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Universities are showing increasing interest in raising the standard of teaching that occurs in their courses. There is a growing awareness that the traditional model of lecture/workshop/tutorial/assignment may not be the best approach in...

Drawing upon a similar instrument the Draw a Scientist Test (Chambers, 1983), a Draw-A-Computer-User (DACU) test was constructed. Students in a Year 6 class (11 years old) Western Australian classroom were asked to draw what they considered to be...

Theoretical frameworks and practical processes driving online course development in tertiary institutions are currently under pressure, scrutiny and review and online courses are increasingly seen as an answer to these problems. Useable procedures,...

Definitions of literature are evolving to embody a wider range of cultural practices which can include interactive multimedia (IMM). Also the study of literature is undergoing a philosophical change, where traditional notions of literature as...

The World Wide Web (Web) is the latest in a long line of technological tools which can be used in teaching and learning at universities. Current interest regarding its use coincides with increased use of different methods of teaching and learning at ...

The paper presents a case for moving beyond the traditional rationales centered around computer and information literacy, for the use of ICT in schools, towards other rationales. These might include rationales based on a more inclusive view of...

Educating Teachers for the Knowledge Economy The knowledge economy has rapidly become a prominent construct entwined with the globalisation of capital and underpinned by extensive use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). But the...

Writing, an essential part of every young child's school life, is a complex affair involving cognitive, affective, and psychomotor elements. Most children learn to write, with varying degrees of success, and every school has children who can be...

The results of a questionnaire administered to Education Staff and students in a metropolitan university are presented. The 73 item questionnaire provided results, from a total of 158 respondents, which will be used to plan the integration of ICT...

Researchers are increasingly using video for research purposes including interviewing, stimulated recall and general observation of learning process. This increasing use has lead to demand for efficient ways of transcribing, coding, searching and...