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Raye, Lee – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2017
Scholarship on instructive technologies in higher education has emphasized the use of high-tech facilitative technologies for long-term use, and low-tech props to illustrate single topics. This paper, on the contrary, discusses the use of a long-term, low-tech instructional technology: Llewelyn the Lynx was a soft animal used to assist with…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Higher Education, Case Studies, First Year Seminars
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Al-Said, Khaleel M. – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2015
The present research aims to investigate the students' perceptions levels of Edmodo and Mobile learning and to identify the real barriers of them at Taibah University in KSA. After implemented Edmodo application as an Mlearning platform, two scales were applied on the research sample, the first scale consisted of 36 statements was constructed to…
Descriptors: Barriers, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Educational Practices
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Rubin, Beth; Fernandes, Ron; Avgerinou, Maria D.; Moore, James – Internet and Higher Education, 2010
This study examines the effects of interactive and learning structures enabled by different Learning Management Systems (LMS) on satisfaction and learner engagement in online courses. An LMS can support or hinder active engagement, meaningful connections between segments of the course, easy communication, and formative feedback by making it easier…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Online Courses, Delivery Systems, Computer Software Evaluation
Bowman, Charles Robert – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Improving student performance is the goal of any chemistry educator. With the proliferation of internet technologies in recent years, educators have been struggling with providing effective learning materials to students online. These materials also have not always had the intended effect of improving student performance. Either students do not…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Student Attitudes, Correlation, Schematic Studies
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Cann, Alan J.; Calvert, Jane E.; Masse, Karine L.; Moffat, Kevin G. – Bioscience Education e-Journal, 2006
Sophisticated software such as Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are rapidly being deployed by universities. Despite widespread use of such systems, experience shows that there is frequently poor pedagogic development, leading primarily to use of VLEs as electronic document repositories rather than as online learning systems in which the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Discussion Groups, Online Courses, Guidelines
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McAteer, Erica; Tolmie, A.; Duffy, C.; Corbett, J. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1997
Examines computer-mediated communication (CMC) in higher education, particularly the evaluation of network resources for course-related student communication. Presents case studies of e-mail seminars in Scottish language studies and music, demonstrates the significance of emphasizing process over outcome, and discusses factors affecting CMC usage:…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
Britain, Sandy; Liber, Oleg – 1999
Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are learning management software systems that synthesize the functionality of computer-mediated communications software and online methods of delivering course materials. This report focuses on how to evaluate the properties, capabilities and orientation of different systems from an educational perspective, and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Computer Uses in Education
Ogata, Hiroaki; Yano, Yoneo – 1998
This paper describes Coconuts (Concurrent Collaborative Learning Environment Supported by Awareness), a proposed module of Sharlok (Sharing, Linking and Looking-for Knowledge), an open-ended and collaborative learning environment that integrates a knowledge building tool with a collaborative interface tool. Coconuts was developed in order to…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Computer Mediated Communication
Mortera-Gutierrez, Fernando J. – 2003
For more than 5 years, Mexico's El Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterey (ITESM) has offered distance education programs in addition to traditional face-to-face programs. ITESM has recently begun migrating to new e-learning platforms (Blackboard and Web Tec) that are more user-friendly and flexible than its previous e-platform…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication
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Van Petegem, Peter; De Loght, Toby; Shortridge, Ann M. – E-Journal of Instructional Science and Technology, 2004
For centuries traditional university education has primarily focused on building foundational skills in particular disciplines via the transfer of knowledge from instructor to student. Today however, simply being able to reproduce knowledge is no longer adequate; students must also be able to apply their knowledge to changing, real world contexts.…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Policy