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Download full textMcGreal, Rory – 1998
The TeleCampus online database, a project of TeleEducation NB (New Brunswick), aims to be the world's leading World Wide Web site for students seeking information about online courses and programs and for educational institutions and training companies wishing to promote their offerings. It is a comprehensive multilingual database of courses and…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Descriptions, Courses
Peer reviewedWiner, Laura R.; Carriere, Mario – Computers and Education, 1990
Discusses the use of a relational database as a data management and analysis tool for nonexperimental qualitative research, and describes the use of the Reflex Plus database in the Vitrine 2001 project in Quebec to study computer-based learning environments. Information systems are also discussed, and the use of a conceptual model is explained.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Data Analysis, Databases, Foreign Countries
Schnider, Robert W. – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1987
The use of a Computing Resource Centre featuring word processing, spreadsheet, and database management activities by a group of talented and gifted students in Maple Ridge, British Columbia resulted in a marked increase in the students' organizational and planning skills and also in the quality of their work. (CB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Database Management Systems, Foreign Countries
Herrmann, Thom, Ed. – 1988
The 35 papers included in these proceedings report on innovative approaches to teaching used by faculty members at Ontario's technical colleges and universities. Included in this collection are papers on optimum instructional methods using microcomputers, teaching French conversational classes through drama, competencies for the educational…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Drama, Expert Systems
Peer reviewedParrott, James R. – RSR Reference Services Review, 1988
Describes a prototype expert system that can be used in consultation mode to assist users in their searches, or in simulation coach or Socratic tutor modes to instruct professionals in the reference process. Examples of transactions in each mode are given, and a glossary is provided. (19 notes with references) (CLB)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Databases
Herrmann, Thom, Ed. – 1987
Twenty-three conference papers focus on the use of information technology in Ontario's technical colleges and universities: "The Analytic Criticism Module--Authorial Structures & Design" (P. Beam); "Computing by Design" (R. D. Brown & J. D. Milliken); "Engineers and Computers" (P. S. Chisholm, M. Iwaniw, and…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Literacy
Peer reviewedFoster, Jocelyn – Canadian Library Journal, 1987
Describes and reports results of a project which used computer assisted instruction to teach public library users to search online databases directly. Tables of data provide information on the study participants; their reactions to the instruction both before and after a search session; and their attitudes toward paying for searches. (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Services
Tallon, James – 1981
A description of various activities of the Programmed Learning Committee of the Concordia University Libraries precedes sections on computer assisted instruction (CAI) applications for computer facilities in the library, other computer applications, and space and environment implications of these applications. The first section addresses such…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases
Sharon, Donna – 1988
This report on technology in education has been prepared, primarily for TVOntario staff, to highlight new and growing educational applications and to summarize recent evaluations of earlier application efforts. The descriptions of trends and developments are classified by media format. Representative applications of the media include: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communications Satellites, Computer Assisted Instruction, Continuing Education
Brett, Clare; And Others – 1997
This paper reports preliminary findings from an ongoing longitudinal study of preservice teachers mathematical knowledge and confidence. The subgroup for this study consists of 11 preservice teachers from a group of 60 students enrolled in the 2-year teacher education pilot program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Toronto…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Constructivism (Learning)
McAuley, Alexander – TECHNOS, 1998
Describes how a teacher and a distance-learning consultant collaborate in using the Internet and Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environment (CISILE) to connect multicultural students on the harsh Baffin Island (Canada). Discusses the creation of the class's database and future implications. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Consultants
Peer reviewedMontgomerie, T. Craig – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1987
This description of the Extended Campus Program offered at the University of Alberta that allows remote students to meet residency requirements for a Master of Education degree emphasizes the use of electronic communication to provide access to library resources, staff services, and computerized databases. Evaluations of the program are provided.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Developed Nations, Distance Education
Interuniversity Communications Council (EDUCOM), Princeton, NJ. – 1974
Further developing a theme that has characterized several recent EDUCOM conferences, the 1974 EDUCOM Fall Conference focused on "Computing and Networks in Higher Education." Included in the conference program were papers and discussions on approaches to solving the organizational and financial problems of networking used in both the…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers
