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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Rossi, Pier Giuseppe; Magnoler, Patrizia; Giannandrea, Lorella – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2008
Purpose: An e-portfolio is a useful tool to increase reflection and awareness in teachers and students. However, benefits of e-portfolio use are weakened by difficulties due to the lack of motivation, the heavy weight of creation and revision of the e-portfolios, the rigid tool structure. The paper aims to answer these emerging issues, showing how…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Student Motivation, Guidelines, Teaching Methods
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Muyinda, Paul B. – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: There are two purposes to this article. First, to explore the hypes and realities around theoretical, technical and organisational aspects of the fast evolving field of MLearning as a complementary paradigm to online and classroom learning. Second, to review challenges and the future of MLearning. Design/methodology/approach: The paper…
Descriptors: Internet, Literature Reviews, Telecommunications, Physical Mobility
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Spennemann, Dirk; Cornforth, David; Atkinson, John – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: This paper seeks to examine the spatial patterns of student use of machines in each laboratory to whether there are underlying commonalities. Design/methodology/approach: The research was carried out by assessing the user behaviour in 16 computer laboratories at a regional university in Australia. Findings: The study found that computers…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Laboratories, College Students, Use Studies
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van Dyk, Liezl; Conradie, Pieter – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: This article seeks to address the interface between individual learning facilitators that use course management systems (CMS) data to support decision-making and course design and institutional infrastructure providers that are responsible for institutional business intelligence. Design/methodology/approach: The design of a data warehouse…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Action Research, Researchers, Knowledge Management
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Kilmon, Carol; Fagan, Mary Helen – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the adoption of course management software (CMS) among faculty in a nursing program in order to better understand the consequences that result from adoption decisions. Design/methodology/approach: A case study approach was taken using a component of diffusion of innovations theory as a framework for…
Descriptors: College Students, Nursing, Undergraduate Study, Course Content
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Tveter, Walter M.; Melve, Ingrid; Linden, Mikael – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: This paper aims to outline considerations for trust management between established national identity federations in education and research. It also aims to discuss policy issues related to cross-federation and to compare existing academic identity federations. The paper seeks to investigate Nordic national federations and to introduce the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Trust (Psychology), Goal Orientation, Education
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Cox, Andrew; Emmott, Stephen – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to summarize the findings of a survey of UK universities about how their websites are managed and resourced, which technologies are in use, and what are seen as the main issues and priorities. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a web-based questionnaire distributed in summer 2006, which received…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Internet, Use Studies
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Moller, Klaus – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: Grid computing has often been heralded as the next logical step after the worldwide web. Users of grids can access dynamic resources such as computer storage and use the computing resources of computers under the umbrella of a virtual organisation. Although grid computing is often compared to the worldwide web, it is vastly more complex…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Internet
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Snow, Richard; Snow, Mary – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to elaborate the need to educate and encourage students to seek an ethical realm in which the researcher not only accurately analyses and documents a problem, but also actually advocates involvement to mitigate negative impacts. Design/methodology/approach: Geographic information systems (GIS) applications are…
Descriptors: Cheating, Scientific Methodology, Integrity, Information Systems
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Scott, Bernard; Cong, Chunyu – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: Today's technology supports the design of more and more sophisticated interactive learning environments. This paper aims to argue that such design should develop from first principles. Design/methodology/approach: In the paper by first principles is meant: learning theory and principles of course design. These principles are briefly…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Computer Assisted Instruction, Task Analysis, Teaching Methods
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MacLean, Piers; Scott, Bernard – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe research into the requirements, practice and prospects for the field of learning design and provide the findings of this study to date alongside early recommendations for furthering the profession in the UK. Design/methodology/approach: The paper describes the findings of a review of the literature…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews, Design Requirements
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Becker, Karen; Kehoe, Jo; Tennent, Beth – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which learning styles influence tertiary students' preferences for flexible delivery and assessment methods in higher education. Design/methodology/approach: A voluntary self-administered questionnaire was distributed within three core undergraduate courses. A total of 891 students…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Teaching Methods, Cognitive Style
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Craig, Emory M. – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand how emerging technologies and Web 2.0 services are transforming the structure of the web and their potential impact on managed learning environments (MLS) and learning content management systems (LCMS). Design/methodology/approach: Innovative Web 2.0 applications are reviewed in the paper to…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Internet, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
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Henderson, Michael – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of community of practice in sustaining teachers' participation in a blended (face-to-face and online) professional development course. Design/methodology/approach: A longitudinal multiple-case study methodology was used in researching groups of five teachers in Australia and four teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Participation, Online Courses, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Gerrard, Catherine – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the need for accessible learning within the online environment by investigating disabled students' levels of engagement with a virtual learning environment (VLE) and the extent to which lecturers' use of the VLE made learning accessible. Design/methodology/approach: A small focus group of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Focus Groups, Learning Experience, Virtual Classrooms
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