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Shimabukuro, James – American Journal of Distance Education, 2011
Harry Keller is president and a founder of Paracomp, Inc., creator and marketer of Smart Science Education. In this interview, Keller talks about himself and what led him to develop Smart Science labs as an online learning technology. He discusses how schools integrate Smart Science labs into their K-12 science curriculum, the major weaknesses in…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Distance Education, Online Courses
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O'Connor, Eileen – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2011
Given the challenges facing higher education in the fast-changing educational and social environment, what can be learned from an instructor who has braved the rapidly changing stream of technologies and has subsequently developed a personal and productive approach to using emerging technologies to teach better and farther? What aspects of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Distance Education, Online Courses, Social Environment
Bentley, Michael L. – 2003
This paper describes how one university professor came to recognize that a computer-mediated learning environment can effectively facilitate student knowledge construction. During the 2001-02 academic year, he taught several online, undergraduate science courses at two different institutions. Delivery, which was entirely online, used e-mail, drop…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Higher Education, Online Courses
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Loegering, John P.; Edge, W. Daniel – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2002
Reports on the creation of web-based exercises to support an existing course and tested their effectiveness. Students' academic performance on course topics associated with the modules they completed was over 3% higher than those they did not complete, and students believed the modules were a worthwhile exercise. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Conservation (Environment), Higher Education, Internet
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Rodrigues, Susan – Journal of Education for Teaching, 1999
Describes an online distance learning component within an Australian Master's-level science education course which included a weekly online forum and in-person sessions, analyzing students' contributions to the forum, course evaluation forms, and post-course group interviews. Students valued the online component, but many were unskilled in…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
Lazinica, Aleksandar, Ed.; Calafate, Carlos, Ed. – InTech, 2009
The widespread deployment and use of Information Technologies (IT) has paved the way for change in many fields of our societies. The Internet, mobile computing, social networks and many other advances in human communications have become essential to promote and boost education, technology and industry. On the education side, the new challenges…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Educational Technology, Experiential Learning
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This June 11, 2004 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Parlez-Vous Anything?" (Germano, William); (2) "The Colors They…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Second Language Learning, Computer Networks, Computer Assisted Instruction
Education Sector, 2006
"ES Review" brings together in one publication recent Education Sector work that reflects both the reach of its policy projects and its commitment to translating the complexities of education policymaking for a wide range of audiences. Articles in this first edition of "ES Review" are: (1) Community College Confidential…
Descriptors: Recruitment, Change Strategies, Student Needs, Preschool Education