Prior research that examined the effectiveness of face-to-face versus various computer-assisted teaching methods has resulted in “no significant differences.” However, this research was conducted without the benefit of a theoretical model that could be tested empirically with structural equation modeling techniques. The purpose of this paper is to develop such a model that will be operationaliz...

LATE is the acronym for Learning And Teaching Environment, a concept that pulls together a number of developments in a uniquely integrated way to provide-for the rst time in the history of computing-an approach to computer assisted learning and teaching that ooers a realistic alternative to more traditional methods. Above claim may sound exaggerated. However, the reader is asked to reserve judg...

A Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) system for children must provide a particularly simple and intuitive user interface if it is to be an effective teaching aid. However, design rules and guidelines for the development of interfaces for children are still being established. This paper proposes several such design principles and tests them through the implementation of a CAL literacy application....

The EDULAN project focuses in the field of Computer Assisted Learning and aims to generalize and translate to web-oriented technologies some results obtained previously on the Intelligent Tutoring Systems area. Particularly, four complementary research lines are being considered: knowledge acquisition tools for building Intelligent Tutoring Systems; adaptative and Web-oriented teaching/learning...

BACKGROUND To use technology effectively for the advancement of patient care, pharmacists must possess a variety of computer skills. We recently introduced a novel applied informatics program in this Canadian hospital clinical service unit to enhance the informatics skills of our members. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to gain a better understanding of the baseline computer skills and nee...

This paper explores the motivation and prerequisites of a successful integration of Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning (ICALL) tools into current foreign language teaching and learning (FLTL) practice. We focus on two aspects, which we argue to be important for effective ICALL system development and use: (i) the relationship between activity design and restrictions needed to make n...

OBJECTIVE To study the perceptions on physician assisted suicide, among patients presenting to family physicians, at a teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. METHOD The study was carried out at the Community Health Center of The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, between December 1999 and May 2000. The principal and co-investigators filled a pre-coded and pretested questionnaire consisti...

This paper presents a novel educational software package which develops an Interactive Didactic Application (IDA) generated in the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), and which contains the essentials of Engineering Graphics according to ISO norms. It is an interactive multimedia application which adapts easily to all engineering studies, according to the needs of each course, and which ...

Parasitology is a basic course in life sciences curricula, but up to now it has few computer-assisted teaching tools. We present SuperIDR, a tool which supports annotation and search (based on a textual and a visual description) in the biodiversity domain. In addition, it provides a feature to aid comparison of morphological characteristics among different species. Preliminary results with two ...

We are developing an online community for teachers of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder that will provide tools to share, analyze, and evaluate assisted communication. The data will be collected from software on smartphones that allows children to communicate with teachers using images. Since this is the first approach towards systematic data collection for children with ASD, we ...