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Johnson-Leslie, Natalie A. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2009
In teacher education, electronic portfolios provide an authentic form of assessment documenting students' personal and professional growth. Using the engineered-based system, College LiveText, and an off-the-shelf general tool, HyperStudio, pre-service teachers constructed e-portfolios as part of their teacher preparation requirements. This case…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Constructivism (Learning), Portfolios (Background Materials), Preservice Teachers
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Kay, Robin H.; Knaack, Liesel – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2009
Learning objects are interactive web-based tools that support the learning of specific concepts by enhancing, amplifying, and/or guiding the cognitive processes of learners. Research on the impact, effectiveness, and usefulness of learning objects is limited, partially because comprehensive, theoretically based, reliable, and valid evaluation…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity, Measures (Individuals)
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Su, Jun-Ming; Lin, Huan-Yu; Tseng, Shian-Shyong; Lu, Chia-Jung – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
Promoting the development of students' scientific inquiry capabilities is a major learning objective in science education. As a result, teachers require effective assessment approaches to evaluate students' scientific inquiry-related performance. Teachers must also be able to offer appropriate supplementary instructions, as needed, to students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Based Instruction, Portfolios (Background Materials), Learning Problems
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Li, Jianmin; And Others – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1992
This computer program computes the adjusted alpha level using the original Bonferroni procedure and four modified Bonferroni procedures. It is written in Statistical Analysis System (SAS) macro language. Input and output features are described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, Hypothesis Testing
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Virvou, Maria; Katsionis, George – Computers & Education, 2008
Educational software games aim at increasing the students' motivation and engagement while they learn. However, if software games are targeted to school classrooms they have to be usable and likeable by all students. Usability of virtual reality games may be a problem because these games tend to have complex user interfaces so that they are more…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computers, Computer Software, Computer Simulation
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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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Aleven, Vincent; McLaren, Bruce M.; Sewall, Jonathan; Koedinger, Kenneth R. – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2009
The Cognitive Tutor Authoring Tools (CTAT) support creation of a novel type of tutors called example-tracing tutors. Unlike other types of ITSs (e.g., model-tracing tutors, constraint-based tutors), example-tracing tutors evaluate student behavior by flexibly comparing it against generalized examples of problem-solving behavior. Example-tracing…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Behavior, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Problem Solving
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Kazi, Hameedullah; Haddawy, Peter; Suebnukarn, Siriwan – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2009
In well-defined domains such as Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry, solutions to a posed problem can objectively be classified as correct or incorrect. In ill-defined domains such as medicine, the classification of solutions to a patient problem as correct or incorrect is much more complex. Typical tutoring systems accept only a small set of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Correlation
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Woollard, John; Wickens, Cathy; Powell, Ken; Russell, Terry – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2009
E-safety issues have come to the fore of thinking about young people's use of the internet because of their vulnerable position with regard to contact with people who may take advantage of them. The "Byron Review" in the UK makes explicit the steps that need to be taken to protect internet users. Based upon research across four United…
Descriptors: Safety, Foreign Countries, Internet, School Law
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Vallance, Michael; Towndrow, Phillip A. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2007
PowerPoint, the widely-used slide-show software package, is finding increasing currency in lecture halls and classrooms as the preferred method of communicating and presenting information. But, as Adams [Adams, C. (2006) "PowerPoint, habits of mind, and classroom culture." "Journal of Curriculum Studies," 38(4), 389-411] attempts to show, users…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Computer Software Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness
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Morriston, Terry – Knowledge Quest, 2007
TRAILS (Tool for Real-Time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills), is a free online test of student information-handling skills. It was formulated by the Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education and Kent State University Libraries. Based on the Ohio Academic Content Standards and the philosophy of Information Power, it assesses…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Information Literacy, Information Skills, Use Studies
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Holmes, Tiffany – Journal of Museum Education, 2007
Eco-visualizations are artworks that reinterpret environmental data with custom software to promote stewardship. Eco-visualization technology offers a new way to dynamically picture environmental data and make it meaningful to a museum population. The questions are: How might museums create new projects and programs around place-based information?…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Museums, Historical Interpretation, Historic Sites
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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John, Nigel W. – Computers and Education, 2007
This paper provides a survey of medical applications that make use of Web3D technologies, covering the period from 1995 to 2005. We assess the impact that Web3D has made on medical education and training during this time and highlight current and future trends. The applications identified are categorized into: general education tools; tools for…
Descriptors: Medical Education, General Education, Computer Software Evaluation, Educational Technology
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