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Cooper, Elizabeth – AACE Journal, 2009
The integration of Microsoft's PowerPoint and other slideware programs into the classroom setting may hinder educational progress rather than help it. An examination of the literature focusing on Cognitive Load Theory recognizes that students' have a limited tolerance for the amount of sights and sounds on display at any given time, especially in…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Dechter, Avi – AACE Journal, 2009
Students who pursue a bachelor's degree in four-year colleges and universities often take longer than four years to complete their degrees. The reasons for prolonging the time to degree seem to fall into three broad categories: part-time enrollment, deficiencies in academic readiness, and inadequate course planning. This paper focuses on the…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Programming, Time to Degree, Academic Advising
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Wachira, Patrick; Keengwe, Jared; Onchwari, Grace – AACE Journal, 2009
Rapid increases in knowledge and technology call for the use of such tools as a personal digital assistant (PDA) to increase the quality of education and student performance. PDAs evolved from personal organizers, but today's handhelds can be effective tools that help students organize facts and concepts, develop written documents, understand…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Education, Educational Technology, Mathematics Teachers
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Schroeder, Barbara – AACE Journal, 2009
With the increasing emphasis in higher education to provide opportunities for students to work and collaborate in groups, enhancing problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, instructors are looking beyond traditional course management tools to emerging technologies. One technology that supports group collaboration is a wiki. However, many…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Group Activities, Cooperation, Best Practices
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Ellis, Kirsten; Blashki, Kathy – AACE Journal, 2007
The article discusses a study of 4-5 year old children's use of technology to assist and enhance the acquisition of a play lexicon within a formal educational setting. The new language system to be learned was Auslan, a signed/nonverbal language. A purpose specific software program was developed by the authors, "Auslan Kids," in order to…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deafness, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
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Kalman, Howard K.; Ellis, Maureen L. – AACE Journal, 2007
Today, undergraduate students enter college with increasingly more sophisticated computer skills compared to their counterparts of 20 years ago. However, many instructors are still using traditional instructional strategies to teach this new generation. This research study discusses a number of strategies that were employed to teach a…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Undergraduate Students, Computer Literacy, Teaching Methods
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Varol, Filiz; Colburn, Linda K. – AACE Journal, 2007
The purpose of this study was to investigate the critical attributes of mathematical software designed for children between the ages of four and seven. This study sought to offer guidelines that will assist software designers in the design of developmentally appropriate educational software. In addition, teachers and parents may benefit from this…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Young Children, Mathematics Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
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Razfar, Aria – AACE Journal, 2008
Over the last 10 years, information technology has been the fastest growing sector in the global economy. Nevertheless, technology and computer-based instruction have not been sufficiently integrated into the curriculum especially at institutions that serve primarily language minority, low income, and first generation, female college populations.…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Technology Integration, Student Surveys, Interaction
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Hewson, Lindsay; Hughes, Chris – AACE Journal, 2005
Online learning environments offer efficient ways of interconnecting group members and satisfying their communicative needs. However, learning does not proceed through shared communication alone; all groups imply social processes and learning groups demand an additional pedagogical intention. Popular online learning systems satisfactorily enable…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Interpersonal Relationship, Group Dynamics, Educational Technology
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Johnson, Lynn E.; Tang, Michael – AACE Journal, 2005
This paper describes and assesses a pre-engineering curriculum development project called Foundations of Engineering, Science and Technology (FEST). FEST integrates web-based technologies into an inter-connected system to enable delivery of a blended program at multiple institutions. Tools and systems described include 1) technologies to deliver…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Community Colleges, Universities, Engineering Education
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Yelland, Nicola – AACE Journal, 2005
This article considers the research literature of the past decade pertaining to the use of computers in early childhood education. It notes that there have been considerable changes in all aspects of our lives over this time period and considers studies in which information and communication technologies (ICT)and in particular, computers, have…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Literature Reviews, Computer Uses in Education