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    • Computer–aided genetics teaching 

      Potyrala, Katarzyna (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      The main aim of the research was the attempt at finding the answer to the question regarding the influence of the way of realizing curriculum problems in genetics on the achievements of junior high school students in this ...
    • Computing in education: new technologies applied to the senior high teaching 

      Ferreira, Jeane Silva; Moreira Pinto, Evaldinolia Gilbertoni; Sá Fernandes, Eveline de Jesus; Fook, Karla Donato (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      The present paper proposes a modeling for a Support Tool to the Cooperative Teaching (STCT) applied to the senior high school teaching. Such a modeling has been developed based on the result of researches with students, ...
    • Concept-driven learning goal for flex-el 

      Pongpech, Alex; Orlowska, Maria; Sadiq, Shazia (University of Cyprus, 2007)
      There are a number of universities offering course material through elearning or web-based learning. The common practice is that these courses are available only for those learners who are seeking degree curriculum. ...
    • Conceptual learning of selected physical topics through interactive multimedia 

      Kireš, Marián; Ješková, Zuzana; Degro, Ján; Haertel, Hermann (University of Zilina, 2005)
      In the contribution there is the importance of selected physical phenomena regarding to the physical thinking of students presented. The results of pedagogical research show limited understanding of selected physical ...
    • Connecting students with group work 

      Sudweeks, Fay (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      Virtual learning environments provide an attractive method for information dissemination, but they are often adopted because of their technical innovativeness with little thought given to integrating the medium with learning ...
    • Consistency of an optics lesson including ICT at grade 8 

      El Hage, Suzane; Becu-Robinault, Karine; Buty, Christian (University of Cyprus, 2010)
      This paper presents an analysis on the implementation of an ICT-based activity in a physics lesson about optics at grade 8 (lower secondary school). This activity aims at introducing the additive synthesis of colors with ...
    • Contributions to efficiency issues in higher Education 

      Rizk, Nouhad J. (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      The concept of effectiveness is hard to measure. There is no standard institutional process to adopt, enabling an evaluator to achieve his/her goals conforming to the default definition of effectiveness: lowering cost and ...
    • A course website and e-learning system for the enhancement of engineering design education 

      Matsuishi, Masakatsu; Takemata, Kazuya; Yamamoto, Toshiyuki (University of Zilina, 2005)
      This paper presents an e-Learning enhanced instructional strategy to overcome instructional issues while conducting project-based learning in Engineering Design (henceforth, ED) courses targeting freshmen and sophomores ...
    • Courseware material re-use via model driven Lms platform integration 

      Bizonová, Zuzana; Ranc, Daniel (University of Cyprus, 2007)
      The success of the e-learning paradigm observed in recent times created a growing demand for e-learning systems in universities and other educational institutions, that itself led to the development of a number of ...
    • Crafting the technological solutions in high school science and mathematic teaching and learning: matthew effects and the digital divide 

      Germain-McCarthy, Yvelyne; Haggerty, Dorothy; Buxton, Cory; Speaker, Richard B. Jr. (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      This paper examines the practices and concepts used in teaching high school science and mathematics concepts (grade 9 - 12) which integrate computer and multimedia technologies and hands-on activities into disciplinebased ...
    • Creating a teacher and software-developer partnership 

      Pollard, J.; Duke, R. (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      As teachers are the educational experts, if we want to produce software that is both directly relevant to their needs and can be successfully integrated into the classroom, we need to facilitate a strong co-operative working ...
    • Creating digital learning objects to teach abstract ideas in modern physics and astronomy 

      Martin, Brian; Brouwer, Wytze; Austen, David J. (University of Cyprus, 2010)
      Teaching modern physics and astronomy poses a daunting array of challenges. Many science curricula contain detailed outcomes and emphases which add to the complexity of this task, and increasingly we are becoming aware of ...
    • Creating games or developing programs? Documenting the use of stagecast creator as modeling tool in elementary science 

      Louca, Loucas (University of Zilina, 2005)
      This paper reports a descriptive case study investigating the use of a computer-based programming environment (CPE), Stagecast CreatorTM (SC) for collaborative fifth grade modeling in science. SC is a non-linear, object-oriented ...
    • Creative computer-based labwork on electricity 

      Ješková, Zuzana; Konkoľová, Mária; Kazachkov, Alexander; Sukhov, Vladimir (University of Zilina, 2005)
      A large series of computer-aided laboratory exercises based on the IP COACH system have been efficiently used in high-school learning. More recently, some of the labwork (particularly, on the topic of Direct Current) have ...
    • Design and achievement of modern distance instruction system 

      Qu, Jianmin; Qu, Yan (Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)
      Modern Distance Instruction is becoming a new form of instruction. Developing the Internet-based instruction system, which is with the functions of instruction, exercise, testing and supervision, is convenient for distance ...
    • Design and implementation of integrated Laboratory activities with measurements, Data analysis and modelling 

      Tsakiri, Maria; Hatzikraniotis, Euripides (University of Cyprus, 2007)
      The Lab-based course, that is described in the present work, is offered to first year university students of Physics, mainly aiming to introduce students to the basic concepts and familiarize them with the use of Computers ...
    • Design of an intelligent tutoring system on the www to support Interactive learning 

      Seiridi-Bouchelaghem, Hassina; Sellami, Mokhtar (Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)
      Web-based education is currently a hot research and development area. Thousands of Web-based courses and other educational applications have been made available on the Web, but the problem is that most of them are nothing ...
    • Design principles for an open and wide Modellingspace of modelling, collaboration And learning 

      Dimitracopoulou, Angelique; Komis, Vassilis (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      The aim of the paper is to present and discuss the main design concepts and principles, for a collaborative modeling environment for sciences and mathematics (MODELLINGSPACE). It incorporates various representational ...
    • The design, implementation, and evaluation of an environmental-based cscl task with 5th and 6th graders 

      Karasavvidis, Ilias; Malandrakis, George; Chrisostomou, Charalambos; Tsiatsianas, Christos (University of Cyprus, 2007)
      The present paper aims to report on the progressive design, development, and evaluation of an environmentalbased computer supported collaborative learning task for upper primary school students. In the first section of ...
    • Designing a task for expressing randomness 

      Paparistodemou, Efi; Noss, Richard (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      This paper describes how children express their ideas for randomness in a two-dimensional continuous space, through tools for directing and redirecting the simulated movement of bouncing and not bouncing balls. The paper ...