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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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Makkonen, Pekka; Siakas, Kerstin; Vaidya, Shakespeare – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to report on the design and creation of a knowledge management course aimed at facilitating student creation and use of social interactive learning tools for enhanced learning. Design/methodology/approach: The era of social media and web 2.0 has enabled a bottom-up collaborative approach and new ways to publish work on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Management, Web Sites, Editing
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Kingsley, Paul – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to examine Socratic dialogue in asynchronous online discussions in relation to constructivism. The links between theory and practice in teaching are to be discussed whilst tracing the origins of Socratic dialogue and recent trends and use of seminar in research based institutions. Design/methodology/approach: Many online…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Teaching Methods, Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication
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Lindberg, J. Ola; Sahlin, Susanne – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to report how Swedish upper secondary schools involved in a European Union-financed collaborative project intertwined aspects of subject integration and international collaboration with the use of ICT. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology used is a case study in which aspects of subject integration and…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Teacher Role, Barriers, Interviews
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Olofsson, Anders D.; Lindberg, J. Ola; Hauge, Trond Eiliv – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the use of blogs as part of a formative assessment practice, to report how reflective peer-to-peer learning can be designed and provided in online higher education. Design/methodology/approach: The research relies on a qualitative approach. The empirical setting comprised an online higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Formative Evaluation
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Woodley, Carolyn; Sims, Rob – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore business students' views about using ePortfolios at Victoria University (VU) in Melbourne. It also examines the extent to which students present ePortfolios to prospective employers in applying for jobs. Design/methodology/approach: This paper draws on the literature on ePortfolio use and the role…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Portfolios (Background Materials), Business Administration Education, College Students
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Karsenti, Thierry; Collin, Simon – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: One of the major challenges in teacher training programs is the gap between the theory that is presented to pre-service teachers and actual classroom practice. Many researchers, educators, and pre-service teachers have emphasized the difficulty of linking theory and practice in teacher education programs. The purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Distance Education
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Germany, Lisa – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that, with a bit of creative thinking, elements of certain university-wide projects (in this case study, establishing an iTunes U site) can be incorporated into student studies and assessment as real-world learning opportunities. Design/methodology/approach: Describes three different approaches…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Creative Thinking, Learning Experience
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Ktoridou, Despo; Eteokleous-Grigoriou, Nikleia – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a 40-hour computer course for beginners provided to a group of unemployed women learners with no/minimum computer literacy skills who can be characterized as digital immigrants. The aim of the study is to identify participants' perceptions and experiences regarding technology,…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Females, Computer Attitudes, Focus Groups
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Johnson, Mark; Smyth, Keith – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to explore ways in which value pluralism in institutional learning-technology strategy can be exposed and managed with the use of learning activities involving stakeholder groups across and between educational institutions. Design/methodology/approach: The case-study of a series of national workshops on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Workshops, Program Development
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Comrie, Andrew – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to discuss and provide examples of different collaborative models that are emerging and to argue that a technology-enhanced, socio-constructivist approach to future collaborative curriculum design and delivery enables partnership working and provides curriculum design solutions that supports delivery in different ways. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development, Higher Education
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Hardaker, Glenn; Singh, Gurmak – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: This exploratory study seeks to identify the factors that influence the adoption and diffusion of instructional technology at five prominent universities in the UK. The study aims to examine the organisational factors that enable and inhibit organisational adoption and diffusion of innovation. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Technical Support, Innovation
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Hall, Richard – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: This paper sets out to argue that the strategic implementation of technology is implicated in a range of crises or socio-economic disruptions, like peak oil, climate change and the rising environmental costs of energy consumption. It aims to argue that institutional technological implementation is contested, complex and should not be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Fuels, Energy Conservation
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Quinsee, Susannah; Bullimore, Anise – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to describe the creation of a new approach to the implementation of educational technologies at a UK Higher Education Institution. Driven by changes in technology, an evaluation of the virtual learning environment (VLE) provided the opportunity to reassess the application of technology to the curriculum. However, such an…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Environment, Program Implementation, Organizational Change
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Millwood, Richard; Powell, Stephen – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: This paper seeks to describe and analyse an approach to course design as part of a strategic, technology-inspired, cross-university intervention to widen participation. A curriculum framework was developed for students who wished to make their work the focus of their study and could not readily access current university provision. A…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Intervention, Action Research, Cybernetics
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Strickland, Karen; McLatchie, Joan; Pelik, Rowena – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to demonstrate how an institutional learning, teaching and assessment (LTA) strategy was developed and a "dynamic" strategy created in order to achieve the ongoing enhancement of the quality of the student learning experience. Developing LTA strategies that foster ongoing engagement and provide inspiration to academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Educational Resources, Educational Technology
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