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Vásquez-Carbonell, Mauricio – Digital Education Review, 2022
Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that has benefited from the massification of computational devices, putting it in the focus of researchers as a novel teaching aid in engineering. For this very reason, a great amount of information about AR in engineering education is emerging constantly. To synthesize the information, a Systematic…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Simulation, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering Education
Rooze, Gene E. – 1986
The database management system or computerized database is an important tool for teaching thinking in the social studies. But what the teacher does to teach the student about databases, to use prepared databases, to organize their data, to direct their research, and to draw conclusions using this teaching device is just as important. The Direct…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Databases
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Likic, Vladimir A. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2006
This article describes the experience of teaching structural bioinformatics to third year undergraduate students in a subject titled "Biomolecular Structure and Bioinformatics." Students were introduced to computer programming and used this knowledge in a practical application as an alternative to the well established Internet bioinformatics…
Descriptors: Computers, Undergraduate Students, Internet, Programming
Rooze, Gene E. – 1987
The goal of this paper is to examine some erroneous ideas about teaching thinking skills and the use of computer tools, especially databases. The paper reviews: (1) the importance of databases to the teaching of social studies; (2) the teacher's role in aiding students to develop and use databases; (3) the reintroduction of effective teaching…
Descriptors: Computers, Concept Teaching, Critical Thinking, Databases
Labbett, Beverley – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1978
Two aspects of Suffolk's Local History Classroom Project are outlined: (1) some procedures used for the construction and use of case study and (2) possible roles for computerized banks of standardized historical data. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computers, Databases, History Instruction
White, William W., Ed. – 1978
The proceedings of this conference, which examined the relationship between mathematical programming and the computer, contains the texts of most of the 50 papers presented and a summary of one discussion panel addressing such facets of this theme as the design for, use of, implementation of, and implications for mathematical programming software…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Computers
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Riggs, Howard N. – History and Social Science Teacher, 1990
Maintains that the use of a microcomputer data base is useful for developing integrative learning activities with social studies as the core. Defines a data base and recommends ways to help children create and use one, giving an example of a data base project. Reviews appropriate software programs and outlines various levels of activity…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software
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Burton, Orville Vernon; Finnegan, Terrence – International Journal of Social Education, 1990
Contends that the proliferation of historical data has made knowledge of quantitative techniques and computers essential for the historian. Evaluates various database, statistical, and graphing packages available to scholars. Discusses implementing such technology in the teaching of history courses. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Databases
Stennett, R. G. – 1985
This review of the literature on computer assisted instruction (CAI) focuses on the use of CAI with grades K-13, and specifically assesses the relative merits of traditional instruction and CAI in promoting student achievement. Also assessed are the applications of CAI in the area of special education. Three types of reviews are used exclusively:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers
Moore, Mary Ann – 1988
The growth in computing power available to institutional researchers today is more than matched by the increase in the demand for information. A significant part of this demand involves minor variations of a few routine questions. Nearly all administrators from the vice president to the department chairman want information about "their"…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Computer Networks, Computers
White, Bonnie Roe, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This handbook contains computer-related, classroom-tested ideas that were contributed by business education teachers and administrators to fuse computer information into computer and noncomputer courses. An alphabetical listing of contributors identifies the category/categories in which their enrichment idea can be found. The contributions are…
Descriptors: Accounting, Basic Skills, Bookkeeping, Business Communication
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2006
For the twenty-ninth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the National AECT Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Educational Technology, Educational Games, Computers
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