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Moersch, Christopher – Computing Teacher, 1995
Discusses the importance of accurate graphic presentation and describes graphs available on "LabQuest" computer software. Highlights include graphing conventions; prerequisites for computer graphing; bar graphs; pie graphs; stacked bar graphs; line graphs; x/y graphs; scatter graphs; box plots; stem and leaf graphs; best fit graphs; and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Courseware, Graphs
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Payne, Darin – College English, 2005
The virtual pedagogical space that is a home to ten thousands of English courses in the United States and abroad and is referred to the software application called Blackboard is discussed. The ways in which Blackboard as a socially produced and producing space undermined many of the currently professed goal of English studies is illustrated.
Descriptors: Courseware, English Instruction, Space Classification, Virtual Classrooms
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Nadolski, Rob J.; Hummel, Hans G. K.; van den Brink, Henk J.; Hoefakker, Ruud E.; Slootmaker, Aad; Kurvers, Hub J.; Storm, Jeroen – Simulation & Gaming, 2008
Societal changes demand educators to apply new pedagogical approaches. Many educational stakeholders feel that serious games could play a key role in fulfilling this demand, and they lick their chops when looking at the booming industry of leisure games. However, current toolkits for developing leisure games show severe shortcomings when applied…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Games, Learning Modules, Courseware
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Gouli, Evangelia; Gogoulou, Agoritsa; Grigoriadou, Maria – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2008
Self-, peer-, and collaborative-assessment aim at integrating learning and assessment and promoting the active engagement of learners in the assessment process. This article presents a web-based environment, referred to as PECASSE, which supports these assessment methods. In addition to the basic functions of uploading learners'…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware
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Masters, Jessica; Madhyastha, Tara; Shakouri, Ali – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2008
ExplaNet is a web-based, anonymous, asynchronous explanation-sharing network. Instructors post questions to the network and students submit explanatory answers. Students then view and rank the explanations submitted by their peers before optionally resubmitting a final and revised answer. Three classroom evaluations of ExplaNet showed that by…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Use Studies, Instructional Effectiveness
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Soh, Leen-Kiat; Fowler, David; Zygielbaum, Art I. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2008
Affinity Learning is a system that allows the user to build a lesson on a subject matter by breaking it down into concepts, misconceptions, assessments, and remediation steps. Examples and questions can also used in these components. Affinity Learning has been found to be effective and can offer critical insights to student learning strategies.…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Instructional Effectiveness, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Learning Modules
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Beal, C. R.; Qu, L.; Lee, H. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2008
The study was conducted to investigate the relation of adolescent students' mathematics motivation and achievement to their appropriate help-seeking and inappropriate guessing behaviour while using instructional software. High school students (n = 90) completed brief assessments of mathematics motivation and then worked with software for geometry…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Student Motivation, Courseware, Mathematics Teachers
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Sugar, William; Brown, Abbie – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
In this article, the authors explore the origins of computer-based instruction (CBI) and its influences on the Instructional Design and Technology profession. Specifically, the authors first identify four particularly popular CBI methodologies: (1) tutorials; (2) simulations; (3) games; and (4) hypermedia/web-based applications. Then, they examine…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Professional Associations, Educational Technology, Profiles
Ercan, Tuncay; Sahin, Yasar Guneri – Online Submission, 2007
Course descriptions prepared by the lecturers in the beginning of the academic year do not get any feed back from the students enrolled it. These syllabuses are not only used for the future semesters, but also used by the other lecturers without even making any changes. This causes a negative effect on the student education since many of the…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Measures (Individuals), Course Descriptions, Computer Networks
Carson, Stephen – Educational Technology, 2007
OpenCourseWare (OCW) is one among several models for offering open educational resources (OER). This article explains the OCW model and its position within the broader OER context. OCW primarily represents publication of existing course materials already in use for teaching purposes. OCW projects are most often institutional, carrying the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Resources, Courseware, Shared Resources and Services
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Sirohi, Vijayalaxmi – International Journal on E-Learning, 2007
The Internet has opened new ways of learning and has brought several advantages to computer-aided education. Global access, self-paced learning, asynchronous teaching, interactivity, and multimedia usage are some of these. Along with the advantages comes the challenge of designing the software using the available facilities. Integrating online…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Multimedia Instruction, Courseware
Luck, Lee Tan; Peng, Chew Fong – Online Submission, 2010
This research is attempting to examine the effectiveness in the application of ICT (information and communication technology) and standardize courseware in ETeMS (English for Teaching Mathematics and Science) or PPSMI (Pengajaran and Pembelajaran Sains and Matematic dalam Bahasa Inggeris) in English program in the Malaysian secondary school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Hauptman, Hanoch – Computers & Education, 2010
Developing a software environment to enhance 3D geometric proficiency demands the consideration of theoretical views of the learning process. Simultaneously, this effort requires taking into account the range of tools that technology offers, as well as their limitations. In this paper, we report on the design of Virtual Spaces 1.0 software, a…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Educational Technology, Spatial Ability, Geometric Concepts
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Hoon, Teoh Sian; Chong, Toh Seong; Binti Ngah, Nor Azilah – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
The main aim of this study is to integrate cooperative learning strategies, mastery learning and interactive multimedia to improve students' performance in Mathematics, specifically in the topic of matrices. It involved a quasi-experimental design with gain scores and time-on-task as dependent variables. The independent variables were three…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Mastery Learning, Cooperative Learning, Academic Ability
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Tsai, Shu-Chiao – Computers & Education, 2010
This study reports on the development of ESP (English for Specific Purposes) multimedia courseware on oral presentations, and its integration into self-study learning and elective courses for students with different English proficiencies, as one solution to problems in ESP courses in Taiwan. The courseware design is based on Mayer's multimedia…
Descriptors: Elective Courses, International Trade, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
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