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David Burlinson; Matthew Mcquaigue; Alec Goncharow; Kalpathi Subramanian; Erik Saule; Jamie Payton; Paula Goolkasian – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
BRIDGES is a software framework for creating engaging assignments for required courses such as data structures and algorithms. It provides students with a simplified API that populates their own data structure implementations with live and real-world data, and provides the ability for students to easily visualize the data structures they create as…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Majors (Students), Student Interests, College Faculty
Sadro, Fay; Marsh, Lucy; Klenk, Hazel; Egglestone, Corin; Friel, Seana – Learning and Work Institute, 2021
The future of work is changing, providing opportunities for new careers and novel ways of working. Changes to the world of work will be driven by long-term trends such as technological and demographic change as well as the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Future skills requirements will increasingly emphasise interpersonal, higher-order…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Career Change, Electronic Learning, Job Skills
Craig, Scotty D.; Schroeder, Noah L. – Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative, 2020
The Science of Learning and Readiness (SoLaR) project seeks to demonstrate to Defense and other Government stakeholders the "art of the possible" for high-quality distributed learning and to create a practical guide for how to infuse such qualities into the broader Department of Defense (DoD) distributed learning ecosystem. This report…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Blended Learning, Courseware
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Isbell, Daniel R.; Winke, Paula; Gass, Susan M. – Language Testing, 2019
Language tests are useful for many purposes, including monitoring language learning progress and evaluating language programs. This study investigated the interpretations and usefulness of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview -- Computer (OPIc) scores across four languages at a large US…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Language Tests
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Canals, Laia – Language Learning & Technology, 2020
The present study aims to assess the benefits of participating in a virtual language exchange (VE) for practicing oral skills with native speakers by measuring learners' motivation to learn the language, communicate, and collaborate. The oral language development of advanced learners of English at a Spanish university was compared with a control…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Mather, Richard – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2015
This paper explores the application of canonical gradient analysis to evaluate and visualize student performance and acceptance of a learning system platform. The subject of evaluation is a first year BSc module for computer programming. This uses "Ceebot," an animated and immersive game-like development environment. Multivariate…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Program Evaluation, Visualization, Programming
Padilla, Amado M.; Sung, Hyekyung – 1997
The report summarizes results of an evaluative study of selected state-funded elementary and secondary school programs for less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) in California. Fourteen projects at 19 school sites received a maximum of 4 years of funding to offer instruction in Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Korean, and Russian. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education