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Marashio, Paul, Ed.; And Others – Pedagogy Journal, 1997
This annual serial volume contains 16 articles offering practical pedagogical ideas from faculty at New Hampshire technical colleges. Following prefatory matter, the following articles are presented: (1) "The Pleasantwood Project: Teaching Science and the Humanities in a Scenario-Based Learning Environment," by Doyle Davis; (2)…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Hollenbeck, Kevin – 1996
The Manufacturing Technology Program (MTP) is a partnership between General Motors, the United Auto Workers, and the public schools in Flint, Michigan, that originated as a preapprenticeship program and has since expanded into a program preparing youth for manufacturing. The programs' effectiveness was examined through a comparison group-based…
Descriptors: Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, High Schools
Zhiwei, Feng – 1995
Trends and developments in computer applications in Chinese language research are described, focusing on these areas: input of Chinese characters and Chinese corpus; automatic segmentation of Chinese written text in corpus; development of a grammar knowledge base for Chinese words to be used as a resource for text segmentation and corpus…
Descriptors: Chinese, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Databases
Sharma, Motilal – 1997
Educational technology has changed the definition of classroom in terms of location, size, composition, learning environment, and teacher role. Educational technology in developing nations helps accommodate people in poor and rural areas. Distance education through open universities has increased in several countries. It includes two-way…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Continuing Education, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Scott, Barry N. – 1997
This study examined the theories and beliefs about learning, teaching, and curriculum held by the course developers of an undergraduate educational technology course to determine whether their espoused beliefs were evident in actual classroom practice. The curriculum represented a radical change in a course designed to provide education students…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Computer Literacy
Xu, Gong-Li – 1996
This paper explores the educational benefits and limitations of e-mail as an instructional aid to classroom-based teaching. It looks at practical ideas of how e-mail has been used to aid classroom instruction, and highlights and examines each usage of e-mail in terms of its effects on classroom teaching. E-mail systems have been used for classroom…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Access to Computers, Class Activities, Computer Anxiety
McMullen, David W.; Goldbaum, Howard; Wolffe, Robert J.; Sattler, Joan L. – 1998
This paper traces the evolution and application of asynchronous teaching and learning tools at Bradley University (Illinois), emphasizing their use in teacher education. The paper details the utilization of e-mail, the World Wide Web, and CyberProf, highlighting collaborative projects that emphasize mentoring and professional development. In the…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Mail
Rumble, Greville – 1997
This book is designed to give planners of open and distance learning programs the technical information needed to determine the cost of programs and analyze the behavior of costs. The following are among the topics discussed: budgets; classification of resources (human resources, premises and accommodation, and equipment and furniture); a basic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgets, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates
Mambretti, Catherine – 1998
The maturity of CD-ROM technology now shows a dramatic change in the way librarians and teachers do their jobs. Among their biggest challenges are deciding on equipment requirements and managing the disk collection. This manual is a step-by-step guide to making the most of CD-ROM technology in schools and libraries--from the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer System Design, Copyrights, Decision Making
Clark, Craig B. – 1998
For several years, Weaver High School (Hartford, Connecticut) has used a grant to fund the services of a consultant to provide information and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Weaver has a program that allows students with multiple disabilities to be part of the school program and all activities. Activities have provided…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Architecture, Design Requirements, Disabilities
Levy, Michael – 1997
This book provides a descriptive discussion of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), examining its origins, scope, and directions and looking at its connections to other disciplines. It also incorporates results of a survey of 104 CALL practitioners in 18 countries. The first two chapters set CALL in historical and interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computers, Educational Change
Florida Community Coll. Distance Learning Consortium, Tallahassee. – 1998
This document discusses the benefits of distance education and the necessary steps for its implementation. It begins by describing the societal changes that are paving the way for distance learning, such as reduced access for expanding student populations and the dissolution of geographic boundaries. The next section explains the rationale behind…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Computer Networks, Distance Education
Esch, Edith, Ed. – 1994
The immediate stimulus for this collection of papers was a conference, Self-Access and the Adult Language Learner, organized by the Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (CILT) and the Language Centre of the University of Cambridge in December 1992 at Queen's College, Cambridge. Several 1-day conferences on the same theme were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction
McGraw, James H., IV; Frank, Charlotte K. – 1995
This document profiles five schools that were selected as winners of the "Fifth Annual Business Week Awards for Instructional Innovation: Schools in the Age of Technology": Bailey's Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences (Falls Church, Virginia); Hunterdon Central Regional High School (Flemington, New Jersey); John Muir Elementary School…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Awards, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction
Bedell, Jacqueline – 1994
This study investigated how school principals and media specialists in elementary and secondary schools perceive the preparation of pre-service teachers regarding media and technology and specific skills that should be required of beginning teachers. A survey instrument was administered to 83 principals and 83 media specialists employed at schools…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Beginning Teachers, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection
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