ED-MEDIA 2001--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications
2001
Editors
Craig Montgomerie; Jarmo Viteli
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 608
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Learner Led Learning in an Online Community The central role of the learner and its benefits
Wim Veen, Sicco Santema & Ralph Genang, Delft Univ. of Technology; Betty Collis, Univ. of Twente
Roles in online learning environments are changing towards leading learners or demand based learners if you wish. Learners do take ownership of their own learning process, and do take an active... More
pp. 563-566
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Rethinking Education: From Teacher led to Learner Led Learning
Ralph Genang, Delft Univ. of Technology
An educational situation implies presence of individuals, objects of knowledge, mediate and immediate objectives and methods or processes. We developed in our educational situation, the Business... More
pp. 567-571
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A WWW- Based Multimedia Framework for Medical Case Teaching
Manfred Gengler & Oliver Findl, Univ. of Vienna, Austria
We describe a software- framework designed to build multimedia presentations out of typical medical cases. These presentations "simulate" the common clinical examination. Starting from a picture of... More
pp. 572-573
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Improving Access Using Simulations of Community Resources
Clark Germann, Jane Kaufman Broida & Jeffrey Broida, Metropolitan State College of Denver, United States; Kimberly Thompson, Community Colleges of Colorado, United States
The Community Access Through Technology Project (CATT) is developing and implementing virtual reality software that persons with disabilities can use to experience a physical location prior to... More
pp. 576-581
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A Project for Supporting Photonics Development as a Modern University Research Centre
Mihaela Ghelmez Ghelmez (Dumitru), Politehnica Univ. Of Bucharest, Romania
The paper presents a programme that aims to prepare, by education and research activities, specialists with high qualification in the field of photonics. Within the context of a modern... More
pp. 582-583
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DISTRIBUTED COGNITIVE TOOLS TO IMPROVE HIGH ORDER COGNITIVE SKILLS SUCH AS: ARGUMENTATION, NEGOTIATION AND RESTRUCTURING OF KNOWLEDGE.
Max Giardina & Laila Oubenaissa, Univ. of Montreal, Canada
Two problematic concerning information technologies and communication, one related to the new constraints of access modality, communication and organization of information on process of knowledge... More
pp. 584-586
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Media and Innovation Take Technology Off-campus: The Institute for Technology Transfer
Daniel Goulet & David Gibbs, Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Linking a university's computing technology resources with local businesses provides a win-win scenario for improving the technological life of both. The Institute for Technology Transfer, residing... More
pp. 587-588
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PDAs: Learning in the Palm of Your Sweaty Little Hands
Carol Gilley, University of Arkansas, United States; Donetta Ginn, University of Memphis, United States
p. 589
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Computer and Internet Attitudes of Adult GED Students
Carol Gilley, Univ. of Arkansas, United States
This study measures the computer attitudes and Internet attitudes of adult General Equivalency Development (GED) students in the United States. Age, gender, education, location, income, computer/... More
pp. 590-591
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Designing a Pedagogically Sound Web-based Interface: The Critical Role of Prior Knowledge
Thanasis Giouvanakis, Haido Samaras & Konstantinos Tarabanis, Univ. of Macedonia, Greece
this article we present our research and development efforts to design a pedagogically sound multimedia web-based learning interface. We take into consideration recent findings from the area of... More
pp. 592-597
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Social Work Education, Teaching Pedagogy, and Computer-Facilitated Instruction in the United States: Results from a National Survey
Debra Gohagan, Minnesota State University, United States
This paper reports results from a national survey in the United States of the pedagogical practices used by social work educators who use and social work educators who do not use computer... More
pp. 598-603
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Webering a Brazilian University: A successul case of change
Pericles Gomes & Sonia Vermelho, Pontificial Universidade Catolica do Parana, Brazil
p. 604
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GADEA: A General Framework for the Development of User Interfaces Adapted to Human Diversity
Martin Gonzalez, Benjamin Lopez, Puerto Paule & Juan Manuel Cueva, Univ. of Oviedo, Spain
The design of user interfaces adapted to the cognitive, perceptive or motor features of certain kind of users implies the development of different versions of the system, which is frequently too ... More
pp. 605-607
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An Interactive System for Teaching Electronics
Enrique Mandado, The Univ. of Vigo, Spain; Angel Salaverría, The Univ. of País Vasco, Spain, Spain; Julio González, Laurence Reitman & Tony Stagno, SUNY New Paltz, United States
We have developed, tested and assessed a novel educational system for teaching electronics. To implement this system we have developed an "Interactive Lab" application program based on Visual Basic... More
pp. 608-612
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The Implementation of E-learning in UK Higher Education
Terence Goodison, The National Research Centre for ICT in Education Training and Employment, Univ. of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Higher education in the UK, as in many other countries, is experiencing a period of rapid change, not only because of advances in technology but also because the constructivist paradigm ... More
pp. 613-618
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How to implement WBT into higher education
Anna Grabowska, Technical Univ. of Gdansk, Poland
p. 619
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DISTRIBUTED LEARNING INTRANET AND INTERNET APPLICATIONS
Elinor Greene, TransTech Interactive Training, United States
At a time when learning is finally recognized as a critical component to an organization's success, manufacturing industries are facing an overwhelming challenge to increase efficiency,... More
pp. 620-621
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Development and Assessment of a Graduate Level Statistics Course Online
Candace Gunnarsson, Xavier, United States
This paper is a report on the development and assessment of a graduate level statistics course taught in an online setting. Students taking the newly developed statistics course online were... More
pp. 622-623
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Use of videoconferencing with computer-supported co-operative work
Peter J. Haubner, Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany; Helmut Krueger & Sissel Guttormsen Schär, Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology, Switzerland
An evaluation of distributed computer supported co-operative work (CSCW) in a project workshop for students utilising Internet-based videoconference technology, i s presented. The workshop has... More
pp. 624-629
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Teaching University-Level Computer Science to High School Students over the Web
Arto Haataja, Sirpa Kontkanen, Jarkko Suhonen & Erkki Sutinen, Univ. of Joensuu, Finland
The need for novel approaches to attract high school students to information technology related careers is huge. At the same time, very few high school teachers have been trained to teach these... More
pp. 630-635
