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E-Learning In Knowledge-Based Society, P.F. Tsui, K.M. Yue

International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA) Conference

The new training technologies can help improve the quality of the teaching and learning process, reduce training time and costs and compensate for the lack of training opportunities. One of the most prominent technologies is the development of Internet - leading to the development of e-learning. In the knowledge-based society, training stresses on individual learning and innovation to meet the restructuring of the industry. The Continuous Learning Centre (CLC) has demonstrated the success of the Internet learning and has been a pioneer in this area in Hong Kong. The experience and future development of CLC will be shared in this …

The Effect Of Matching Teaching Style With Learning Style On Achievement And Attitudes For Women In A Web-Based Distance Education Course, Jennie L. Mitchell

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This study investigated the effect of matching teaching style with learning style on achievement and attitudes for women in a web-based distance education course. The study investigated the extent that women who received instrnction in a web-based environment that matched their learning styles as deten11ined by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (thinking dominant, feeling dominant, sensing dominant, and intuition dominant) would achieve better and have more positive attitudes toward the course than did women whose learning styles did not match the teaching style. Ill Four websites were designed and students from the Women's External Degree (WED) program at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College …

“Pass The Remote…! Interactive Classroom Review For The 21st Century: Bringing Remote Response Pads Into Your Classroom, Lisa Michelle Lucas

MA TESOL Collection

This project describes a form of computer-assisted interactive classroom instruction, which is particularly useful in the ESL context. Not only does this project show how to integrate instruction with ever advancing technology, it also demonstrates how to integrate interactive class work with the diverse and relevant learning styles of each learner in the classroom. This project will show how easy it is to use this technology in conjunction with thematic units or projects-whatever the level of the ESL student. Enclosed are examples of instructional materials, created for the ESL High Beginner and examples of how they relate to the paper …

The Affect Of Writing On The Internet, Jane Hoelker

MA TESOL Collection

This paper is a description of the development, objectives, implementation and results of an advanced composition course conducted on the Internet with IWE (International Writing Exchange) of the Helsinki University of Technology. The purpose of the course was to motivate students of English who were discouraged during the difficult IMF era in Korea in 1998. During the 90's the majority of English Education majors at Pusan National University in Korea had studied and/or traveled overseas for extensive periods of time during their undergraduate career. But, in 1998 opportunities for overseas travel and study had been greatly curtailed due to IMF …

The Games Teachers Play: Students' Opinions Of Educational Games In The Secondary Classroom, Darald Eugene Erickson

Theses Digitization Project

After systematically using educational games in three secondary English classes over a one-year period, this project documents the effectiveness of games by analyzing students' opinions. Surveys were used to determine the perceptions of 150 students about the actual games used in their classes. Some examples of effective games are also given.

Computer Assisted Language Activities: Are They All The Same?, Lynn Denise David

Theses Digitization Project

This study examines English language learners working in pairs on two different types of computer programs to determine whether the quantity and quality of discourse varies with the type of software program. Also, to investigate how collaborative CALL activities can be designed to promote oral academic language proficiency.

E-Learning, Nathan Devakhi Pandari

Student Works (2000-2009)

E-Learning: Encyclopedia of the Human Body is a web-based online learning system that is developed for medical students. The proposed system is meant to give medical students a more conducive and interactive form of learning apart from the conventional text book learning. This system is also meant to help educators to relay certain knowledge to these medical students. Besides that, the system also includes a level by level multiple choice test, as an option for the medical students that uses the system to evaluate their progress in understanding the material in the system and in their syllabus in general. The …

Laman Maklumat Berasaskan Web Untuk Pelajar-Pelajar Spm Khusus Matapelajaran Fizik Dan Bahasa Melayu, Kamis Faridah

Student Works (2000-2009)

Saya telah memilih untuk membangunkan sebuah halaman web yang mampu menyediakan capaian kepada laman-laman lain yang mengandungi nota latihan contoh-contoh soalan dan beberapa kaedah pembelajaran yang berguna untuk pelajar-pelajar tingkatan 5. Dengan kata lain, laman ini cuba bertindak sebagai pintu masuk ke laman-laman lain yang ada menawarkan pelbagai bahan-bahan keperluan untuk para pelajar. Untuk memastikan laman spm ini dapat bertindak sebagai tapak pengumpul yang cekap dan berkesan maka satu fungsi enjin pencari telah dilaksanakan untuk membolehkan pelajar-pelajar membuat pencarian sumber-sumber. Hasilnya, pelajar-pelajar tidak perlu membuang masa dan tenaga untuk menjelajah mana-mana Iaman yang tidak berkaitan serta belum pasti lagi menepati …

Interactive Multimedia Learning Science With Puzzles, Ngee Sun Cheong

Student Works (2000-2009)

Educational innovation occurs in many different ways. One approach use computer technologies to enhance the learning environment. Besides, computer assisted-learning can reduce the anxiety of students and turn out to be a positive side of learning (Gates, 1997). Children are our future leaders in the coming generation. Hence, Interactive Multimedia Learning Science with Puzzles is an interactive educational learning science with puzzles in English meant for children aged 6 to 9 years old. It comprises of an interesting storytelling with puzzles games, suitable for lower primary school (primary 1-3) for Malaysian children. It is a web based multimedia learning - …

Keberkesanan Penggunaan Bahan Multimedia Dalam Pembelajaran Pengetahuan Moral Di Kalangan Pelajar Tingkatan Lima Di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Vivekananda, Kuala Lumpur, Poovai Karuppanna

Student Works (2000-2009)

The focus of this study was to identify the effectiveness of multimedia based teaching and learning tools in the Moral Knowledge subject among form five students in a secondary school in Kuala Lumpur. In order to run the study, a diskette containing Moral Knowledge programs which was especially designed in accordance with current and local foreign issues was provided to be utilized in the teaching and learning sessions. The study consisted of teaching and learning via the use of CO-ROM as the main teaching tool for four hours. The approach to the teaching and learning were based on five issues, …

Penilaian Pelajar Sarjana Pendidikan Terhadap Reka Bentuk `Laman Web Asas Html', Mohamad Hassan

Student Works (2000-2009)

The aim of this study was to evaluate the design of the "Basic HTML Web Site" (LWAH) which included learning the basic language script of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). HTML is the main language of instruction protocol in sending and receiving information (such as texts, graphic, animation and audio) via Internet. The study on LWAH is divided into three parts that is instructional design, interface design and screen design. A total of 26 Masters in Education students were involved in this study. To obtain the data, these students followed the learning of HTML which was lead by the instructor (researcher) …

An Exploration Of Tools, Techniques And Procedures For Evaluating Informational/Educational Multimedia Software, Serge Walberg

Theses : Honours

This thesis explored the evaluation of informational/educational systems. It investigated the features of the design of an evaluation system needed to conduct the summative evaluation of informational and educational software. In designing this evaluation methodology, several questions were addressed: - What is needed to be achieved from an evaluation? - Which characteristics/features of a system required evaluation? - How was the evaluation going to be conducted? - How can future developers use the information obtained from the evaluation? - What were the scope and the limitations of the proposed evaluation? - How can evaluation tools, techniques and procedures developed by …

Pembangunan Dan Penilaian Formatif Perisian Kursus (Courseware) Bagi Matapelajaran Aplikasi Komputer Di Kolej Islam Darul Ehsan (Kisdar), Noor Azli Mohamed

Student Works (2000-2009)

"How Computer Execute Instruction" is a topic in the syllabus of Computer Application subject for trainee teacher in Darul Ehsan Islamic College. Previously this subject was taught using only the whiteboard and sometimes diagrams are used. But it is difficult to employ this method as this is an abstract topic. Therefore computer aided learning courseware was designed to aid students in studying this topic. The development process went through several stages such as analysis, design, development and evaluation. This paper will therefore focus on the formative evaluation phase of the development of the courseware. The outcome of the formative evaluation …

Satu Kajian Tentang Penggunaan Mod-Mod Pembelajaran Dalam Pendidikan Jarak Jauh, Vasantha S. Ratnavadivel

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research is based on the usage of study modes among distance education students. The study involved 96 students pursuing an electrical engineering distance education program with the METEOR Distance Learning Sdn. Bhd. The aim of the research is to investigate the various modes used by the students which includes face-to-face component. video conferencing, electronic mail, and Internet discussion boards. The mode which is most popular, comfortable, enjoyable, effective, confidence inspiring and least boring was also investigated. Furthermore the frequency in using a particular mode, factors that encouraged and discouraged a student to use a mode was also studied. The …

Penilaian Pelaksanaan Program Literasi Komputer Futurekids Di Sebuah Sekolah Swasta, Shah Alam, Paramasivam Ramakutir

Student Works (2000-2009)

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of the Future kids Computer Program in one of the private schools in Shah Alam. A questionnaire was designed to obtain feedback on the effectiveness of the Computer Literacy Program in that school. The subjects of the study comprised 89 students from Standard Four to Form Three in the school. The study attempted to determine the following: a) Students' response towards the Future kids Literacy Program in the school. b) Students' ability in mastering the computer skills. The results of this study show that the students were satisfied and enjoyed …

Mapcast : Real-Time Collaboration With Concept Maps, Brett Greay

Theses : Honours

This thesis describes the development of the application mapCAST, a computer-based concept-mapping tool that allows synchronous collaboration via TCP/IP networks, such as the Internet The useability and feasibility of mapCAST as a computer-based tool was examined and analysed in a real world situation. Results indicate that mapCAST is successful as a collaborative tool in a situations involving knowledge organisation, but lacks certain functionality that many Macintosh users are accustomed to.

Improving Students' Math Problem-Solving Skills In A Computer-Assisted Learning Environment, Yongjian Zhen

Theses Digitization Project

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A Multimedia Paradigm Of Engaged Learning: An Intergenerational Approach, Kymberli Fahlbeck Mulford

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Ethnoquest: An Interactive Multimedia Simulation For Cultural Anthropology Fieldwork, Carey Brunner Van Loon, Frances Berdan, Edward A. Stark

Theses Digitization Project

EthnoQuest, an interactive multimedia CD-ROM simulating a visit to a fictional village named Amopan, was conceived as an adjunct to college-level classroom instruction in introductory anthropology courses. Since these classes typically involve large numbers of students, the logistics on conducting actual fieldwork pose serious problems for instructors and students alike. The conception of an engaging, interactive, accessible learning tool that incorporates appropriate pedagogical principles has found its ultimate expression in EthnoQuest.

The Use Of A Computer Assisted Learning Program For Teaching And Reinforcing The Basic Mathematical Skills, Benny Edward Boswell, Henrietta Gale Boswell

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to provide an instructional computer program that will be an alternative way to teach and reinforce basic mathematics skills for any student that is having difficulty in any given area and for students that are falling behind in the regular math class.

Front Matter

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Editor's Message

Zen students, Charlotte Joko Beck tells us, have a job to do, "a very important job: to bring . . . life out of dreamland and into the real and immense reality that it is" (12). The goal and the way to the goal are the same: mindfulness, a return to the clear experience of the present moment, within which the artificial dualism separating self and object dissolves. To be mindful is to be aware, The American Heritage Dictionary says, to hold in the fullness of mind rather than to be destitute of mind or consciousness. Mindfulness is …

Writer Motivation: Beyond The Intrinsic/ Extrinsic Dichotomy, Bradford A. Barry

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

This article articulates and develops a much needed theory of communication motivation which shows how we can nurture in our students rhetorically-based intrinsic motivations.

The Ethics Of Empathy: Making Connections In The Writing Classroom, Kia Jane Richmond

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Kia Jane Richmond teaches composition and ESL at Illinois State University, where she is completing her Ph.D. in English Studies. Her focus is on the intersection between emotions and the teaching of composition at the college level.

The Architectonics Of Information: Ancient Topical Thought And Postmodern Information, Catherine L. Hobbs

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

This paper examines the usefulness of thought patterns from ancient rhetoric as they have been appropriated historically and as potentially applicable concepts for the present and future in today's interlinked electronic environment.

An earlier version of this paper, first delivered as part of a panel at the Rhetoric Society of America meeting at Tucson in May 1 996, was delivered and published as "The Architectonics of Information: Ancient Topical Thought and Postmodern Cognition" in Proceedings of the Mid-America Symposium on E merging Computer Technologies, October 1 996. (The published papers are available in "Information Problems" at http://www.ou.edu/cas/english/agora/). I would like …

Learning From Everyone, David Bleich

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

In the teaching of writing and literature, it would be helpful to teachers and students to encourage students to overtake, use, and reuse one another's various uses of language in essays and other course work.

This essay was the keynote address at the Fourth Annual Colorado Conference of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning in Estes Park, Colorado in June 1998.

Narratives Of Pain: Trauma And The Healing Power Of Writing, Lisa Tyler

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Writing about traumatic events is useful, healing, and meaningful, and such work deserves a place in the composition classroom.

Jaepl, Vol. 5, Winter 1999-2000

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Essays

David Bleich. Learning from Everyone. In the teaching of writing and literature, it would be helpful to teachers and students to encourage students to overtake, use, and reuse one another's various uses of language in essays and other course work.

Lisa Tyler. Narratives of Pain: Trauma and the Healing Power of Writing. Writing about traumatic events is useful, healing, and meaningful, and such work deserves a place in the composition classroom.

Bradford A. Barry. Writer Motivation: Beyond the Intrinsic/Extrinisic Dichotomy. This article articulates and develops a much needed theory of communication motivation which shows how we …

Back Matter

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

No abstract provided.

Spirituality In Pedagogy: "A Field Of Possibilities", Susan A. Schiller

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Students' responses to a spiritual approach to teaching provide evidence of the efficacy inherent in such an approach.

Reviews, Anne E. Mullin, Keith Rhodes, Ellen Davis, Jean R. Trounstine

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Reviews

Anne E. Mullin. Teaching Writing Creatively. (David Starkey, Ed., 1998).

Keith Rhodes. Zen in the Art of Rhetoric: An Inquiry into Coherence. (Mark Lawrence McPhail, 1996).

Ellen Davis. Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women. (Jane Hirshfield, Ed., 1994).

Jean R. Trounstine. Educational Drama and Language Arts: What Research Shows. (Betty Jane Wagner, 1998).