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Prates, Jorge Marques; Melo, Silvana Morita; Valle, Pedro Henrique Dias; Garcia, Rogério Eduardo; Maldonado, José Carlos – Informatics in Education, 2023
Nowadays, SPOCs (Small Private Online Courses) have been used as complementary methods to support classroom teaching. SPOCs are courses that apply the usage of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), combining classroom with online education, making them an exciting alternative for contexts such as emergency remote teaching. Although SPOCs have been…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Science Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Aleahmad, Turadig – ProQuest LLC, 2012
A key challenge of the learning sciences is moving research results into practice. Educators on the front lines perceive little value in the outputs of education research and demand more "usable knowledge". This work explores the potential instead of usable artifacts to translate knowledge into practice, adding scientists as stakeholders…
Descriptors: College Students, Study Habits, Ethnography, Time Management
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Rubin-Vaughan, Alice; Pepler, Debra; Brown, Steven; Craig, Wendy – Computers & Education, 2011
Everyday many students face bullying situations that they are ill equipped to manage. E-learning has recently emerged as a potentially effective tool in teaching children social skills, in addition to academic subject matter. Quest for the Golden Rule is one of the first bullying prevention e-learning programs available, designed by the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Bullying, Prevention, Quality Control
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Shimic, Goran; Jevremovic, Aleksandar – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a student-centered instructional strategy in which students solve problems and reflect on their experiences. Different domains need different approaches in the design of PBL systems. Therefore, we present one case study in this article: A Java Programming PBL. The application is developed as an additional module for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, Informal Education, Problem Based Learning
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Sackmary, Benjamin; Scalia, Lynne M. – Business Communication Quarterly, 1996
Finds that student Groupware users are generally satisfied with member contributions and group output but are less satisfied with software-supported, decision-making processes. Suggests that Groupware is a powerful communication tool for support of work groups but that it may not in itself solve the basic problems of getting people to work…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software Evaluation, Cooperative Learning
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McManus, Margaret M.; Aiken, Robert M. – Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 1995
Undergraduate students used an intelligent collaborative learning system with the Jigsaw method of cooperative learning, and were monitored by the group leader as they developed algorithmic projects. The system components and operation are described. Students thought that the system, although slow, was easy to use and useful for collaborative…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education
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Nirmalakhandan, N. – Computers & Education, 2007
Recent research studies have reported on how novices and experts differ in storing, organizing, and retrieving subject matter knowledge and on how they apply their knowledge to solve new problems. These findings have been integrated and implemented in a computer environment to help novices improve their problem-solving skills. An outline of this…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Student Attitudes
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Ip, Barry; Cavanna, Annlouise; Corbett, Beverley – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2005
This paper examines the recent development of a computer-assisted learning program--in Practice--at the School of Health Science, in the University of Wales Swansea. The project, which began in 2001, was developed in close collaboration with The Meningitis Trust, the aim being to produce a software package to increase nursing students' knowledge…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Program Implementation
Rowe, Helga A. H.; And Others – 1993
This book is about learning and teaching with personal computers. It is aimed at teachers, student teachers, those responsible for pre-service and in-service teacher training, school administrators, and parents. The book is arranged in four sections. Part I includes two chapters providing a theoretical framework for learning and teaching with…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation