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Computer Self-Efficacy and Factors Influencing E-Learning Effectiveness
Tien-Chen Chien
European Journal of Training and Development Vol. 36, No. 7 (2012) pp. 670–686
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the influences of system and instructor factors on e-learning effectiveness under the interactions of computer self-efficacy. In this study, the factors of the e-learning system are functionality, ...
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Developing Awareness of French Pragmatics: A Case Study of Students' Interactive Use of a Foreign Language Multimedia Program
Sheila Carel
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 20, No. 1 (1999) pp. 11–23
Findings from a study investigating students' reactions to a hypermedia program used to analyze real-life interactions indicated that pragmatic awareness can be developed in virtual culture contact situations. Similar interactive software in...
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An Attempt To Design Synchronous Collaborative Learning Environments for Peer Dyads on the World Wide Web
Fong-Lok Lee; Steven Liang; Tak-Wai Chan
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 21, No. 2 (1999) pp. 221–53
Describes the design, implementation, and preliminary evaluation of three synchronous distributed learning prototype systems: Co-Working System, Working Along System, and Hybrid System. Each supports a particular style of interaction, referred to a...
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Engineering Concepts: The Interplay between Concept Formation and Modeling Practices in Bioengineering Sciences
Nancy J. Nersessian
Mind, Culture, and Activity Vol. 19, No. 3 (2012) pp. 222–239
As much research has demonstrated, novel scientific concepts do not arise fully formed in the head of a scientist but are created in problem-solving processes, which can extend for considerable periods and even span generations of scientists. To...
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Audiographics for Distance Education: A Case Study in Student Attitudes and Perceptions
Dietmar Wolfram
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science Vol. 35, No. 3 (1994) pp. 179–86
Discusses the concept of audiographics to support distance education in library and information science. On-campus and off-campus student attitudes and perceptions toward the technology used in a graduate information and communication technology...
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How to Illustrate Numerical Accuracy Problems on any Computer
Stephen D. Simon
Mathematics and Computer Education Vol. 21, No. 1 (1987) pp. 11–15
Numerical inaccuracies, which occur in many ordinary computations, can create serious problems and render answers meaningless. Cancellation and accumulation errors are described, and suggestions for experimentation are discussed. (MNS)
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Human-Supplied versus Computer-Supplied Feedback: An Empirical and Pragmatic Study
Marvin J. Croy
Journal of Research on Computing in Education Vol. 26, No. 2 (1994) pp. 185–204
Reports on a study of 29 students of deductive logic that compared instructor-supplied and computer-supplied diagnostic feedback used with computer-assisted instruction programs. Dependent measures included exam performance, class attendance and...
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A Fundamental Methodology for Designing Management Information Systems for Schools
Adrie J. Visscher
Journal of Research on Computing in Education Vol. 27, No. 2 (1995) pp. 231–49
Discusses the design of management information systems for secondary schools and presents a fundamental approach to systems design that was used for the development of SCHOLIS, a computer-assisted school information system for Dutch secondary...
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Telepresent Teaching
Augden Windelborn
Physics Teacher Vol. 38, No. 1 (2000) pp. 16–17
Discusses possibilities for the application of telepresence to physics and teaching. Telepresence allows a computer user to effectively be present at some other location through the use of remote cameras, sensors, and controls. (WRM)
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Content Analysis in Educational Research
Christian Tarnai; Wilfried Bos
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 31, No. 8 (1999) pp. 657–734
The six chapters of this theme issue provide an overview of empirical content analysis, ranging from classical to computer-assisted content analysis as they relate to educational research. The contributions to this volume show that content analysis...
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Learning Objects and Gerontology
Donna M. Weinreich; Catherine J. Tompkins
Educational Gerontology Vol. 32, No. 9 (October 2006) pp. 785–799
Virtual AGE (vAGE) is an asynchronous educational environment that utilizes learning objects focused on gerontology and a learning anytime/anywhere philosophy. This paper discusses the benefits of asynchronous instruction and the process of creating ...
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Support Services for the Net Generation: The Penn State Approach
J James Wager
College and University Vol. 81, No. 1 (2005) pp. 3–10
Although we often think of students and the classroom, an array of services and support are necessary to ensure that students succeed. Providing support services for the Net Generation describes how organizational boundaries facilitate the delivery...
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Development of Mathematical Communication in Problem Solving Groups by Language Minority Students
Mary Brenner
Bilingual Research Journal Vol. 22, No. 2 (1998) pp. 149–74
Videotapes showed that two algebra classes containing Hispanic students with limited English proficiency differed in the extent of mathematical communication by students. In the more successful classroom, students' mathematical communication...
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Identifying Internet Sites to Coordinate with National Science Education Standards
Carolyn R. Fehrenbach; Maxine G. Morris
Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas Vol. 41, No. 1 (2004) pp. 16–24
Identifying Internet sites to coordinate with National Science Education Standards can be challenging for teachers and students. By identifying quality free Internet sites in science, teachers and students can use the extensive resources of the...
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Interactive Multimedia: Challenge, Change, and Choice
Peter C. Scheponik
Community College Journal Vol. 65, No. 4 (1995) pp. 16–19
Discusses the benefits of utilizing multimedia computer applications in community college education. Describes an English instructor's experiences with multimedia instruction, highlighting potential benefits and limitations of such programs....
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Using Computer Conferencing and Electronic Mail to Facilitate Group Projects
Margaret D. Anderson
Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 24, No. 2 (1996) pp. 113–18
Reports on the use of electronic mail and an electronic conferencing system to conduct group projects in three educational psychology courses at the State University of New York College at Cortland. Course design is explained and group project...
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Exact versus Asymptotic Mantel-Haenszel DIF Statistics: A Comparison of Performance under Small-Sample Conditions
Cynthia G. Parshall; Timothy R. Miller
Journal of Educational Measurement Vol. 32, No. 3 (1995) pp. 302–16
Exact testing was evaluated as a method for conducting Mantel-Haenszel differential item functioning (DIF) analyses with relatively small samples. A series of computer simulations found that the asymptotic Mantel-Haenszel and the exact method...
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Teaching Science Using ScI-Journal--an Electronic Journal for Science Pupils
Patrick Fullick
Education in Science Vol. 165 (1995) pp. 26–27
Describes the ScI-Journal, an online publication designed to give secondary science students a chance to publish the work they have done in science classes so that other science students can read about it. The goal of this journal is to promote...
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Multiply Abundant Numbers
Gordon L. Miller; Mary T. Whalen
School Science and Mathematics Vol. 95, No. 5 (1995) pp. 256–59
Explores abundant numbers and presents a proof that abundant numbers of every order exist. Readers are encouraged to use the included computer program to explore abundant numbers for themselves, look for patterns in the output, and consider further...
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Gender Representations in Mathematics Software
Carol L. Hodes
Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 24, No. 1 (1996) pp. 67–73
A review of current elementary mathematics software found that 41.7% of the programs had main characters that were gender identifiable; of these, 12.5% were female. The female characters all represented traditional female roles. Recommends further...
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The Case for Computer-Mediated Reading: "Une vie de boy."
Mary-Ann Lyman-Hager; James F. Davis
French Review Vol. 69, No. 5 (1996) pp. 775–90
Summarizes an interactive computer-based reading program developed to enhance the linguistic proficiency of intermediate language students and increase their awareness of Francophone cultures. The article describes the program's glossing...
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Design Considerations for Creating a Chemical Information Workstation
John A. Mess
Journal of the American Society for Information Science Vol. 46, No. 8 (1995) pp. 632–37
Discusses what a functional chemical information workstation should provide to support the users in an academic library and examines how it can be implemented. Highlights include basic design considerations; natural language interface, including...
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Higher Education Circa 2005: More Higher Learning, But Less College
Francis Dummer Fisher
Change Vol. 19, No. 1 (1987) pp. 40–45
New information technology promises greatly improved education and might increase speed, mastery, and independence in learning. Much of what is now taught in college could be learned earlier, later, and elsewhere. Eliminating the geographic...
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Teaching Critical Thinking in the Computer-Assisted Instructional Environment
Edward S. Balian
Arguing that educators may be facing their greatest challenge in decades as they seek to integrate critical thinking techniques into the computer-assisted instruction (CAI) environment, this paper discusses the crucial importance of critical...
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Hands-On Practice Helps Students Master IT Skills and Succeed
William Wittman
Educause Quarterly Vol. 33, No. 4 (2010)
Students in information technology (IT) need realistic, hands-on experience to master IT skills. When students have the opportunity to train with a hands-on curriculum and prepare to certify in the IT field, they become more deeply engaged in both...
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Microcomputers and Stimulus Control: From the Laboratory to the Classroom
Judith M. LeBlanc
Journal of Special Education Technology Vol. 7, No. 1 (1985) pp. 23–30
The need for developing a technology of teaching that equals current sophistication of microcomputer technology is addressed. The importance of principles of learning and behavior analysis is emphasized. Potential roles of stimulus control and...
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Common Metaphors and Their Impact on Distance Education: What They Tell Us and What They Hide
Katrina A. Meyer
Teachers College Record Vol. 107, No. 8 (August 2005) pp. 1601–1625
This article explores some of the common metaphors used to illuminate the Web and its application to distance education. Using the work of Lakoff and Johnson (1980) as a foundation for understanding and categorizing metaphors, the advantages and...
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Translating Research Into Practice: Voluntary Reporting of Medication Errors in Critical Access Hospitals
Katherine J. Jones; Gary Cochran; Rodney W. Hicks; Keith J. Mueller
Journal of Rural Health Vol. 20, No. 4 (2004) pp. 335–343
Context:Low service volume, insufficient information technology, and limited human resources are barriers to learning about and correcting system failures in small rural hospitals. This paper describes the implementation of and initial findings from ...
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Teacher-Mediated Versus Computer-Mediated Storybook Reading to Children in Native and Multicultural Kindergarten Classrooms
Eliane Segers; Lianne Takke; Ludo Verhoeven
School Effectiveness and School Improvement Vol. 15, No. 2 (2004) pp. 215–226
The study explored differences in story comprehension and vocabulary learning in children in native and multicultural kindergarten classrooms when listening to a story read to them by the computer or the teacher. The results showed that children (41 ...
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Teachers' Participation in an Online Professional Learning Community and the Influence on Self-Efficacy and Instruction
Paul Restivo
(2012) pp. 1–139
Research indicates that high school journalism teachers, whose tenures are about half of those of teachers who teach math, science, English, or social studies, may experience detachment and isolation from a lack of collaboration with fellow teachers....
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Color Comprehension and Color Categories among Blind Students: A Multi-Sensory Approach in Implementing Concrete Language to Include All Students in Advanced Writing Classes
Salinee Antarasena
Journal of College Teaching & Learning Vol. 6, No. 6 (October 2009) pp. 63–76
This study investigates teaching methods regarding color comprehension and color categorization among blind students, as compared to their non-blind peers and whether they understand and represent the same color comprehension and color categories....
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Multimedia as a Means to Enhance Feedback
Michio Tsutsui
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 17, No. 3 (July 2004) pp. 377–402
Interactive feedback, the most common feedback method for oral performance, cannot be used in activities that do not allow for instructor-student interaction, such as speeches and presentations, where feedback should occur after the performance. The ...
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Second Language Instructors and CALL: A Multidisciplinary Research Framework
Gabriela C. Zapata
Computer Assisted Language Learning Vol. 17, No. 3 (July 2004) pp. 339–356
The increasing importance of computer assisted language learning (CALL) in second language (L2) classes has added a new dimension to L2 research, and it has challenged scholars to find valid research methods and theoretical frameworks that can be...
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Stories of professional growth: Reflections on a multifaceted inquiry into the implementation and evaluation of a many-layered learning environment for in-service teacher education in Quebec
Sylwia Bielec
(2002) pp. 1–219
Professional development can take on many faces. In this inquiry, a professional development infrastructure, which included web and video materials as well as the description of processes, was piloted at two schools in Quebec's anglophone sector (n =...
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The Epistemic Challenges, Trust and the Online Collaborative Group
Regina O. Smith
International Journal of Lifelong Education Vol. 29, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 21–44
The use of collaborative learning strategies continues to grow in online environments. The ability to collaborate may, therefore, present epistemic challenges for the students and hinder their capacity to trust their own and their fellow students'...
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The Management of Testing in Distance Learning Environments
Marian C. Schultz; James T. Schultz; James Gallogly
Journal of College Teaching & Learning Vol. 4, No. 9 (September 2007) pp. 19–26
In 2004 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University transitioned from proctored examinations for distance learning courses to online examinations that are not proctored. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a significant difference in the ...
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Best Practices and Exemplary Applications of Technology in Higher Education
Susan P. Lee; Lynn J. House
Journal of College Teaching & Learning Vol. 4, No. 2 (February 2007) pp. 53–58
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) located in the College of Education at Delta State was envisioned in the 1999-2000 school year as a catalyst for systemic change across the college and region as related to technology and its place in the...
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Automating "Word of Mouth" to Recommend Classes to Students: An Application of Social Information Filtering Algorithms
Queen Esther Booker
Journal of College Teaching & Learning Vol. 6, No. 3 (2009) pp. 39–44
An approach used to tackle the problem of helping online students find the classes they want and need is a filtering technique called "social information filtering," a general approach to personalized information filtering. Social information...
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An Introduction to Simulated Annealing
Brian Albright
College Mathematics Journal Vol. 38, No. 1 (January 2007) pp. 37–42
An attempt to model the physical process of annealing lead to the development of a type of combinatorial optimization algorithm that takes on the problem of getting trapped in a local minimum. The author presents a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that...
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OER Perspectives: Emerging Issues for Universities
Don Olcott
Distance Education Vol. 33, No. 2 (2012) pp. 283–290
This reflection examines some of the continuing and emerging issues in the open educational resources (OER) field. These include blending OER with university management structures; formal and non-formal OER; the need for sustainable OER business...
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Degree production and curricular change in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning programs at Alabama community and technical colleges, 1994 to 2008
Eric Matthew Campbell
(2010) pp. 1–84
Two-year colleges in Alabama, in the curricular area of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) serve an important role in providing local HVAC industries with service technicians. Today, along with many other industries, the HVAC industry...
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Designing and Using Open-Ended Software to Promote Conceptual Change
Paul Horwitz; Bill Barowy
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 3, No. 3 (1994) pp. 161–85
Describes a project that explores the use of interactive computer software for teaching Einstein's special theory of relativity to secondary students. Also describes ways to use computers to help students visualize and experiment with otherwise...
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Computer Applications in Educational Audiology
Lisa Lucks Mendel
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools Vol. 26, No. 3 (1995) pp. 232–40
This article provides an overview of how computer technologies can be used by educational audiologists. Computer technologies are classified into three categories: (1) information systems applications; (2) screening and diagnostic applications; and (...
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The Visuospatial Dimension of Writing
Thierry Olive; Jean-Michel Passerault
Written Communication Vol. 29, No. 3 (July 2012) pp. 326–344
The authors suggest that writing should be conceived of not only as a verbal activity but also as a visuospatial activity, in which writers process and construct visuospatial mental representations. After briefly describing research on visuospatial...
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Internet Usage and Its Users: English versus Engineering
Amy Hanson
English in Texas Vol. 26, No. 3 (1995) pp. 29–32
Compares and contrasts attitudes toward the Internet of people in composition, technical communication, and rhetoric with those of people in engineering, who tend to be reluctant to use the Internet as an idea-sharing open communication channel....
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The Impact of Electronic Networks on Scholarly Communication: Avenues for Research
Julie Foertsch
Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal Vol. 19, No. 2 (1995) pp. 301–28
Focuses on communication via electronic networks as a unique form of discourse that exists on a continuum between context-dependent interaction of oral conversation and the abstracted composition of written text. Reviews research in related fields...
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Development of Social Skills and the Use of the Microcomputer in the Primary School Classroom
Peter Kutnick; David Marshall
British Educational Research Journal Vol. 19, No. 5 (1993) pp. 517–33
Maintains that teachers often ask groups of pupils to undertake computer tasks with the understanding that positive benefits will result within the social context of learning. Reports on a study of the impact of social skills training on two fifth...
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Assessment and "Third Generation" Distance Education
Mary Thorpe
Distance Education Vol. 19, No. 2 (1998) pp. 265–86
Discusses the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in distance education, focusing on continuous assessment. Reviews an exploratory study of the use of collaborative assignments and assesses CMC contributions in an undergraduate course and...
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Exploring High School Students' and Teachers' Preferences toward the Constructivist Internet-Based Learning Environments in Taiwan
Min-Hsien Lee; Chin-Chung Tsai
Educational Studies Vol. 31, No. 2 (June 2005) pp. 149–167
This paper explores high school students' and teachers' preferences towards constructivist Internet-based learning environments. The study proposes a framework, including two dimensions and five aspects, to illustrate the features of the Internet...
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Neutrality and Media Literacy at the Reference Desk: A Case Study
Juris Dilevko; Kalina Grewal
Journal of Academic Librarianship Vol. 24, No. 1 (1998) pp. 21–32
Using a case study approach that compares original and reprint articles from two newspapers, this article examines the consequences of not integrating media literacy skills into reference service. Librarians should be aware of the issues involved in ...