Escudeiro, Paula, Bidarra, José · The Repositório Aberto (Universidade Aberta) · 2006
This paper presents the overall evaluation of the Quantitative Evaluation Framework (QEF) approach which has been applied in an operational teaching environment for the last six years. During this period we have evaluated the difference between educational software systems that were developed using the Techno Didactical Extension for Instruction/Learning Based on Computer (X-TEC) model and educational software systems using other models. The X-TEC model is used in the development of educational software in order to strengthen the potential quality of e-Learning systems. We selected the QEF approach for this evaluation to highlight the strengths and limitations of the X-TEC model. We adapted the approach in a way that the essential criteria are assessed in a pre-evaluation phase which will cover the general usage requirements. In this research project we conduct experiments with groups of students and teachers in Multimedia Information Systems classes of Oporto Polytechnic, to examine the influence of training in an instructional system design approach on their attitude to re-use this approach, and on their performances in design, using this approach.
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Rich Hofmann · Journal of Learning Disabilities · 1985
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Haworth Continuing Features Submission · Cataloging & Classification Quarterly · 1985
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Haworth Continuing Features Submission · Cataloging & Classification Quarterly · 1985
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Loos, R. (Karlsruhe Univ. (T.H.) (Germany). Fakultaet fuer Informatik) · OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique) · 1984
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René Azegue Ondoa · 2015
Abstract This article entails verifying the analogy of the user’s activity in the execution of various tasks – case of an CEHL (Computing Environment for Human Learning). For this, the educational software JAVI (J’apprends AVec l’Informatique) will be used, and an elaboration will be done, in the form of an algorithmic structure, on a didactic profile by Competence Approach which will consist of specified tasks to be carried out by the user. The aim here is to create a useable tool which will be coherent in its Human-Machine interactions (HMI) between the user who is the educationist (pedagogue) and the computer scientist’s requirements – the program developer, hence matching the algorithmic sequence to the execution of related tasks. This action will enable the creation a system based on APCs, which could be used as a model for the creation of multidisciplinary educational software in Cameroon.
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Smith, Kevin Christopher · Digital WPI · 2002
This project reviewed DELab, a piece of software written in conjunction with a differential equations textbook. DELab was assessed using an industry standard set of human-computer interface usability guidelines. Though the course of the evaluation it was discovered that DELab failed to satisfactorily meet expectations set forth by the surrogate user's interpretation of these guidelines. The recommendations that were generated included restructuring the user interface and improving the accuracy of the help text and instructions.
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Eveline Riedling · Computer Compacts · 1986
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Dennis W. Spuck, William C. Bozeman, Betty Collis et al. · University of Twente Research Information · 1990
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Michael Shaughnessy · IGI Global eBooks · 2005
From 1980 to 2000, there were many articles written on the subject of software review and evaluation. Upon initial investigation of educational software methodologies, it appears that there are as many evaluation methodologies as there are authors presenting them. Several articles (methodology analyses) have been written describing these evaluation techniques (Bryson & Cullen, 1984; Eraut, 1989; Holznagel, 1983; Jones et al., 1999; McDougall & Squires, 1995; Reiser & Kegelmann, 1994, 1996; Russell & Blake, 1988). Each of these articles describes various methodologies and presents the most current evaluation methodology available, but fails to provide a complete history of the types of evaluation methodologies. These analyses of evaluation methodologies focus on the individual methodology, but refrain from putting individual methodologies into a greater systematic context.
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STEVE RITTER, R. Charles Murray, Robert G. M. Hausmann · Advances in educational technologies and instructional design book series · 2017
Educational software is somewhat unique in that the goal of the software is not to facilitate use of the software itself, but to produce an impact on the user - learning - that will affect the user's behavior outside of the software. Although there are many areas where educational software designers can learn from practices in productivity and game design, there are reasons to be cautious in applying such principles to educational software. This chapter considers several design elements in educational software and discusses ways that software principles taken from other areas do or do not apply to educational software design.
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Eveline Riedling · Education and Computing · 1986
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Cheryl Reynolds · Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew)
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Paula Escudeiro, José Bidarra, Nuno Escudeiro · The Repositório Aberto (Universidade Aberta) · 2008
This paper presents the overall evaluation of the Quantitative Evaluation Framework (QEF) approach which has been applied in an operational teaching environment for the last six years. During this period we have evaluated the difference between educational software systems that were developed using the Techno-Didactical Extension for Instruction/Learning Based on Computer (X-TEC) model and educational software systems using other models. The X-TEC model is used in the development of educational software in order to strengthen the potential quality of e-Learning systems. We selected the QEF approach for this evaluation to highlight the strengths and limitations of the X-TEC model. We adapted the approach in a way where the essential criteria are assessed in a pre-evaluation phase which will cover the general usage requirements. In this research project we conduct experiments with groups of students and teachers in Multimedia Information Systems classes of Oporto Polytechnic, to examine the influence of training in an instructional system design approach on their attitude to re-use this approach and on their performances in design, using this approach.
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Deanne Holzberlein · 2019
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Camilo, Alexander · Digital WPI · 2009
This project aims to create an environment in which children's play is utilized to let children teach themselves. Through this goal, the project will also contribute to One Laptop Per Child's (OLPC) resources. Research and analysis of the situation at our target site, Nepal, was completed. After consulting with the OLPC organization, the team determined that developing an open source physics simulation game would be appropriate. The basis for this game, Squeak's Journey, was then designed and partially implemented.
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Michelle Mukherjee · IGI Global eBooks · 2011
Teachers are under increasing pressure from government and school management to incorporate technology into lessons. They need to consider which technologies can most effectively enhance subject learning, encourage higher order thinking skills and support the performance of authentic tasks. This chapter reviews the practical and theoretical tools that have been developed to aid teachers in selecting software and reviews the software assessment methodologies from the 1980s to the present day. It concludes that teachers need guidance to structure the evaluation of technology, to consider its educational affordances, its usability, its suitability for the students and the classroom environment and its fit to the teachers’ preferred pedagogies.
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Haugli, Linn Ansteensen · Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo) · 2023
Bakgrunn: I diagnostisk patologi er det i dag en pågående overgang fra konvensjonell til digital patologi. Digital patologi har vært i bruk i undervisningen på medisinstudiet ved NTNU siden 2017. Under Covid-19-pandemien, ble alle mikroskopikursene gjort om til heldigitale kurs. Dataprogrammet som da var i bruk, manglet flere ønskede funksjoner og idéen om å skape et bedre digitalt læringsverktøy; LearnPathology, ble født. Målet med denne hovedoppgaven var å lage en quizløsning til det nye programmet og å inkludere spørsmålstypene i en quiz i gynekologisk histologi. \n\nMetode: LearnPathology er et nettbasert, digitalt læringsverktøy utviklet for undervisning i histologi og patologi. I LearnPathology-prosjektet arbeider lærere, studenter, samfunnsvitere, en interaksjonsdesigner og utviklere sammen i iterative prosesser med månedlige møter og kontinuerlig epostkorrespondanse. Gjennom tverrfaglige diskusjoner drøftes funksjonalitet og layout, med hovedfokus på brukerne; studenter og lærere. \n\nResultater: I samarbeid med de andre deltakerne i prosjektet, har vi utviklet et sett med spørsmålstyper som allerede er inkludert i læringsverktøyet. De forskjellige spørsmålstypene har blitt brukt i quizen i gynekologisk histologi. \n\nKonklusjon: Arbeidet som har blitt utført som en del av denne hovedoppgaven har resultert i en quizløsning i LearnPathology, og en ny quiz i gynekologisk histologi. Programmet er fortsatt under utvikling.
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Irina F. Kisselman, Madina G. Yudina · SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología · 2022
This paper stands as an argument for employing educational software in teaching and evaluating skills and knowledge in higher education. The authors’ main goal is to pinpoint and focus on strategies of teaching through the use of modern means, namely educational software.
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