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Using real -time graphs to enhance understanding of kinematics graphs: motions detectors in the physics classroom
(University of Cyprus, 2010)
The activities and the case study were inspired by publications uncovering a consistent set of student difficulties with graphs of position, velocity and acceleration versus time. Research indicates that the use of a Motion ...
Adaptive individualized education in e-learning
(University of Cyprus, 2010)
This contribution deals with the proposal on a new learning model based on individual learning styles of students. It consists of three parts – The Student Module, Virtual Teacher Module and Adaptive Module. Within the ...
Verification of practical skills in an e-course
(2010)
eLearning has become quite popular among students, educational institutions and official authorities. Many institutions have decided to employ this study tool in their programs. The eLearning environment enables knowledge ...
Enquiry-based learning using pictures: the geograph project
(University of Cyprus, 2010)
This paper discusses the rationale underlying enquiry-based learning in terms of problem-solving activity and the technical infrastructure needed to support it. Some of the issues underlying the implementation of this ...
Our climate, our change - using digital learning objects to present the complex science of global climate change
(University of Cyprus, 2010)
Global Climate Change (GCC) is arguably one of the most significant challenges ever faced by humankind. The complex science of GCC leaves the general public and teachers at both secondary school and tertiary levels perplexed.. ...
Social and cognitive constructivisms in practice on the basis of etwinning projects in science
(University of Cyprus, 2010)
The role of social interactions and cognitive processes in learning is evident for teachers and educators. Nowadays there is a challenge to transfer the theory into practice, to build an environment in which learning science ...
Evaluation of courseware and learning environments in an electromagnetics course enhanced by computer assisted instruction
(Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)
At the University of Twente the first year electromagnetism course has been restructured. A web-based course
consisting of different exercises (most of them using a link with Maple) and PowerPoint presentations has ...
Design of an intelligent tutoring system on the www to support Interactive learning
(Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)
Web-based education is currently a hot research and development area. Thousands of Web-based courses and
other educational applications have been made available on the Web, but the problem is that most of them are
nothing ...
How to generate clever questions and why
(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 ...
XML in web-based training: Workflow and opportunities
(Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)
In this paper we point out the benefits of using structured content in Web-Based Training (WBT) scenarios. Using
an XML compliant subset of the DocBook document type definition – enriched with semantics for interactive
hypermedia ...