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Educational websites in chemistry - expectations versus reality
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
The World Wide Web is a promising medium for chemical education. The huge chemical databases, the threedimensional and dynamic graphics together with the computational and communicational power, offer exciting new ways to ...
Personal inquiry: scripting support for inquiry learning by participatory design
(University of Cyprus, 2010)
This paper focuses on the participatory design processes during a project concerned with supporting children aged 12 – 15 to carry out personal scientific inquiries and in particular how the process varied between two case ...
The evolving use of information technology in a large canadian high school – what’s working and what’s not
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
This presentation provides an update on the evolving use of information technology (IT) in the classrooms of a large Canadian high school. The discussion concentrates on IT developments in the mathematics and science ...
Improving learning outcomes through the Utilization of next generation e-learning Technologies
(University of Cyprus, 2007)
Educational practice has in recent times been experiencing significant transitions. The ‘sage on a stage’ models of learning are slowly shifting to those of learning facilitation; that is the ‘guide on the side’ paradigm. ...
A web-based approach to the delivery of instruction on information and Communication technology
(Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)
While web-based courses are not new they are in their infancy. Courses that employ web-based technology to teach about technology are even less common and are attended by a unique set of challenges and intricacies. This ...
A course website and e-learning system for the enhancement of engineering design education
(University of Zilina, 2005)
This paper presents an e-Learning enhanced instructional strategy to overcome instructional issues while conducting project-based learning in Engineering Design (henceforth, ED) courses targeting freshmen and sophomores ...
A practical computer-assisted learning framework for mixed ability classes
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
Teaching introductory courses in Computer Science and Management Information Systems to students is often hindered by a variety of factors. Computer-assisted learning methods may provide solutions to such problems. Feedback ...
Teaching with technology – a pilgrim’s journey
(University of Zilina, 2005)
This paper reflects on the impact of technology on the academic activity of university teachers over the last decade, as seen from within a department in a faculty of science of an Australian university. The paper provides ...
Should we be using web-based learning to supplement face-to-face teaching of undergraduates?
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
There are several pressures to use web-based learning to augment traditional undergraduate teaching, not least of which are to fulfil students’ expectations, to increase student retention and improve progression rates. ...
Designing problem-solving and laboratory content for a web-based distance education course in introductory general physics
(University of Zilina, 2005)
There is a strong prejudice among physicists, and specialists in other mathematically intensive disciplines, that effective distance education is not feasible in their subject because of the impossibility of teaching ...