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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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Kara, Nuri; Aydin, Cansu Cigdem; Cagiltay, Kursat – Interactive Learning Environments, 2014
This article introduces StoryTech, a smart storytelling toy that offers children a mixed reality environment in which to tell imaginative stories. During usability testing, an empirical study was carried out with 90 child participants. The findings indicated that StoryTech creates a rich storytelling experience, especially for ages five and six.
Descriptors: Story Telling, Toys, Educational Technology, Blended Learning
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Hulshof, Casper D.; Eysink, Tessa H. S.; Loyens, Sofie; de Jong, Ton – Interactive Learning Environments, 2005
ZAPs are short, self-contained computer programs that encourage students to experience psychological phenomena in a vivid, self-explanatory way, and that are meant to evoke enthusiasm about psychological topics. ZAPs were designed according to principles that originate from experiential and discovery learning theories. The interactive approach…
Descriptors: Psychology, Learning Theories, Discovery Learning, Control Groups