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Rhodes, Jeffrey M.; Bell, Christopher C. – Journal of Interactive Instruction Development, 1998
Discusses a prototype multimedia application that was designed to help college students solve problems and generate practice tests for an economics textbook. Highlights include step-by-step problem solving; a friendly interface; student tracking; inexpensive development costs; examples of screen displays; and generating random, scored tests on…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Cost Effectiveness, Economics
Ohler, Jason – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1998
Describes MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) technology and music education; provides information on conducting a MIDI workshop for all ages; and offers guidelines for creating a MIDI workstation for the classroom. Hardware and software vendor contact information is provided. (PEN)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness
Feldman, Susan – Computers in Libraries, 1999
Discusses the need for usability testing for information systems and for librarians to recognize what makes computer interfaces either easy or difficult to use. Highlights include user friendliness; navigation; standards; visual appeal; layout and design; feedback; help screens; and the usability-testing process. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Information Systems
Schuyler, Michael – Computers in Libraries, 1999
Describes how a library, with an MCI Corporation grant, approached the process of setting up computers for the visually impaired. Discusses preparations, which included hiring a visually-impaired user as a consultant and contacting the VIP (Visually Impaired Persons) group; equipment; problems with the graphical user interface; and training.…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Grants

Moscoso, Purificacion; Ortiz-Repiso, Virginia – Information Technology and Libraries, 1999
Analyzes the change that Internet-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs) have represented to the structure, administration, and maintenance of the catalogs, retrieval systems, and user interfaces. Examines the structure of databases and traditional principles that have governed systems development. Discusses repercussions of the application…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design
Buchanan, Larry – MultiMedia Schools, 1998
Addresses the use of e-mail for communication and collaborative projects in schools. Discusses the effectiveness of an e-mail system based on a UNIX host; problems with POP (post office protocol) client programs; and the new Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP) which addresses most of the shortcomings of the POP protocol while keeping advantages…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education

Maredi, Mphahlele; Oosthuizen, H. J. – Computers & Education, 1995
Factor-Q is a problem-solving computer assisted instruction system for teaching polynomials in grades 9-12 that addresses the limitations of most problem-solving programs, among others, the user interface. The system is designed to help students master the skills of factorizing polynomials. It demonstrates the ease with which inadequately trained…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, High School Students

Kibirige, Harry M.; DePalo, Lisa – Electronic Library, 2001
Relates the results of pilot studies of Internet use in academic libraries to the education of users in a digital library environment. Interviews users and information professionals and reveals a need to develop user education programs that emphasize types of digital collections, interfaces, hardware and software requirements, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Electronic Libraries

Ferrell, Joe – Journal of Interactive Instruction Development, 1999
Discusses the design of an innovative learning system that uses new technologies for the man-machine interface, incorporating a combination of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Text To Speech (TTS) synthesis. Highlights include using speech technologies to mimic the attributes of the ideal tutor and design features. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Design Preferences, Information Technology

Wong, Chi Keun; Wong, Wai; Yeung, Chor Hung – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2001
Describes the development of a multimedia Web-based assessment system for computer literacy at Hong Kong Baptist University. Presents findings of a study that investigated students' behavior, performance, and perception in the use of this assessment system and discusses future plans which include improving the user interface. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Literacy, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
Evans, Chris; Gibbons, Nicola J.; Shah, Kavita; Griffin, Darren K. – Computers and Education, 2004
Computer-based learning (CBL) is well established and its benefits are widely reported. It has found considerable utility in recent years with the explosion in interest in the use of the Web as a knowledge medium. Many online courses, however, consist merely of a series of textual notes and pictures with little navigational information or choice.…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Distance Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Online Courses
Aroyo, Lora; Mizoguchi, Riichiro – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2004
The ultimate aim of this research is to specify and implement a general authoring framework for content and knowledge engineering for Intelligent Educational Systems (IES). In this context we attempt to develop an authoring tool supporting this framework that is powerful in its functionality, generic in its support of instructional strategies and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Engineering, Programming, Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Kaczmarek, Jerzy; Landowska, Agnieszka – Interactive Learning Environments, 2006
In this article, an extension of the existing structure of learning objects is described. The solution addresses the problem of the access and discovery of educational resources in the distributed Internet environment. An overview of e-learning standards, reference models, and problems with educational resources delivery is presented. The paper…
Descriptors: Internet, Educational Resources, Distance Education, Educational Environment
Usability of a Runtime Environment for the Use of IMS Learning Design in Mixed Mode Higher Education
Klebl, Michael – Educational Technology & Society, 2006
Starting from the first public draft of IMS Learning Design in November 2002, a research project at the Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt in Germany was dedicated to the conceptual examination and empirical review of IMS Learning Design Level A. A prototypical runtime environment called "lab005" was developed. It was built based…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Management Systems, Web Based Instruction, Foreign Countries
Gascoigne, Carolyn – CALICO Journal, 2006
Computers, computer programs, and other novel and vivid technological applications to language learning can unintentionally redirect attentional resources and therefore increase the salience of unplanned as well as targeted features. Incidental activities such as keyboarding (Henry, 1992), manipulation of a mouse (Meunier, 1996), and other…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Keyboarding (Data Entry), French, College Students