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Ferrando, Pere J.; Masip-Cabrera, Antoni; Navarro-González, David; Lorenzo-Seva, Urbano – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2017
The Psychometric Toolbox (PT) is a user-friendly, non-commercial package mainly intended to be used for instructional purposes in introductory courses of educational and psychological measurement, psychometrics and statistics. The PT package is organized in six separate modules or sub-programs: Data preprocessor (descriptive analyses and data…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Courseware, Instructional Materials, Learning Modules
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Ellington, Henry – Simulation & Gaming, 2012
In this invited autobiography, the author describes the impact that educational gaming and simulation has had on his professional career. He begins by reviewing his early life and education in Aberdeen and his subsequent work as a research scientist, schoolteacher, and physics lecturer. He then shows how he changed disciplines from physics to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Games, Systems Approach, Autobiographies
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Liu, S.; Tang, J.; Deng, C.; Li, X.-F.; Gaudiot, J.-L. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
Java Virtual Machine (JVM) education has become essential in training embedded software engineers as well as virtual machine researchers and practitioners. However, due to the lack of suitable instructional tools, it is difficult for students to obtain any kind of hands-on experience and to attain any deep understanding of JVM design. To address…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Courseware, Computer System Design, Science Course Improvement Projects
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Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; Paskevicius, Michael – Distance Education, 2012
Like many universities worldwide, the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa has joined the open educational resources (OER) movement, making a selection of teaching and learning materials available through its OER directory, UCT OpenContent. However, persuading and then supporting busy academics to share their teaching materials as OER…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Resources, Graduate Students, Student Role
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McCarthy, John; Moore, R. A. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
The present paper focuses on the application of a structured template, maximum impact flow (MIF), in order to encourage young students in the area of optics and optical engineering. MIF introduces a template in terms of individual steps and linked functionality and is shown to fuse separate learning tools together into a cohesive unit.…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Optics, Engineering, Engineering Technology
Dalgish, Gerard M. – 1984
This review focuses on microcomputer software designed to improve the writing skills of students of English as a Second Language (ESL) at the college level. It presents a case for the use of computers in teaching ESL, provides guidelines and suggestions for evaluating or creating software and programs, and reviews representative software,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria
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de Villiers, M. R. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1998
Reviews current directions and developments in cognitive theory and instructional design, highlighting cognitive science, constructivism, component-based instruction, customization, and creativity. In a practical implementation, a computerized interactive learning environment which has been developed for university freshmen in theoretical computer…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education
Smith, P. R. – 1983
The Computer Assisted Teaching Unit (CATU) was instituted at Queen Mary College in 1973 to provide aid to the Faculty of Engineering in developing and implementing computer-based learning procedures to support the undergraduate teaching program. Earlier computer programs had simulated electrical and nuclear systems to give students the opportunity…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Simulation, Courseware
Van Elsen, Edwig; And Others – 1990
The development of a Computer Assisted Language Learning for Information Organization and Production in Europe (CALLIOPE) program is discussed. CALLIOPE is a program launched by the European Community that is intended to provide computer-based foreign language instruction for the business and industrial environment. Program goals are two-fold: (1)…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware
National Wildlife Federation, Washington, DC. – 1988
The CLASS project is a series of investigations and projects designed by the National Wildlife Federation as supplementary materials for existing junior high school environmental curricula. This notebook contains nine different sections: an introduction, six content areas, a series of case studies, and a resource bibliography. The six content…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Courseware, Energy Education, Environmental Education
Guernsey, Lisa – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999
New computer software for physics, mathematics, computer science, and statistics courses at North Carolina State University and in some high schools allows students to solve problems on the computer, recording every answer submitted to provide faculty with a record of student performance, and providing immediate feedback to students. Computerized…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Science
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Kitao, Kenji – Doshisha Business Review, 1992
Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) has been studied in Japan since about 1963. However, materials for computer-assisted English second language instruction at the college level are not highly developed. A 1985 experiment in CAI at one Japanese university used materials developed by faculty, staff, and students. Instruction using CAI at Doshisha…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Course Organization