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Edwards, Katherine I.; Fernandez, Eugenia; Milionis, Tracey M.; Williamson, David M. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2002
Describes the purpose, development, analysis, prototyping, and features of the Electronic Assessment and Storage Tool (EAST). The Web-based system aids curriculum assessment at Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis through the ability to easily store artifacts in electronic form, support…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Electronic Text
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Chou, Chien – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2002
Discusses use of the Delphi technique and describes the development of an electronic version, called e-Delphi, in which questionnaire construction and communication with panel members was accomplished using the Web. Explains system function and interface and discusses evaluation of the e-Delphi system. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Mediated Communication, Delphi Technique, Educational Research
School Planning & Management, 2002
Explores the use of technology in the classroom, including learner-controlled, interactive learning supported by online systems, and design issues raised by the use of rapidly changing technology. (EV)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Facilities Design, Learner Controlled Instruction, Online Systems
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Drucker, Harris; Shahrary, Behzad; Gibbon, David C. – Information Processing & Management, 2002
Compares support vector machines (SVMs) to Rocchio, Ide regular and Ide dec-hi algorithms in information retrieval (IR) of text documents using relevancy feedback. If the preliminary search is so poor that one has to search through many documents to find at least one relevant document, then SVM is preferred. Includes nine tables. (Contains 24…
Descriptors: Databases, Document Delivery, Feedback, Information Retrieval
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Jones, Arthur P. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1993
This experiment (83 undergraduates) used an interactive videodisc (IVD) lesson, "Cardiac Output: A Live Animal Physiology Laboratory," to measure the effects of notetaking on achievement and instructional time. Compared the efficacy of subjects' notes with matrix notes as review materials for IVD. Results indicated IVD was more effective…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Information Technology, Instructional Materials
Christensen, Deborah – School Library Journal, 1999
Provides a basic definition of metadata, including the usefulness of metatags for online information retrieval and documentation. Defines the elements of the Dublin Core, the next level of metadata. Discusses how librarians can take advantage of metadata. Describes the Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) Project whose goal is to use metadata to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Educational Resources, Information Retrieval
Pritchard, Eileen E. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Discusses how to make the best choices for converting journals retrospectively to digital and online format. Results indicated that differences exist between the two disciplines examined--ecology and biochemistry--in the ages of literature used. Discusses possible screening methods before doing an extensive citation analysis of a discipline's…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Citation Analysis, Ecology, Electronic Journals
Milstead, Jessica; Feldman, Susan – Online, 1999
Defines metadata, noting that standard bibliographic information, summaries, indexing terms, and abstracts are all surrogates for original material, hence metadata. Discusses the need for metadata; creating metadata; search engines and how metadata affects searching; abstracts; and future possibilities. (AEF)
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliometrics, Cataloging, Indexes
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Hoffman, Donna L.; Novak, Thomas P.; Peralta, Marcos A. – Information Society, 1999
Suggests that the primary barrier to successful commercial development of the Web is lack of consumer trust in the medium. Examines how customer concerns are affecting growth and development of consumeroriented commercial activity on the Web and investigates the implications of these concerns for potential industry response. Suggests that radical…
Descriptors: Business, Computer Mediated Communication, Consumer Economics, Internet
Cushing, B. E. – Journal of Instruction Delivery Systems, 1998
Discusses the need for adult learners in online environments to be able to critically evaluate Internet resources. Highlights include differences and similarities between Internet resources and library information sources, adapting traditional evaluation techniques to Internet information resources, printing documents found online, and determining…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Environment, Evaluation Methods
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Molyneux, Robert E.; Williams, Robert V. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1999
Examines the literature that measures characteristics of the Internet. Discusses: conclusions about the Internet measurement literature; definition of the Internet from a technical standpoint; history of Internet measurement; nature of the Internet data environment; Internet technical characteristics; information measurement and the Internet;…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Information Science, Internet
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Sherrard, J.; Ozanne-Smith, J.; Staines, C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2004
Recent research evidence shows that people with intellectual disability (ID) have double the unintentional injury risk of the general population and the risk is further increased in the presence of psychopathology and epilepsy. The pattern of injury and the circumstances surrounding an injury event in those with ID have some similarity with that…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Prevention, Online Systems, Public Health
Library Journal, 2005
Their personalities and backgrounds are very different, but James R. Jacobs and Shinjoung Yeo are passionate about the same causes: librarianship, open government, and empowerment through information. They balance each other. Yeo is focused, realistic, critical, and an excellent researcher. Her superhero alter ego is Wet Blanket Woman, able to…
Descriptors: Librarians, Online Systems, Reference Services, Web Sites
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Pomerantz, Jeffrey – Library Quarterly, 2004
This article describes a think-aloud study conducted to identify factors that influence the decisions made by digital reference "triagers" when performing triage on questions received by digital reference services. This study follows and expands on a Delphi study that identified factors that triagers agreed on after the fact of their performance…
Descriptors: Reference Services, Library Services, Online Systems, Needs Assessment
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Szekely, Anna; Jacobsen, Thomas; D'Amico, Simona; Devescovi, Antonella; Andonoa, Elena; Herron, Daniel; Lu, Ching Ching; Pechmann, Thomas; Pleh, Csaba; Wicha, Nicole; Federmeier, Kara; Gerdjikova, Irina; Gutierrez, Gabriel; Hung, Daisy, Hsu, Jeanne; Iyer, Gowri; Kohnert, Kathryn; Mehotcheva, Teodora; Orozco-Figueroa, Araceli; Tzeng, Angela; Tzeng, Ovid; Arevalo, Analia; Vargha, Andras; Butler, Andrew C.; Buffington, Robert; Bates, Elizabeth – Journal of Memory and Language, 2004
Picture naming is a widely used technique in psycholinguistic studies. Here, we describe new on-line resources that our project has compiled and made available to researchers on the world wide web at http://crl.ucsd.edu/~aszekely/ipnp/. The website provides access to a wide range of picture stimuli and related norms in seven languages. Picture…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Familiarity, Norms, Language Acquisition
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