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Sethi, Parvinder S.; Newbill, Phyllis Leary – 2001
In recent years, several CD-ROM-based instructional technology applications have been developed for use in both high school and college level classrooms. As multimedia authoring techniques evolve as important tools for teaching, it is imperative that teachers and multimedia authors understand the importance of focusing on specifically how the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Educational Technology

Clyde, Anne – Teacher Librarian, 1998
Discusses results of a 1997 "CMC News" readers' survey of the top 10 CD-ROM titles used by schools. Compares results of previous surveys (1993 and 1995). Four tables and figures show number of users for each of the 10 CD-ROMs, top-10 rankings for year 1993, 1995, and 1997, increase in ownership of 7 of the 10 titles, and total respondents owning…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education

Gretes, John A.; Green, Michael – Computers in the Schools, 1994
Compares a multimedia adult literacy instructional course, Reading to Educate and Develop Yourself (READY), to traditional classroom instruction by studying effects of replacing conventional learning tools with computer-assisted instruction (CD-ROMs and audio software). Results reveal that READY surpassed traditional instruction for virtually…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Audiodisks, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction

Shellhart, W. Craig; Oesterle, Larry J. – Journal of Dental Education, 1997
A study compared learning outcomes in an orthodontic biomechanics course when a CD-ROM was used in one group and photographic slides were used in another. Students in both groups performed at similar levels on a written examination and responded similarly to a statement reflecting how they understood the material. However, students felt the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Dental Schools
Market Data Retrieval, Inc., Shelton, CT. – 1997
This report presents the results of Market Data Retrieval's (MDR) fourth comprehensive survey of the technology market in K-12 education. The survey gathered comprehensive, current, and consistent information on the use of various technologies in U.S. public schools during the 1996-97 school year. The survey reached all 85,000 public schools in…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Communications Satellites, Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks
Brittain, Michael; Chambers, Mark; Marriott, Philip – 1998
This paper reports on the first phase of a research project undertaken by a team at the University of South Australia and Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) to design and deliver educational applications of digital learning media and to identify criteria for assessment of the efficacy and quality of the use of such media from a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Constructivism (Learning)