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    • Internet facilities for virtual and hands-on educational experiments 

      Kalinin, Vitaliy; Semenets, Valeriy; Kazachkov, Alexander; Vasylevska, Yulia; Novikov, Vitaliy (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      Real time computer simulators of the standard educational Physics laboratory works were designed in VRML and Java for distant learning and self-studies of University students. Experimental schemes and software were developed ...
    • Internet-classroom: e-learning in Russia 

      Avdeeva, Svetlana M.; Shumihina, Tatiana A.; Shumihina, Irena A. (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      Advanced computer technologies are used more and more actively by modern pedagogical community. E-learning courses give students wide area for researching and creative work according to their own curriculum. Advantages of ...
    • Investigating the impact of learning from hypermedia 

      Vovides, Yianna (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      Distance education via the internet is now one of the most viable options for delivery of information to people in different places and because of this the concept of hypermedia is gaining in popularity. In the healthcare ...
    • Labassistant: a web-based general-purpose software for the delivery and administration of computer based laboratory sessions 

      Kehris, E.; Paschaloudis, D.; David, C.; Fragidis, G. (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, ...
    • The learning online network with computer-assisted Personalized approach (lon-capa) 

      Kortemeyer, Gerd; Albertelli, Guy; Bauer, Wolfgang; Berryman, Felicia; Bowers, Jeremy; Hall, Matthew; Kashy, Edwin; Kashy, Deborah; Keefe, Helen; Behrouz, Minaei-Bidgoli; Punch, William F.; Sakharuk, Alexander; Speier, Cheryl (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      LON-CAPA is a distributed open-source Learning Content Management and Assessment System that provides instructors with a common, scalable platform to assist in several aspects of teaching a course, from lecture preparation, ...
    • Learning orthodoxy through the internet: from virtual communication to a real handshaking with cyprus 

      Aikonen, Risto (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      In the Finnish public schools the Internet and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in general have been utilized for the purposes of Orthodox Religious Education (R.E) since 1998. Promoting the use of this new ...
    • Learning to program using Part-complete solutions 

      Garner, Stuart (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      Learning to write computer programs is not an easy process for many students with students experiencing high levels of cognitive load. This paper discusses the “completion” method of learning to program that requires ...
    • Metabook. Evaluating the possibilities of e-books in schools 

      Ragiadakos, Christos; Kessanidis, Stelios; Constantinou, Filipos; Papadovasilakis, Nikos; Sheuermann, Friedrich; Papamichalis, Constantinos; Papastamatiou, Nikos (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      The objective of METABOOK project is to investigate the possibilities of e-books in the classroom and in the education field in general, as a possible replacement of traditional “paper books”, in order to minimize the cost ...
    • A model & support tool for modeling the computer-based/e-instructional process 

      Vladoiu, Monica (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      While in psychology instruction appears as a binder and an intersection between conscience, activity and personality structures, in didactics, at individual level, instruction is conceived as a bi-dimensional activity that ...
    • A model for combining computer-based distance learning with in-class instruction 

      Hench, Thomas Lee (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      The use of computer-based distance learning has grown rapidly in recent years and, for those students who find their learning style suited for online study, these courses have provided a flexible option for the completion ...
    • A model of online teaching and learning 

      Coldwell, J.; Newlands, D.A. (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 ...
    • Modeling in school mathematics: generating active learning environments 

      Sakonidis, Haralambos (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      Models and the modeling process are at the heart of mathematics. The paper discusses the importance of developing pupils’ modeling abilities and skills in the context of school mathematics and focuses in particular on the ...
    • Modellingspace: interaction design and architecture of a collaborative modelling environment 

      Avouris, Nikolaos; Margaritis, Meletis; Komis, Vassilis; Saez, Angel; Meléndez, Ruth (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      This paper describes the architecture of the ModelllingSpace open problem-solving environment. Modelling- Space is a new learning environment supporting synchronous and asynchronous collaborative problem solving by students ...
    • Modellingspace: the setting up of human networks as vital part of the design and implementation of a technology-supported learning environment 

      Strebelle, A.; Depover, C.; Stylianidou, F.; Dimitracopoulou, Angelique (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      The ModellingSpace (MS) project is concerned with developing and implementing a computer-based modelling learning environment in actual school contexts and preparing an education programme for the teachers involved in it. ...
    • Moving from local to global teaching: integrating appropriate technologies – a reflection 

      Fursenko, Frank; Itzstein, G. Stewart; Wing Li, Kam (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      There are many reasons why universities and other tertiary education institutes are moving away from providing local (or face-to-face) teaching to global teaching. Our School of Computer and Information Science is one that ...
    • New steps in the organisation of the school activity in the french secondary schools: the Changing role of physics teachers 

      Kalogiannakis, Michail (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      Since the introduction in 2000 of the Personal Guided Projects (TPEs in French) for students, which are a new educational form of learning in the French secondary school, the role of physics teachers has changed. The aim ...
    • On the cognitive transfer in CBL environments 

      Karoulis, Athanasis; Triantafillou, Evangelos; Pombortsis, Andreas (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      In this paper we report on a longitudinal study of a Leonardo da Vinci program about the application of a Computer Based Learning environment in three EU countries, Greece, Germany, and the Netherlands. Firstly we clarify ...
    • Online physics lecture notes 

      Ahmed, Rashid; Saeed, M. Alam; Ahmad, Maqsood; Tahir, Sohail Afzal; Fazal-e-Aleem (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      Internet is a very powerful medium and is being widely used by the academic community. A large amount of resource on physics education in the form of lecture Notes, online lectures, books, databases and journals are ...
    • Open distance inter-university synergies Between Εurope, Αfrica and the middle east (odiseame) 

      Nicolaou, Christiana Th.; Constantinou, Constantinos P. (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      The challenge facing new technologies is whether they can contribute to a qualitative step up and to education for all as a process of facilitating the development of creative people with the ability to think critically ...
    • An organic chemistry cd-rom as a multi-use tool for learning or teaching 

      Soumillion, J. P.; Smits, I.; Delbar, T. (Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)
      This CD-ROM, used by undergraduate first year students in the science faculty, is composed of two sections: the schemes, drawings and animations used in the course on one hand and interactive exercises on the other hand. ...