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Kollmeier, Harold H. – 1996
Franklin Pierce College (New Hampshire) has established an information technology (IT) major which combines courses from the computer science, graphic communications, and mass communication disciplines to conform more closely to the reality of technology in the late 1990s. Information technology brings together tools from these disciplines for the…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Science, Core Curriculum
Cardinale, Loretta A. – 1992
This study was conducted to investigate the microcomputer experience of female preservice teachers. A questionnaire developed to evaluate prior computer experiences of teacher education students enrolled in an educational technology and media course was administered during the first week of class. The sample included 40 males and 215 females.…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education
Westhead, Martin D. – 1996
This paper outlines work in progress at the University of Edinburgh on the construction of a small World Wide Web-based interactive learning environment (EPIC) developed for the teaching of high performance computing. The paper begins by outlining work done in cognitive science on how people make use of structure in physical environments. Within…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computer Software Development
Okinaka, Russell – 1991
This study was conducted to investigate five research questions concerning computer teachers: (1) How do male and female computer teachers compare in terms of professional preparation and experience? (2) What are the demographics of computer teachers currently in the classroom? (3) How do computer teachers' perceive their male and female students?…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Demography, Educational Background
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge. – 1991
The Computer Rehabilitation Training Program for the Severely Disabled is a job-oriented training program to prepare physically handicapped persons to become computer programmers and analysts. The program is operated by: a nonprofit organization of Baton Rouge-area business people interested in data processing; the Department of Social Services,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Computer Science Education
1993
A project was conducted to establish criteria for entry- and exit-level competencies in computer technology along with concomitant entry-level job positions and to recommend a modified, updated computer technology curriculum. Information was gathered through employer interviews, discussions with educators, and examinations of exemplary programs…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Computer Science, Course Content
King, Diane – 1994
In an effort to help businesses comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and equal opportunity employment practices, Miami-Dade Community College, in Florida, established the Microcomputer Education for Employment of the Disabled (MEED) Program, training disabled adults for careers as business applications software…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Community Colleges, Computer Science Education
Evaluation and Training Inst., Los Angeles, CA. – 1991
This Vocational Education Resource Package (VERP) was developed to provide materials useful in replicating an exemplary vocational education program for special student populations in the California Community Colleges. This VERP provides information on an intensive computer training program for the physically disabled, originally developed at…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Demonstration Programs
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Coll. of Education. – 1983
This collection consists of 21 papers presented at the July 1983 Annual Summer Conference on "The Computer: Extension of the Human Mind II," in Eugene, Oregon. Six papers were presented at general interest sessions; 15 were from special interest group sessions. The general interest papers include David Ahl's "Keeping Up with Computers in Education…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Stalker, Sylvia – 1983
Women stand to lose a great deal in the information revolution if they fail to master computer technology. Presently they are taking little part in the computer field. In the future, access to jobs, information, and power will depend on computer knowledge and skills. Women will be pushed into lower status jobs or out of jobs altogether,…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Educational Research
Rampy, Leah Moran – 1984
Preliminary research on the distribution and use of computers in public schools indicates the existance of socioeconomic, regional, and sex inequalities. Inequity is found in the ownership of computers by non-Southern schools and by schools serving students from middle and high socioeconomic levels. Within schools owning computers, inequity is…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Differences, Educational Opportunities
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Isman, Aytekin; Dabaj, Fahme; Altinay, Fahriye; Altinay, Zehra – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2003
This research study examined the differences of students' improvements for computer courses while they have get constructivist based teaching-learning process with measuring their attitudes during the period of beginning of the term and end of the term. Today's learning-teaching process becomes technology based and provides students to catch…
Descriptors: Student Development, Constructivism (Learning), Pretests Posttests, Gender Differences
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Armitage, Ursula; Wilson, Stephanie; Sharp, Helen – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2004
Feelings of ownership for learning are an important part of the learning process and should be encouraged in e-Learning environments. This paper presents two experimental studies investigating the effects of navigation aids on ownership for learning with electronic texts. Experimental findings revealed that designers should not assume that…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Electronic Publishing, Navigation (Information Systems), Usability
Stanford, Linda – 1987
This course curriculum is intended for use in an advanced information processing course. It builds on the skills developed in the previous information processing course but goes one step further by requiring students to perform in a simulated office environment and improve their decision-making skills. This volume contains two parts of the…
Descriptors: Automation, Behavioral Objectives, Community Colleges, Computer Science
Stanford, Linda – 1987
This course curriculum is intended for use by community college insructors and administrators in implementing an advanced information processing course. It builds on the skills developed in the previous information processing course but goes one step further by requiring students to perform in a simulated office environment and improve their…
Descriptors: Automation, Behavioral Objectives, Community Colleges, Computer Science
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