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Zientek, Linda; Skidmore, Susan T.; Saxon, D. Patrick; Edmonson, Stacey – Community College Enterprise, 2015
With the omnipresence of technology in society came the inevitable integration into education. This manuscript provides results of a statewide survey of developmental mathematics instructors' technology preferences and priorities across all levels of developmental mathematics courses. The study was part of a larger project designed to explore the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Technology Uses in Education, Preferences, Developmental Programs
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Boone, Joni; Carlson, Susan – NADE Digest, 2011
Researchers from Kaplan University present findings from a media-rich feedback pilot program that targets students from developmental writing courses. One study of student reactions reveals how screencasting feedback encouraged more formative, holistic feedback and students' awareness of writing process, audience, and revision. A second study…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Feedback (Response), Writing Assignments, Writing Evaluation
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Beckmann, Elizabeth A. – Distance Education, 2010
Many careers involve mobile lifestyles, yet require specialised postgraduate qualifications for career progression. Mobile technologies offer new opportunities by providing more choice in when, where, and how students learn. Experiences in an Australian postgraduate development studies program illustrate the choices. Three key issues are explored:…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
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Caverly, David C.; Broderick, Bill – Journal of Developmental Education, 1995
Discusses issues of information technology as they relate to the future of developmental education. Characterizes the potential applications for laptop-based technologies, telecommunications, and hypermedia. Suggests that educators will need to teach developmental students how to use the technology as an extension of their minds. (MAB)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Developmental Programs, Educational Development
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Broderick, Bill; Caverly, David C. – Journal of Developmental Education, 1996
Examines the current status of online developmental courses. Features descriptions of programs at several colleges, including the names and e-mail addresses of individuals to contact for further information. Describes the hardware requirements for offering online courses as well as how such courses typically operate. (MAB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Arunachalam, Subbiah – 2002
Often funding agencies and donor governments face the question of whether should they support information and communication (ICT) technologies activities in their development projects. Should the money be invested in computers and communication devices or will it be better spent on food, shelter, health, and education? The choice need not be…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Developing Nations
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Sattler, Nancy J. – AMATYC Review, 2005
This study investigated teacher perception of interactions used in on-line developmental mathematics courses at two-year colleges. A total of 98 AMATYC teachers were surveyed. The following conclusions were inferred from the study's findings: (a) The teacher responding to the survey was apt to be a female between the ages of 50 and 59, had taught…
Descriptors: Class Size, Gender Differences, Teaching Experience, Textbooks
PEPNet 2, 2007
The 2007 meeting of the English Think Tank published here represents a sample of the English Think Tank V presentations. In reading these papers one is struck by the imagination and expertise possessed by so many members in the field. The paper topics fall roughly into four categories--assessment, diversity, literacy, and technology. This…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Writing Processes, Web Sites, Developmental Programs