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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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Hill, Angelina; Babbitt, Bea – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2013
Benefits of personal response devices (PRDs) have been demonstrated in a variety of settings and disciplines in higher education. This study looked outside of higher education to investigate the efficacy of PRDs in an Army training course in terms of trainee performance, engagement, and satisfaction. Instructors were also surveyed to determine…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Handheld Devices, Military Training, Military Personnel
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Tubaishat, Abdallah; Lansari, Azzedine – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2013
Several researchers define e-portfolios as a digital collection of students' work accomplished throughout their time of studies in an academic program (Buzzetto-More, 2006; Love, McKean and Gathercoal, 2004; Paulson, Paulson, & Meyer, 1991; Siemens, 2004). E-portfolios can be a rich resource for students and faculty. Students learn to…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Luo, Tian; Gao, Fei – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2012
Microblogging tools such as Twitter have been frequently adopted in educational settings to facilitate learning in recent years. Although the original purpose of microblogging tools is to connect with others in a wide network and instantly share what is happening to them with the rest of the world, educators have vigorously attempted to repurpose…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Class Activities, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing
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Perez-Sabater, Carmen; Montero-Fleta, Begona – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2012
The application of new technologies and media has changed the concept of teaching and learning, offering effective and attractive possibilities to the educational system, particularly to the learning of languages in specific contexts. Educators in general will agree on the importance of motivation as a key to success in language acquisition as it…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Technology, Information Management
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Kesiman, Made Windu Antara; Agustini, Ketut – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2012
By studying and analyzing thoroughly the aspects of Indonesian culture, we may find many concepts of local wisdom that have been practiced in daily life of Indonesian people that can be beneficial for Information Technology study. Subak is a Balinese organization of irrigation systems, and is one example of local wisdom known widely in the world.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Hypermedia, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Lallie, Harjinder Singh; Lawson, Phillip; Day, David J. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2011
Identifying academic misdemeanours and actual applied effort in student assessments involving practical work can be problematic. For instance, it can be difficult to assess the actual effort that a student applied, the sequence and method applied, and whether there was any form of collusion or collaboration. In this paper we propose a system of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Computer Software, Academic Achievement