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Activity Cycles in Educational Electronic Networks.
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Levin, James; And Others – Interactive Learning Environments, 1992
Examines activity cycles in long-distance educational electronic networks based on experiences on FrEdMail (a grass-roots microcomputer-based electronic network) to create effective network-based learning activities. Yearly, weekly, daily, and other cycles are described; and cyclical patterns for two types of instructional interactions are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education
Computer-Mediated Communication: A Tool for Reconnecting Kids with Society.
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Riel, Margaret – Interactive Learning Environments, 1990
Discusses the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in education and summarizes three studies that demonstrated the positive effect of electronic networking on elementary and secondary students' reading and writing skills and their interest in meaningful educational activities. Highlights include knowledge construction; collaborative…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning
A New Writing Environment and an Old Culture: A Situated Evaluation of Computer Networking to Teach Writing.
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Bruce, Bertram; Peyton, Joyce Kreeft – Interactive Learning Environments, 1990
Discussion of the implementation of educational innovations in classrooms focuses on the implementation of ENFI (Electronic Networks for Interaction) among a consortium of colleges and universities using computer networks for teaching writing to deaf and hearing students. Situated evaluations of educational innovations are discussed, and two case…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Software
The Conflict between Teaching and Scientific Sense-Making: The Case of a Curriculum on Seasonal Change.
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Newman, Denis; And Others – Interactive Learning Environments, 1993
Discusses the integration of technology into the curriculum and how to design an interactive technological learning environment based on the concept of scientific sense-making. Highlights include the importance of sense-making in science education and an experiment on curriculum design for a fifth- to sixth-grade unit on seasonal change. (Contains…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Simulation, Curriculum Development
Educational Applications of a Networked Communal Database.
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Scardamalia, M.; And Others – Interactive Learning Environments, 1992
Presents results from elementary school classroom uses of the Computer Supported Integrated Learning Environments (CSILE) software that stores student productions, including text and graphics, in one database to which all users have simultaneous access. Educational uses, effects, and outcomes of CSILE are described; and knowledge construction is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction