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Ashton, Helen; Wood, Christine – European Educational Research Journal, 2006
This article describes a recent collaborative project (PASS-IT) which investigated the use of online assessment in secondary education in Scotland. The aim of PASS-IT was to explore the potential of formative and summative assessment in secondary education, and to build on previous research into the applicability and validity of online…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Research and Development, Computer Managed Instruction
Morag, Azriel – 1999
Libraries faced with the challenge of cooperative cataloging must maintain a high degree of unification within the library network (consortium) without compromising local libraries' independence. This paper compares a traditional model for cooperative catalogs achieved by means of a Union Catalog that depends entirely on replication of data…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer System Design
Vieville, Claude; Hoogstoel, Frederic – 1997
This paper describes a communication system accessible by a World Wide Web browser. The main advantage of this system is to encourage a collaborative way of learning using asynchronous communication channels. The conversation is strongly structured by the system itself which helps the users to coordinate their actions, playing their respective…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design, Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Programs
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Kensing, Finn; Simonsen, Jesper; Bodker, Keld – Human-Computer Interaction, 1998
Presents a conceptual framework and a coherent method for information-technology design in an organizational context within the participatory-design tradition. The MUST method, developed through projects in Danish and American organizations, is based on thorough participation with users and managers and combines the use of ethnographic techniques…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Cooperative Programs, Designers, Ethnography
McAuley, Alexander – TECHNOS, 1998
Describes how a teacher and a distance-learning consultant collaborate in using the Internet and Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environment (CISILE) to connect multicultural students on the harsh Baffin Island (Canada). Discusses the creation of the class's database and future implications. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Consultants
Arias, Armando A., Jr. – 1997
This paper discusses an innovative paradigm for looking at computer mediated/networked teaching, learning, and research known as BESTNET (Binational English and Spanish Telecommunications Network). BESTNET is functionally defined as an international community of universities and institutions linked by common educational goals and processes,…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Cooperative Programs
Seufert, Sabine; Seufert, Andreas – 1998
Confronted with the pressure of a rapidly changing environment, organizations demand new skills and capabilities of future managers. These demands and the findings of learning theory necessitate a corresponding change in education of tomorrow's managers. Future management education requires a balance between the imparting of knowledge to the…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
Rodriguez, Blanca; Perez, Maria Angeles; Verdu, Maria Jesus; Navazo, Maria Agustina; Lopez, Ricardo; Mompo, Rafael; Garcia, Joaquin – 1998
Lifelong learning is becoming a necessity in the new Information Society where everyone, particularly small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), must keep up with new technologies. Education and training are of the most importance in this updating. An interdisciplinary and inter-university work group called "Canalejas" (Spain) has…
Descriptors: Business, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Software Development