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Hart, Ian – Educational Media International, 2003
The "Outsider's Gaze" is a set of three DVDs (Digital Video Discs) for Asian students of Spanish, French, and German. The project employs constructivist principles in the development of language learning materials. This paper discusses insiders (native speakers) and outsiders (language learners), language teaching, theories of learning,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries, French, German
Diepold, Peter, Ed.; Rusch-Feja, Diann, Ed. – 1995
These papers on educational technology were presented in three workshops at the second annual conference of the Society of Information Education (GIB). Discussion includes electronic networks, CD-ROMs, and online databases in education, the quality of educational software, database services and instructional methods, and the use of the Internet in…
Descriptors: Computer Software Selection, Educational Quality, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods
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Parker, Shane – Babel: Australia, 1998
Presents one educator's opinions on the use of computers in foreign-language instruction, as well as in other areas of life in general. He suggests that computers, and particularly CD-ROMs, can be very useful in helping to instruct students, but they are no substitute for one-on-one interactions between students and teachers and should be kept in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Gillies, John – English in Australia, 1999
Describes a CD ROM created by three co-authors which presents a multimedia exposition and comparison of three parallel productions of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by a single director staged sequentially at the Tokyo Globe in 1994. Provides specific suggestions as to how secondary English teachers could use this material.…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, English Instruction, Film Study, Foreign Countries
Plowman, Lydia; Leakey, Alison; Harlen, Wynne – 2000
This document evaluates the second phase of the Science Online Support Network (SOLSN) Project. The SOLSN Project supports primary teachers in professional development, improving standards of science teaching and learning, and improving continuity for students across the elementary and early secondary grades. This report evaluates the project,…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
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Wu, Su; Griffiths, Sylvia; Wisker, Gina; Waller, Sharon; Illes, Katalin – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2001
Reports three activities undertaken with students enrolled in a Master of International Business Studies in Britain and how each contributed to students' success or otherwise: use of a CD-ROM in development of academic English language skills; identification of students' reflections influencing their success as research students; and use of focus…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
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Gardiner, Graham – Babel: Australia, 1998
Discusses computer-assisted language learning for foreign-language teachers, examining the history of educational technology and highlighting CD-ROM for foreign language learning. Looks at various frustrations foreign-language teachers may experience when working with new hardware and software, discusses various types of hardware and software, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Gillis, Angela; Jackson, Winston; Braid, Angus; MacDonald, Patsy; MacQuarrie, Margie Ann – Journal of Distance Education, 2000
Describes women's experiences using print-based and multimedia CD-ROM technology to deliver a nursing course to registered nurses from communities across Nova Scotia enrolled in a distance education BScN program. Outlines six principles to guide the selection and use of media in distance education and recommends the integration of CD-ROM and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Females, Foreign Countries
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Dunning, Peter – Online Review, 1989
Describes methods used to increase the participation of staff and students in their own searching at the European Institute for Business Administration. Areas discussed include the use of CD-ROM and floppy disks as alternatives to online searching, and the development of a prototype expert system to help users move between online and offline…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Business Administration Education, Databases, Expert Systems
Schrire, Sarah – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1997
English as-a-Second-Language teachers can use CD-ROMs to integrate multimedia into their lessons. This paper discusses how teachers can encourage students to use CD-ROM encyclopedias and databases as information sources for class projects, as the basis for defined assignments, as the source of information for subjects within the English syllabus,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Encyclopedias
Chan, Yee Kong Peter – 2000
The purposes of this project are to: (1) develop an ethnographic video case (EVC) CD-ROM of three Chinese teachers teaching the Chinese language in secondary school classrooms in China according to a thinking-skill model developed by Dr. Lin Chongde called "Five Traits of Thinking"; (2) obtain formative data for fixing the improving the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Chinese, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
2000
Three presentations are provided from Symposium 18, Instructional Technology, of the Academy of Human Resource Development (HRD) 2000 Conference Proceedings. "Strategies for Facilitating Interaction When Using Technology-Mediated Training Methods [TMTM]" (Jeffrey S. Lewis, Gary D. Geroy, Orlando Griego) focuses on differences between…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Developing Nations, Distance Education
McKeown, Sally – 1997
This guide, which is intended for British further education staff who work with special needs learners, examines the use of information and learning technology (ILT) to improve special needs learners' literacy. Part 1 discusses how information technology resources originally developed for mainstream programs can make information and learning…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Authoring Aids (Programming)