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Mendes, Antonio Jose; Mendes, Teresa – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1996
Describes an integrated authoring environment, AIDA ("Ambiente Integrado de Desenvolvimento de Aplicacoes educacionais"), that was developed at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) for educational software. Highlights include the design module, a prototyping tool that allows for multimedia, simulations, and modularity; execution module;…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Development
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Harding, R. D.; And Others – Computers & Education, 1996
Describes Mathwise, a courseware delivery environment developed by the United Kingdom Mathematics Courseware Consortium, whose Courseware Manager provides a protocol for integrating courseware materials from a variety of authors using a variety of software authoring tools. Modules, leaflets and cross-referencing, comparisons with other hypertext…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development
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Chan, Tak-Wai – Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 1996
Describes the development of learning companion systems and their contributions to the class of social learning systems that integrate artificial intelligence agents and use machine learning to tutor and interact with students. Outlines initial social learning projects, their programming languages, and weakness. Future improvements will include…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Futures (of Society), Global Education
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Beneteau, David P.; And Others – Italica, 1995
Describes the origin and reason for a survey conducted by questionnaire of pedagogical software use in Italian as a foreign language; analyzes each of the aspects surveyed; and ends with an overview of the current situation, including suggestions for the future. Describes projects respondents have developed or are developing. Findings reveal that…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Software
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Bangs, Paul – International Journal of English Studies, 2002
Discusses two easy-to-use authoring systems--"Potatoes" and "MALTED"--for designing Web-based language instruction. Provides a check list of advice for would-be authors of language learning programs. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Check Lists, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Wulfekuhle, Nicholas – T.H.E. Journal, 1994
Provides a framework for selecting a hypermedia authoring system for use in developing interactive computer-based training (CBT). Criteria for analyzing three major functions are explained: learner control, including user friendliness, and online help; information presentation, including the ability to add audio and visual elements; and source…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development
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Orr, Kay L.; And Others – Journal of Interactive Instruction Development, 1994
Discusses procedures for storyboard development and provides guidelines for designing interactive multimedia courseware, including interactivity, learner control, feedback, visual elements, motion video, graphics/animation, text, audio, and programming. A topical bibliography that lists 98 items is included. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Software Development, Feedback, Guidelines
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Mann, Bruce L. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1995
Describes a study that was conducted to determine how temporal sound affected students' attention to critical information from a computer interface. Design issues are addressed, including modality, verbal information, constructivism, authoring software, expressiveness, and gender; and results are discussed that indicate temporal sound may help…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Attention Control, Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction
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Gussin, Lawrence – CD-ROM Professional, 1994
Reports on themes emphasized at the April 1994 Computer Game Developers Conference held in Santa Clara (California), including the exploding CD-ROM marketplace and the potential and challenge of using CD-ROM's multimedia capacity to build cinema-quality stories and characters into computer games. Strategies for introducing more complex plots are…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Business, Computer Games, Computer Software Development
Misiewicz, Joseph; Sidorowicz, Alexander E. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1994
This article discusses how university faculty can cooperate with public broadcasting agencies (radio and television) to provide public media exposure to arts performances and activities. It describes specific successful programs at Ball State University (Indiana). (JB)
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, College Faculty, Cooperation, Departments
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Reed, W. Michael; And Others – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1995
Describes a study to determine whether attitudes toward hypermedia were changed in prospective and practicing teachers as a result of enrollment in a hypermedia in education class. Results indicate that an enriched unit of instruction on hypermedia can affect students' varying attitudes toward hypermedia. (Author/JKP)
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Software
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Skill, Thomas; Robinson, James D. – Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 1994
Describes a study that analyzed television series programs from 1950-89 featuring families to identify racial/ethnic composition, number of children, head of household, marital status, and family configuration and to compare television family characteristics with real families based on census figures. (16 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Family Characteristics, Family Size
Milbrandt, George – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1995
Computer studies courses should incorporate as many computer concepts and programming language experiences as possible. A gradual increase in problem difficulty will help the student to understand various computer concepts, and the programming language's syntax and structure. A sidebar provides two examples of how to establish a learning…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Software Development, Concept Teaching, Courses
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Selva, Marta; Sola, Anna – Educational Media International, 1995
Examines television news programs as media for discovering diversity. Discusses television as a means of information and communication, its role in the creation of public opinion, its inability to permit understanding, and the need for empirical research to assess its influence on cognitive processes. (AEF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Pluralism, Educational Development
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Yelland, Nicola – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Explored the performance of primary school children in Logo programming tasks while they worked in one of three gender pairs (girl, boy, or boy-girl). Found no considerable differences in performance based on gender. Results suggest that what distinguished performance was the application of metastrategic processes--the most effective solutions…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning
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