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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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Ioannou, Andri; Vasiliou, Christina; Zaphiris, Panayiotis; Arh, Tanja; Klobucar, Tomaž; Pipan, Matija – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
This exploratory case study aims to examine how students benefit from a multimodal learning environment while they engage in collaborative problem-based activity in a Human Computer Interaction (HCI) university course. For 12 weeks, 30 students, in groups of 5-7 each, participated in weekly face-to-face meetings and online interactions.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Blended Learning, Problem Based Learning, Case Studies
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Ioannou, Andri; Andreou, Emily; Christofi, Maria – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
This exploratory case study involved a humanoid robot, NAO, and four pre-schoolers. NAO was placed in an indoor playground together with other toys and appeared as a peer who played, talked, danced and said stories. Analysis of video recordings focused on children's behaviour around NAO and how the robot gained children's attention and…
Descriptors: Caring, Robotics, Case Studies, Playground Activities
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Ioannou, Andri; Hannafin, Robert D. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
Course management systems (CMSs) are software systems designed to manage course content and course activities. These tools integrate technological and pedagogical features into a web-based system that allows instructors, even those who are unfamiliar with web-based technologies, to design, deliver, and manage an online course. However, CMSs have…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Course Content, Courseware, Computer Managed Instruction