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Emergency Management Students' Perceptions of the Use of WebEOC[R] to Support Authentic Learning
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Johnson, Thomas – Educational Media International, 2012
This study investigates the use of software technology that is used by emergency management professionals to create an authentic learning environment in emergency and disaster management courses in the classroom. Participants were 235 upper-level students enrolled in residential and online emergency and disaster management courses at a mid-sized…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Technology, Student Attitudes, Emergency Programs
Contextually Relevant Pedagogical Agents: Visual Appearance, Stereotypes, and First Impressions and Their Impact on Learning
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Veletsianos, George – Computers & Education, 2010
Humans draw on their stereotypic beliefs to make assumptions about others. Even though prior research has shown that individuals respond socially to media, there is little evidence with regards to learners stereotyping and categorizing pedagogical agents. This study investigated whether learners stereotype a pedagogical agent as being…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Artists, Scientists, Context Effect
Computer-Assisted Instruction Network Systems. Preliminary Findings on First Year State-Wide Implementation in Hawaii Public Education.
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. – 1988
This is a report on the status of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) networked systems utilizing microcomputer technology at the end of the 1987-88 school year, the first year of CAI network implementation in the public schools of Hawaii. Data for the study were collected via: site visitations to 12 of the 19 networked CAI schools; interviews;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Simulation
Evaluation Study on Simulation CAL in the Science Faculty of the Open University. CAL REsearch Group Technical Report No. 15.
Murphy, P. J.; And Others – 1981
This report describes evaluations of two courses which were conducted, primarily through participant observation, in 1981. A general introduction looks at simulation in computer assisted learning (CAL) and at use of simulation CAL in the Open University science faculty. The first study discussed was based largely on a tutor's observations of…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware
Making Sense of Audit Trail Data
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Kennedy, Gregor E.; Judd, Terry S. – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2004
In this paper we argue that the use of audit trail data for research and evaluation purposes has attracted scepticism due to real and perceived difficulties associated with the data's interpretation. We suggest that educational technology researchers and evaluators need to better understand how audit trail data can be processed and analysed…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Resources, Data Analysis, Research Methodology
Development of Computer-Based Resources for Textile Education.
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Hopkins, Teresa; Thomas, Andrew; Bailey, Mike – Information Services & Use, 1998
Describes the production of computer-based resources for students of textiles and engineering in the United Kingdom. Highlights include funding by the Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (TLTP), courseware author/subject expert interaction, usage test and evaluation, authoring software, graphics, computer-aided design simulation, self-test…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Design, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Graphics