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Introducing E-Learning in a South African Higher Education Institution: Challenges Arising from an Intervention and Possible Responses
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Bharuthram, Sharita; Kies, Carolynn – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
This article draws on research conducted at a tertiary institution in South Africa as part of the redesigning of an English for Educational Development (EED) course to include an e-learning online discussion component. The subject material used was based on HIV/AIDS topics that students had to debate within an online discussion forum. Framed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intervention, Barriers
Competency, Capability, Complexity and Computers: Exploring a New Model for Conceptualising End-User Computer Education
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Phelps, Renata; Hase, Stewart; Ellis, Allan – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2005
Notions of competency have dominated the computer education literature, and have underpinned Competency-Based Training (CBT) in information technology at all levels of education and training. The emergence of counter-narratives underpinned by the capability movement, have as yet had minimal impact on practice in computer education. New discourses…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Competence, Information Technology, Action Research
Customising Microsoft Office to Develop a Tutorial Learning Environment
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Deacon, Andrew; Jaftha, Jacob; Horwitz, David – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2004
Powerful applications such as Microsoft Office's Excel and Word are widely used to perform common tasks in the workplace and in education. Scripting within these applications allows unanticipated user requirements to be addressed. We show that such extensibility, intended to support office automation-type applications, is well suited to the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Writing Instruction, Economics
Using the Internet in Teaching: The Views of Practitioners (A Survey of the Views of Secondary School Teachers in Sheffield, UK)
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Madden, Andrew; Ford, Nigel; Miller, David; Levy, Philippa – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2005
A questionnaire was generated from the results of a series of interviews at The City School one of the 27 state secondary schools in Sheffield. In October 2002, it was sent out to 499 Heads of Department at the remaining 26 state secondary schools. Responses were received from 188 teachers, ranging in age from 24 to 60 years old. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Urban Schools, Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
LOGO: More Than a Decade Later.
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Michayluk, J. O. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1986
Examines current state of Logo programming language and research on Logo and presents conclusions about the efficacy of Logo as a research and teaching tool. Conclusions discuss use of Logo to teach computer literacy; transfer of training; representativeness and reliability of Logo research results; and Logo research methodology. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Literacy, Elementary Education, Literature Reviews