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Bordac, Sarah; Rainwater, Jean – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2008
This article presents a case study in user-centered design that explores the needs and preferences of undergraduate users. An analysis of LibQual+ and other user surveys, interviews with public service staff, and a formal American with Disabilities Act accessibility review served as the basis for planning a redesign of the Brown University…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Testing, Information Systems, Libraries
Monaghan, Peter – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
In this article, the author describes Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities in Bogliasco, Italy, which offers a stately perch from which a few lucky scholars and artists can gaze at the Mediterranean and gather their thoughts making it so conducive to the study of arts and letters. The center provides scholars and artists midcareer and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Centers, Fellowships, Aesthetic Education
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Chan, David W. – High Ability Studies, 2008
Ninety university undergraduate students were tested on a number of tasks assessing their recognition of possible and impossible figures, mental rotation, ideational fluency, and self-report artistic and creative characteristics. Scores on the Impossible Figures Task (IFT-14) and the Mental Rotation Test, and self-ratings on the Artistic…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Visual Arts, Gifted, Rating Scales
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Sasaki, Shiori; Watagoshi, Kiku; Takano, Kosuke; Hirashima, Kazuo; Kiyoki, Yasushi – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present the design and implementation of music courseware that features a music search system that uses impression keywords. The paper applies the courseware to "Kansei" (sensibility) development for elementary and junior high school students. The objectives of this courseware are to cultivate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students
Briggs, Linda L. – Campus Technology, 2006
"I saved my presentation in my personal drive on the server last night, but now I can't find it. It just seems to be gone. Can you get it back?" "It looks like the mail server is corrupted. When was the last backup?" These sorts of questions, whether from faculty, students, or IT staff, can be an IT nightmare, or they can set…
Descriptors: Computer Peripherals, Client Server Architecture, Information Technology, Higher Education
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Caglar, Nur; Uludag, Zeynep – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2006
It is a fact that architectural design education has become the focus of an extremely complicated set of issues and conscientious debates. Therefore, to extend and challenge educational understanding in architecture it becomes crucial to exchange pedagogical practices. In this article, a specific theoretical approach and teaching methodology,…
Descriptors: Building Design, Architecture, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Jost, Bob; Peatross, Dita; Bullock, Kenneth L. – American School & University, 2006
Why do construction projects fail? Ineffective communication and collaboration, and poor pre-planning processes are among the reasons given by building owners in a recent survey. To avoid those pitfalls, colleges and universities need to take a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to preplanning, financing and carrying out their master plans…
Descriptors: Master Plans, Higher Education, Surveys, Architecture
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
This paper presents an edited transcript from a round-table discussion in Boston between a group of architects and campus-sustainability directors. They met together with The Chronicle to talk about the issues on climate change, poverty, energy use, environmental health, and the role that colleges, and particularly their facilities offices, can…
Descriptors: Architecture, Administrators, Environmental Education, Climate
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Mitrovic, Antonija; Martin, Brent; Suraweera, Pramuditha; Zakharov, Konstantin; Milik, Nancy; Holland, Jay; McGuigan, Nicholas – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2009
Over the last decade, the Intelligent Computer Tutoring Group (ICTG) has implemented many successful constraint-based Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) in a variety of instructional domains. Our tutors have proven their effectiveness not only in controlled lab studies but also in real classrooms, and some of them have been commercialized.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Investment, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Artificial Intelligence
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Bogar, Candace S. – Special Libraries, 1975
Describes the slide classification system of the University of Michigan Art and Architecture Library. (PF)
Descriptors: Architecture, Cataloging, Classification, Fine Arts
American School and University, 1975
"People Pockets" located throughout a two-building complex encourage interaction between students. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Architecture, Audiovisual Aids, Awards, Building Design
American School and University, 1975
Building design facilitates interaction between research, teaching, academics, and patient care. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Architecture, Awards, Building Design, College Buildings
American School and University, 1975
Some 40,000 animals of various species and sizes are cared for at this facility used primarily for cancer research. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Animal Facilities, Architecture, Awards, Building Design
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Taylor, Jeremy – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1974
A look at research from the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, York, United Kingdom, on the design of spaces for learning. (HB)
Descriptors: Architecture, Classroom Design, Design Requirements, Educational Environment
Crouch, Dora; And Others – 1981
Funded by the Council on Library Resources, this project surveyed thesauri in the fields of art and architecture to seek out existing projects and analyze their content and form. It found that no comprehensive or standardized thesaurus presently exists for art and architecture; rather individual subjects are tailored to meet the needs of a…
Descriptors: Architecture, Indexing, Library Surveys, Subject Index Terms
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