ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Opening Educational Practices in Scotland (OEPS)
Author: Cannell, Pete
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Practices,Research Projects,Partnerships in Education,Barriers,Open Universities,Material Development,Open Source Technology,Improvement Programs,Educational Resources

OEPS is a cross-sector project led by the Open University in Scotland (OUiS) and funded by the Scottish Funding Council. The project began in late spring 2014 and runs until the end of July 2017. It has its origins in OER projects carried out by the OUiS over the preceding four years. In most cases these involved close partnership between the university and other organisations that would not normally be involved in the creation of educational materials. OEPS aims to build on these approaches, and on other valuable experience from across the Scottish sector, to increase the use of open licensed resources in Scotland, develop better understanding of good open educational practice and support widening participation and transitions. The project is multi-stranded, involving a wide range of partners in development work. Integral to the project methodology is a process of embedded research and evaluation aimed at understanding and evidencing good practice. In this paper we share the progress of the project to date and highlight some of the questions and issues that are emerging.
To Kill the Blackboard? Technology in Language Teaching and Learning
Author: Koksal, Dinçay
Date: 2004-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Information Technology,Video Technology,Teaching Methods,Educational Technology,Visual Aids,Novels,Films,Learning Strategies,Cognitive Style,Learning Activities

In language teaching and learning, we have a lot to choose from the world of technology: radio, TV, CD-Rom, computers, C.A.L.L., the Internet, Electronic Dictionary, e-mail, audio cassettes, Power-point, and videos/DVDs or VCDs. Table 1 in Appendix C illustrates their advantages and disadvantages. This paper aims to discuss the use and importance of Videos/DVDs as visual aids in language learning and teaching, presenting a sample video lesson focusing on the study of language through literary texts--a novel by Harper Lee. We all know that there are hundreds of films on video or DVD (VCD), which borrow their stories from novels. This paper does not aim to present prescriptions to language teachers, but rather, to make suggestions concerning the effective use of video or films in EFL classes.
Co-Curate: Working with Schools and Communities to Add Value to Open Collections
Author: Cotterill, Simon
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: School Community Programs,Heritage Education,Open Source Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Partnerships in Education,Library Automation,Web Sites,Copyrights,Certification,Ethics,Legal Responsibility,Sustainability,Archives,Foreign Countries

Co-Curate North East is a cross-disciplinary initiative involving Newcastle University and partner organisations, working with schools and community groups in the North East of England. Co-curation builds on the concept of the &quot;ecomuseum&quot; model for heritage based around a virtual territory, social memory and participative input from the wider population. The project also leverages open licencing and facilities to harvest and repurpose collections of photographs, video clips, and other artefacts. Technologies were developed to support co-production and co-curation, including facilities to combine (&quot;Mashup&quot;) materials from formal collections of museums and archives with Open Access (OA) content from informal community-based resources. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the technologies used and developed during the project, with a particular focus on how Open collections were used, in both formal and informal educational contexts. A diverse range of community and school groups participated in the project, including a large-scale pilot with a High School which integrated use of the Website as part of an &quot;enquiry-based&quot; scheme of work over several weeks, culminating in the students giving an exhibition in a prominent regional gallery. Levels of knowledge of copyright and licensing varied between groups, but were generally low. Issues around copyright and licenses were a major component of ongoing discussion with groups as part of the co-curation process. Co-Curate is an innovative project using OA materials in a range of educational and cultural settings.
Web-Based Learning Materials for Higher Education: The MERLOT Repository
Author: Orhun, Emrah
Date: 2004-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Web Based Instruction,Higher Education,Instructional Materials,Multimedia Materials,Educational Resources,Instructional Material Evaluation,Peer Evaluation,Assignments,Electronic Libraries

MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) is a web-based open resource designed primarily for faculty and students in higher education. The resources in MERLOT include over 8,000 learning materials and support materials from a wide variety of disciplines that can be integrated within the context of a larger course. Support resources attached to materials include sample assignments and evaluations of the learning materials, and help faculty members identify learning materials that are high quality and pedagogically appropriate for their courses. Evaluation materials include discipline panel peer reviews and individual user reviews. MERLOT is also a community of people who strive to enrich teaching and learning by connecting systems, consortiums, and institutions of higher education, professional organizations of academic disciplines, and individual members. The number of registered individual members who can add materials, comments, and assignments to the MERLOT collection has currently exceeded 11,000. This paper presents examples of learning materials included in the repository and discusses some of the issues in the use of web-based materials in teaching in higher education.
Web Page Design in Distance Education
Author: Isman, Aytekin
Date: 2004-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Technological Advancement,Global Approach,Educational Technology,Distance Education,Delivery Systems,Internet,Web Sites,Computer Uses in Education,Design

Distance education is contemporary process of the education. It facilitates fast, easy delivery of information with its concrete hardware and software tools. The development of high technology, internet and web-design delivering become impact of effective using as delivery system to the students. Within the global perspective, even the all work place need educated staff, therefore; there is huge tendency to be education without any time, space, distance limitations from anywhere of the world. Distance Education programs and related web-design should be effective and available in immediate time to catch the students for doing e-learning through the internet connection. If the web-design is a tool to deliver information and attract attention of students in order to access e-learning, there should be evaluation and reflections of how this page can be more attractive and informative to be effective. In the study, the scope of the research, there should be the approximate reflections of how web design should be in distance education based on the concrete, approval research study results.
Optimizing Computer-Based Developmental Math Learning at an Arabic Women's University
Author: Havill, Dale
Date: 2004-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Females,Womens Education,Mathematics Education,Developmental Programs,Algebra,Computer Assisted Instruction,Electronic Learning,Computer Uses in Education,Learning Processes,Instructional Design,Language Proficiency,Reading Comprehension,English (Second Language),Feedback (Response),Student Surveys,Questionnaires,Preferences,Homework,Laptop Computers,Textbooks,Educational Strategies,Student Experience,Positive Attitudes

&quot;Developmental&quot; math courses give university students a chance to reestablish basic skills and knowledge needed in college algebra courses. Computer assisted learning can be an integral part of these developmental math courses. Colleges and universities implement computer-based courses in various ways (e.g., self-paced or supervised schedules; computer laboratory or online access; with or without lecture). This paper describes a computer-based developmental math course taught at Zayed University. Discussion of computer-based learning environments is presented in three sections: (1) computer use--access and social use of computers as a tool for learning; (2) individual learning--effects of the computer environment such as software interactivity and feedback; and (3) course design--optimal course structure and assessment methods. Additionally, results of a questionnaire about students' experience in the computer-based math course indicate students' positive attitudes about interacting with and doing work on their laptop computers.
Instructional Materials for Teacher Educators: A Review of SCRTEC's &quot;Active Learning with Technology&quot;
Author: Ozkan, Betul C.
Date: 2004-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Active Learning,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Instructional Materials,Faculty Development,Teacher Education,Teacher Educators,Video Technology,Printed Materials,Learning Modules,Newsletters,Electronic Publishing

In this paper, we will review and critique a package of instructional materials developed by a southern education consortium. The materials package is called &quot;Active Learning with Technology,&quot; and it is one of only a few instructional packages designed specifically for teacher educators. There is an old rock and roll song from the sixties that is a dialog between a teenager and her boyfriend. We never hear what he says but from her responses we know basically what he is saying. At one point in the song she asks him how he liked the wallet she gave him for his birthday. Then, after a pause, she says &quot;I'll put some money in it!!&quot; which gives us the distinct impression that the boyfriend was the ungrateful recipient of a nice wallet. We don't want to feel like that ungrateful boyfriend because we are going to review a package of materials designed specifically for use in teacher education. Other than standard college textbooks there are so few instructional packages available today, particularly for technology-related teacher education, that we feel guilty making any criticisms at all about this package. For more than 20 years, educators have been interested in constructivist theory because of its potential for supporting student learning. The number of books, web documents, and papers published about constructivism in the last ten years is voluminous, but the number of instructional packages designed to help teachers explore this way of thinking about teaching and learning is quite small.
The Evaluation of Students' Perceptions of Distance Education
Author: Isman, Aytekin
Date: 2004-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Distance Education,Student Attitudes,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Interaction,Computer Mediated Communication,Gender Differences,Age Differences,Correlation

Distance Education provides the technological improvement effect on education. With the developments of high technology and globalization, social, cultural, educational aspects of life become different and get better in terms of time space and communication. In the educational field, classical learning and teaching techniques can not be effective without technology and time, space limitations. Distance Education provides fast, easy education opportunities for everyone without concentrating time, distance, and space limitations. There are huge tendencies from students for participating in distance education to live the sense of self-development, achievement and responsibility. Whatever there are some kinds of problems within distance education, it is good concern to evaluate what students perceptions are toward distance education in our context in order to calculate common interpretations around the world for popular education style as distance education.
A Social Studies Education Lesson from Turkey: Human Rights
Author: Açikalin, Mehmet
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Social Studies,Civil Rights,Comparative Education,Middle School Students,Grade 7,Interdisciplinary Approach,History,Geography,Economics,Sociology,Anthropology,Psychology,Philosophy,Political Science,Law Related Education,Civics,Elementary Secondary Education,Educational Practices,Educational Research,Surveys,Questionnaires,Citizenship Education,Case Studies,Teaching Methods,Video Technology,Transcripts (Written Records),Learning Modules

This article provides an example of a social studies lesson from Turkish educational context in order to facilitate comparison with examples of social studies lessons from other parts of the world. This lesson was recorded in a 7th grade class at a middle school in one of the metropolitan neighborhoods in Istanbul. According to the current curriculum in Turkey, social studies education is an interdisciplinary field (TTKB, 2009b; 2009c). The subjects of social studies include history, geography, economics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, political science, law, and civics (TTKB, 2009b; 2009c). Social studies courses are taught under two different titles in elementary and middle schools from the first through seventh grades in Turkey. In early grades (grades 1-3), the course is called Life Studies (see TTKB, 2009a) and, from grades four through seven, it is called Social Studies. nation. At the high school level (Grades 9-12), social studies subjects are taught as discipline based courses such as history, geography, sociology, psychology, and philosophy. Educational research studies in Turkey are dominated by surveys and questionnaires. Thus, generally school administrators and teachers limit educational research only to these kinds of surveys which they call &quot;anket&quot;. &quot;Anket&quot; is originally a French word &quot;enquête&quot; and has been integrated into Turkish to mean &quot;public poll&quot; or &quot;questionnaire&quot;. Therefore, this type of educational research which required a video recording of a class session was unconventional for the school administrators and teachers and they were not eager to participate in this research. The lesson was video recorded and transcribed verbatim. Then, the transcripts in Turkish were translated into English. Explanations were given in brackets when necessary. Transcription and translation process were not easy. Some issues came up especially with the translation as some words lose their meaning when translated to English. Two sessions covering the same topic were recorded. Nevertheless, for reasons of space, only the first session was prepared for this issue, with a summary of the second lesson provided.
Computerized Applications on Complexation in Chemical Education
Author: Morgil, Inci
Date: 2004-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Chemistry,Visual Aids,Science Instruction,Computer Assisted Instruction,Conventional Instruction,Comparative Analysis,Spatial Ability,Computer Attitudes,Cognitive Style,Socioeconomic Status,Science Achievement,Pretests Posttests,College Students,Science Tests,Achievement Tests,Instructional Effectiveness,College Science,Foreign Countries

It is difficult for the students to understand some concepts related to the chemistry education such as complex formation, central ion, ligand, free electron pair, acceptor, donor, stability constant of complex and concealing. In those cases, demonstrating two dimensional models and using various molecular graphics programs on computers could be helpful. Moreover, visual representations involving experimental applications related to the complexation may facilitate the understanding of the above mentioned concepts. In this study, the traditional and the computer assisted instructional methods in teaching complexation were compared. In addition to this, the possible effects of factors such as three dimensional spatial ability, attitudes towards computers, learning styles and socio economical status of the students on the student achievements were studied. Therefore, the students were randomly divided into control and treatment groups where they have been given a pretest consisting of 20 questions on complexation. Following the two days of application on the treatment group with the computer assisted instructional method and the control group with the traditional instructional method, the chemistry achievement post-test was given to the groups. Furthermore, the data was collected on the three dimensional spatial ability, attitudes towards computers, learning styles and socio economical status of the students. According to the results of the data analysis, it was observed that, three dimensional spatial ability and the attitudes towards computers were not significant factors on the students' achievement. On the other hand, learning styles of the students were a significant factor. The achievement increase of the treatment group students was 20% higher than those of the control group. All the students were similar in their socio economical profiles which are also above the national average. Two independent &quot;t&quot; tests were used for the statistical analysis of the collected data and it was observed that the post-test results favored the treatment group significantly.
The Temptation of Documentation: Potential and Challenges of Videographic Documentation and Interpretation. A Case-Study from a Civic Education Research Project in Germany
Author: Winckler, Marie
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Documentation,Video Technology,Case Studies,Civics,Citizenship Education,Research Methodology,Political Socialization,Gender Differences,Educational Practices,Teacher Education,Lesson Plans,Qualitative Research,Observation

Insights into the civic education classroom can be gained through &quot;videographic documentation&quot;. Videographic material offers, as I argue in this article, great possibilities: Through a &quot;reconstructive approach&quot; insights into dimensions of civic education such as spatial organisation, symbolic representation and non-verbal communication may emerge. In this way, a deeper understanding of &quot;informal political learning in school&quot; can be obtained. These aspects have not yet been considered in depth with videographic documentation primarily employed to date in &quot;teacher training&quot; contexts and lesson evaluation. The case study I present here was inspired by the &quot;documentary method&quot; and both the potential and limitations of videographic interpretation are discussed in this context. The study also suggests that what is not offered by videographic documentation includes insights into the &quot;individual and collective integration&quot; of experiences in civic education lessons.
An Ideological and Political Lesson from China: The Impact of Price Fluctuations (Lesson Video with English Subtitles)
Author: Changquing, Liu
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Required Courses,Ideology,Political Science,High School Students,Secondary School Teachers,Secondary School Curriculum,Textbooks

Ideological and Political courses are compulsory lessons for Chinese students throughout their schooling, which also are taken for granted as Citizenship Education courses by the authority. What's the real state of the lesson? Here we show you one example of the lesson. The lesson was recorded in September 2013, in a special classroom with two cameras, one of which is focused on the teacher and the other on the students.
Using Classroom Recordings in Educational History Research. An East German Civics Lesson
Author: Jehle, May
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational History,Educational Research,Video Technology,Civics,Audiovisual Aids,Social Responsibility,Values Education,Work Ethic,Teaching Methods,Educational Practices,Political Socialization,Foreign Countries,Observation,Grade 8

Students learned in civics lessons in the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) that their socialist society uniquely guaranteed all individuals the right to work, and that, as good socialists, they had the duty to take on socially meaningful work. Using the example of a video recording of an East German civics lesson and its transcription, this article demonstrates how to use audio-visual sources in historical scholarship on educational research. In this manner, we offer a new source in the evaluation of the East German state's attempt to socialize young East Germans to value work as part of their socialist responsibility to the nation. A combined bibliography and list of sources is included.
A Comparative Study on Math Education Rendered in the Educational Systems in the Two Societies on the Island of Cyprus
Author: Çaglar, Mehmet
Date: 2003-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Instruction,Foreign Countries,Mathematics Education,Mathematics Curriculum,Teaching Methods,Learning Strategies,Creativity,Comparative Education,Class Size,Elementary Secondary Education,Greek,Turkish,Geographic Regions,Educational Objectives

There is no doubt every country has its own unique education system which complies with the demands of society, culture, values and vision for the future. Math education is a long process starting with the first years of the elementary school, and continuing throughout one's education. The Island of Cyprus embodies two distinct societies having their own systems of education. But on the road to the EU certain parallelisms need to be set and it is the goal of this study to shed light on the math education rendered in the two societies. This paper will concentrate on K1 to K12 math education. The topics to be dealt with will cover math curriculum at all levels; weekly distribution of math classes as well as their proportion to the other courses offered. The present century demands experimental teaching and learning, therefore, this study will aim to bring out the teaching/learning strategies in math education, as well. Students are expected to be more creative in class rather then resorting to rote-learning even in math education. The study will also try to shed light on class size. These points will be treated from the standpoint of the math education systems carried out in the two societies that form the Island of Cyprus, and the main goal is to bring about similarities and differences, and to come up with a compromise. The study will end with the recommendations to establish a better and a more harmonious education that will break the barriers between the educational systems of the two societies.