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Direct linkAguilera, Earl; Kachorsky, Dani; Gee, Elisabeth; Serafini, Frank – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2016
Research on the nature and impact of book apps or e-reading in general is still limited and informed by diverse assumptions about the nature of these new "texts," the varied forms of engagement and meaning-making associated with them, and their implications for understanding literacy and learning in the digital age. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Courseware, Usability
Hopper, Keith B.; Waugh, Jonathan B. – Educational Technology, 2014
PowerPoint is roundly reviled and ridiculed, yet this technology enjoys universal popularity. This article reviews the criticisms of PowerPoint and its peer technologies, describes its affordances and advantages, and suggests innovative PowerPoint applications in instruction. Beyond garden-variety applications of PowerPoint, it may also be used to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software, Courseware
da Silva, Jose´ Nunes, Jr.; Sousa Lima, Mary Anne; Silva Sousa, Eduardo Henrique; Oliveira Alexandre, Francisco Serra; Melo Leite, Antonio Jose´, Jr. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
This paper presents a piece of educational software covering a comprehensive number of topics of chemical kinetics, which is available free of charge in Portuguese and English. The software was developed to support chemistry educators and students in the teaching-learning process of chemical kinetics by using animations, calculations, and…
Descriptors: Kinetics, Computation, Educational Resources, Teaching Methods
Katsamani, Maria; Retalis, Symeon – Research in Learning Technology, 2013
This paper gives an overview of CADMOS (CoursewAre Development Methodology for Open instructional Systems), a graphical IMS-LD Level A & B compliant learning design (LD) tool, which promotes the concept of "separation of concerns" during the design process, via the creation of two models: the conceptual model, which describes the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Courseware, Instructional Design, Learning Activities
Download full textKangas, Brian D. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2012
"The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within" by Edward Tufte (2006) condemns the software for failing to help users achieve many of the goals of an effective presentation and instead offers a low resolution platform with a deeply hierarchical single-path structure capable of convening a trivial amount of information even over…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Cognitive Style, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation
Minichino, Mario; Berson, Michael J. – SRATE Journal, 2012
This article is an exploration of the available applications for speech to speech real-time translation software for use in the classroom. Three different types of machine language translation (MLT) software and devices are reviewed for their features and practical application in secondary education classrooms.
Descriptors: Translation, Computer Software, Courseware, Computational Linguistics
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
Luik, Piret – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
Most boys and girls interact differently with educational software and have different preferences for the design of educational software. The question is whether the usage of educational software has the same consequences for both genders. This paper investigates the characteristics of drill-and-practice programmes or drills that are efficient for…
Descriptors: Females, Computer Software, Gender Differences, Drills (Practice)
Blount, Yvette; McNeill, Margot – International Journal of Educational Management, 2011
Purpose: As educational technologies are more widely adopted in higher education teaching and learning, publishers often include online resources to accompany their textbook offerings. The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a study forming part of a larger ongoing evaluation of the third party software product WileyPLUS.…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
Santoro, Lana Edwards; Bishop, M. J. – Computers in the Schools, 2010
It seems appropriate, if not necessary, to use empirically supported criteria to evaluate reading software applications. This study's purpose was to develop a research-based evaluation framework and review selected beginning reading software that might be used with struggling beginning readers. Thirty-one products were reviewed according to…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Emergent Literacy, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection
Pear, Joseph J.; Schnerch, Gabriel J.; Silva, Kathleen M.; Svenningsen, Louis; Lambert, Jody – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
In the last two decades, there has been a proliferation of Web-based course-management systems designed to facilitate postsecondary teaching (for example, WebCT, Blackboard, Desire2Learn, Moodle). In general, these systems provide analogs for delivering lectures, holding class discussions, giving quizzes and examinations (typically multiple…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Web Based Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Courseware
Muwanguzi, Samuel; Lin, Lin – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2010
This study examines the usability challenges and emotional reactions of blind college students in their attempts to access online educational materials and to communicate with colleagues through online technologies. A case study approach was adopted. Five students were interviewed regarding their online learning experiences using Blackboard, a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Access to Computers
Brusilovsky, Peter; Yudelson, Michael; Hsiao, I-Han – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2009
The paper analyzes three major problems encountered by our team as we endeavored to turn problem solving examples in the domain of programming into highly reusable educational activities, which could be included as first class objects in various educational digital libraries. It also suggests three specific approaches to resolving these problems,…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Educational Policy, Change Strategies, Formative Evaluation
Salajan, Florin D.; Schonwetter, Dieter J.; Cleghorn, Blaine M. – Computers & Education, 2010
This article analyzes the digital native-digital immigrant dichotomy based on the results of a small-scale study conducted at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry, regarding students' and faculty members' perceptions toward the implementation of digital learning technologies in the curriculum. The first element chosen for measurement…
Descriptors: Dentistry, Educational Technology, Access to Computers, Access to Information
Christie, M.; Garrote Jurado, R. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2009
In this article, the authors report on a study that was carried out at the University College of Boras. Teachers using an online learning platform (WebCT) were surveyed to see to what extent they made use of the various features available to them on the learning platform. The extent to which teachers employed all the features was low. The article…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses, Barriers
