Browsing CBLIS Conference Proceedings 2005 Integrating New Technologies in Science and Education by Title
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Lon-capa, an open-source freeware learning content management and course management system
(University of Zilina, 2005)The LearningOnline Network with Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach (LON-CAPA) is a fully integrated cross-institutional learning content management and assessment system initially developed at Michigan State University ... -
Managing teachers’ practicum in initial teacher preparation using an elearning platform
(University of Zilina, 2005)This research study focuses on the development and evaluation of the Learning Space Platform as a resource for the improvement of the pre-service Teachers’ Practicum. The Teachers’ Practicum is a compulsory course for ... -
Mapping Tool For Matching Assessment To Graduate Qualities And To Course Objectives
(University of Zilina, 2005)Many universities have embraced e-learning with all the benefits that this new technology brings to education. However, most researchers focus on the development of course content and its presentation. Few researchers focus ... -
Mentoring as an approach to promoting the technological literacy of teachers
(University of Zilina, 2005)Increasingly, teachers are being expected play a critical role in helping students learn how to use information and communication technology (ICT) effectively. Despite this expectation, there are many teachers who still ... -
A Multi-Agent Enabled E-Education Object & Course Authoring System (MEEOCAS)
(University of Zilina, 2005)The paradigm of developing on-line courses by assembling existing e-education objects (EEO), stored in databases, is increasingly revealing its advantage and attracting more and more attention of researchers and practitioners ... -
Online searching in project-based learning in Chemistry education and the evaluation of the results
(University of Zilina, 2005)In Project-based learning, students perform learning process by preparing a project in a chosen subject. The basic steps in this process are; determining the target question, determining the main aims of the study, forming ... -
Online versus proctored testing: how do they compare?
(University of Zilina, 2005)A major challenge in offering a successful online course is the deciding upon the method by which students are tested; namely either online tests or proctored tests in classrooms or specialized learning centers. When faced ... -
Open source software for e-learning: lessons learned from a three year application of a content, community, and collaborative management system in a primary school in greece
(University of Zilina, 2005)This paper focuses on the use of open source content management systems in primary education. The first part of the paper addresses the issue of open source software and examines recent international, European, and national ... -
Peculiarities of continuing studies of employable age persons
(University of Zilina, 2005)The essential peculiarities of learning activities of a modern man have been analyzed in this article. The analysis has been based on the research data with 1013 employable age people living in different areas in Lithuania. ... -
Pedagogical Aspects of e-Learning and their Dependences on Ict and Technical Facilities
(University of Zilina, 2005)Theoretical concepts and antecedents of e-learning, theirs contributions and exploitation potency for contemporary applications are themes of the article. Do generally applicable rules independent on used technologies and ... -
Potential roles for electronic performance support systems in libraries
(University of Zilina, 2005)Electronic performance support systems provide a powerful mechanism for helping end-users comprehend complex systems. This paper describes and discusses some research we have undertaken in order to explore their potential ... -
Problem based learning over the internet
(University of Zilina, 2005)The main goal of this paper is to discuss a new form of learning that would be appropriate for application in Learning Management Systems utilized in distance education courses over the Internet. It is supposed to be good ... -
Proposal for a Distance Learning System Incorporating Checks on Students’ Knowledge
(University of Zilina, 2005)The teaching process comprises two main, complementary aspects: providing students with information, and testing both knowledge of this information and acquired skills. The information may fall into two main categories: ... -
Recycling or academic development
(University of Zilina, 2005)Educators argue about uploading students’ projects to the Internet. Does this support plagiarism or the opposite, preventing copying and enabling the development of student projects? Do students recycle old projects? Or ... -
Research on learning in lon-capa: multiple content representations, test data banks
(University of Zilina, 2005)The LearningOnline Network with Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach (LON-CAPA) is a fully integrated cross-institutional learning content management and assessment system initially developed at Michigan State University. ... -
The role of intelligent agents in online learning environment
(University of Zilina, 2005)The online courses were developed from ordinary courses, simple text converted in an electronic form, to learning environments, capable to guide students in their activities of learning. Also, an acceptable environment for ... -
The role of real and virtual experiments in science learning
(University of Zilina, 2005)Learning science requires understanding of concepts and formal relationships, a process that has often proved difficult for students. Numerous experiments for use in physics instruction are provided using different pedagogical ... -
Science, e-learning interoperability and the discovery laboratory management system
(University of Zilina, 2005)Most universities and colleges within the UK use institutional or enterprise wide virtual learning environments (VLEs). VLEs can allow educators to create 'blended learning solutions' meaning information technology can be ... -
Stagecast creator and webct: an integrated use of computer programming and a virtual learning environment for developing modelling skills
(University of Zilina, 2005)This paper reports on an effort to use Stagecast CreatorTM as a means for developing modelling skills among undergraduate students taking an introductory course in science that took place in a virtual learning environment ... -
Streaming Video For Enhanced Foreign Language Training In Secondary And Tertiary Education
(University of Zilina, 2005)Streaming video is increasingly recognized as a most effective tool within the field of contemporary and future education. The Austrian SMILE project (SMILE = Streaming Media for Interactive Learning Experience) aims at ...