ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Developing a Student-Centered Learning Environment in the Malaysian Classroom--A Multimedia Learning Experience
Author: Neo, Mai
Date: 2003-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Student Centered Learning,Student Attitudes,Student Surveys,Student Projects,Constructivism (Learning),Multimedia Instruction,Student Evaluation,Active Learning,Teamwork,College Students,College Instruction

In recent years, the infusion of multimedia into teaching and learning has altered considerably the instructional strategy in our educational institutions and changed the way teachers teach and students learn. The traditional teacher-centric method of teaching, used for decades in our educational system, has been modified and enhanced. In this paper, we focus on a course in the Faculty of Creative Multimedia, in which students used multimedia in creating a student-centered learning environment. Here, students were taught the basic multimedia design process (MDP) and the use of an authoring tool, Macromedia Director, and then to apply the knowledge they have gained to build a multimedia project of their own choice. In this learning environment, students must play an active part in their learning process and determine how to reach their own learning outcomes themselves. This student-centered approach empowers students to construct their own knowledge and enables them to think critically, learn to work in teams and solve problems collectively. A survey was carried out to ascertain the reactions of the students towards this student-centered learning mode. In general, students responded enthusiastically to the course and demonstrated positive attitudes towards the student-centered learning environment.
University Faculty Members' Context Beliefs about Technology Utilization in Teaching
Author: Abdelraheem, Ahmed Yousif
Date: 2004-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Technology Uses in Education,College Faculty,Teaching Methods,Teacher Attitudes,Beliefs,Performance Factors,Context Effect,Likert Scales,Academic Rank (Professional),Specialization,Teaching Experience,Statistical Analysis,Foreign Countries

This study examined the context beliefs of Sultan Qaboos University Faculty Members (SQUFMs). Beliefs about teaching with technology instrument developed by Lumpe and Chambre was used with modifications. It was found that SQUFMs held positive beliefs with varying degrees. Enabling factors have higher degrees than likelihood factors. In addition it showed a significant difference between SQUFMs beliefs about teaching with technology according to their experiences. SQUFMs at science camp held higher context beliefs than those who on the art camp and there was a significant difference in context beliefs of SQUFMs about teaching with technology according to their academic ranks. The researcher recommends that more studies be conducted in the area of environmental and personal factors affecting teaching with technology.
Web Based Education-Moves from Promise to Practice
Author: Nachimuthu
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Web Based Instruction,Online Courses,Resource Units,Computer Uses in Education,Shared Resources and Services,Multimedia Materials,Search Engines,Internet,Access to Computers,Educational Resources,Electronic Learning,Barriers

Quality of higher education is a very important sector for the growth and development of human resource which can take responsibility for social, economic and scientific development of the Indian country. To achieve the outcome of enhanced quality at all levels of education, Government of India has been focusing its attention on quality and excellence in higher education and teacher education through Web based education and web based training. Today all countries have an integral vision of educational use of ICT. Many teacher education programs now include the ICT courses both in technology and its operations. The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) has recently made a few recommendations to address the importance of Web based education and to increase the amount of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Access (OA). In India, there are three major initiatives for creating open educational tools and resources. They are (i) NPTEL (ii) Ekalavya; (iii) E-Grid (iv) OSCAR. Many educators point out the importance of interaction in high quality online education.. For high quality education throughout India there must be some nation wide network, which provides equal quality education to all students, including the student from the rural areas and villages. The solution to this is Web-Based Education. This paper explains the Web based Learning and training with the educational portals. It discusses online teaching and its barriers and the assessments. This paper illustrates the search engines and its easy way of entering methods in WBE. A great teacher inspires first, influences next and third informs. Technology can help teachers to teach more; to reach more; and to touch more but can never totally substitute the teacher.
The Analysis of Decision Making Behaviors and Perceived Problem Solving Skills in Adolescents
Author: Güçray, Songül Sonay
Date: 2003-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Adolescents,Decision Making,Problem Solving,Self Esteem,Gender Differences,Anxiety,Parent Background,Educational Attainment,High Schools,High School Students,Private Schools,Public Schools,Age Differences,Foreign Countries,Depression (Psychology),Measures (Individuals),Likert Scales,Factor Analysis

The aim of the study is to analyze decisional self-esteem, decisional stress and perceived problem-solving skills of secondary education students and to find out whether there is a significant difference in adolescent's decision-making behaviors, and problem-solving skills from the aspect of some socio-demographic variables (gender, age, school type and education level of the parents). For this purpose, 498 subjects (273 female, 255 male) from secondary education students were given The Scale of Decision Making Behaviors (Radford, Mann, Ohta and Nakane, 1993) and Problem-Solving Inventory (Heppner and Petersen, 1982). According to the findings of the study, significant differences were observed among male and female adolescents considering decisional self-esteem and decisional stress, but on the other hand, no difference was observed when their perceived problem-solving skills were considered. Gender and school type were found to be as effective variables on the behaviors of decision-making and also the school type and the education level the mothers were found to be as effective variables on perceived problem-solving skills. The study has indicated that students from private schools are more skillful in cognitive processes such as decision-making and problem-solving than the students from Anatolian high-schools and State-high schools.
Distributed Learning and Constructivist Philosophy (Uzaktan Ögretim Ve Yapilandirmaci Felsefe)
Author: Tekinarslan, Erkan
Date: 2003-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Constructivism (Learning),Educational Philosophy,Distance Education,Multimedia Instruction,Active Learning,Student Projects,Participant Observation,Content Analysis,Interviews,Relevance (Education),Instructional Effectiveness,Teaching Methods,Student Surveys,College Students

Distance education and its new form of distributed learning have been used in many countries to provide education to people who need training. Recent developments in instructional technology enable the institutions to distribute their education to more people in distant places than ever before. The field of distributed learning has a lot of potential for educational purposes and lifelong learning. Also, some schools, (e.g., Ohio University, University of Phoenix) have combined distributed learning and constructivist learning environments. For instance, Ohio University offers &quot;Master of Business Administration (MBA)&quot; degrees in a project-based distributed learning environment with a theoretical base in constructivist philosophy. Most current studies are about course-based distributed learning environments. Thus, in this study, the author discusses the project-based distributed learning environment, &quot;MBA Without Boundaries (MBAWB) program&quot; at Ohio University, and the theoretical base, constructivism, behind the environment. Based on the findings from a qualitative investigation of faculty and learners' experiences in the MBAWB program, the author concludes with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the project-based distributed learning environment.
Ethics Education in Australian Preservice Teacher Programs: A Hidden Imperative?
Author: Boon, Helen J.
Date: 2016-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Ethics,Ethical Instruction,Incidence,Foreign Countries,Preservice Teacher Education,Teaching Methods,Surveys,Educational Trends,Graduate Study,Foundations of Education,Program Evaluation,College Faculty,Teacher Attitudes,Administrator Attitudes,Classification,Course Content,Statistical Analysis

This paper provides a snapshot of the current approach to ethics education in accredited Australian pre-service teacher programs. Methods included a manual calendar search of ethics related subjects required in teacher programs using a sample of 24 Australian universities and a survey of 26 university representatives. Findings show a paucity of required standalone ethics subjects in the pre-service teacher training programs despite recent accreditation requirements by AITSL. When analysed by program type, the prevalence of an ethics related subject requirement in pre-service teacher programs revealed a concerning trend; post graduate programs, as a general rule, had a much lower prevalence of a mandatory ethics-related subject, including those subjects which are traditionally used as vehicles for embedding ethics, such as the Foundations of Education. Notwithstanding, all respondents agreed that the value of ethics in pre-service teacher programs is irrefutable. Implications for further research are discussed.
Student Evaluation in Higher Education: A Comparison between Computer Assisted Assessment and Traditional Evaluation
Author: Ghilay, Yaron
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Evaluation,Higher Education,Comparative Analysis,Computer Assisted Testing,Evaluation Methods,College Students,Questionnaires,Testing,Educational Benefits,Validity,Reliability,Testing Problems

The study examined advantages and disadvantages of computerised assessment compared to traditional evaluation. It was based on two samples of college students (n=54) being examined in computerised tests instead of paper-based exams. Students were asked to answer a questionnaire focused on test effectiveness, experience, flexibility and integrity. Concerning each characteristic, responders were asked to relate to both kinds of evaluation (computerised and traditional). Furthermore, students were asked to evaluate home and classroom computerised exams. The research reveals that there is a significant advantage to computerised assessment in comparison to paper-based evaluation. The most powerful advantage of computer-assisted assessment found throughout the research, is a test's flexibility. The research findings point out that there is significant worthiness to adopt computerised assessment technologies in higher education, including home exams. Such a new method of evaluation is about to improve significantly the institutional educational administration.
TEC Center: Linking Technology, Education and Cultural Diversity
Author: Hoter, Elaine
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cultural Pluralism,Educational Technology,Multicultural Education,Racial Segregation,Computer Mediated Communication,Social Networks,Conflict Resolution,Intergroup Relations,Intergroup Education,Influence of Technology,Preservice Teacher Education,Inservice Teacher Education,Questionnaires,Interviews,Intervention,Attitude Change,Social Attitudes,Desegregation Methods,Foreign Countries

To many people, &quot;Israel&quot; is perceived as a &quot;high-tech&quot; nation, but in the same breath, as a &quot;nation in conflict.&quot; So why not apply Israel's technological advantage to battle the multicultural conflict within? In this article, we will review the multicultural segregation in Israel, the traditional attempts to bring conflicting groups together, and finally, we will conclude with the TOCE (Trust Building in Online Collaborative Environments) model developed by the TEC center founders, and its' implementation in various academic programs and projects. Research on the programs carried out by the TEC center indicate that structured Information &amp; Communication Technology (ICT) intervention can reduce bias, stigmas, and ethnic prejudice among project participants, and turn them into major technology proficient agents of social change.
Technology
Author: Isman, Aytekin
Date: 2003-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Man Machine Systems,Human Factors Engineering,Scientific Methodology,Science and Society,Cultural Context,Educational Practices

This article begins by drawing on literature to examine the various definitions of &quot;technology&quot; and &quot;technique.&quot; Following a discussion of the origin of technology in education, the remaining sections of the article focus on the relationships and interaction between: (1) machines and technique; (2) science and technique; (3) organization and technique; (4) technical operation and technical phenomenon; (5) technique and culture; and (6) technique and society. The article concludes by reinforcing how important it is for educators to know the meaning of technology and understand how it can be helpful for education.
A Standards-Based Grading and Reporting Tool for Faculty: Design and Implications
Author: Sadik, Alaa M.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Academic Standards,Grading,Research Tools,College Faculty,Program Design,Program Development,Program Evaluation,Questionnaires,Usability,Participant Satisfaction,Reports,Efficiency,Program Effectiveness,Individual Differences,Predictor Variables,Psychometrics,Foreign Countries

The use of standard-based assessment, grading and reporting tools is essential to ensure that assessment meets acceptable levels of quality and standardization. This study reports the design, development and evaluation of a standards-based assessment tool for the instructors at Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman. The Rapid Applications Development Model was implemented to develop early versions of the assessment tool, called RealGrade. The Grading tool Usability Questionnaire and a series of individual interviews were used to measure participants' reactions toward the usability of RealGrade and determine the extent to which the prototype is usable. The results revealed that participants found the RealGrade effective and efficient in facilitating the process of standardsbased assessment and communicating grades with students at the University. In addition, they favored the design, flexibility and ease of use of RealGrade. Further examinations of mean differences among participants according to their computer experience and teaching experience were conducted.
A Novel Approach for the Use of Technology in Education
Author: Inelmen, Erol
Date: 2003-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Technology Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Technological Advancement,Active Learning,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Computer Literacy,Computer Uses in Education,Programming,Computer Mediated Communication

Whether we are conscious or not, technology has made an important impact in our daily life. Like in all other areas, education has been transformed and more active learning methods are now being implemented. This paper is attempting to describe a novel approach for using modern technology. This approach expects that learners prepare their own materials on line while the final evaluation is based on their portfolios.
Role of Educational Games Improves Meaningful Learning
Author: Nachimuthu, K.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Games,Learning Activities,Thinking Skills,Skill Development,Problem Solving,Cognitive Processes,Abstract Reasoning,Information Processing,Schemata (Cognition),Student Educational Objectives,Multimedia Materials,Educational Technology,Computer Games,Video Games

A game is a set of activities involving one or more players. It has goals, constraints, payoffs, and consequences. A game is rule-guided and artificial in some respects. (Richard Wilson, 2010). According to Garris et al. (2002), define educational game play as &quot;voluntary, nonproductive, and separate from the real world&quot;; and they found that the fantasy, goals, sensory stimuli, challenge, mystery, and control are the six features that characterize games. Generally, a game an activity must include several basic characteristics. The activity is usually a contest of physical or mental skills and strengths, requiring the participant(s) to follow a specific set of rules in order to attain a goal. Gaming is defined as being separate from simulation and is defined, in a basic sense, as any overt instructional or learning format that involves competition and is rule-guided (Dempsey et al, 1994). Three distinct styles can be formulated from the history of computer and video games. As an audiovisual style of games categorize into three styles viz., (i) photorealism, (ii) caricaturism and (iii) abstractionism and the first one has its subcategories of televisualism and illusionism. With respect to thinking process in Games Play, the Students thinking processes is always related to achieve a focused improvement of solution by asking questions like what to change in games, why its changes and how to cause the change. Due to these questions they can achieve the following concepts of thinking processing skills by educational games. They are lateral thinking, reasoning, problem solving, information processing, a mental representation and higher-order learning. This paper discusses the types of educational games, motivational games, objectives of educational games, and Research studies in Educational games, games and edutainment, how audiovisual styles used for the students and the pedagogical design with its challenges. This paper also deals with how audio visual learning occurs for the students while playing educational games with its six nutshell characteristics (Dimension, Point of perception; Visual outlook; Audiovisual Motifs; Soundscape and Senso-motorism). This paper explains the future of educational games and Games which incorporate multimedia technologies may improve other aspects of higher order skills. If properly planned and tuned the games structure and the topic, the user can be achieved their goals.
Training Teachers to Use and Produce Open Educational Resources: A Win-Win Approach
Author: Misra, Pradeep Kumar
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Education,Training,Resource Units,Computer Uses in Education,Shared Resources and Services,Teacher Competencies,Educational Practices,Learning Modules,Teaching Methods

High-quality teaching occurs when teachers come to the classroom with a certain toolkit of knowledge and skills because they are required to perform different roles in changing times, e.g., they have to be continuous learners, promoters of new learning outcomes, users of ICT in formal learning situations, and developers of new learning tools/materials. Present generation of teachers can not afford to be isolated practitioners working within a single classroom as they are expected to play significant role for the cause of knowledge society and be beneficiary as well contributor in ever changing world of education. The situation demands that institutions must prepare teachers to excel in teaching profession, and Open Educational Resources (OER) can play a very significant role to support this cause. OER can support teachers to develop a number of competencies and practices for benefit of teaching and learning. In other side, teachers have enough potential to support open source movement by producing useful and need based OER. To make this happen, efforts are needed to help teachers to understand and realize the importance of OER and to train them to use and produce OER. In this backdrop, present paper mainly discusses about the need of making teachers competent to use and produce OER, possibilities of making OER training an integral part of the pre-service/ inservice teacher training programmes, and responsibilities of various stakeholders to fufill this promise. As follow-up of this discussion, paper presents an &quot;OER Teacher Training Modul&quot; for use of teacher training institutions/organizations.
Quality Assurance in Distance and Open Learning
Author: Mahafzah, Mohammed Hasan
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Quality Assurance,Distance Education,Open Education,Electronic Learning,Course Evaluation,Online Courses,Evaluation Methods,Models,Summative Evaluation,Instructional Design,Web Sites,Educational Assessment,Satisfaction,Teacher Effectiveness,Integrated Learning Systems,Sustainability,Cooperative Learning,Student Attitudes,Benchmarking

E-learning has become an increasingly important teaching and learning mode in educational institutions and corporate training. The evaluation of E-learning, however, is essential for the quality assurance of E-learning courses. This paper constructs a three-phase evaluation model for E-learning courses, which includes development, process, and product evaluation, called the DPP evaluation model. Development evaluation includes, course material design, E-learning platform, course Web site design, learning resource, interactivity, assessment, and tutor support. Process evaluation includes technical support, Web site utilization, learning interaction, learning evaluation, learning support, and flexibility. Product evaluation includes student satisfaction, teaching effectiveness, learning effectiveness, and sustainability. This research uses the DPP model to evaluate a purely E-learning course in Distance and open Learning, developed by Philadelphia University. According to summative evaluation through a student E-learning experience survey, the majority of students were satisfied on all E-learning dimensions of an E-learning course. The majority of students thought that the learning effectiveness of this course was equivalent, even better, than face-to-face learning because of cross-border collaborative learning, sufficient learning support, and learning flexibility. This study shows that a high quality of teaching and learning might be assured by using the systematic DPP evaluation procedure. It is hoped that the DPP evaluation model can provide a benchmark for establishing a wider E-learning quality assurance mechanism in educational institutions.
Teaching Language and Culture in a Digital Age
Author: Chamberlin-Quinlisk, Carla
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cultural Awareness,Second Language Instruction,Second Language Learning,Controversial Issues (Course Content),Correlation,Cultural Pluralism,Information Technology,Self Concept,Language Usage,Audiences,Influence of Technology,English (Second Language),Multicultural Education

This article examines part of the complex relationship between linguistic and cultural diversity and the digital technologies that shape our social worlds. In particular, the author explores how digital media cultivate ideas about language practice in multicultural communities and simultaneously serve as a pedagogical tool for discussing controversial issues in a classroom setting. The author first discusses digital media as powerful storytellers about culture and language issues. The author then addresses the theoretical dimensions of media effects on audiences. Finally, she presents ways in which we can challenge all students to problematize their cultural and linguistic identities by using digital media in our classrooms.