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    • Fostering science education objectives with teacher-made computer games 

      Fortner, Rosanne W.; Nicolaou, Christiana Th.; Papaevripidou, Marios; Pieros, George; Sevastidou, Alexia (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      The new generation of learners in today's schools is accustomed to a digital world. The students are surrounded by visual stimuli and are becoming proficient in areas not on the test! Their new ways of learning offer ...
    • A framework for evaluating e-learning Environments 

      Fursenko, Frank; von Itzstein, G. Stewart (University of Cyprus, 2007)
      The management of many universities is in a state of transformation from the traditional collegiate, to a more structured corporate style of management. These universities are increasingly modelling their educational adm ...
    • A framework for the effective delivery of Online professional development in statistics Education 

      Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria; Mavrotheris, Efstathios (Stathis); Paparistodemou, Efi (University of Cyprus, 2007)
      This article presents the pedagogical framework underlying the design of EarlyStatistics, a European Union funded program that aims to enhance the quality of statistics education offered in European elementary and middle ...
    • From a research project to an internet-based educational package 

      Höhle, Joachim; Hyldahl, Jens-Anders (Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)
      A newly developed method in the mapping sciences is presented by means of an educational package. Animations and hypertexts are used for the explanations, and experiments with changing data sets can be carried out. In ...
    • Functional comprehension of concepts and Graphical representations in kinematics Supported by M.B.l. and simulations 

      Ovadias, Savvas; Trikalinos, Christos (University of Cyprus, 2007)
      The aim of this paper is the formulation of an instructive proposal for the conceptual comprehension of phenomena of Kinematics in one dimension, in the Greek Lyceum, supported by: suitable laboratory activities with the ...
    • Global seismic monitoring network for classroom use 

      Skoupil, David; Andrýsek, Michal; Dobeš, Michal (University of Zilina, 2005)
      This paper describes the Seismic Internet Monitoring Application 2 (SIMA2) project and explains its use for teaching geology, physics, and computer science at the elementary, high school, and college levels. Earthquakes ...
    • Graphical representation of data: the effect of the use of dynamical statistics technological tool 

      Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria; Stylianou, Despina A. (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      In response to calls for reform an innovative course which has at its core element a dynamical statistical software package, Fathom, was developed as an alternative approach to traditional introductory statistics in college. ...
    • Hilbert: an autonomous evolutionary information system for teaching and learning logic 

      Cheng, Jingde; Akimoto, Naoki; Goto, Yuichi; Koide, Masato; Nanashima, Kouichi; Nara, Sinsuke (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      In order to establish a widely useful computer-based environment for teaching and learning logic, we are developing an autonomous evolutionary information system, named “HILBERT,” for teaching and learning various logic ...
    • How do students navigate and learn from nonlinear science text: can metanavigation support and promote learning? 

      Stylianou, Agnes; Puntambekar, Sadhana (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      In the past few years there has been an emphasis in the development and use of hypertext resources to promote science learning in interactive inquiry-based environments. Nonlinear resources such as hypertext and hypermedia ...
    • How to evaluate science problem solving in a computerized learning environment? Construction of an analyzing scheme 

      Fund, Zvia (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      This paper describes the construction of a ‘computerized science problem solving’ scheme, which enables analysis and evaluation of the effectiveness of science problem-solving by junior high-school students working in a ...
    • How to generate clever questions and why 

      Kukal, Jaromír; Kapoun, Pavel; Kapounová, Jana (Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)
      Teaching/learning process can be improved by using clever questions. This idea is remarkably old. Since ancient Greek philosophers used questions while carrying on dialogues with students in order to make them clever. Generally ...
    • How to use e-learning in distance education at Universities 

      Kostolányová, Kateřina (Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)
      Nowadays we can witness an incredibly fast progress in information and communication technologies, which has brought about a wide variety of possibilities in education. As regards creating and using multimedia prompts in ...
    • ICT application - virtual assistant algorithm 

      Nevrivova, Petra; Berankova, Martina (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      The ICT application will cultivate new methods, with a possibility to be used in all subjects. It will contain influences from inside and outside the faculty or university. The scheme for the application ICT is in the form ...
    • ICT as a tool to design quality management systems in education 

      Drozdová, Matilda; Dado, Milan (University of Zilina, 2005)
      Information and communication technologies bring and will bring new dimensions into education. Learning document processing and learning management are the main areas of the implementation of information and communication ...
    • ICT in science teaching Investigating the spreadsheets integration Into science teaching to promote both curriculum aims and science skills via ict strands 

      Chrisostomou, Charalambos; Savvidou, Stavroulla (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      Spreadsheets can be implemented into Science teaching as learning tools. The issue is that whether such ICT integration (Spreadsheets) into science teaching can facilitate both the: a) Promotion of specific curriculum aims ...
    • ICT supported educational module for Preservation of existing ecosystem 

      Morgil, Orhan; Morgil, Inci; Oskay, Ozge Özyalçın (University of Cyprus, 2007)
      Increasing undergraduate students’ understanding of our ecosystems by way of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) is rather important for the sustainability and future of our world. With this aim, ICT supported ...
    • Images of the electromagnetic spectrum on the internet 

      Tsagogeorga, Athena; Halkia, Krystallia (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      This work analyzes a substantial number of electromagnetic (E/M) spectrum images found on the Internet. Ninety-five (95) relevant network sites were studied and sixty-nine (69) different ways of E/M spectrum depiction were ...
    • Images of ‘cell division’ on the internet 

      Prinou, Lucia; Halkia, Krystallia (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      The use of images in teaching biology is considered to be of great importance for the comprehension of concepts by secondary school students. Important questions for the didactics of biology, which might be of interest to ...
    • The impact of αn environmental education Based informatics module on the attitudes of students in grades 5 and 6 towards the environment 

      Karasavvidis, Ilias; Malandrakis, George (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      This paper reports data from a case study project aimed at examining the effect of an environmental educationbased Informatics module on the attitudes of students in grades 5 and 6 towards a series of environmental issues. ...
    • Implementation of e-learning platform for electrical engineering 

      Bauer, Pavol; Fedák, Viliam (University of Zilina, 2005)
      Present engineering has to deal with increasingly complex systems. In particular, this is the case of electrical engineering. Though, this is obvious in microelectronics, also in the field of power systems the engineers ...