BACKGROUND Internet use is nearly ubiquitous among US youth; risks to internet use include cyberbullying, privacy violations and unwanted solicitation. Internet safety education may prevent these negative consequences; however, it is unclear at what age this education should begin and what group is responsible for teaching this topic. METHODS Surveys were distributed to key stakeholders in yo...

This study investigated the success of a technology and Internet-enriched teaching and learning environment in molding positive attitudes among students toward using the Internet for learning at a university in Malaysia. Students were provided with computers facilities, required to complete two compulsory generic courses in information technology, and the lecturers actively encouraged the use o...

Internet has been perhaps the most outstanding innovation in the field of communication in the history of mankind. The main purpose of this study was to explore the role of Internet in the professional development of teachers working in agricultural schools in Kermanshah Province (N=35). Census survey was used due to the small size of the statistical population. A questionnaire was developed ba...

introduction: in traditional medical education systems much interest is placed on the cramming of basic and clinical facts without considering their applicability in the future professional career. the aim of this study is to evaluate a novice medical training method (problem-based learning) as compared to the contemporary teacher-based medical education or traditional methods. methods: selecti...

The paper describes an evolutionary distribution system for web-based teaching materials that can sophisticate teaching materials stored in the system spontaneously. The system consists of web server, assisting tools and repository of teaching materials represented as HTML/XML data. The layered structure of the information model of teaching materials enables to treat content of teaching materia...

Internet technologies recently have developed extremely fast. The development of WWW applications has increased the accessibility of the Internet. New information and communication technologies are developing and playing a growing role in engineering education. Based on these technologies and new teaching methodologies, this study designed a cooperative distance-education paradigm for engineeri...

Teaching Mathematics to intermediate school boys is a challenging process which can greatly benefit from software technology and web-based learning. In this research we study the difficulties and opportunities of using this technology in teaching Mathematics to 13 year old boys studying Mathematics at school. For students' we identify the basic requirements at home, e.g., Mathematics computer s...