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Al-Mashaqbeh, Ibtesam. "Computer applications in higher education : a case study of students' experiences and perceptions." Virtual Press, 2003. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1263918.
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the educational experiences with computers of nine female international graduate students at Ball State University. Their experiences with computers before they came to the United States, their current use of computers during their study at Ball State University, challenges faced related to the use of computers during their graduate study in the United States, and the support received from the university to help them overcome these barriers were described. Descriptions of ways computers supplemented and enriched the experiences of female international graduate students in the completion of their graduate work at Ball State University were reported.Participants of the present study were nine female international graduate students from Ball State University. They were identified through cooperation with the Center For International Programs, which provided a list of names and e-mail addresses of female international graduate students who were enrolled in graduate studies at Ball State University. Nine female international graduate students were selected from the list.The researcher interviewed each participant for two hours on one occasion. Following each interview participants were asked to complete a brief questionnaire to identify age, country of origin, academic program, and length of time spent in the United States.The following conclusions were established based upon this research study: (1) most participants did not use computer applications on a daily basis during their undergraduate study in their native countries; (2) all participants used computer applications on a daily basis during their study at BSU; (3) some participants faced two important academic adjustments at the same time, the adjustment to the English language and the adjustment to the use of computer; (4) most participants received support from friends regarding the use of computers; (5) most participants faced problems regarding their typing skills; (6) using the library web site was a challenge for most participants; (7) all participants believed that the use of computers enriched their experiences during their study at BSU; and (7) all participants used the Self-Learning Theory to improve their computer skills.<br>Department of Educational Studies
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Brotherton, Jason Alan. "Enriching everyday activities through the automated capture and access of live experiences : eClass: building, observing and understanding the impact of capture and access in an educational domain." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/8143.
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Bennett, Sandra M. "Exploring the relationship between continuing professional education and job satisfaction for information technology professionals in higher education." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5296/.
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The study had four main hypotheses that examined the relationships between job satisfaction and the reasons for attending continuing professional education (CPE). The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between training and job satisfaction with the objective of adding to the body of knowledge related to both job satisfaction and training and development. Participation Reasons Scale was used to measure the reasons for attending CPE activities, and the Job in General Scale and Job Descriptive Index was used to measure job satisfaction. The surveys were administered over the Internet to information technology professionals working in higher education. The participants were contacted by email with a message explaining the purpose of the research and a Web link that took the participants directly to the survey. After collecting the data, it was exported into SPSS and analyzed using Spearman Rho and Mann Whitney U statistics and a simple structure exploratory factor to determine any underlying structures between the job satisfaction and CPE.
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Phipps, Owen Dudley. "The use of a database to improve higher order thinking skills in secondary school biology: a case study." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003696.
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The knowledge explosion of the last decade has left education in schools far behind. The emphasis in schools must change if they are to prepare students for their future lives. Tertiary institutions as well as commerce and industry need people who have well-developed cognitive skills. A further requirement is that the school leaver must have skills pertaining to information processing. The skills that are required are those which have been labelled higher order thinking skills. The work of Piaget, Thomas and Bloom have led to a better understanding of what these skills actually are. Resnick sees these skills as being: nonalgorithmic; complex; yielding multiple solutions; involving nuanced judgements; involving the application of multiple criteria; involving uncertainty; involving self-regulation of the thinking process; imposing meaning and being effortful. How these can be taught and the implication of doing so are considered by the researcher. The outcome of this consideration is that higher order - thinking entails communication skills, reasoning, problem solving and self management. The study takes the form of an investigation of a particular case: whether a Biology field trip could be used as a source of information, which could be handled by a computer, so that higher order thinking skills could be acquired by students. Students were instructed in the use of a Database Management System called PARADOX. The students then went on an excursion to a Rocky Shore habitat to collect data about the biotic and abiotic factors pertaining to that ecosystem. The students worked in groups sorting data and entering it into the database. Once all the data had been entered the students developed hypotheses and queried the database to obtain evidence to substantiate or disprove their hypotheses. Whilst this was in progress the researcher obtained data by means of observational field notes, tape recordings, evoked documents and interviews. The qualitative data was then arranged into classes to see if it showed that the students were using any of the higher order thinking skills. The results showed that the students did use the listed higher order thinking skills whilst working on the database.
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Berry, William Lee. "The use of computer technology to compare and analyze community college dissertations." FIU Digital Commons, 1989. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1655.
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A purpose of this research study was to demonstrate the practical linguistic study and evaluation of dissertations by using two examples of the latest technology, the microcomputer and optical scanner. That involved developing efficient methods for data entry plus creating computer algorithms appropriate for personal, linguistic studies. The goal was to develop a prototype investigation which demonstrated practical solutions for maximizing the linguistic potential of the dissertation data base. The mode of text entry was from a Dest PC Scan 1000 Optical Scanner. The function of the optical scanner was to copy the complete stack of educational dissertations from the Florida Atlantic University Library into an I.B.M. XT microcomputer. The optical scanner demonstrated its practical value by copying 15,900 pages of dissertation text directly into the microcomputer. A total of 199 dissertations or 72% of the entire stack of education dissertations (277) were successfully copied into the microcomputer's word processor where each dissertation was analyzed for a variety of syntax frequencies.
The results of the study demonstrated the practical use of the optical scanner for data entry, the microcomputer for data and statistical analysis, and the availability of the college library as a natural setting for text studies. A supplemental benefit was the establishment of a computerized dissertation corpus which could be used for future research and study.
The final step was to build a linguistic model of the differences in dissertation writing styles by creating 7 factors from 55 dependent variables through principal components factor analysis. The 7 factors (textual components) were then named and described on a hypothetical construct defined as a continuum from a conversational, interactional style to a formal, academic writing style. The 7 factors were then grouped through discriminant analysis to create discriminant functions for each of the 7 independent variables. The results indicated that a conversational, interactional writing style was associated with more recent dissertations (1972-1987), an increase in author's age, females, and the department of Curriculum and Instruction. A formal, academic writing style was associated with older dissertations (1972-1987), younger authors, males, and the department of Administration and Supervision. It was concluded that there were no significant differences in writing style due to subject matter (community college studies) compared to other subject matter. It was also concluded that there were no significant differences in writing style due to the location of dissertation origin (Florida Atlantic University, University of Central Florida, Florida International University).
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Yusof, Normah. "An empirical study of the use of computer-based material for the teaching of the listening skill in English as a second language to students of a higher education institution in Malaysia." Thesis, University of Hull, 1999. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3881.
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The primary concern of the present study was to investigate the effective uses of computer-based software in teaching the listening skill in English as a Second Language (ESL) at higher education institutions. It aimed to find out if computer-based software can be used as a teacher replacement or supplement, either at the beginning or end of the listening lesson. This study also aimed to measure students' motivational reactions to instructional materials, to examine students' computer background, to examine any significant relationships between any of the variables and also to see if there are gender differences in any of these. In order to assess the effect of CALL use, an experimental study was carried out.The respondents consisted of 80 post-SPM students enrolled in Intensive English course at KUSZA, Malaysia. Two achievement post-tests and two sets of questionnaires were administered for data collection. The data results were analysed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) with statistical techniques of ANOVA, analysis of covariance, Pearson's product-moment correlation and t-tests for independent samples. The results of the study revealed that the way computerised material was used made a considerable effect on the achievement of the students. When it was used as a supplement at the beginning of the lesson, the students scored better results than those students received computerised treatment at the end of the lesson. When it was used as a teacher replacement, the students did not score well in the tests. The results also showed that non-computerised treatment was effective for teaching the listening skill.In the light of these results, certain recommendations were made for the teaching of the listening skill in ESL at KUSZA. It was recommended that computerised instruction be used as a supplement to teacher teaching at the beginning of the lesson rather than at the end of it. Further research is needed to be carried out with larger groups of respondents so that the findings can be generalised to other situations.
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Zhang, Zhidong 1957. "Cognitive assessment in a computer-based coaching environment in higher education : diagnostic assessment of development of knowledge and problem-solving skill in statistics." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=102853.
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Diagnostic cognitive assessment (DCA) was explored using Bayesian networks and evidence-centred design (ECD) in a statistics learning domain (ANOVA). The assessment environment simulates problem solving activities that occurred in a web-based statistics learning environment. The assessment model is composed of assessment constructs, and evidence models. Assessment constructs correspond to components of knowledge and procedural skill in a cognitive domain model and are represented as explanatory variables in the assessment model. Explanatory variables represent specific aspects of student's performance of assessment problems. Bayesian networks are used to connect the explanatory variables to the evidence variables. These links enable the network to propagate evidential information to explanatory model variables in the assessment model. The purpose of DCA is to infer cognitive components of knowledge and skill that have been mastered by a student. These inferences are realized probabilistically using the Bayesian network to estimate the likelihood that a student has mastered specific components of knowledge or skill based on observations of features of the student's performance of an assessment task.<br>The objective of this study was to develop a Bayesian assessment model that implements DCA in a specific domain of statistics, and evaluate it in relation to its potential to achieve the objectives of DCA. This study applied a method for model development to the ANOVA score model domain to attain the objectives of the study. The results documented: (a) the process of model development in a specific domain; (b) the properties of the Bayesian assessment model; (c) the performance of the network in tracing students' progress towards mastery by using the model to successfully update the posterior probabilities; (d) the use of estimates of log odds ratios of likelihood of mastery as a measure of "progress toward mastery;" (e) the robustness of diagnostic inferences based on the network; and (f) the use of the Bayesian assessment model for diagnostic assessment with a sample of 20 students who completed the assessment tasks. The results indicated that the Bayesian assessment network provided valid diagnostic information about specific cognitive components, and was able to track development towards achieving mastery of learning goals.
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Jenkins-Todd, Derone I. (Derone Ilene). "Determination of Author Characteristics and Content of Educational Computing Articles in Community/Junior College Serials Literature, 1977-1991." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278735/.
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The study was undertaken: (a) to categorize the contents of educational computing articles using a taxonomy developed by Knezek, Rachlin, and Scannell (1988), (b) to examine the trends in educational computing subject matter addressed in community/junior college journals between 1977 and 1991, and (c) to identify and analyze specific characteristics of contributing authors and their employing institutions which might explain writing and publication biases.
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Jacobs, Carmen. "A framework for successful SOA adoption in selected South African universities." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008366.
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The demand for systems i·ntegration has become more and more significant in higher education as institutions want systems that provide coherent information with data that is up to date and not redundant and can seamlessly support the end user experience. Institutions have become more reliant on information systems to support both administrative functions and those involved in teaching, learning and research, but because each department supports a diverse array of computing platforms and applications, it becomes very difficult to integrate these systems. SOA is classified as an innovative approach to integrating existing systems involving the use of independent services that can be accessed without knowledge of the underlying platform implementation. Unfortunately, the SOA initiative will not be success if it is not understood and used correctly by various applications and systems throughout the organisation. SOA introduces complexity and challenges in systems integration, acceptance, governance, data, development planning, security and external opportunities. If an organisation does not embrace or enable change in each of these areas, it is not ready for the adoption of SOA. This research investigates the systems integration challenge in selected South African universities and explores factors for SOA adoption. The framework for the adoption of SOA comprises seven factors, of which Systems Integration is the most significant and represents an efficient starting point for institutions considering SOA adoption. Acceptance, Governance, Data, Development Planning, Security and External Opportunities are other factors of SOA adoption that require careful and thorough consideration before an institution can successfully adopt SOA. The results of this research emphasise the importance of being able to embrace change and innovation and modify strategies in order to reflect the constant changes required for the adoption of SOA.<br>KMBT_363<br>Adobe Acrobat 9.54 Paper Capture Plug-in
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Charoensri, Pijarn. "Technology Infusion in Career Services at U.S. Institutions of Higher Education in the Southwest." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1998. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278087/.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the use of computer and communications technologies at four-year public/private college and university career centers that are members of the Southwest Association of Colleges and Employers (SWACE).
The findings of this study reveal that (a) all career centers are now using computer and telecommunications technologies for at least one office function; (b) small institutions do not use technologies as much as large institutions because they have fewer financial resources, less technical
support from institutions, fewer personnel, and they also need time to learn to use technologies effectively; (c) public career centers are more willing to explore new technologies but private career centers mostly adopt and implement proven technologies; (d) career education does not utilize
technologies as much as career counseling or job placement functions; (e) lack of financial resources and lack of technical support are major barriers to a technological infusion; and (f) technologies, including electronic student databases, computerized presentations with the network connection, and
OCR scanners, will be needed in the near future.
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Deel, Dickie Leon. "Assessing the Use of Microcomputers by Administrators in Higher Education in Oklahoma." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332427/.
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This study was conducted to examine the use of microcomputers and other computers by top administrators in the twenty—seven public colleges and universities in Oklahoma; to assess the impact that training and other factors have on the extent to which microcomputers are being used; and to identify trends in administrative computer usage. The survey technique was utilized in collecting the data for this study. The survey instrument was developed for use in this study from a review of the literature, an evaluation by a panel of judges, and a pilot study. The survey instrument was sent to the administrators for business, academic, and student affairs via the president of each university in the 1986 spring and summer semesters. Seventy-four of the eighty-one or 91.4 percent of the administrators responded. Following is a summary of the major findings of this study. 1. Fourteen of the seventy-four or 18.9 percent of the respondents personally use a microcomputer and 51.3 percent of the respondents have someone use a microcomputer on their behalf. 2. The most prevalent use of microcomputers is word processing; the most prevalent uses of mainframes are word processing and database management; and the majority of the respondents do not use a computer for spreadsheets, graphics, database management, telecommunications, and time management functions. Computer functions rated highly important are word processing, spreadsheets, and database management. 3. Administrators feel they need more training in the use of computers. 4. Conditions affecting the use of microcomputers are an established process for evaluating software, funding for maintenance, and practice time. 5. Age is negatively correlated to the personal use of microcomputers. 6. Administrators believe that in the near future, the use of microcomputers will increase, the use of mainframes will remain about the same, and the number of jobs done without computers will decrease.
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Rolf, Arno. "Themengärten in der Informatik-Ausbildung." Universität Potsdam, 2010. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2013/6428/.
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Die Möglichkeiten sich zu informieren, am Leben der vielen Anderen teilzunehmen ist durch das Internet mit seinen Tweets, Google-Angeboten und sozialen Netzwerken wie Facebook ins Unermessliche gewachsen. Zugleich fühlen sich viele Nutzer überfordert und meinen, im Meer der Informationen zu ertrinken. So bekennt Frank Schirrmacher in seinem Buch Payback, dass er den geistigen Anforderungen unserer Zeit nicht mehr gewachsen ist. Sein Kopf komme nicht mehr mit. Er sei unkonzentriert, vergesslich und ständig abgelenkt. Das, was vielen zum Problem geworden ist, sehen viele Studierende eher pragmatisch. Der Wissenserwerb in Zeiten von Internet und E-Learning läuft an Hochschulen häufig nach der Helene-Hegemann-Methode ab: Zunächst machen sich die Studierenden, z.B. im Rahmen einer Studien- oder Hausarbeit, bei Wikipedia „schlau“, ein Einstieg ist geschafft. Anschließend wird dieses Wissen mit Google angereichert. Damit ist Überblickswissen vorhanden. Mit geschickter copy-and-paste-Komposition lässt sich daraus schon ein „Werk“ erstellen. Der ein oder andere Studierende gibt sich mit diesem Wissenserwerb zufrieden und bricht seinen Lernprozess hier bereits ab. Nun ist zwar am Ende jeder Studierende für seinen Wissenserwerb selbst verantwortlich. Die erkennbar unbefriedigende Situation sollte die Hochschulen aber herausfordern, das Internet in Vorlesungen und Seminaren auszuprobieren und sinnvolle Anwendungen zu entwickeln. Beispiele gibt es durchaus. Unter der Metapher E-Learning hat sich ein umfangreicher Forschungsschwerpunkt an den Universitäten entwickelt. Einige Beispiele von vielen: So hat der Osnabrücker Informatik-Professor Oliver Vornberger seine Vorlesungen als Video ins Netz gestellt. Per RSS ist es möglich, Sequenzen aufs iPod zu laden. Die übliche Dozentenangst, dann würden sie ja vor leeren Bänken sitzen, scheint unbegründet. Sie werden von den Studierenden vor allem zur Prüfungsvorbereitung genutzt. Wie ist das Internet, das für die junge Generation zu einem alles andere verdrängenden Universalmedium geworden ist, didaktisch in die Hochschullehre einzubinden? Wie also ist konkret mit diesen Herausforderungen umzugehen? Dies soll uns im Folgenden beschäftigen.
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Dalton, Rebecca Marie, University of Western Sydney, of Science Technology and Environment College, and of Science Food and Horticulture School. "The development of students' mental models of chemical substances and processes at the molecular level." THESIS_CSTE_SFH_Dalton_R.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/816.
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The development of student’s mental models of chemical substances and processes at the molecular level was studied in a three-phase project. Animations produced in the VisChem project were used as an integral part of the chemistry instruction to help students develop their mental models. Phase one of the project involved examining the effectiveness of using animations to help first-year university chemistry students develop useful mental models of chemical phenomena. Phase two explored factors affecting the development of student’s mental models, analysing results in terms of a proposed model of the perceptual processes involved in interpreting an animation. Phase three involved four case studies that served to confirm and elaborate on the effects of prior knowledge and disembedding ability on student’s mental model development, and support the influence of study style on learning outcomes. Recommendations for use of the VisChem animations, based on the above findings, include: considering the prior knowledge of students; focusing attention on relevant features; encouraging a deep approach to learning; using animation to teach visual concepts; presenting ideas visually, verbally and conceptually; establishing ‘animation literacy’; minimising cognitive load; using animation as feedback; using student drawings; repeating animations; and discussing ‘scientific modelling’.<br>Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Ndwe, Tembalethu Jama. "An investigation into the viability of deploying thin client technology to support effective learning in a disadvantaged, rural high school setting." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006500.
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Computer Based Training offers many attractive learning opportunities for high school pupils. Its deployment in economically depressed and educationally marginalized rural schools is extremely uncommon due to the high technology skills and costs involved in its deployment and ongoing maintenance. This thesis puts forward thin client technology as a potential solution to the needs of education environments of this kind. A functional business case is developed and evaluated in this thesis, based upon a requirements analysis of media delivery in learning, and upon formal cost/performance models and a deployment field trial. Because of the economic constraints of the envisaged deployment area in rural education, an industrial field trial is used, and the aspects of this trial that can be carried over to the rural school situation have been used to assess performance and cost indicators. Our study finds that thin client technology could be deployed and maintained more cost effectively than conventional fat client solutions in rural schools, that it is capable of supporting the learning elements needed in this deployment area, and that it is able to deliver the predominantly text based applications currently being used in schools. However, we find that technological improvements are needed before future multimediaintensive applications can be adequately supported.
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Collins, Heidi. "The Use of Data and Readability Analytics to Assist Instructor and Administrator Decisions in Support of Higher Education Student Writing Skills." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1157590/.
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In 2016 employers hiring four-year college graduates indicate that 27.8% have deficiencies in written communication. Postsecondary learning objectives should focus on improving specific writing skills like grammar, sentence structure, and vocabulary usage for individual students and monitoring text readability as an overall score to measure learning outcomes. Web-based applications and the tools integrated into them have the potential to serve as a diagnostic solution for analyzing the text readability and writing skills of students. Organization and structuring of Canvas data was required before adding text readability and other writing skills analytics as part of the process to develop diagnostic learning analytics that interprets student writing skills in the learning management system. Decision modeling was used to capture and describe the specifics of literacy improvement decisions for instructors and administrators in a graphical notation and structured format.
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Koch, Aneen. "A conceptual model for a co-operative education management information system for tertiary institutions in South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1698.
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Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
Doctor of Technology : Office Management & Technology
in the Faculty of Business
at the Cape Peninsula University Of Technology
2007<br>In this research all references to technikons relate to the present Universities
of Technology. Since this study was conducted relating only to courses that
offer an experiential leaming component, it is to be noted that these courses
are offered mainly by the previous Technikon sector, prior to the
amalgamation of technikons with certain universities and colleges.
The specific research problem is defined and the background to this problem
explained. Both the research problem and objectives are formulated.
No efficient Management Information System for co-operative education
based on web-technology currently exists in South Africa. By means of a
study based on the present needs of co-operative education practitioners in South
Africa, and comparing the latter to certain existing management information
systems for co-operative education internationally, the objectives of the research
are addressed. Initially some critical activities are identified and used to map out
possible sub-systems.
Literature is reviewed relating to technologies relevant to this research, such as
the Web, Internet and lntranets. It outlines some information technologies
available to organisations and the educational environment. The literature also
highlights most of the processes within a management information system.
Furthermore, it summarises the initial considerations needed to develop a
management information system in this context. To focus more pertinently on the
problem a management information system relating to education is investigated.
Various existing management information systems in education in the UK, USA
and RSA are reviewed. Specific reference is made to management information
systems in general education in Australian schools. These investigations then
focus on one element of education, namely co-operative education. Possible cooperative
education sub-systems are mapped out from identified critical activities.
These sub-systems were instrumental in developing the pilot study and the final
questionnaire.
The research methodology and the techniques applied to address the research
objective, are discussed. Aspects such as reliability, validity, quantitative vs
qualitative research, the final measuring instrument, target population,
administering the questionnaire and data capturing, are addressed. The
development of the questionnaires and a two-dimensional matrix of the measuring
instrument are explained.
The responses to the various elements on each of the questionnaires are reported
on and the data is interpreted and grouped to form a synthesis. From the
synthesis, conclusions and recommendations relating to all three sub-systems
(students, employers and short courses), are listed.
These results of the questions as reported on and the interpretations recorded are
analysed. These relate to each question as well as to all the literature reviewed.
The conclusions and recommendations are supported by detailed crossreferences
to each chapter.
Some comparison of local (South African) and international preferences is
included.
The main objective of this study was to develop a scientifically-established model
of an adequate management information system for co-operative education, which
will comply with the needs of the South African Co-operative Education.
In summary then :
• A survey was undertaken of good international practice, from which a set of
desirable "elements", "components" or "sub-systems" was established.
Hereafter they are referred to as "sub-systems".
• These sub-systems were taken as the foundation for a questionnaire, where
in respondents were asked to consider the importance and detail of the subsystems.
• The questionnaire was reviewed for its effectiveness and completeness,
refined, and then deployed to 325 respondents nationally. Internationally 77
delegates responded.
• An analysis of their responses was used to develop a set of desirable
characteristics of a co-operative education management information system
in South Africa.
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Lachi, Ricardo Luís 1977. "Avaliação da qualidade de cursos superiores a distância." [s.n.], 2012. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/275685.
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Previous issue date: 2012<br>Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho foi o de demonstrar que os dados armazenados nos Ambientes Virtuais de Aprendizagem (AVAs) podem ser usados como importantes fontes de informação para avaliar a qualidade dos cursos. Para isso foi construído um modelo de avaliação baseado na coleta de respostas para conjuntos de perguntas específicas relacionadas a aspectos que a literatura define como relevantes para a avaliação de um curso online. A validade e a confiabilidade desses conjuntos de perguntas elaborados são discutidas e, especificamente no caso das perguntas subjetivas, foi apresentada uma comprovação estatística de sua confiabilidade por meio do cálculo do valor do indicador de confiabilidade Alfa de Cronbach, a partir de uma amostra de respostas coletadas. A definição desses conjuntos de perguntas específicas permitiu identificar que dados registrados em um AVA devem ser recuperados e que efetivamente trazem informações importantes para a avaliação do curso online. Por fim, foi desenvolvido todo um suporte computacional, tanto para facilitar a aplicação do modelo de avaliação proposto, quanto para a recuperação de dados registrados em um AVA. Isso comprovou a possibilidade de automatizar e resgatar computacionalmente dados registrados em um AVA e que eles são uma fonte de informação relevante para a avaliação de um curso online. Os resultados obtidos neste trabalho abrangem: a definição de um modelo claro e bem detalhado de quais aspectos devem efetivamente ser considerados na avaliação da qualidade de um curso online; a construção de um sistema computacional denominado SAESD (Sistema de Apoio para a Avaliação de cursos Superiores a Distância) para dar suporte e facilitar a aplicação do modelo de avaliação definido; a construção e o projeto de ferramentas computacionais capazes de recuperar informações relevantes para a avaliação da qualidade de um curso online, abrangendo desde a análise de logs do Sistema Operacional até o padrão de acessos dos participantes do curso online<br>Abstract: The goal of this study was to demonstrate that the data stored in Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) can be used as important sources of information to evaluate the quality of a distance course. This way, it was developed an evaluation model based on collection of answers to specific sets of questions related to aspects that literature defines as relevant to the evaluation of an online course. The validity and reliability of these sets of questions are discussed and developed. Particularly, it was calculated the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient for the set of subjective questions in order to prove statistically its validity. These questions helped to identify which data recorded in a VLE should be recovered and which effectively provide important information for the evaluation of an online course. Finally, we developed an entire computer support, both to facilitate the implementation of the proposed evaluation model, and for the recovery of data recorded in a VLE. This demonstrated the possibility to automate and rescue data recorded in a VLE, besides proving they are a source of relevant information to the evaluation of an online course. The main results reached in this work include: the definition of a clear and well detailed model of what aspects should effectively be considered in evaluating the quality of an online course; building a computer system called SAESD to support and help the implementation of the evaluation model defined; the construction and design of computational tools able to retrieve relevant information to online course assessment, which includes, the log analysis of the operating system and the access pattern of the online course participants<br>Doutorado<br>Ciência da Computação<br>Doutor em Ciência da Computação
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Mkhize, Sibusiso Zolile. "Access to and use of information and communication technology by students at the University of the Western Cape." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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This study investigated access to and use of Information and Communication Technology by students at the University of the Western Cape. It examined how the issues of access and use play out at the microlevel of a historically disadvantaged institution in South Africa by investigating the institutional arrangements and practices of different computer laboratories.
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Lomerson, William L. (William Lough). "Information Technology Needs of Professional Education Faculty with the Implications for the Design of Information Technology Systems." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332783/.
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This study identified determinants existing within the academic environment of professional education faculty that influence the development and implementation of an information technology system to support their professional endeavors. Such a system would encourage these faculty to integrate technology into their curriculum and, consequently, produce teacher graduates who could employ information technology effectively in teaching. This study used a field survey research design with a mailed questionnaire. Both institutional and personal demographic factors were examined. The population exhibited a high level of homogeneity. This study indicated that ease of use, reliable operation, and capability to integrate technology into their personal work style were the most important concerns of faculty members. These factors reduce the emotional and intellectual costs of using technology.
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Armistead, Lee Bedell. "A descriptive study of the administrative use of computers in the senior high schools of Virginia." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54760.
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The purpose of this study was to describe the current status of computer usage for administrative purposes by the senior high school principals in the public schools of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The rationale for selecting the principal was that the administrative leader in the high school must be prepared for the computer revolution and ready to utilize the computer in school management.
Questionnaires were sent to each of the 290 senior high school principals in Virginia. Of the 238 principals responding, 216 were using computers for administrative purposes.
Approximately one-third of the senior high school principals responding to the matter of time saving by use of computers stated that such usage had freed them from routine paperwork. The amount of time that had been saved and thus available for reallocation ranged from one hour to forty hours per week. The most frequently reported estimate of time saved was approximately five hours. Principals further reported that their freed time was being devoted to a wide variety of acts that, in the main, may be characterized by classroom observation and instructional improvement tasks. However, nearly one-half the principals reported that the chief effect of computer usage had been an improvement in the quality and accuracy of their work.<br>Ed. D.
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JUETTNER, VIRGINIA WEAVER. "THE WORD PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON THE WRITING OF A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184071.
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This research project studied a class of high school 11th and 12th grade writing students, for one semester, as they learned to use word processors for composing and editing assignments. The goals of the study were to (a) determine whether the use of a word processor created a special learning environment, (b) document the learning environment created, (c) document the resultant student word processing concepts, schemata and strategies, and (d) document the effects on the writing of students. Five predictions, based on research on language thought and symbol systems, and the application of a theoretical model formed the basis for observations. The predictions were tested by collecting and analyzing student writing and observational data. Student concepts, schemata and strategies were documented through use of the checklists and through observation. Pre- and post-student writing samples were matched and analyzed using individual T-tests, ANOVA and MANCOVA to determine any impact on writing due to the use of word processors. Questionnaires provided background information on English teacher and student writing/word processing backgrounds. Findings indicate support for the research model and predictions 1-4. The research model was found to be useful in organizing data and summarizing prediction results, and may offer assistance to teachers and researchers who want to study the impact of microcomputers from a total learning environment perspective.
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Davis, Gavin Rapheal. "Information retrieval interaction and the undergraduate student at historically disadvantaged higher education institutions in the Western Cape, South Africa: a cognitive approach." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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This study observed the interaction between historically disadvantaged undergraduate students and on-line information retrieval systems at the University of the Western Cape and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
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Slater, Alan. "How do school managers view and use data to help improve student achievement at their school?" Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.711732.
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Lo, Kin-keung, and 羅建強. "An investigation of computer assisted testing for civil engineering students in a Hong Kong technical institute." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1988. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38627000.
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Van, Wyk Byron Jay. "E-trust: a building block for developing valuable online platforms in Higher Education." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1852.
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Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree
Master of Technology Design
in the Faculty of Informatics and Design
at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Supervisor: Prof J Messeter
Cape Town, 2013<br>The aim of this research project was to provide an answer to the question: “How can an understanding of online trust be used to build valuable online applications in Higher Education?”
In order to present an answer to this question, a literature survey was conducted to establish:
• An understanding of the phenomenon of online trust
• What the factors are that influence a loss of trust in the online environment
The literature survey highlighted several factors that influence a loss of trust in the online environment, called trust cues. These factors, however, were often tested within the E-commerce environment, and not in organization-specific contexts, such as online platforms in use in Higher Education.
In order to determine whether or not these factors would influence the development of trust in context-specific environments, the author of this research grouped the indentified trust factors into three focus areas, i.e. content, ease of use, and navigation. These factors were then incorporated into a series of nine different prototypes. These prototypes were different versions of a particular online platform currently in use at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT).
The prototypes were tested over a three week period, with certain staff members at the institution in question recruited as test participants. During each week of user observations, a different focus area was targeted, in order to establish the impact that it would have on the perceived trustworthiness of the platform in question. User observations were conducted while test participants completed a standard process using the various prototypes. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted while participants completed the specific process. Participants were asked to evaluate each screen in the process according to its perceived trust worthiness, by assigning a trust level score. At the completion of the three rounds of user observations, in-depth interviews were conducted with test participants.
The participants’ trust level scores for each prototype were captured and graphed. A detailed description for the score given for a particular screen was presented on each graph. These scores were combined to provide an analysis of the focus area tested during the specific round. After the three rounds of user observations were completed, an analysis of all the trust factors tested were done. Data captured during interviews were transcribed, combined with feedback received from questionnaires, and analysed.
An interpretation of the results showed that not all trust factors had a similar influence in the development of trust in the online platform under investigation. Trust cues such as content organization, clear instructions and useful content were by far the most significant trust factors, while others such as good visual design elements, professional images of products, and freedom from grammatical and typographical errors had little or no impact in the overall trustworthiness of the platform under investigation. From the analysis done it was clear that the development of trust in organization-specific contexts is significantly different than developing trust in an E-commerce environment and that factors that influence the development of trust in one context might not always be significant in another.
In conclusion, it is recommended that when software applications are developed in organization-specific contexts, such as Higher Education, that trust factors such as good content organization, clear instructions and useful content be considered as the most salient. Organization-specific contexts differ quite significantly in that the users of these systems often convey a certain degree of trust toward the online platforms that they work with on a daily basis. Trust factors that are geared toward developing an initial or basic trust in a particular platform, which is often the case with first time users engaging in an E-commerce platform, would therefore not be as significant in the development of a more developed level of trust, which is what is needed within the development of organization-specific online platforms.
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Arderne, Russel John. "An approach to the improvement of the registration process at a University of Technology." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2215.
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Thesis (MTech (Quality))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2008.<br>When prospective students decide to register at a university, their first encounter
with university life will be the Registration Department. Should the process be
inefficient without much regard for the personal wellbeing of the prospective
student, it will leave a lasting impression on the student, and more often than not
serve as an indication of the manner in which he or she would be treated in the
future at the university.
With the need for the Cape Peninsula University of Technology to attract top
grade students, the institution needs to improve their registration process. This
study attempts to measure students and staff attitudes and perception of the
registration process, explore the different processes involved during registration
and application, and investigate the different technologies available to improve
these processes.
This research attempts furthermore to determine what processes could be put into
place to assure that Academics and the Administration Department works together
to achieve a mutually beneficial database that could be used to the benefit of the
students and the institution alike. This database should be accessed from any
computer on the different campuses and be user friendly, to maximise the
efficiency and throughput.
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Hauk, Christopher John, Scott Michael Houston, and Carri Jean Walker. "Technology in schools for the twenty-first century: Bringing one school closer to the future." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1996. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1112.
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Cheung, Ka-chun, and 張家俊. "Secondary school principals' attitudes towards information systems: a case study." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31962853.
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Lee, Kevin Henry. "A technology use plan for enriching curriculum in Ontario-Montclair School District middle schools." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1998. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1555.
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Bridges, Deanna L. (Deanna Lee). "The Impact of Word Processing on the Written Expression of Students with Learning Disabilities in the Area of Written Expression." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279365/.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of word processing on the quality of written expression of students with learning disabilities identified in the area of written expression. A examination of existing research revealed that most studies do not focus on word processing independent of writing instruction. Therefore, the consensus among researchers that word processors make a difference is limited by the influence of instruction within the research setting. Therefore, this study sought to determine the impact made solely by word processing by controlling for instruction. The 75 students who participated in the study represented three groups--students with learning disabilities identified in the area of written expression (LD-W), students with learning disabilities identified in an area other than written expression (LD-O), and general education students (NA). Each student completed four writing samples: (a) descriptive - handwritten, (b) informative - handwritten, (c) descriptive - word processed, and (d) informative - word processed. The writing samples were scored according to the TOWL-3 on the three Spontaneous Composite subtests (e.g., Contextual Conventions, Contextual Language, and Story Construction). In addition, Word Perfect 6.1- Grammatik was used to determine the number of syllables, words, and sentences in each writing sample. A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used in the analysis in conjunction with univariate F-Tests and Tukey's Honestly Significant Difference (HSD) test. General education students scored consistently higher than LD-W on all subtests even when handwriting and word processing were considered. They also generated more syllables, words, and sentences than students with learning disabilities. In addition, all students scored higher on subtests when writing descriptive samples rather than writing informative samples. No practically significant results were determined for the effect of word processing. Therefore, word processing alone does not have an impact on students' quality of writing. It is simply a tool in the writing process. These results do not suggest that schools disregard the use of technology. Rather, teachers must continue to use word processors during writing instruction but should focus on providing good writing instruction.
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Madoda, Peter. "The adoption and use of information and communication technologies in private high schools in the Western Cape." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2759.
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Thesis (MEd)--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018.<br>This study investigates some of the factors affecting the adoption and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for curriculum delivery in selected private high schools in the Western Cape. In this 21st century, ICT has penetrated the society to the point that it is most likely to assume that the private high school in general, are effectively incorporating them (ICTs) in delivery of the curriculum. Regrettably, this assumption is not always true as revealed in most of the cases examined in this study. Instead, a lot of private high school teachers who were selected as participants or respondents in this study revealed that they are still facing critical challenges when they want to effectively adopt and use ICTs for curriculum delivery. While the previous studies have focused more on the ICT integration in pubic schools in disadvantaged communities, this study employed a mixed methods research design (that is both quantitative and qualitative research methods) to explore the factors affecting the adoption and use of ICTs in private high schools in the Western Cape Province. The two frameworks adopted in this study, the Teacher Development framework (DoE, 2007) and the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework guided the researcher in the analysis of the research findings. The study also used both deductive and inductive reasoning in the interpretation of the results. The results of the study show that despite the high level of appreciating the importance of ICT adoption and use in teaching and learning by private high school teachers in the Western Cape Province, there are still critical factors that continue to militate against the effective integration of technology in the classroom. The study revealed the following factors as critical regarding the effective adoption and use of ICTs in curriculum delivery: lack of skills, limited access to ICT resources, lack of technical support, shortage of class time, and lack of teacher motivation.
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Williams, Arthur S. "An analysis of achievement tests for selected Virginia high school business computer applications students." Diss., This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-170601/.
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Fye, Carmen Michelle. "Composition and technology: Examining liminal spaces online." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1950.
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This thesis examines how composition studies have been, and continue to be, shaped by the cultural values of exclusion; this field is "continually magnif[ied] and reproduc[ed] in the complex social conditions connected with those values in fundamental ways much like educational systems in general."
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Palmer, Harold. "A Data Warehouse Methodology and Model for Student Data in Higher Education." NSUWorks, 2006. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/760.
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The problem to be investigated in this study focuses on the development of a method to improve the quality of the data contained in the academic student records component of a data warehouse (DW) in a higher education setting. A DW should contain high-quality data and be considered a successful implementation by the stakeholders of the system. Such a system will allow administrators at higher education institutions to be able to make sound decisions for their college or university. A questionnaire was made available to information technology specialists and managerial end-users who worked in higher education institutions. These potential respondents were contacted by-mail and provided a link to a web-site that allowed them participants to access the questionnaire.
The data collected from the questionnaire responses was analyzed by using a chi square analysis and an analysis of variance. DW quality was used as the dependent variable in this study. Whether or not a design methodology was used in the development of the DW or other on-line analytical processing (OLAP) data architecture, the extent of metadata use during the development of the DW or other OLAP data architecture, whether or not data marts were developed before the development of the DW or other OLAP architecture, and the amount of collaboration used in the development of the DW or other OLAP architecture were used as independent variables in this study. The researcher identified positive relationships that existed between quality variables and design constructs. These constructs were then used to build a model for building a DW that could be used for higher education applications. This model focused on the academic student records applications. After analysis of the responses from the questionnaire, it was determined that the use of Meta data and end-user involvement had a positive relationship to obtaining high-quality data in a DW. Based on these results a model using a star-schema and a modification of the Zachman Framework was developed. A suggestion as to the organizational structure that can lead to a successful DW implementation was also suggested. This structure allows for increased control of the project during its development and implementation by the use of metadata. The ultimate goal of the researcher in this study was to build a model for a DW in higher education that can improve decision-making performance of administrators at higher education institutions.
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Devine, Jon. "Support Vector Methods for Higher-Level Event Extraction in Point Data." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2009. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/DevineJ2009.pdf.
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Nair, Hema. "Evaluation of an Experimental Data Management System for Program Data at the College Level." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2016. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cauetds/45.
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An experimental data management system has been designed, developed, and implemented in this dissertation. The system satisfies the requirements specifications of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education. The university in this study has installed some learning management systems and assessment systems, such as Banner®, Canvas®, TracDat®, and Taskstream® (university’s name is omitted for anonymity purposes). These systems individually do not perform the necessary data analysis and data management to generate appropriate reports. The system developed in this study can generate more metrics and quantitative measures for reporting purposes within a shorter time. These metrics provide credible evidence for accreditation.
Leadership is concerned with improving the effectiveness, efficiency, accountability, and performance of educational programs. The continuity, sustainability, and financial support of programs depend on demonstrating the evidence that they are effective and efficient, that they meet their objectives, and that they contribute to the mission and the vision of the educational institution. Leadership has to employ all means at its disposal in order to collect such evidence. The data management system provides comprehensive data analysis that can be utilized as evidence by the leadership to accomplish its goals.
The pilot system developed in this research is web-based and platform independent. It leverages the power of Java® at the front-endand combines the reliability and stability of Oracle® as the back-end database. It has been tested on-site by some members of the departmental faculty and one administrator from the Dean’s Office in the School of Education.
This research is a mixed methods study with quasi-experimental treatment. It is a single case experimental study. There is no control group. The sample chosen is a convenient sample.
The results of this study indicate that the system is highly usable for assessment work. The data analysis results generated by the system are also actionable. These results assist by identifying gaps in student performance and in curriculum and instruction practices.
In the future, the system developed in this dissertation can be extended to other departments in the School of Education. Some implications are provided in the concluding chapter of this dissertation.
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Siirilä, A. (Aleksi). "Gamifying a higher education course:design guidelines for increasing students’ motivation and engagement." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201706022479.
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Games have become popular in today’s media. Along with games, gamification has become popular in many contexts, such as education and businesses, to motivate and engage people. The goal for this study was to study how gamification can improve the motivation and engagement of the students in higher education studies and to provide a set of guidelines for designing a gamified higher education course. There was a practical need for a gamified higher education course, and a research and development project was conducted for the need in September 2016. At the start, preliminary literature review was done to look for guidelines regarding the design of gamifying a higher education course. Unfortunately, design guidelines as such were hard to find from the literature but the development of the gamified solution for the course had to be started. A gamification platform for a higher education course was constructed during the project, but it was not evaluated. After the project, it became even more clear that there was a gap in the literature which is trying to be filled with this study. More thorough literature review was conducted on gamification literature to find constructs and purposes of gamification. Since the gamified course concept was created by teacher and designers, students’ point of view was lacking. Therefore, qualitative interview was considered as valuable next step in the iterative process for the design guidelines. Interviews were used to find matching game elements and purposes of gamification as students saw them. Additionally, concept of the created gamification platform was evaluated with qualitative interviews. As a result of this study, design guidelines were primarily done to help teachers to choose right elements for their higher education course and secondarily to help designer to design the gamification platform. A four-part guideline was built to guide teachers in their choices on gamifying a higher education course.
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Foran, Robert Jeffery. "Education policy and national income distribution : new evidence from recent cross-country data." FIU Digital Commons, 2008. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3340.
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In the mid 19th century, Horace Mann insisted that a broad provision of public schooling should take precedence over the liberal education of an elite group. In that regard, his generation constructed a state sponsored common schooling enterprise to educate the masses. More than 100 years later, the institution of public schooling fails to maintain an image fully representative of the ideals of equity and inclusion.
Critical theory in educational thought associates the dominant practice of functional schooling with maintenance of the status quo, an unequal distribution of financial, political, and social resources. This study examined the empirical basis for the association of public schooling with the status quo using the most recent and comparable cross-country income inequality data. Multiple regression analysis evaluated the possible relationship between national income inequality change over the period 1985-2005 and variables representative of national measures of education supply in the prior decade. The estimated model of income inequality development attempted to quantify the relationship between education supply factors and subsequent income inequality developments by controlling for economic, demographic, and exogenous factors. The sample included all nations with comparable income inequality data over the measurement period, N = 56.
Does public school supply affect national income distribution? The estimated model suggested that an increase in the average years of schooling among the population age 15 years or older, measured over the period 1975-1985, provided a mechanism that resulted in a more equal distribution of income over the period 1985-2005 among low and lower-middle income nations. The model also suggested that income inequality increased less or decreased more in smaller economies and when the percentage of the population agecontrast, this study identified no significant relationship between school supply changes measured over prior periods and income inequality development over the period 1985-2005 among upper-middle and high income nations.
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Hunt, Amber Michelle. "Data Envelopment Analysis: An Alternative Approach to Ohio's State Share of Instruction Allocation." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1403855659.
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Shollenberger, Tara Krystyna. "Statistical Entry, Descent, and Landing Flight Reconstruction with Flush Air Data System Observations using Inertial Navigation and Monte Carlo Techniques." Thesis, North Carolina State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3584009.
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<p> Research suggests what leaders should do or the qualities or characteristics they <i>should</i> have to be ethical leaders (Brown & Treviño, 2006). The ethical decision-making process that leaders should follow to avoid scandals and unethical behavior are overlooked. Few studies focused on ethical decision-making within higher education. Yet, educational leaders have an ethical responsibility that may be even more complex than those of other leaders due in part to increasingly diverse student populations enrolled in higher education that is having an impact on the growth of educational institutions on a global basis (Shapiro & Stekfovich, 2011). Further, ethical scandals are no longer contained by national borders. The rapid growth of technology coupled with changes in political and societal landscapes has advanced ethical scandals to global prominence. A more collective need to understand ethical values and ethical decision-making practices on a global level has emerged. To be globally effective, leaders must be aware of the similarities and differences across and within cultures that could influence business practices (Resick, Hanges, Dickson, & Mitchelson, 2006). However, cross-cultural research has not yet addressed the topic of ethical decision-making. In this study, the ethical decision-making process of higher education was not only examined in the United Stated but also in Poland. This exploratory study used the Delphi research technique to identify an ethical decision-making definition that higher administration leaders in both the United States and Poland use to make ethical decisions and identify the environmental factors that influence their decisions. Findings showed that the United States and Polish expert panels were different and showed very little in common in the identification of a definition and environmental factors. Lastly, both sets of experts identified a new process for ethical decision-making, each constructing a different ethical decision-making process model. This research on ethical decision-making provided evidence that the Polish and United States cultures are not as similar as identified in previous studies in terms of how they identify ethical decision-making and the factors they identify with influencing ethical decision-making. Using this information will create a better understanding of the practices and approaches to ethics that leaders use because of the huge influence they have and exert on people within their own organization and society around them.</p>
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Kuriakose, Elizabeth B. "A cost effective school management system for disadvantaged schools in the Free State province using the software as a service (SaaS) delivery model." Thesis, [Bloemfontein?] : Central University of Technology, Free State, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/187.
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Thesis (M. Tech. (Information Technology)) -- Central University of technology, Free State, 2013<br>The aim of this study was to create a dynamic software system that captures all information related to a student and delivers it to the educators, principal, higher authorities and parents. In order to achieve this aim, an investigation was launched as to the development of a cost-effective school management system for disadvantaged schools in the Free State Province using the Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model. Although a variety of other school management systems exist in the market, they are often expensive and difficult to maintain.
Details such as previous academic performances, disciplinary actions taken against a student in the current school, ailments the student suffers from and parental details are some of the information that will help an educator to better understand a student. The software that is currently in use fails to deliver this information.
Designing the software as a multitenant system, helps accommodate different schools under the same database, while the shared database, shared schema reduces back-end costs. Database design was carried out in such a way that tenant data is logically isolated and that data integrity is maintained throughout.
What makes the software explained in this study cost effective is the method of delivery that was employed, which is SaaS. Here, software is not purchased, there is no upfront capital and the yearly license fee is eliminated, as schools need only pay a monthly rental fee for the services they use. Since all services are provided through the Internet, there is no need for system space; the only requirement is a high-speed Internet network.
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Oda, Caroline W. "The impact of dual-processing metacognitive scaffolding on architectural student writing." Thesis, Capella University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3737247.
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<p> Practicing architects and architectural educators have called for better writing by architecture graduates; however, there appears to be a gap in published empirical studies on instructional designs that address the problem of developing student architects’ writing fluency. Writing well is an especially challenging process for architecture students in design studios because learners must transform the concepts in their visual metaphors, design spaces, and physical models into written language. The study investigated whether architecture students in the treatment group showed greater writing fluency and critical thinking after using sketching as a metacognitive process than did the control group that used words in an identical online lesson. Fifty-six architecture design studio students participated in the quasi-experimental online intervention designed to help students describe their design projects in writing. Student papers following the online sketching intervention were scored using <i> The Cognitive Level and Quality Writing Assessment, Critical Thinking Rubric. </i> Although the one-way ANOVA analysis of mean scores on students’ papers showed no statistical difference between the treatment group, which used sketching, and the control group, which used words, sketching stimulated students in the treatment group to write lengthy posts critiquing each other’s sketches. The finding suggests that online instruction using sketching as a metacognitive scaffolding tool should be further explored as a strategy to engage architecture students in writing practice.</p>
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Planteu, Lukas, Bernhard Standl, Wilfried Grossmann, and Erich Neuwirth. "Integrating school practice in Austrian teacher education." Universität Potsdam, 2013. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2013/6462/.
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We present a concept of better integration of practical teaching in student teacher education in Computer Science. As an introduction to the workshop different possible scenarios are discussed on the basis of examples. Afterwards workshop participants will have the opportunity to discuss the application of the aconcepts in other settings.
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Nylén, Aletta, and Christina Dörge. "Using competencies to structure scientific writing education." Universität Potsdam, 2013. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2013/6485/.
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Scientific writing is an important skill for computer science and computer engineering professionals. In this paper we present a writing concept across the curriculum program directed towards scientific writing. The program is built around a hierarchy of learning outcomes. The hierarchy is constructed through analyzing the learning outcomes in relation to competencies that are needed to fulfill them.
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O'Sullivan, John J. D. "Teach2Learn : gamifying education to gather training data for natural language processing." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117320.
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Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2017.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-66).<br>Teach2Learn is a website which crowd-sources the problem of labeling natural text samples using gamified education as an incentive. Students assign labels to text samples from an unlabeled data set, thereby teaching superised machine learning algorithms how to interpret new samples. In return, students can learn how that algorithm works by unlocking lessons written by researchers. This aligns the incentives of researchers and learners to help both achieve their goals. The application used current best practices in gamification to create a motivating structure around that labeling task. Testing showed that 27.7% of the user base (5/18 users) engaged with the content and labeled enough samples to unlock all of the lessons, suggesting that learning modules are sufficient motivation for the right users. Attempts to grow the platform through paid social media advertising were unsuccessful, likely because users aren't looking for a class when they browse those sites. Unpaid posts on subreddits discussing related topics, where users were more likely to be searching for learning opportunities, were more successful. Future research should seek users through comparable sites and explore how Teach2Learn can be used as an additional learning resource in classrooms.<br>by John J.D. O'Sullivan<br>M. Eng.
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Andalib, Maryam Alsadat. "Model-based Analysis of Diversity in Higher Education." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/96221.
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U.S. higher education is an example of a large multi-organizational system within the service sector. Its performance regarding workforce development can be analyzed through the lens of industrial and systems engineering. In this three-essay dissertation, we seek the answer to the following question: How can the U.S. higher education system achieve an equal representation of female and minority members in its student and faculty populations? In essay 1, we model the education pipeline with a focus on the system's gender composition from k-12 to graduate school. We use a system dynamics approach to present a systems view of the mechanisms that affect the dynamics of higher education, replicate historical enrollment data, and forecast future trends of higher education's gender composition. Our results indicate that, in the next two decades, women will be the majority of advanced degree holders. In essay 2, we look at the support mechanisms for new-parent, tenure-track faculty in universities with a specific focus on tenure-clock extension policies. We construct a unique data set to answer questions around the effectiveness of removing the stigma connected with automatic tenure-clock policies. Our results show that such policies are successful in removing the stigma and that, overall, faculty members that have newborns and are employed by universities that adopt auto-TCE policies stay one year longer in their positions than other faculty members. In addition, although faculty employed at universities that adopt such policies are generally more satisfied with their jobs, there is no statistically significant effect of auto TCE policies on the chances of obtaining tenure. In essay 3, we focus on the effectiveness of training underrepresented minorities (e.g., African Americans and Hispanics) in U.S. higher education institutions using a Data Envelopment Analysis approach. Our results indicate that graduation rates, average GPAs, and post-graduate salaries of minority students are higher in selective universities and those located in more diverse towns/cities. Furthermore, the graduation rate of minority students in private universities and those with affirmative action programs is higher than in other institutions. Overall, this dissertation provides new insights into improving diversity within the science workforce at different organizational levels by using industrial and systems engineering and management sciences methods.<br>Ph. D.
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Yaqub, Naveed, and Atif Iqbal. "Mobile Learning Effectiveness in Higher Education." Thesis, Linnaeus University, School of Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-5949.
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<p>This research investigates mobile learning effectiveness in higher education. Mobile learning is composition of two words Mobile and Learning. In simple words mobile learning is mobility of learners by using mobile technologies in learning environment. Many researches addressed mobile learning but few of them covered mobile learning effectiveness. This study explores mobile learning effectiveness with the help of learning theories and models. Behaviorist, cognitive, humanistic, situational, and mobile learning theories are discussed that elaborate social, psychological, and philosophical aspects of learning. Detailed evolution of learning is also part of this report that covers the literature of distance learning, electronic learning as well as formal and informal learning. Three effective learning models are taken in consideration: the Garrison’s Community of Inquiry, the Swan’s Interactivity and Online Learning, and the Danaher and his colleagues’ model of mobile learning and teaching evaluation model. Danaher’s model is selected as a conceptual framework of the study that is composed of three elements that are engagement, presence and flexibility. Engagement is the active participation of the learner in learning activities. Presence means being there, physically or mentally, in learning activity or place. Flexibility is how easy and facilitative the system is for teachers and students. These three elements are used to determine mobile learning effectiveness. Survey method was used as our research approach. Empirical data was collected from Linnaeus University (prev. Växjö University) Sweden, by using two separate questionnaires for students and teachers. Collected data was analyzed with respect to learning theories and the theoretical model. The result reveals the potential of mobile learning as an effective mode of learning in terms of engagement and presence but flexibilty approved to be weaker in mobile learning.</p>
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Alsuwaiket, Mohammed. "Measuring academic performance of students in Higher Education using data mining techniques." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2018. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/34680.
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Educational Data Mining (EDM) is a developing discipline, concerned with expanding the classical Data Mining (DM) methods and developing new methods for discovering the data that originate from educational systems. It aims to use those methods to achieve a logical understanding of students, and the educational environment they should have for better learning. These data are characterized by their large size and randomness and this can make it difficult for educators to extract knowledge from these data. Additionally, knowledge extracted from data by means of counting the occurrence of certain events is not always reliable, since the counting process sometimes does not take into consideration other factors and parameters that could affect the extracted knowledge. Student attendance in Higher Education has always been dealt with in a classical way, i.e. educators rely on counting the occurrence of attendance or absence building their knowledge about students as well as modules based on this count. This method is neither credible nor does it necessarily provide a real indication of a student s performance. On other hand, the choice of an effective student assessment method is an issue of interest in Higher Education. Various studies (Romero, et al., 2010) have shown that students tend to get higher marks when assessed through coursework-based assessment methods - which include either modules that are fully assessed through coursework or a mixture of coursework and examinations than assessed by examination alone. There are a large number of Educational Data Mining (EDM) studies that pre-processed data through the conventional Data Mining processes including the data preparation process, but they are using transcript data as it stands without looking at examination and coursework results weighting which could affect prediction accuracy. This thesis explores the above problems and tries to formulate the extracted knowledge in a way that guarantees achieving accurate and credible results. Student attendance data, gathered from the educational system, were first cleaned in order to remove any randomness and noise, then various attributes were studied so as to highlight the most significant ones that affect the real attendance of students. The next step was to derive an equation that measures the Student Attendance s Credibility (SAC) considering the attributes chosen in the previous step. The reliability of the newly developed measure was then evaluated in order to examine its consistency. In term of transcripts data, this thesis proposes a different data preparation process through investigating more than 230,000 student records in order to prepare students marks based on the assessment methods of enrolled modules. The data have been processed through different stages in order to extract a categorical factor through which students module marks are refined during the data preparation process. The results of this work show that students final marks should not be isolated from the nature of the enrolled module s assessment methods; rather they must be investigated thoroughly and considered during EDM s data pre-processing phases. More generally, it is concluded that Educational Data should not be prepared in the same way as exist data due to the differences such as sources of data, applications, and types of errors in them. Therefore, an attribute, Coursework Assessment Ratio (CAR), is proposed to use in order to take the different modules assessment methods into account while preparing student transcript data. The effect of CAR and SAC on prediction process using data mining classification techniques such as Random Forest, Artificial Neural Networks and k-Nears Neighbors have been investigated. The results were generated by applying the DM techniques on our data set and evaluated by measuring the statistical differences between Classification Accuracy (CA) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of all models. Comprehensive evaluation has been carried out for all results in the experiments to compare all DM techniques results, and it has been found that Random forest (RF) has the highest CA and lowest RMSE. The importance of SAC and CAR in increasing the prediction accuracy has been proved in Chapter 5. Finally, the results have been compared with previous studies that predicted students final marks, based on students marks at earlier stages of their study. The comparisons have taken into consideration similar data and attributes, whilst first excluding average CAR and SAC and secondly by including them, and then measuring the prediction accuracy between both. The aim of this comparison is to ensure that the new preparation process stage will positively affect the final results.
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Burley, Keith Martin. "Data mining techniques in higher education research : the example of student retention." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2006. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19412/.
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Data Mining has been used for more than a decade in a variety of differing environments. It takes an inductive approach to data analysis in that it is concerned with the extraction of patterns from the data often without preconceived ideas. Data mining is part of the field of Business Intelligence, a subject area that the author is familiar with and has taught for many years. He believes that the application of data mining techniques has much to offer within the context of higher education. However, there is little evidence that these well established techniques have previously been applied to the sphere of higher education. Student retention is a hot issue in higher education at the moment. It is for this reason that the author chose to establish the power of data mining techniques in higher education using the examination of student retention issues as a vehicle. The field of student retention has been well documented over the years. Contemporary authors such as McGivney (1996), Moxley et al (2001), Yorke (1999) and Yorke & Longden (2004) have examined strategies and derived intervention techniques aimed at assisting students to adapt to university life. As the proportion of students entering Higher Education has increased there has been an increasing awareness that universities need to adapt to the changing profile of these students. The data was collected via an online questionnaire administered to a large group of computing students at Sheffield Hallam University and similar institutions. The collected data was explored using Data Mining techniques including Decision Trees, Market Basket Analysis and Cluster Analysis. This study sought to explore interrelationships between factors that contribute to student attrition and hence establish the demographics of at-risk students. The use of data mining techniques was found to be highly effective, having found most of the primary issues established in previous research. It went on to find the strongest relationships between them, corresponding well to findings from previous research using standard statistical techniques. The author believes that he has established the power of data mining techniques in higher education and recommends further areas where it could be used profitably.
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Silva, Marcos 1953. "The introduction of computer networking and activities in K-12 classrooms : a case study of a secondary school." Thesis, McGill University, 1998. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35943.
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The purpose of this research is to document data on the implementation and integration of computer networking capabilities and activities in regular classrooms, looking specifically at the expectations and concerns of those involved (school administrators and teachers), and at the issue of integrating the networking capabilities with the regular curriculum. The outcomes of the research will be recommendations on practices that produce successful or unsuccessful implementation of network-based classroom activities. Particular attention is given to Internet-based K--12 classroom activities and to the creation of electronic communities of learners.