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Ugur-Erdogmus, Feray; Çakir, Recep – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine a gamified mobile application's effect on students' achievement, and whether the player types of the students predicted their achievement scores. A "pretest-posttest control group design" research was conducted with 65 undergraduate students taking a compulsory online course. In the study, a…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Oriented Programs, History Instruction
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Olasina, Gbolahan; Kheswa, Siyanda – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2021
There is an exponential increase of apprehension in the uptake, affordances and the excessive use of smartphones by multiple categories of users and the impact on the society. The research evaluates excessive use within a user community in a developing country landscape. It is estimated that many young people spend too much time on their phones…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Santos, Ieda M.; Bocheco, Otávio; Habak, Claudine – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
This study explored student and instructor perceptions of personal mobile device usage and policies for appropriate practices in the classroom at a Brazilian higher education institution. The study also explored significant differences in perceptions, and relationships between perceptions and demographic data. A total of 176 undergraduates and 13…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, College Faculty
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Gowin, Mary; Cheney, Marshall; Gwin, Shannon; Wann, Taylor Franklin – American Journal of Health Education, 2015
Background: College students experience weight gain that can contribute to serious health issues. Health education efforts with college students are increasingly utilizing new technologies. Smartphone applications (apps) in particular are growing in popularity and use in all young adults. Purpose: Formative research was conducted to describe how…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, College Students, Qualitative Research, Health Promotion
Greene, Bernard; Meek, Anne – 1998
A national survey of distance education courses offered by higher education institutions identified the incidence of distance education courses delivered to remote (off-campus) locations through audio, video, or computer technologies. The study found that a third of institutions offered distance education courses, another quarter planned to offer…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Computer Oriented Programs, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Impellitteri, Joseph T.; Finch, Curtis R. – 1971
An integrated framework for individualized instruction in vocational and technical education could consist of five components, including the student, teacher, environment, instructional content, and mediation. In this review, research and development materials identified through a computer search of materials in the Educational Resources…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Development, Educational Improvement
Seattle Public Schools, WA. Task Force on Continuous Progress Education. – 1968
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A PROPOSED CONTINUOUS PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL CENTER WITH AN EXPECTED ENROLLMENT OF ABOUT 3,500 RACIALLY MIXED PUPILS AT ALL GRADE LEVELS. (A PRESCHOOL GROUP MAY BE ADDED, THUS RAISING THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT.) NO MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS WILL BE NONWHITE AND NO SINGLE MINORITY GROUP (NEGRO, ORIENTAL, FILIPINO, OR…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Schools, Computer Oriented Programs, Continuous Progress Plan
Stoller, Fredericka L. – Journal of Intensive English Studies, 1992
A survey of 43 intensive English-as-a-Second-Language programs in higher education institutions resulted in a scheme for classifying innovative policies and practices in these categories: curriculum development; personnel; technology; policy and planning; community and campus liaison; faculty development; student placement and evaluation;…
Descriptors: Classification, College Faculty, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Design