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Khazaal, Hasan F.; Abbas, Riyadh A.; Abdulridha, Basim M.; Karam, Marc; Aglan, Heshmat – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2014
This article describes the educational efforts invested at Wasit University (WU), in Wasit, Iraq, in order to make WU the first university in that country to implement campus-wide e-learning, which is essential for any country aiming for progress through the essential goal of "Education For All"; e-learning being economic, far-reaching,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Electronic Learning, Engineering
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Beevers, C. E.; And Others – Computers & Education, 1995
Describes an educational experiment at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, Scotland) in which 40% of the mathematics assessment for the students' first year was undertaken by a computer program. Discusses aspects of security, human-computer interface, and educational matters such as partial credit, and presents implications for the future.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Interfaces, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Security
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Beatty, Brian; Ulasewicz, Connie – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
Online teaching and learning has been in transition for its entire existence. The number of courses offered at a distance has grown rapidly. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (Waits & Lewis, 2003), in 2000-2001 more than 56% of four-year colleges and universities in the United States offered distance education degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Distance Education, Computer Managed Instruction
Verdejo, M. F.; Barros, B.; Abad, M. T. – 1998
This paper describes a computer-supported environment designed to facilitate distance learning through collaborative problem-solving. The goal is to encourage distance learning students to work together, in order to promote both learning of collaboration and learning through collaboration. Collaboration is defined as working together on a common…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Computer Managed Instruction
Dooley, Kim E.; Edmundson, Chris; Hobaugh, Carol – 1997
Instructional design is a critical factor in a successful distance education environment. An efficient design analyzes audience and needs, creates learning goals/objectives, develops materials, methods and media for content delivery, and plans for evaluation and feedback. Design implementation requires certain instructional criteria: (1)…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Interfaces, Computer Managed Instruction, Course Evaluation
Mittrach, Silke; Schlageter, Gunter – 1998
The Virtual University is an Internet-based learning environment developed at the University of Hagen (Germany). Complex teaching activities based on new concepts integrating net-based communication and cooperation facilities take place in the Virtual University. Experiences show that there is a threshold, especially for tutors in non-computer…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Computer Managed Instruction