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Virtual Field Sites: Losses and Gains in Authenticity with Semantic Technologies
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Litherland, Kate; Stott, Tim A. – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2012
The authors investigate the potential of semantic web technologies to enhance "Virtual Fieldwork" resources and learning activities in the Geosciences. They consider the difficulties inherent in the concept of Virtual Fieldwork and how these might be reconciled with the desire to provide students with "authentic" tools for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Semantics, Science Instruction
The Design and Development of a Theoretically Grounded Hypermedia Learning Environment: EASE History
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Collins, Brian Patrick – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Learning environment design and development is essential for the field of educational technology, because it is a relatively new field compared to many disciplines of scholarly inquiry. The focus of this dissertation is on the design and development of the EASE system and the general design of EASE History, a case-based learning environment that…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Hypermedia
A Realistic Data Warehouse Project: An Integration of Microsoft Access[R] and Microsoft Excel[R] Advanced Features and Skills
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King, Michael A. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2009
Business intelligence derived from data warehousing and data mining has become one of the most strategic management tools today, providing organizations with long-term competitive advantages. Business school curriculums and popular database textbooks cover data warehousing, but the examples and problem sets typically are small and unrealistic. The…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Problem Sets, Corporations, Statistics
Pedogogic Principles of Case-Based CAL.
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Khan, Tariq; Yip, Y. J. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1996
One trend in educational and cognitive learning theory being adopted by designers of computer-aided learning (CAL) tools and expert systems is case-based reasoning, or the use of previous examples or cases to solve new problems. This article examines principles of this method, including guided exploration, memory aids, and partially self-directed…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Critical Thinking in a Collaborative Online PBL Tutorial
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Schell, Robyn; Kaufman, David – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
The web has the potential to offer an environment that can support standardized medical education to students dispersed in time or place and, in the process, respond to reduced availability of patients for practice. This exploratory article describes how we evaluated critical thinking in an online collaborative Problem-based Learning (PBL)…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Problem Based Learning, Patients, Critical Thinking
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Hijon-Neira, Raquel, Ed. – InTech, 2009
The education industry has obviously been influenced by the Internet revolution. Teaching and learning methods have changed significantly since the coming of the Web and it is very likely they will keep evolving many years to come thanks to it. A good example of this changing reality is the spectacular development of e-Learning. In a more…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Internet, Feedback (Response)