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Chapelle, Carol A. – Language Teaching, 2010
This paper argues that the vertical spread of computer-assisted language learning (CALL), i.e., a spread throughout language materials and curricula, makes it difficult to draw a clear distinction between CALL and other language materials. In view of the emphasis that teachers, researchers, and administrators have placed on evaluating CALL, I…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Applied Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology
Norton, Ingrid – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Web sites that allow borrowers to compare student loans proliferated in the wake of last year's scandals that exposed conflicts of interest in the lending industry. Now the credit crunch is shifting demand for loan-comparison sites again, providing both new challenges and opportunities. More financial-aid officers are also pointing their students…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Grantsmanship, Student Loan Programs, Financial Services
Demissie, Tesfaye; Ochonogor, Chukunoye E.; Engida, Temechegn – Online Submission, 2011
Many students have difficulty in learning abstract and complex lessons of chemistry. This study investigated how students develop their understandings of abstract and complex lessons in chemistry with the aid of visualizing tools: animation, simulation and video that allow them to build clear concepts. Animation, simulation and video enable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
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Yeh, Shiou-Wen; Lo, Jia-Jiunn; Huang, Jeng-Jia – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2011
With the advent of computer technology, researchers and instructors are attempting to devise computer support for effective collaborative technical writing. In this study, a computer-supported environment for collaborative technical writing was developed. This system (Process-Writing Wizard) provides process-oriented scaffolds and a synchronous…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, Writing Strategies, Student Motivation, Writing Processes
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Weyten, L.; Rombouts, P.; Catteau, B.; De Bock, M. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
Symbolic circuit analysis is a cornerstone of electrical engineering education. Solving a suitable set of selected problems is essential to developing professional skills in the field. A new method is presented for automatic validation of circuit equations representing a student's intermediate steps in the solving process. Providing this immediate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Feedback (Response), Engineering Education
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Guercio, Angela; Stirbens, Kathleen A.; Williams, Joseph; Haiber, Charles – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2011
Searching for relevant information on the web is an important aspect of distance learning. This activity is a challenge for visually impaired distance learners. While sighted people have the ability to filter information in a fast and non sequential way, blind persons rely on tools that process the information in a sequential way. Learning is…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Internet, Accessibility (for Disabled), Blindness
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Hafezi, Soheila; Farahi, Ahmad; Mehri, Soheil Najafi; Mahmoodi, Hosein – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2010
The web is playing a central role in distance education. The word "usability" is usually synonymous with functionality of the system for the user. Also, usability of a website is defined as something that can be used by a specific group of people to carry out specific objectives in an effective way, with efficiency and satisfaction.…
Descriptors: Usability, Distance Education, Web Sites, Program Validation
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Park, Caroline L.; Crocker, Cheryl; Nussey, Janice; Springate, Joyce; Hutchings, Darlene – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2010
This study provides information on ways to enhance learning for students using online educational programs. Technologies that foster and engage students in the learning process are necessary in the online learning environment. Wiki is an online teaching strategy used to promote student interaction. A Wiki was introduced into three sections of a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Graduate Study, Cognitive Style, Health Occupations
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Angus, Emma; Stuart, David; Thelwall, Mike – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2010
Many web 2.0 sites are extremely popular and contain vast amounts of content, but how much of this content is useful in academia? This exploratory paper investigates the potential use of the popular web 2.0 image site Flickr as an academic image resource. The study identified images tagged with any one of 12 subject names derived from recognized…
Descriptors: Citation Indexes, Content Analysis, Internet, Scientific and Technical Information
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Chou, Chien; Peng, Hsinyi; Chang, Chun-Yu – Computers & Education, 2010
This study explores the interactivity of course-management systems (CMSs). First, this study reviews the concepts of interactivity, interactivity dimension, and interaction type on the basis of related theories and studies. Second, this study analyzes the interactive functions attributable to the six major CMSs in Taiwan colleges and universities,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Student Attitudes, Interaction
Sexton, Will – Computers in Libraries, 2010
That little rectangle with a button next to it? (Those things called search boxes but might just as well be called "resource drains.") Imagine it disappearing from a library's webpages. The intricate works behind these design elements make up a major portion of what library staff spends time and money developing, populating, supporting,…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Library Automation, Library Development, Library Services
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Liang, Hai-Ning; Sedig, Kamran – Computers & Education, 2010
Many students find it difficult to engage with mathematical concepts. As a relatively new class of learning tools, visualization tools may be able to promote higher levels of engagement with mathematical concepts. Often, development of new tools may outpace empirical evaluations of the effectiveness of these tools, especially in educational…
Descriptors: Visualization, Mathematical Concepts, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Selverian, Melissa E. Markaridian; Lombard, Matthew – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2009
A thorough review of the research relating to Human-Computer Interface (HCI) form and content factors in the education, communication and computer science disciplines reveals strong associations of meaningful perceptual "illusions" with enhanced learning and satisfaction in the evolving classroom. Specifically, associations emerge…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Computer Interfaces, Human Factors Engineering, Educational Objectives
Jabba Molinares, Daladier – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Communication underwater is challenging because of the inherent characteristics of the media. First, common radio frequency (RF) signals utilized in wireless communications cannot be used under water. RF signals are attenuated in such as way that RF communication underwater is restricted to very few meters. As a result, acoustic-based…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Internet, Telecommunications, Information Technology
Broman, Claudia – CURRENTS, 2009
Like anything else, there are good fundraising campaign Web sites and bad fundraising campaign Web sites. The author took a closer look at fundraising campaign sites to see if her intuitive judgments about these could be translated into a logical, research-supported set of best practices. She set up a study that gauged the ease of use and…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Web Sites, Internet, Best Practices
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