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Direct linkGreen, Brent A.; Lung, Ying Suet Michelle – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2021
In this commentary, we describe the English language placement adaptations we were required to make due to the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic. It includes a brief description of our placement test battery which was adapted to address our institution's move to a remote teaching/learning mode. A discussion of the major challenges we experienced, their…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Bugeja, Micheal J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Most people have at least secondhand knowledge about Second Life, a virtual-reality world created by Linden Lab, in which avatars (digital characters) lease "islands" for real-life purposes--to sell products, conduct classes, do research, hold conferences, and even recruit for admissions. About nine million avatars reportedly interact on this…
Descriptors: Mass Media, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedSchick, James B. – History Microcomputer Review, 1985
Discusses the nature of current college history students and explains why microcomputer simulations aid their learning of history. Concludes that students vary in their view of simulations, and that even good simulations are no substitute for an informed, thoughtful, and sensitive teacher. (JDH)
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
