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Aventi, Belinda; Serow, Penelope; Tobias, Steve – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
Increasing pressure is mounting from all areas of society to maximise technology use within educational domains. Whilst curriculum documents call for the utilisation of technology as a teaching tool in the mathematics classroom, the benefits of exploring forms of dynamic mathematical software, such as GeoGebra, are often introduced in the senior…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Mathematics Instruction, Classroom Techniques, Courseware
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Rahayu, Endang Yuliani; Februariyanti, Herni – English Language Teaching, 2015
The current study reports a two-year research project funded by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia through a competitive research scheme. The aim is basically to respond to the fact most university students have very low interests in reading activities, such as finding out important information for their term papers as assigned by the…
Descriptors: Reading Interests, Reading Tests, Online Courses, Program Implementation
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Awuah, Lawrence J. – Journal of Instructional Research, 2015
The future of higher education is likely to be driven by to the willingness to adapt and grow with the use of technologies in teaching, learning, and research. Google Apps for Education (GAFE) is a powerful cloud-computing solution that works for students regardless of their location, time, or the type of device being used. GAFE is used by…
Descriptors: Courseware, Higher Education, Computer Software, Computer Software Reviews
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Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando; Qian, Kan – JALT CALL Journal, 2015
This paper presents both the pedagogical design principles and the challenges faced during the development of a mobile app, Chinese Characters First Steps, to support recognising, learning and practising writing Chinese characters at beginners' level, including the difficult balance between pedagogy and technical affordances. We also present the…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Chinese, Courseware, Statistical Analysis
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Chai, Zhen; Vail, Cynthia O.; Ayres, Kevin M. – Journal of Special Education, 2015
This investigation evaluated the effects of using an iPad application to teach young children with developmental delays to receptively identify initial phonemes through 0- to 5-s constant time delay procedures in the context of a multiple-probe design across three sets of behaviors and replicated across three students. The dependent variable was…
Descriptors: Young Children, Disabilities, Courseware, Investigations
Raths, David – Campus Technology, 2013
With collaborative learning one of the hottest buzzwords in higher education today, it is tempting to believe that schools have taken to the concept like ducks to water. Sadly, that is not the case. The old-style lecture format has been employed for so long that faculty--even students--often struggle to transition to a more engaged approach to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Courseware, Educational Practices
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Kadnikova, Ekaterina N. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2013
To accentuate the importance of organic chemistry in development of contemporary pharmaceuticals, a three-week unit entitled "Molecules-in-Medicine" was included in the curriculum of a comprehensive one-semester four-credit organic chemistry course. After a lecture on medicinal chemistry concepts and pharmaceutical practices, students…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Peer Evaluation, Curriculum Enrichment, Pharmaceutical Education
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Katsamani, Maria; Retalis, Symeon – Research in Learning Technology, 2013
This paper gives an overview of CADMOS (CoursewAre Development Methodology for Open instructional Systems), a graphical IMS-LD Level A & B compliant learning design (LD) tool, which promotes the concept of "separation of concerns" during the design process, via the creation of two models: the conceptual model, which describes the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Courseware, Instructional Design, Learning Activities
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Mohd Nawi, Mohd Aliff; Jamsari, Ezad Azraai; Sulaiman, Adibah; Hamzah, Mohd Isa – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2013
Supervision of teaching practice is an important aspect of training teachers in improving their teaching skills. Barriers such as distance and time factor are the constraints faced by the lecturers at the National University of Malaysia to communicate with the teacher trainees under their supervision. Therefore, this study aims to develop and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Trainees, Foreign Countries, Online Courses
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Friesen, Norm; Murray, Judith – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013
The mission of Thompson Rivers University Open Learning (TRU-OL) can be understood in terms of three entities: the student, the faculty member and the curriculum content. Their conjuncture--when a TRU-OL student works with TRU-OL courseware and is supported by a TRU-OL faculty member--is where learning, assessment and, ultimately, credentialing…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Electronic Learning, Educational Methods
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Sullivan, Rebecca M. – College Teaching, 2013
Despite the author's initial skepticism, a classroom set of iPads has reinforced a student-directed approach to writing instruction, while also supporting an inclusive classroom. Using the iPads, students guide their writing process with access to the learning management system, electronic information resources, and an online text editor. Students…
Descriptors: Learner Controlled Instruction, Writing Processes, Instructional Effectiveness, Writing Instruction
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Kadir, Farkaad A.; Ansari, Reshma M.; AbManan, Norhafizah; Abdullah, Mohd Hafiz Ngoo; Nor, Hamdan Mohd – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2014
PeerWise is a novel, freely available, online pedagogical tool that allows students to create and deposit questions for peer evaluation. A participatory learning approach through this web-based system was used to motivate and promote a deep approach in learning nervous system by 124 second year MBBS students at Cyberjaya University College of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Medical Students, Student Developed Materials, Test Items
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Dermo, John; Boyne, James – Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 2014
We describe a study conducted during 2009-12 into innovative assessment practice, evaluating an assessed coursework task on a final year Medical Genetics module for Biomedical Science undergraduates. An authentic e-assessment coursework task was developed, integrating objectively marked online questions with an online DNA sequence analysis tool…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Medical Education, Computer Assisted Testing, Courseware
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Morrison, Richard W.; Caughran, Joel A.; Sauers, Angela L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
The authors have developed "sequence response applications" for classroom response systems (CRSs) that allow instructors to engage and actively involve students in the learning process, probe for common misconceptions regarding lecture material, and increase interaction between instructors and students. "Guided inquiry" and…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Classroom Techniques, Audience Response Systems, Inquiry
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Burgess, Stephen R.; Murray, Ashley B. – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2014
The use of traditional and smart phone flashcards was examined in two Introductory Psychology college classes. Student use of flashcards of some type increased significantly when they were provided by the instructor. Flashcards available via smartphone app were not used by many students even when provided by the instructor. The results are…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Introductory Courses, Psychology, College Students
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