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Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ., Indianapolis. – 2001
This CD-ROM is an educational CD-ROM aimed at classroom audiences in 5th grade and above. Using QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR), the Boreal Virtual Forest is designed so that students are able to see views from inside the central hardwood forest and look up or down or spin around 360 degrees. The program allows students to become familiar with…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Forestry, Instructional Materials
Van Melle, Elaine; Tomalty, Lewis – Microbiology Education, 2000
Describes how computer technology, specifically the use of a multimedia CD-ROM, was integrated into a microbiology curriculum as part of the transition from focusing on facts to fostering learning for understanding. (Contains 30 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Higher Education, Learning
2000
Partners in Science students, aided by community professionals, learn science by designing and conducting their own research. Partners in Science brings the community and schools closer together through a mentorship program. Scientists, in fields ranging from wildlife biology to space physics, are in frequent contact with classes and home-schooled…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Rodrigues, Susan; Smith, Alistair; Ainley, Mary – Australian Science Teachers' Journal, 2001
Reports on a pilot study investigating 22 11-13 year old students' preferences for and interests in using animation and video when viewing examples of melting, boiling, and dissolving. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Animation, Chemistry, Computer Uses in Education, Multimedia Instruction
Peer reviewedO'Bannon, Blanche – Computers in the Schools, 1997
Discussion of learning processes examines past educational practices and considers how CD-ROM technology can impact teaching and learning. A lesson plan for elementary school science that uses a CD-ROM encyclopedia is presented that includes instructional goals, performance objectives, teaching and learning activities, and assessment methods.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Planning, Educational Technology
Download full textKelsey, Ryan – 2001
This paper presents the results of three years of development and evaluation of a CD-ROM/Web hybrid simulation known as Brownfield Action for an introductory environmental science course at an independent college for women in the northeastern United States. Brownfield Action is a simulation that provides a learning environment for developing the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation
