Browsing CBLIS Conference Proceedings 2003 Volume I: New Technologies and their applications in education by Issue Date
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Authoring-tools for web-based simulations
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)With the appearance of Internet and its applications to education, great interest was developed in supporting learning by this new medium as it offers cheap delivery of materials, easy and comfortable access, etc. With ... -
Investigating the impact of learning from hypermedia
(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 ... -
Regrex: a java-based package for teaching and active learning in regression
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)REGREX is a software system designed to improve teaching and learning some concepts in regression. Even though there is a lot of commercial statistical software we have chosen to develop this computerized package, in order ... -
The science education website: making Judgements about science understandings
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)This project involved developing a lively, interactive, visually interesting website for university students enrolled in the subjects: Primary Science Education and Science Education for Young Children. This site allows ... -
Hilbert: an autonomous evolutionary information system for teaching and learning logic
(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 ... -
Design principles for an open and wide Modellingspace of modelling, collaboration And learning
(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 ... -
Virtual field trips in science: why students Would rather take them than leave them
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)Virtual Field trips open new possibilities for instructional designers to create more interactive worlds for learners. However is the interactivity afforded by such desktop systems for users sufficient for learners to feel ... -
Cobbalt “multimedia self-learning telecommunications on internet”
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)E-learning represents in our times a very important technology for learning/teaching without having many of the constraints of the classical methods. COBBALT is a multimedia Web based application for self-learning ... -
Modellingspace: interaction design and architecture of a collaborative modelling environment
(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 ... -
Modeling in school mathematics: generating active learning environments
(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 ... -
Symposium Learning environment design for modelling activities in a social context: the venture of modellingspace
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A tool to support interaction and collaboration analysis of learning activities
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)An increasing amount of data is collected today during studies in which students and educators are engaged in learning activities using information technology and other tools. These data are indispensable for analysis ... -
Development of children’s investigative skills through collaboration at a distance between two elementary schools in cyprus
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)The introduction of new educational technologies in elementary schools constitutes a decisive factor for the preparation of tomorrow's citizens, who will be called upon to respond to the challenges of the newly emerging ... -
Distance learning in mathematics education between two primary schools in cyprus
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)During the school year 2001-2002, the Department of Computer Science of the University of Cyprus, in cooperation with the Department of Education, the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Bank of Cyprus, implemented ... -
An approach to distributed collaborative science learning in a multicultural setting
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)There is growing interest among educators in studying communities of learning and practice, particularly those supporting a social construction of knowledge through collaboration assisted by information technologies. We ... -
Computer-adaptive testing in science education
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)Dealing with interviews effectively requires one to see what is happening from the other's point of view as well as one's own. This helps to predict what happens next. It is worth emphasizing that interviewing is not just ... -
Provision of online materials to support student learning: have we found the right mix?
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)The teaching of science subjects to very large numbers of first year students (up to 1800) is a characteristic of the larger Australian universities. During the last decade, to improve the learning environment in first ... -
Electromagnetic barrier penetration: matlab Simulation
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)A Matlab simulation was developed to help visualise and investigate electromagnetic tunnelling through particular non-dissipative and dissipative barriers within a waveguide. The theory behind the simulation is based on a ... -
Solving nonlinear dynamical equations of Fusion systems using rung - kutta 45 and lsode Computer codes
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)In fusion system dynamics, there are most complicated coupled non-linear equations, which to be able to consider the physical dynamics of these systems, they have to be solved . In this paper the applications of computer ... -
Changing online paradigms: beyond Information transmission 'lectures' to research-based interactive science laboratories
(Department of Educational Sciences, University of Cyprus, 2003)Robust online courses in the sciences must be based on: (1) sound, research–based pedagogy, (2) rich laboratory environments with skills and operational knowledge transferable to the wet ‘lab’, (3) a paradigm that is ...
