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ICT Competencies for Academic E-Learning. Preparing Students for Distance Education - Authors’ Proposal 学术电子学习的ICT能力。为学生准备远程教育-作者的建议

International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education Pub Date : 2017-11-27 DOI: 10.1515/ijicte-2017-0012

B. Kolodziejczak, M. Roszak

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引用次数: 15

Critical Factors for Implementing Blended Learning in Higher Education 高等教育实施混合式学习的关键因素

International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education Pub Date : 2017-05-24 DOI: 10.1515/ijicte-2017-0010

Peter Mozelius, E. Hettiarachchi

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引用次数: 33

Quality Hybrid Education Evaluation: Academic Staff Performance Assessment (Cases: Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University and the University of Silesia) 质量混合教育评估:学术人员绩效评估(案例:基辅大学和西里西亚大学)

International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education Pub Date : 2017-03-28 DOI: 10.1515/ijicte-2017-0003

N. Morze, H. Pavlova, E. Smyrnova-Trybulska

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引用次数: 0

Non-Linear Forms of Knowledge Representation in Teaching and Their Evaluation According to Moody’s Principles of Graphical Dimensions 基于穆迪图维原则的非线性教学知识表示形式及其评价

International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education Pub Date : 2017-03-28 DOI: 10.1515/ijicte-2017-0005

David Nespesny, M. Malčík

引用次数: 0

Teaching and Learning English at Grammar School Supported by Mobile Touch Technologies 移动触摸技术支持的文法学校英语教学

International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education Pub Date : 2017-03-28 DOI: 10.1515/ijicte-2017-0006

lvana Šimonová, Jan Netolička

引用次数: 1

Pilot Testing of It Skills of Preschool and Elementary Education Students by the It Fitness Test 应用It体能测试对学前及基础教育学生It技能的初步测试

International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education Pub Date : 2017-01-28 DOI: 10.1515/ijicte-2017-0004

Martina Adamkovičová, J. Burgerová, Hedviga Kochová, Vladimír Piskura

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引用次数: 0

Using Local ICT Services to Support Lower Secondary and Primary School Teaching 利用本地资讯及通讯科技服务支援初中及小学教学

International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education Pub Date : 2017-01-28 DOI: 10.1515/ijicte-207-0002

Václav Šimandl, J. Novotný

{"title":"Using Local ICT Services to Support Lower Secondary and Primary School Teaching","authors":"Václav Šimandl, J. Novotný","doi":"10.1515/ijicte-207-0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/ijicte-207-0002","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The article looks at the ways lower secondary and primary school pupils and teachers make use of ICT services (particularly user accounts and network drives). The description of implemented approaches is complemented by a discussion of the factors that influence schools in their choice of a particular solution. Attention has been devoted to both the various benefits that a chosen solution has brought to teaching and the complications that have been encountered during lessons. Our research has covered a wide range of schools that use services provided by servers to a varying extent as well as schools that are not in possession of servers. In-depth, semi-structured interviews have been carried out with school network managers. Our investigation has been supported by triangulation, consisting of interviews with teachers selected from the given schools. Data gained from the interviews has been processed using open coding. The results show that despite user accounts being found to be beneficial to teaching and lesson management, not all schools have access to such a solution. As well as being able to use personal and shared network drives, this solution can make it easier for schools to monitor their pupils′ Internet activity. Schools have their own specific procedures to deal with pupils that forget their login details, which could lead to lessons being disrupted. Schools that do not make use of user accounts have developed methods to overcome such a problem. It does not seem to be a lack of suitable solutions that prevents the more effective use of ICT in teaching. The problem is more likely to lie in the fact that many teachers lack knowledge of the various possibilities offered by available solutions and are often unwilling to make use of such solutions.","PeriodicalId":242007,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education","volume":"1 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116813131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Enterprise Lecture Capture Technologies and Value to Student Learning 企业讲座捕捉技术及其对学生学习的价值

International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education Pub Date : 2017-01-24 DOI: 10.1515/ijicte-2017-0009

B. Daniel

引用次数: 7

Training System for Occupational Health and Safety with Using Elearning 运用电子学习的职业健康与安全培训系统

International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education Pub Date : 2017-01-24 DOI: 10.1515/ijicte-2017-0008

A. Heba

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引用次数: 0

Impact of Inquiry Approaches to Mathematics Teaching on the Development of Skills to Analyse and Interpret Relationships Between Variables 探究教学法对数学教学中分析和解释变量间关系技能发展的影响

International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education Pub Date : 2016-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/ijicte-2016-0009

S. Lukáč, J. Sekerák

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