Electronic Learning articles from March 1995

Electronic Learning archives from March 1995

Dig into distance learning; new research will look at the best uses of DL. (the Center for Children and Technology will determine impacts on children)
March 1, 1995... Distance learning (DL) is by no means a new innovation in education. First mail, then radio, then television was used as a means to reach students in isolated, often rural, areas. By the 1950s, for example, Australia had a vigorous distance...

What's new in cross-platform computing? (Apple Power Macintosh computers and other products)
March 1, 1995... Switch hitters. A lot of people thought they'd never see an Apple-built computer running Windows, but the past 12 months and the introduction of Apple's PowerMacintosh (see below) proved nay-sayers wrong. Cross-platform computing is technology's...

Give and Take: a learning theorist says most educational software isn't good for learning. (Institute for the Learning Sciences Dir Roger Schank)(Interview)
March 1, 1995... Dr. Roger Schank is a leading researcher in artificial intelligence and learning theory, and a designer of business training software. He is also an outspoken advocate of the use of technology in education and even if he thinks the vast majority...

Old wine in new bottles: new technology should not be delivering the same old goods.
March 1, 1995... When are we going to finally accept the idea that the future of education should not be just an extrapolation of the past? Educational practice needs to be completely redefined, and if it is not, all of our enthusiasm surrounding technology will...

Cooperative learning: technology may be the Trojan horse that brings collaboration into the classroom.(includes guidelines for effective online collaboration and criteria for judging whether software is being used collaboratively in the classroom)
March 1, 1995... For an educational strategy derided by some as a "fad," cooperative learning has a surprisingly old pedigree. In one form or another, students learning from and teaching each other have been a part of respected educational practices for thousands...

Animations alive! Multimedia tools set kids' stories in motion.(includes a related article on two new children's multimedia toolkits)(Buyers Guide)
March 1, 1995... If you've been a teacher for even the shortest period of time, you know that all children have their own unique stories to tell. Now with the emergence of multimedia classroom computing, kids have the opportunity to move way beyond a pencil and a...

Toward a holistic science: programs that help teachers truly integrate science. (educational software)(includes brief descriptions of two more programs that use interactive multimedia to teach science) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 1, 1995... The race is on: Educators, textbook publishers, software firms, and policy gurus are all moving quickly to define effective classroom implementations of newly emerging national standards. In K-12 science, the newer state frameworks emphasize...