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Palmer, Bart C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation was situated in the crossroads of educational data mining (EDM), educational digital libraries (such as the National Science Digital Library; http://nsdl.org), and examination of teacher behaviors while creating online learning resources in an end-user authoring system, the Instructional Architect (IA; http://ia.usu.edu). The…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Data Analysis, Teacher Behavior
Guthrie, Patricia Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In recent years, learning objects have emerged as an instructional tool for teachers. Digital libraries and collections provide teachers with free or fee-base access to a variety of learning objects from photos and famous speeches to Flash animations and interactive Java Applets. Learning objects offer opportunities for students to interact with…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Elementary Secondary Education, Electronic Libraries, Educational Technology
Xu, Beijie – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This research examined teachers' online behaviors while using a digital library service--the Instructional Architect (IA)--through three consecutive studies. In the first two studies, a statistical model called latent class analysis (LCA) was applied to cluster different groups of IA teachers according to their diverse online behaviors. The third…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Online Searching, Library Services, Electronic Libraries
Matusiak, Krystyna K. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The use of information resources for teaching and learning in an academic environment is undergoing a dramatic transformation. The development of digital technologies and the growth of the Internet have changed the format as well as the dissemination methods of scholarly resources. Digital libraries have been created as part of the transition from…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Linguistics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Interaction
Lyman, Eugene William – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation makes the claim that electronic scholarly editions have the potential to produce more reliable scholarly texts than their print-based antecedents. It consists of an introduction, four chapters, and a brief conclusion. It originated in my work creating the Elwood Viewer, a sophisticated software browser written to display TEI…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Cognitive Psychology, Internet, Educational Technology
Bogel, Gayle – ProQuest LLC, 2008
State digital libraries are manifestations of the diffusion of technology that has provided both "access to" and "delivery of" digital content. Whether the content is being accessed and used equitably in K-12 schools has not been assessed. Determining patterns of the diffusion of use across socioeconomic groups in K-12 schools…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Electronic Libraries, Educational Technology, Access to Computers