Descriptors: Females, Computer Software, Gender Differences, Drills (Practice)
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Benson, Angela; Lawler, Cormac; Whitworth, Andrew – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
Activity theory (AT) is a powerful tool for investigating "artefacts in use", ie, the ways technologies interrelate with their local context. AT reveals the interfaces between e-learning at the macro- (strategy, policy, "campus-wide" solutions) and the micro-organisational levels (everyday working practice, iterative change, individual…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Management Systems, Comparative Analysis, Educational Technology
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Persico, Donatella – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1997
Examines the methodological common denominator among several models for courseware development and discusses in detail both the design and the validation phases. Emphasizes the need for a systematic approach in which multiple authors' skills are exploited and the cost-benefit ratio is kept at an acceptable level. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Cost Effectiveness, Courseware, Educational Technology
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Vassileva, Julita; Deters, Ralph – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1998
The Dynamic Courseware Generator (DCG), which runs on a Web server, was developed for the authoring of adaptive computer-assisted learning courses. It generates an individual course according to the learner's goals and previous knowledge, and dynamically adapts the course according to the learner's success in knowledge acquisition. The tool may be…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware