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Skoretz, Yvonne M.; Cottle, Amy E. – Computers in the Schools, 2011
Meeting International Society for Technology in Education competencies creates a challenge for teachers. The authors provide a problem-based video framework that guides teachers in enhancing 21st century skills to meet those competencies. To keep the focus on the content, the authors suggest teaching the technology skills only at the point the…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
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Tappert, Charles C.; Stix, Allen – Computers in the Schools, 2010
At Pace University we have been using real-world student projects in capstone computing courses for about 10 years. While the courses were conducted in a traditional classroom environment during the early years, the current course has been essentially online for the last five years in order to reach a greater number of geographically scattered…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Distance Education, Educational Trends, Online Courses
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Ioannou, Andri; Brown, Scott W.; Hannafin, Robert D.; Boyer, Mark A. – Computers in the Schools, 2009
This study investigated whether using multimedia-based instructional material in a problem-based social studies simulation enhances student learning about world issues, increases interest in social studies, and generates positive attitudes toward the instruction. The GlobalEd Project, a Web-based international negotiation simulation embedded in…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Problem Based Learning, Instructional Materials, Internet
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Harmer, Andrea J.; Cates, Ward Mitchell – Computers in the Schools, 2007
Engaging middle-school students in scientific inquiry is typically recognized as important, but difficult. Designed to foster learner engagement, this method used an online, problem-based, science inquiry that investigated the West Nile virus during four weeks of collaborative classroom sessions. The inquiry prototype was authored in WISE, the…
Descriptors: Internet, Science Instruction, Science Education, Middle School Students