enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Educational software - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_software

    The arrival of the personal computer, with the Altair 8800 in 1975, changed the field of software in general, with specific implications for educational software. Whereas users prior to 1975 were dependent upon university or government owned mainframe computers with timesharing, users after this shift could create and use software for computers in homes and schools, computers available for ...

  3. Computers in the classroom - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computers_in_the_classroom

    College campuses used computer mainframes in education since the initial days of this technology, and throughout the initial development of computers. The earliest large-scale study of educational computer usage conducted for the National Science Foundation by The American Institute for Research concluded that 13% of the nation's public high schools used computers for instruction, although no ...

  4. List of educational software - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_educational_software

    This is a list of educational software that is computer software whose primary purpose is teaching or self-learning. Educational software by subject. Anatomy

  5. Digital media in education - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Media_in_Education

    By 1999, 99% of public school teachers in the United States reported access to at least one computer in their schools, and 84% had access to a computer in their classroom. [5] The invention of the World Wide Web in 1992 simplified internet navigation and sparked further interest in educational settings. Computers were initially integrated into ...

  6. Educational technology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_technology

    Educational technology (commonly abbreviated as edutech, or edtech) is the combined use of computer hardware, software, and educational theory and practice to facilitate learning. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] When referred to with its abbreviation, "EdTech", it often refers to the industry of companies that create educational technology.

  7. Computer-supported collaborative learning - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-supported...

    Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is a pedagogical approach wherein learning takes place via social interaction using a computer or through the Internet. This kind of learning is characterized by the sharing and construction of knowledge among participants using technology as their primary means of communication or as a common resource. [1]

  8. Intelligent tutoring system - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_tutoring_system

    There are many examples of ITSs being used in both formal education and professional settings in which they have demonstrated their capabilities and limitations. There is a close relationship between intelligent tutoring, cognitive learning theories and design; and there is ongoing research to improve the effectiveness of ITS.

  9. Instructional simulation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructional_simulation

    An instructional simulation, also called an educational simulation, is a simulation of some type of reality (system or environment) but which also includes instructional elements that help a learner explore, navigate or obtain more information about that system or environment that cannot generally be acquired from mere experimentation ...