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Nicholes, Justin – TESL-EJ, 2016
This classroom quasi-experiment aimed to learn if and to what degree supplementing classroom instruction with Rosetta Stone (RS), Tell Me More (TMM), Memrise (MEM), or ESL WOW (WOW) impacted high-stakes English test performance in areas of university-level writing, reading, speaking, listening, and grammar. Seventy-eight (N = 78) Chinese learners…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Courseware
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Churchill, Daniel; Wang, Tianchong – Educational Media International, 2014
Mobile devices (e.g. iPads or galaxy tab) are increasingly being used in educational contexts. There has been growing investment in higher education institutions in Hong Kong by the HKSAR Education Bureau in relation to educational uses of mobile technology. However, current research into educational applications of this technology is limited.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Qualitative Research
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Tsai, Shu-Chiao – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
This study reports on integrating courseware for participating in international trade fairs into English for specific purposes (ESP) instruction at a technical university in Taiwan. An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) approach combining courseware integration with Task Based Learning (TBL), was adopted. Evaluation of implementing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Teaching Methods, Control Groups, Courseware
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Tsai, Shu-Chiao – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
This study reports on integrating ESP (English for specific purposes) multimedia courseware for semiconductor technology into instruction of three different language programs in higher education by using it as a silent partner. It focuses primarily on techniques and tools to motivate retention of under-prepared students in an EFL setting. The…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Technical Education, Foreign Countries
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Yang, Hui-Chi; Sun, Yu-Chih – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2013
OpenCourseWare (OCW) has received increasing attention over the past few years in higher education. These courses provide appealing opportunities to view classes taught in well-established universities worldwide. The current study aims to examine how OCW lectures can serve as authentic learning materials to facilitate vocabulary acquisition for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Verbal Stimuli, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning
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Pullen, Darren – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2013
The past century has seen spectacular gains in the breadth and depth of medical knowledge, but the potential of these gains has been hampered by a slow system of disseminating knowledge. Over the course of medical education numerous technologies and methods have been used to deliver continuing medical education (CME) to health care professionals…
Descriptors: Internet, Web Based Instruction, Database Management Systems, Instructional Design
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McWeeney, Mark G. – Research Strategies, 1992
Describes a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program used to teach DOS commands. Pretest and posttest results for 65 graduate students using the program are reported, and it is concluded that the CAI program significantly aided the students. Sample screen displays for the program and several questions from the pre/posttest are included. (nine…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Courseware, Higher Education
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Vogler, Conrad; And Others – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1991
Describes a study of students at Buffalo State College that was conducted to compare achievement results between a class taught with computer-assisted instruction (CAI) and one taught without CAI. Computer attitudes are examined, sex differences are discussed, and pretest and posttest scores are analyzed. (17 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
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Hsu, Jing-Fong J.; And Others – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1993
Discusses computer-based learning environments and presents results of empirical research on ESL (English-as-a-Second-Language) college students' work within a learning environment designed to help with elements of grammar. Topics addressed include illocutionary versus nonillocutionary natural language learning environments and correlations…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation, Courseware
Plomp, Tjeerd; And Others – 1990
An evaluation of the Mathematics and Computer Assisted Remedial Teaching (MASCART) project in the Pre-Entry Science Course (PESC) at the University of Botswana focused on two questions: (1) Considering the conditions for successful implementation highlighted in the literature, has the implementation of computers in the PESC department been such…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Diffusion (Communication)
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Shih, Yu-Fen; Alessi, Stephen M. – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1996
Analyzes the relative advantages of using text versus voice to convey verbal information in multimedia courseware and reports results of a study of undergraduates that investigated the effects of presentation method on learning and student preferences. Topics include realism, dual modality, controllability, content characteristics, learner…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Higher Education, Learning Processes
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Kelly, Anthony E. – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 1993
Describes the design and exploratory use of an interactive hypertext program, SKEIM (Shell for Knowledge Engineering, Instruction, and Measurement), that was developed to record university students' review strategies of a set of lecture notes. Topics discussed include domain experts; navigation; text display guidelines; and the relationship of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware
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Lambert, Matthew E.; Lenthall, Gerard – Computers in Human Behavior, 1989
Describes study that examined the relationship between computer anxiety and the use of psychology courseware in an undergraduate abnormal psychology class using four computerized case simulations. Comparisons of pretest and posttest computer anxiety measures are described, and the relationship between computer anxiety/attitudes and computer use is…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Nelson, Gary D. – 1984
The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the contributions of computerized health risk appraisal when used as a supplement to the traditional methods of health instruction. Subjects were a convenience sample of 26 students enrolled in a university level, personal health course. Using a one group pretest posttest design, these subjects were…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
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Kozma, Robert B. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1994
This response to a previously published article on the replaceability of media and instructional methods focuses on a study that uses a chemistry multimedia software package to examine cognitive processes in which learners interact with instructional designs and use media and methods to construct understanding. (nine references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Educational Media
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