Hypermedia and discovery based learning: What value?

Gabriel Jacobs

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jan 01, 2005) pp. 355–366

In 1992, I published a paper entitled 'Hypermedia and discovery based learning: A historical perspective'. It traced the swings in the history of educational thinking between, on the one hand, support for conventional curriculum based learning and, ...

Evaluating Courseware: Some Critical Questions

Gabriel Jacobs

Innovations in Education and Training International Vol. 35, No. 1 (1998) pp. 3–8

Identifies critical questions with respect to the evaluation process in the design, development and use of courseware. Argues that certain fundamental difficulties in quantifying and judging effectiveness and learning outcomes might lead one to...

Treacherous Allies: Foreign Language Grammar Checkers

Gabriel Jacobs; Catherine Rodgers

CALICO Journal Vol. 16, No. 4 (1999) pp. 509–29

Discusses the use of a French computerized grammar checker as a learning and teaching resource. Presents the results of a controlled series of experiments in which groups of students were given the task of correcting French texts containing...

ISDN-based distance learning: tangible costs, intangible benefits

Gabriel Jacobs; Catherine Rodgers

Computers & Education Vol. 31, No. 1 (1998) pp. 41–53

The issue of the financial costs associated with distance learning using live video is most often discussed only tangentially in the relevant research literature. This paper addresses the issue directly by analysing the case of a trans-European...

Language: English

Gaming Frequency and Academic Performance

Barry Ip; Gabriel Jacobs; Alan Watkins

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 24, No. 4 (2008) pp. 355–373

There are numerous claims that playing computer and video games may be educationally beneficial, but there has been little formal investigation into whether or not the frequency of exposure to such games actually affects academic performance. This...

Vocabulary and Neural Networks in the Computational Assessment of Texts Written by Second-Language Learners

Paul Meara; Catherine Rodgers; Gabriel Jacobs

System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics Vol. 28, No. 3 (2000) pp. 345–54

Explores the potential of a neural network in language assessment. Nonnative speakers of French were asked to produce a short text in response to a picture stimulus. A neural network was trained to grade the text on the basis of codings. Results...

Retention and Application of Information Technology Skills among Nursing and Midwifery Students

Barry Ip; Steve Jones; Gabriel Jacobs

Innovations in Education and Teaching International Vol. 44, No. 2 (May 2007) pp. 199–210

Pre-registration nursing and midwifery students are under considerable pressure to acquire the necessary information technology (IT) skills by the time they embark on a professional nursing career. There is a multitude of research findings detailing ...

Gaming frequency and academic performance

Barry Ip; Gabriel Jacobs; Alan Watkins

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 24, No. 4 (Jan 01, 2008)

There are numerous claims that playing computer and video games may be educationally beneficial, but there has been little formal investigation into whether or not the frequency of exposure to such games actually affects academic performance. This...

Language: English