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US Department of Education, 2004
The U.S. Departments of Commerce and Education (who co-chair the NSTC Working Group) and NetDay formed a partnership aimed at analyzing K-12 student views about technology for learning. These views are analyzed in this second report, "Visions 2020.2: Student Views on Transforming Education and Training Through Advanced Technologies." In…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Educational Technology, National Surveys, Vignettes
Herbert, Bruce; Bednarz, Sarah; Boyd, Tom; Blake, Sally; Harder, Vicki; Sutter, Marilyn – 1998
The earth sciences is an evolving set of disciplines encompassing more than 30 specialties; however, earth scientists continue to be trained within the traditional disciplinary structure. Earth science education should focus not only on student acquisition and retention of factual knowledge, but also on the development of higher-order skills…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Earth Science
Redmann, Donna H., Ed. – Journal of Business and Training Education, 2000
This ninth issue contains seven articles dealing with research, theory, trends and issues, curriculum, teaching methodology, technology, and personal/professional development. "Attitudes of FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) Students toward Traditional Business Values and the American Economic System" (Inder P. Nijihawan, Richard…
Descriptors: Business, Business Education, Communications, Computer Assisted Instruction
Elbaum, Bonnie; McIntyre, Cynthia; Smith, Alese – Atwood Publishing, 2002
This guide is based on a model developed from experience with hundreds of online courses. The authors are members of The Concord Consortium, a nonprofit educational technology lab dedicated to improving teaching practices through the appropriate integrated use of technology in the classroom. Based on their experience, the authors offer the Concord…
Descriptors: Technical Support, Feedback (Response), Online Courses, Questionnaires
Cochran, Stephen – 1993
This final performance report provides project outcome information and data to the U.S. Department of Education for the federally-funded Library Literacy Program. The Knox County Literacy Program, Inc., a project of the Knox County Public Library (Vincennes, Indiana), involved recruitment, coalition building, public awareness, training, rural…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Sorrow, Barbara Head – 1997
This book is a collection of multimedia ideas and activities for use in classrooms and libraries. Each activity is intended to be adaptable and for use in many subject areas and for a wide range of age groups. The book emphasizes the creative learning of the student, programs, and available resources. Six chapters are as follows: (1)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Resources
Leh, Amy S. C.; Gazda, Russ – 1998
This article reports on two academic courses related to visual literacy: Videology and the Internet. The two projects are examples of how young learners can be educated and prepared for a visual world via courses in visual literacy. The article provides an overview of the impact of television on American society, describes each project, discusses…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Cognitive Ability, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Darman, Linda; Trissler, Roseanne – 1993
This final performance report for the Providence Public Library literacy project begins with a section that provides quantitative data. The next section compares actual accomplishments to project goals for 1992-93. Topics addressed in this narrative section include: (1) contributions of the Family Writing Center to the development of the reading,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers
McCarthy-Tucker, Sherri N. – 1997
In order to determine student attitudes and the effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction, an introductory psychology class at Northern Arizona University participated in a study identifying which students preferred such instruction, and whether it made a difference in class performance. The sample consisted of 165 students, predominantly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Gilroy, Marilyn – 1998
This paper presents background information on "why" some students may not be responsive to the traditional lecture/discussion classroom format. It offers a model, based on a "high-tech," state-of-the-art classroom facility, for revitalizing lectures. The author recounts her own classroom experiences as she attempted to integrate technology into…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle, Ed.; Jung, Udo O. H., Ed. – 1999
This volume presents a collection of 14 selected papers on the theme of how to use media technology to enhance language learning and teaching. Papers explore innovative ways to use existing technologies in broadband networks, the telemedia, and multimedia, while others focus on the use of the Internet. It is hoped that exploring the use of these…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction
1999
The first of the three papers in this symposium, "Scaling the Walls of Academic Silos: The Birth of a Cross-disciplinary Academic HRD [Human Resource Development] Program" (Ann K. Brooks, Kathleen Edwards, Alison Davis-Blake), describes and analyzes how one HRD program transcended the walls of the graduate school of business and a college of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Needs, Entrepreneurship
Best, Linda – 1997
In Spring 1996, the author sought and received funding for a multimedia interactive laboratory classroom that would serve English as a Second Language (ESL) students at Kean College (New Jersey) from their beginning level course work through their advanced studies in composition and research. Reasons for seeking funding were many, the most…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Design, Computer Assisted Instruction
Clarke, Alan – 2001
This document is intended to help open learning and distance learning practitioners use, design, and select appropriate open and distance learning materials. The document begins with a brief overview of the following forms of open and distance learning materials: workbooks; structured materials; computer-based training materials; online materials;…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Definitions
Smith, Peter, Ed. – 2001
This 2001 Association of Small Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) conference proceedings briefly describes ASCUE and its listserver, lists the 2000-2001 ASCUE Board Members, and provides abstracts of the pre-conference workshops. The conference papers and abstracts of papers that follow include: "Microsoft Project 2000--Keeping Projects on…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer System Design
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