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Soares, Andrey; Martin, Nancy L. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2015
This paper reports the results of a survey with 40 students enrolled in an Android Application Development course offered during the spring semester of 2013 and 2014. The course used App Inventor to build the apps and required students to have an introduction to programming course as a prerequisite. The survey asked for demographic information and…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Programming, Advanced Courses
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Çakýroðlu, Ünal – South African Journal of Education, 2014
This study assesses the quality of distance learning (DL) in higher education assessed by considering the Seven Principles of Good Practice (SPGP). The participants were 77 second-year students from the Computer and Instructional Technologies Program (CEIT) of a Faculty of Education in Turkey. A questionnaire was developed in line with the SPGP…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Virtual Classrooms, Foreign Countries, Distance Education
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Fotaris, Panagiotis; Mastoras, Theodoros; Leinfellner, Richard; Rosunally, Yasmine – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2016
Conventional taught learning practices often experience difficulties in keeping students motivated and engaged. Video games, however, are very successful at sustaining high levels of motivation and engagement through a set of tasks for hours without apparent loss of focus. In addition, gamers solve complex problems within a gaming environment…
Descriptors: Programming, Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement, Incentives
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Ozsevgec, Tuncay – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2011
This paper reports on an investigation into the sophomore and senior preservice teachers' computer literacy in different teacher training programs and to determine relationship between grades and the teacher training programs in terms of their computer literacy. The study used case study research methodology, and the sample consisted of 276…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Research Methodology, Computers, Literacy
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Clark, Kevin; Sheridan, Kimberly – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2010
The findings from an after-school program entitled Game Design through Mentoring and Collaboration (GDMC) funded by the National Science Foundation's Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program. A total of 139 middle and high schools students in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area to learn the basics of…
Descriptors: Mentors, After School Programs, Cooperation, Programming
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers