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Building real laboratories on the internet
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
A majority of the pedagogical uses of computers fall somewhere within the five headings of Drill, Number Crunching, Laboratory applications, Simulations, and Self-paced courses [2]. In this paper we discuss a sixth use for ...
The architecture and evaluation of a Collaborative learning environment
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
ModellingSpace is an open learning environment, particularly suitable for science education, which permits building of models by collaborating partners in various educational settings. This paper describes the main features ...
Labassistant: a web-based general-purpose software for the delivery and administration of computer based laboratory sessions
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
The design of a web-based general-purpose software system, named LabAssistant, that supports computer-based laboratory sessions is presented. The aim of LabAssistant is to provide support to the preparation, conduct, ...
Contributions to efficiency issues in higher Education
(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 model of online teaching and learning
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
Deakin University has a long history of supporting distance education with technology. Such presentations have matured from a mix of remote-login/FTP/email in the 1980s through web mediated access in the 1990s to ...
Electronic roads in the information society: social, educational and technological aspects
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
In this paper we present the major technological challenges to the formation of the Information Society and the ways in which social and pedagogical restrictions can serve to influence the outcome of those challenges from ...
The exploration of experimental data with the aid of numerical models
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
Computer-based methods of capturing data in laboratory experiments (data-logging) invite a range of approaches to exploring data. The rich variety of analysis and calculation tools provided in software helps to extend the ...
ICT application - virtual assistant algorithm
(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 ...
Information technology for good or evil in science education
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
Computers have created new possibilities for experimental and theoretical methods of scientific research. It has been also expected that development in computer technology enables changes in teaching and learning methods ...
Robot soccer: integrated framework for Multidisciplinary hi-tech education
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
Robot Soccer has become increasingly popular over the last decade as a platform for education and entertainment. It is a powerful vehicle for dissemination of scientific knowledge in a fun and exciting manner. It encompasses ...