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Winter, Robert – Educational Media International, 1998
Describes the commercial pressures faced by public service educational television and results of poor public sector funding for core educational establishments. Discusses new technologies and financial deprivation; new partnerships and players; and the role for public broadcasters. (AEF)
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Commercial Television, Educational Change, Educational Resources
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Beltcheva, Olga; Ponta, Domenico; Da Bormida, Giorgio – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1998
Presents a multimedia component kit for digital electronics authoring and learning. Components available on the Internet facilitate sharing and reuse of educational software and provide authoring support. Emphasis is put on the implementation of a number of components based on simulation and animation that provide a high level of interactivity and…
Descriptors: Animation, Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
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Shin, Sammy K.; Locatis, Craig N. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1996
PLUS, an authoring system designed to develop cross-platform courseware for different computer types, was evaluated for its portability (ability to run on multiple platforms without adjustment). The procedures and computer equipment used are described, and results are presented. It is concluded that PLUS produces highly portable programs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation
Gisolfi, Peter A. – American School Board Journal, 1999
A firm that has designed many preschool and elementary school projects identifies three factors that are vital to successful design for young children: protection, interaction, and scale. Accompanying drawings of three projects illustrate these design principles. (MLF)
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Programming, Childhood Needs, Educational Environment
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Beck, Bernard – Multicultural Perspectives, 2004
Culture offers people suggestions for dealing with life's vicissitudes, and people find different suggestions in different cultures. In a multicultural society, they have a variety of alternatives to choose among: ethnicities, regionalisms, lifestyles, religious movements, occupations, hobbies, and more. In American society, the groups that are…
Descriptors: Subcultures, Cultural Awareness, Programming (Broadcast), Cultural Pluralism
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Haberman, Bruria – Computer Science Education, 2004
Recursion is a central concept in computer science, yet it is difficult for beginners to comprehend. Israeli high-school students learn recursion in the framework of a special modular program in computer science (Gal-Ezer & Harel, 1999). Some of them are introduced to the concept of recursion in two different paradigms: the procedural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Knowledge Representation, Logical Thinking
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Mahamud-Lopez, Manuel Maria; Menendez-Aguado, Juan Maria – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2005
In this paper, the current profile of the environmental engineer and the programming of the subject "Environmental Engineering and Technology" corresponding to the studies of Mining Engineering at the University of Oviedo in Spain, is discussed. Professional profile, student knowledge prior to and following instruction as well as…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Profiles, Mining
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Ecker, Michael W. – Mathematics and Computer Education, 2005
In this article, the author proves a theorem about polynomial zeros, but the focus is on how the theorem is integrated into a QuickBASIC computer program, and how that program answers the questions of the theorem--a unification of mathematics and computer programming. For a given polynomial, how can one overcome assorted problems in finding zeros…
Descriptors: Computers, Programming, Intervals, Computer Software
Bell, Lori; Peters, Thomas A. – Computers in Libraries, 2004
The Internet is many things to many people. Some see the Internet as the Wild West, a yawning wilderness waiting to be tamed and cultivated. For companies like eBay, the Internet is a steady, transaction-based revenue stream. For the dot-com companies, the Internet was perceived as a California gold rush. In terms of online library programming for…
Descriptors: Programming, Internet, Library Networks, Online Systems
Dahl, Mark – Computers in Libraries, 2004
OpenURL resolver is the next big thing for libraries. An OpenURL resolver is simply a piece of software that sucks in attached data and serves up a Web page that tells one where he or she can get the book or article represented by it. In this article, the author describes how he designed an OpenURL resolver for his library, the Lewis & Clark…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Web Sites, Computer System Design, Academic Libraries
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Bennedsen, Jens – Computer Science Education, 2006
Pedagogical patterns have been around since 1995, but several authors claim their impact is limited. However, these claims are based on authors' own observations and not on methodical evaluations of the use and dissemination of pedagogical patterns. This claim is in contrast to the vision of the creators of pedagogical patterns--they think…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Science Teachers, Computer Science Education, Questionnaires
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Ballenger, Robert M. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2007
This case provides a real-world semester long project-oriented case study for students enrolled in an electronic commerce course that has a significant development component. The case provides the technical framework in the form of functional requirements for students to design and build a fully functional transaction processing e-commerce Web…
Descriptors: Programming, Databases, Case Method (Teaching Technique), College Students
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Yukselturk, Erman; Bulut, Safure – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
This study analyzed the factors that affect student success in an online computer programming course. The study had two with two main objectives. The first was to examine relationships among selected variables (gender, age, educational level, locus of control, and learning style), motivational beliefs (intrinsic goal orientation, extrinsic goal…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Cognitive Style, Self Efficacy, Online Courses
Olaniran, Bolanle A., Ed. – Information Science Publishing, 2010
E-learning has become a significant aspect of training and education in the worldwide information economy as an attempt to create and facilitate a competent global work force. "Cases on Successful E-Learning Practices in the Developed and Developing World: Methods for the Global Information Economy" provides eclectic accounts of case…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Operations Research, Distance Education
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Wang, Shiang-Kwei – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2008
Literature suggests that developing a community of learners is the key to a successful online-learning experience. In this study, the instructor of a multimedia authoring course adopted a synchronous communication tool (Yahoo Messenger) to interact with learners orally on a weekly basis and, thereby, to establish a sense among the learners that…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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