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Course Delivery through the Web: Effects of Linear/Nonlinear Navigation and Individual Differences in Online Learning
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Farag, Mohammed; Shemy, Nader – International Journal on E-Learning, 2011
This research describes a study that examined the influences of cognitive style (as assessed by the CSA- Riding 1991) and Learners' Prior Knowledge on student recall performance of the contents of online course presented via two navigational formats (linear sequential navigation version versus nonlinear free navigation version). The study was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Cognitive Style, Prior Learning
MEMOIR--An Open Framework for Enhanced Navigation of Distributed Information.
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De Roure, D.; Hall, W.; Reich, S.; Hill, G.; Pikrakis, A.; Stairmand, M. – Information Processing & Management, 2001
Explains the MEMOIR project (Managing Enterprise-scale Multimedia using an Open Framework for Information Re-use) that uses trails, open hypermedia link services and software agents to access and navigate information in Intranet environments to share technical information and find colleagues with similar interests. Presents results of evaluations…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Collegiality, Computer Software, Corporations
Skill Development for Maneuvering on the Information Highway.
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Mosley, Barbra; Edwards, Gloria – 1995
To help students learn to navigate the information superhighway, a 2-hour pilot program with 10 hours of guided access time was developed to test a method for teaching the basics of maneuvering the superhighway and extracting information once located. This pilot was designed as a two-part instructional session. The first instructional session…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Computer Literacy, Computer Software
Parents Guide to the Internet.
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ACCESS ERIC, Rockville, MD. – 1997
The Internet is a vast network of computers that connects people and information all over the world. Children often know far more about computers than their parents do. However, children need their parents' involvement, experience, and judgment, whether the children are experienced computer users or just getting started. This booklet provides…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
Parent's Guide to the Internet. Revised.
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Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 2000
This second edition of the "Parent's Guide to the Internet" is intended to help parents--regardless of their level of technological know-how--make use of the online world as an important educational tool. This booklet provides parents with basic information about how to use the computer to find information and communicate with others. It describes…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Children, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication
The MicroWeb Toolkit: Bringing the WWW to the Classroom.
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Thomson, Judi R.; Cooke, John E.; Greer, Jim E. – 1996
Computer applications that facilitate the use of the World Wide Web (WWW) within elementary and secondary education must provide support for educators to locate materials quickly and easily; they must minimize the amount of time spent waiting for files to traverse the network; and they must deal sensitively with censorship. The MicroWeb Toolkit is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Computer Software, Computer Software Development