This study was planned to explore “the role of e-learning on the professional development of student-teachers in Cameroon”. The researcher’s concern with elearning was sanctioned by the need for a teaching and learning strategy that can help institutions of learning address their problems and improve on their outcome. Seven (7) specific hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study also sought to find out challenges faced by student-teachers in the implementation of e-learning. The study involved a mixed methodological approach. In this respect, a survey of 796 student-teachers drawn from eight (8) Primary Government Teacher Training Colleges and three (3) Higher Teacher Training Colleges was carried out. Also, an experiment with 191 student-teachers of the Higher Teacher Training College was conducted using blended learning. Purposive sampling, cluster sampling, simple random sampling and systematic random sampling techniques were applied where necessary to obtain the sample. Moreover, in the survey, data was collected using a questionnaire while the experimental phase generated data in terms of scores from the first and second test respectively. The student t-test, One-way ANOVA, and Correlation Coefficient were used to test the research hypotheses. Findings of this study offer new evidence that elearning has a significant influence on the professional development of studentteachers in Cameroon. Findings revealed that slow Internet lines or access speed constitute a serious challenge to effective e-learning in Cameroon (Mean = 3.2852). Findings further suggest that Internet-Based Problem Solving and Computer-Based Direct Instruction have an unprecedented role in fostering the professional development of student teachers in Cameroon. Based on this result, recommendations are made to training institutions to embrace ICTs and become more flexible by adopting learning approaches that are dynamic and multi-dimensional as problems in education are becoming more complex. / Curriculum and Instructional Studies / D. Ed. (Curriculum Studies)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of using learner self-assessment and multifaceted instructional strategies on student achievement and retention in online mathematics classes. The study used a quasi-experimental design. The study sample consisted of 35 students who were enrolled during the fall term 2010 in online Precalculus or Trigonometry classes at Palm Beach State College. Both treatment and comparison groups were taught by the researcher. Since the subjects in the study were not randomly assigned, the design was one of nonequivalent groups where the treatment group was compared to a similar group from the previous year. To limit researcher bias, the course exams were the same for both treatment and comparison groups. Five hypotheses were developed to examine the relationships between preferred learning strategies, the use of online tools, and achievement and retention. The five hypotheses were investigated with the following procedures respectively: ANOVA, linear regression, Pearson correlations, t-test and chi-square, and linear regression analysis with dichotomously coded variables. The findings indicated that the ATLAS groups did not show a preference for online tools, except for ebook. In addition, the use of most tools predicts achievement. The ebook is the only tool that is not significantly related to all the other tools. Achievement was not significantly different among treatment and comparison groups, but retention was. Retention for the treatment group surpassed retention for the comparison group by 15%. Results also pointed out that the ATLAS groups moderate the relationship between some of the online tools predicting achievement. / by Ana M. Porro. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

This study explored the effects of Problem-Based Leaning (PBL) with webanchored instruction in nanotechnology on the science conceptual understanding, the attitude towards science, and the perception of science in society of elementary students. A mixed-methods approach was used. Subjects (N=46) participated in the study for approximately two and a half weeks. A pretest was administered for science conceptual understanding and for attitude towards science. An intervention, web-based nanotechnology anchor, Catching the Rays, followed. Catching the Rays navigated subjects through a nano quest on sunscreen. After the intervention, a posttest was administered for each science conceptual understanding and attitude towards science. Following, a purposeful selection of interviewees (N=6) participated in a Nano Post- Interview. Pretest/posttest data were analyzed using a paired t test. Results of the paired t test for science conceptual understanding (post- being larger than pre-, p <. 01) and attitude towards science (post- being larger than pre-, p < .01) were significant at the p < .05 alpha level. Nano Post-Interview data were coded and analyzed independently by two raters for emerging themes. Two themes of "Risks and Benefits" and "Solves Problems" emerged from subjects' (N=6) responses to perception of science in society questions. The theme of "Risks and Benefits" strongly suggests that subjects have a positive perception that nanotechnology comes with risks and benefits to society. The theme of "Solves Problems" strongly suggests subjects have a positive perception that nanotechnology is governed by society's needs and is used to help solve society's problems. Findings from this study suggest that PBL with web-anchored instruction in nanotechnology had a positive effect on subjects' science conceptual understanding, attitude towards science, and perception of science in society. / by Karla Anne Yurick. / Vita. / Thesis (Ed.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

The purpose of this mixed methods study was twofold. First, the study assessed whether Davis’ (1989) Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was useful in predicting instructional usage of the interactive whiteboard (IWB), as reported by K-8 teachers. Second, the study set out to understand what motivated those teachers to use the IWB for classroom instruction, and to further describe the ways in which they used them. Through surveying 155 teachers and 40 administrators of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) schools, the researcher used multiple regression and moderator analyses to examine whether the TAM model helped explain teachers’ reported teacher-centered and student-centered instructional IWB usage. The researcher followed this by oneon- one interviews with 5 of the teachers surveyed. With the data gathered from the interviews and open-ended items from the original surveys, an analysis using qualitative methods was performed. The results from the qualitative analysis were then used to help refine and explain the quantitative findings. The results of the study’s quantitative phase indicated two variables adapted from the TAM, teachers’ perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of the IWB, contributed to the prediction of teacher-centered instructional usage of the device. Further it was found that the perceived usefulness variable contributed to the prediction of student-centered instructional usage. Moderator analysis indicated the variable for teachers’ IWB technological pedagogical content knowledge, adapted from Mishra and Koehler’s (2006) technological pedagogical content knowledge framework, moderated the relationships between the variable perceived ease of use of the IWB and teacher and student-centered instructional usage respectively, as well as between the variable perceived usefulness of the IWB and teacher-centered instructional usage. The qualitative phase results revealed those teachers surveyed used their IWBs in a variety of ways for both teacher-centered and student-centered instruction. Teachers frequently reported they were motivated to use the device by its overall user-friendliness and its utility as an instructional tool. Central to the teachers’ discussion of its utility were ways in which the tool positively impacted the students during instruction. Specifically how it engaged students by attracting their attention, keeping them focused, and offering them a better way to learn. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Thesis (MTech) Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. / The rapid growth of digital technology has exceeded society’s expectations. The overload and pace of technological advances causes many individuals at the workplace or organisations of higher learning, such as universities of technology, to become exposed and prone to stress. Students in higher education environments often find themselves vulnerable to technological stress. The problem is that we do not know the extent of the perceived implications of techno-stress, and it is not clear what the perceived psychological and emotional implications of techno-stress may have on the academic performance of higher education students. The study investigated the perceptions and implications of techno-stress in an e-learning environment to explore and describe the implications of techno-stress; the physical, mental and behavioural outcomes also how it impacts on the academic performance of students at higher education institutions. The questions of the study were focused on finding what the implications of techno-stress are as perceived by students on their studies; what the types and elements of techno-stress that students experience at universities; what the potential causes of techno-stress are as perceived by students; and how students think techno-stress impacts on their academic performance. The qualitative methods approach was used. It was found that students were more stressed over technology when problems occur as they lack the ability to manage or control it, and it was evident that this influence had an undesirable consequence on students’ results. The research concluded that despite the importance technology plays in an e-learning environment by allowing students to conduct their research, download class material and learn online, students perceive technology as an important source of stress. Despite technology’s advantages mentioned above, technology can be unpredictable and when problems occur, students exhibit lack of skills to manage or control it. It was recommended that universities of technology such as CPUT should design a program that helps students to cope with techno-stress.

Promoting healthcare and wellbeing requires the dedication of a multi-tiered health service delivery system, which is comprised of specialists, medical doctors and nurses. A holistic view to a patient care perspective involves emotional, mental and physical healthcare needs, in which caring is understood as the essence of nursing. Properly and efficiently capturing and managing nursing knowledge is essential to advocating health promotion and illness prevention. This thesis proposes a document-indexing framework for automating classification of nursing knowledge based on nursing theory and practice model. The documents defining the numerous categories in nursing care model are structured with the help of expert nurse practitioners and professionals. These documents are indexed and used as a benchmark for the process of automatic mapping of each expression in the assessment form of a patient to the corresponding category in the nursing theory model. As an illustration of the proposed methodology, a prototype application is developed using the Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) technique. The prototype application is tested in a nursing practice environment to validate the accuracy of the proposed algorithm. The simulation results are also compared with an application using Lucene indexing technique that internally uses modified vector space model for indexing. The result comparison showed that the LSI strategy gives 87.5% accurate results compared to the Lucene indexing technique that gives 80% accuracy. Both indexing methods maintain 100% consistency in the results. / by Sucharita Vijay Chichanikar. / Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

This study compares the achievement in three multimedia instructed World Geography classes between two groups of community college students: those students who were U.S. educated (from primary to secondary schools) and those students who were educated outside of the U.S. (from primary to secondary schools). The research was conducted using three World Geography (GEA 2000) classes at a community college in South Florida, between August 2007 and December 2007. The selected students were divided into two groups: one of U.S. educated students and one of non-U.S. educated students, all of whom volunteered their participation at the beginning of the course. The two groups were mixed males and females. The non-U.S. educated students were educated in 17 different countries. Data were obtained by means of test scores. Statistical analysis of the data was done using SPSS statistical software. The data generated were analyzed statistically by running four t-tests. The .05 level of significance was selected for analysis of data related to the hypotheses. Overall the statistical difference between the achievement of U.S. educated and non-U.S. educated students in their achievement in multimedia instructed geography classes was non-significant as indicated by the results shown in the statistical analysis in the study. / by Edmar Bernardes Da-Silva. / Vita. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, FL : 2008 Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Percebe-se a pulverização de tecnologias digitais educacionais, todavia há escassez de estudos que agreguem conhecimentos sobre tecnologia e estudo de caso clínico no ensino de enfermagem. O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar evidências disponíveis na literatura mundial acerca do estudo de caso clínico inserido em tecnologias digitais educacionais e as aprendizagens cognitiva, procedimental e atitudinal de estudantes de enfermagem. Os objetivos específicos foram: identificar e sintetizar as evidências disponíveis na literatura mundial acerca do estudo de caso clínico inserido em tecnologias digitais educacionais no ensino de graduação em enfermagem; caracterizar os tipos de recursos tecnológicos nos quais o estudo de caso clínico foi inserido para o ensino de enfermagem e caracterizar as aprendizagens atitudinais, cognitivas e procedimentais construídas pelos estudantes de enfermagem no desenvolvimento do estudo de caso clínico. Trata-se de revisão integrativa da literatura de acordo com as seguintes etapas: formulação do problema de pesquisa, coleta dos dados, extração de dados e avaliação crítica, análise e interpretação dos dados e apresentação dos resultados.A questão de pesquisa foi: como o estudo de caso clínico inserido em tecnologia digital educacional colabora para as aprendizagens cognitiva, atitudinal, e procedimental de estudantes enfermagem?Foi realizada busca de estudos primários nas seguintes bases de dados: Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS); National Library of Medicine (PUBMED), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL) e Scopus; os descritores controlados e não controlados (palavras- chave) foram delimitados de acordo com cada base de dados. A busca resultou em 437 estudos, sendo 136 indicados no LILACS, 122noPUBMED, 104 no Scopus e 75noCINAHL. Destes, 240 não atenderam aos critérios de inclusão delimitados, 03 estudos eram duplicados dentro das bases, 45 se repetiram entre as bases e 04 estudos estavam indisponíveis. Após análise de todos os resumos, foram selecionados 197 estudos, sendo que dentre estes 31 foram considerados potencialmente relevantes, selecionados conforme os critérios de inclusão e lidos na íntegra; 10 foram excluídos após o preenchimento do instrumento de análise dos artigos científicos, portanto, a amostra final resultou em 21 estudos primários. Dentre os 21 estudos primários, o idioma inglês foi predominante (71,4%). Sobre o modo de trabalho do aluno para utilizar o recurso tecnológico, houve distribuição semelhante entre participação individual sem mediador n=08(38,1%), colaborativa com mediador n=07(33,3%) e colaborativa sem mediador n=06 (28,6%). Sobre a inserção da tecnologia em curso ou disciplina de Educação a Distância (EAD),n=13 estudos (61,9%) não estavam inseridos neste tipo de ensino, n=04(19%) faziam parte de um curso EAD e n=04 (19%) não continham esta informação.Vários temas foram abordados pelos estudos identificados. Muitos deles denotaram que a utilização de estudo de caso em tecnologias digitais educacionais permitiu ao aluno construir diferentes tipos de aprendizagem, sendo a aprendizagem cognitiva identificada em 15 estudos, a atitudinal em 13 e a aprendizagem procedimental em 6 estudos.Conclui-se que os estudos de caso podem colaborar para que o aluno desenvolva conjuntamente diferentes aprendizagens,as quais podem ser construídas de maneira integrada, contínua, informativa, formativa e transformadora do conhecimento, visando a formação integral e alinhada às políticas nacionais e internacionais de formação em enfermagem / It has been noted that there is a spread of several educational digital technologies, although there is a lack of studies which add knowledge about technology and clinical case study in nursing education. The aim of the study was to evaluate available evidences in worldwide literature regarding clinical case study inserted in educational digital technologies, as well as cognitive, procedural and attitudinal learning for undergraduate nursing. The specific aims were: to identify and synthesize available evidences in worldwide literature regarding clinical case study that had been inserted in educational digital technologies in undergraduate nursing education; characterize the types of technology resources in which the clinical case study had been included for nursing education and characterize attitudinal, cognitive and procedural learning built by nursing students to develop the clinical case study. It is an integrative review of literature for which were adopted the following steps: development of the research problem, data collection, data extraction and critic evaluation, data analysis and interpretation and presentation of results. The research question was: how does the clinical case study, inserted in educational digital technology,collaborate for cognitive, attitudinal and procedural learning of nursing students? The research for primary studies was done in the following data bases: Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe emCiências da Saúde (LILACS); National Library of Medicine (PUBMED), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL) and Scopus; the controlled descriptors and non-control descriptors (key words) were delimited according to each data base. The search resulted in 437 studies: 136 from LILACS, 122 from PUBMED, 104 from Scopus and 75 from CINAHL. Of these, 240 did not met the including criteria established for this integrative review, three studies were duplicated inside the bases, 45 repeated among data bases and four studies were unavailable. After analyzing all abstracts, there were selected 197 studies, among them 31 were considered potentially relevant according to including criteria and were integrally read. After filling out the instrument of analysis of scientific papers, 10 were excluded and the final sample resulted in 21 primary studies. Among the 21 primary studies, the English language was predominant (71.4%). Referring to the way that students should work to use the technology resource, there was a similar distribution among individual participation without a moderator n=8 (38.1%), collaborative participation with moderator n=7 (33.3%) and collaborative participation without moderator n=6 (28.6%). In regard of combine the technology with a course of distant education, n=13 studies (61.9%) were not included in this type of education, n=4 (19%) were part of a course of distant education and n=4 (19%) had no information about it. The findings also demonstrated that several themes were approached by the identified studies. Besides, many of them denoted that the case study use in educational digital technologies allowed the students to build different types of learning, being the cognitive learning identified in 15 studies, followed by attitudinal learning in 13 studies and procedural learning in 6 studies. It is possible to conclude that case studies can collaborate with the students in developing conjoint different learnings, which can be built in an integrate, continuous, informative, formative and knowledge transformer way, aiming integral formation and aligned to policies of formation in nursing, both national and international

by Tsui Yuen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-151). / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Computer-assisted Education --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Motivation and Problems --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Objectives and Approaches --- p.7 / Chapter 1.4 --- Organization of Thesis --- p.9 / Chapter 2 --- Related Work --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1 --- Existing Research Projects --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2 --- Structural and Navigational Hypertext Presentation --- p.11 / Chapter 2.3 --- Multimedia Integration for Hypermedia Courseware --- p.13 / Chapter 2.4 --- Standalone Java Applets --- p.14 / Chapter 2.5 --- Software Tools Using Browser Plugins --- p.17 / Chapter 2.6 --- Chapter Summary --- p.18 / Chapter 3 --- SIS Education Scenarios --- p.19 / Chapter 3.1 --- Library System --- p.21 / Chapter 3.2 --- Groupware System --- p.24 / Chapter 3.3 --- Student-Monitoring System --- p.25 / Chapter 3.4 --- Management System --- p.26 / Chapter 3.5 --- Chapter Summary --- p.27 / Chapter 4 --- Software Architecture of SIS --- p.29 / Chapter 4.1 --- Client-server Model --- p.29 / Chapter 4.2 --- Software Configuration --- p.31 / Chapter 4.3 --- Software Design --- p.33 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Module 1: Access Authorization Identifier (AAI) --- p.34 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Module 2: Multimedia Presentation Tools (MPT) --- p.35 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Module 3: Intelligent Questions Selector (IQS) --- p.38 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Module 4: Online Examination Center (OEC) --- p.40 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- Module 5: Student History Recorder (SHR) --- p.41 / Chapter 4.3.6 --- Module 6: Student Performance Analyzer (SPA) --- p.42 / Chapter 4.3.7 --- Module 7: Electronic Mail Manager (EMM) --- p.43 / Chapter 4.3.8 --- Module 8: Result Querying Agent (RQA) --- p.44 / Chapter 4.3.9 --- Module 9: Group Activity Area (GAA) --- p.45 / Chapter 4.3.10 --- Module 10: Integrated Systems Logger (ISL) --- p.48 / Chapter 4.4 --- Chapter Summary --- p.50 / Chapter 5 --- Demonstration --- p.52 / Chapter 5.1 --- Login Dialog Boxes --- p.52 / Chapter 5.2 --- Services Menu for Students --- p.53 / Chapter 5.3 --- Teaching Materials for Students --- p.54 / Chapter 5.4 --- Teaching Materials for Students ´ؤ Chinese --- p.56 / Chapter 5.5 --- Teaching Materials for Students - English --- p.60 / Chapter 5.6 --- Teaching Materials for Students - Mathematics --- p.64 / Chapter 5.7 --- Tests for Students --- p.66 / Chapter 5.8 --- Tests for Students - Chinese --- p.66 / Chapter 5.9 --- Tests for Students - English --- p.68 / Chapter 5.10 --- Queries for Students --- p.70 / Chapter 5.11 --- Discussion Area for Students --- p.71 / Chapter 5.12 --- Educational Television for Students --- p.72 / Chapter 5.13 --- Flow of Services for Students --- p.75 / Chapter 5.14 --- Services Menu for Teachers --- p.76 / Chapter 5.15 --- Teaching Materials for Teachers --- p.77 / Chapter 5.16 --- Teaching Materials for Teachers - Chinese --- p.78 / Chapter 5.17 --- Teaching Materials for Teachers - English --- p.82 / Chapter 5.18 --- Tests Papers for Teachers --- p.86 / Chapter 5.19 --- Queries for Teachers --- p.87 / Chapter 5.20 --- Preparation of Test Papers for Teachers --- p.88 / Chapter 5.21 --- Modification of Questions for Teachers --- p.91 / Chapter 5.22 --- Flow of Services for Teachers --- p.95 / Chapter 5.23 --- Chapter Summary --- p.96 / Chapter 6 --- System Implementation --- p.97 / Chapter 6.1 --- Characteristics of Java --- p.97 / Chapter 6.2 --- Platform Independence --- p.98 / Chapter 6.3 --- Integration with Existing Packages for Java Technology --- p.100 / Chapter 6.4 --- Cryptography of User Passwords --- p.103 / Chapter 6.5 --- Transmission of Data Packages --- p.105 / Chapter 6.6 --- Multithreading for Multitasking --- p.108 / Chapter 6.7 --- Management of User Interfaces --- p.110 / Chapter 6.8 --- Data Structures for Temporary Storage --- p.112 / Chapter 6.9 --- Messages Broadcasting in Chat Rooms --- p.116 / Chapter 6.10 --- Playback of Audio and Video Data Files --- p.121 / Chapter 6.11 --- Progress of System Implementation --- p.125 / Chapter 6.12 --- Chapter Summary --- p.128 / Chapter 7 --- Discussion and Future Work --- p.129 / Chapter 7.1 --- Wide Spread of the World Wide Web --- p.129 / Chapter 7.2 --- Communication between Schools and Families --- p.130 / Chapter 7.3 --- Pedagogical Uses --- p.130 / Chapter 7.4 --- Virtual Student Community --- p.131 / Chapter 7.5 --- Differences between SIS and Other Web-based Educational Systems --- p.132 / Chapter 7.6 --- Future Work --- p.133 / Chapter 7.7 --- Chapter Summary --- p.138 / Chapter 8 --- Summary --- p.139 / Bibliography --- p.144

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