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Computers and Education: Towards Educational Change and Innovation

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
  2. Components of an EML Proposal for Collaborative Learning Modelling

    • Manuel Caeiro-Rodríguez, Martín Llamas Nistal, Luis Anido-Rifín
    Pages 23-32
  3. Analysis of Engaged Online Collaborative Discourse: A Methodological Approach

    • Sofia Malheiro, Lina Morgado, António Quintas-Mendes
    Pages 33-43
  4. An Experiment in Collaborative Writing

    • Paula Peres, Pedro Pimenta
    Pages 53-62
  5. The ‘Contract’ as a Pedagogical Tool in e-Learning

    • Lina Morgado, Alda Pereira, António Quintas-Mendes
    Pages 63-72
  6. Development of a Personalized e-learning Experience Based on IMS Standard Technologies

    • Pilar Sancho, Ivan Martinez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón, Pablo Moreno-Ger
    Pages 73-82
  7. e-QUAL: e-Learning with Quality. Proposal for an Evaluation Model on the Quality of e-Learning Courses

    • Célio Gonçalo Marques, João Noivo, Mário Veríssimo
    Pages 83-90
  8. Pedagogical Approaches for Online Environments

    • Luísa Miranda, Carlos Morais, Paulo Dias
    Pages 91-102
  9. Contextual Online Learning Model: A Proposal

    • Raquel Pedrosa, Joana Valente, Filipe Rocha, Ana Amélia Carvalho
    Pages 103-114
  10. Kitchen Science: Through the Window of the Web

    • Carla Morais, João Paiva
    Pages 135-145
  11. Development and Experience in Teaching Biochemistry with a Multimedia Study Environment

    • Ana Maria Ponzio de Azevedo, Gustavo Brandalise Lazzarotto, Maria Isabel Timm, Milton Antônio Zaro
    Pages 147-155
  12. An Educative Application Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy for the Learning of Inheritance in Oriented-Object Programming

    • Isidoro Hernán-Losada, Carlos A. Lázaro-Carrascosa, J. Ángel Velázquez-Iturbide
    Pages 157-166
  13. Visualization and Role-play to Teach Object-Oriented Programming

    • Guillermo Jiménez Díaz, Mercedes Gómez Albarrán, Marco A. Gómez-Martín, Pedro A. González-Calero
    Pages 167-177
  14. Making Concept Maps Available on the Web to the Students

    • Sandra Lopes, Pedro Henriques, Paulo Dias
    Pages 179-188

About this book

This volume contains a selection of papers covering the latest research and experiences on the application of Information and Communication Technologies in the field of Education, especially in the Ibero-American space.

Areas covered include:

- Design, development and evaluation of innovative educational environments
- Web based courses, tools and resources
- ICT in special education
- Collaborative learning
- Distance learning supported by ICT
- E-Learning in Higher Education
- Innovative experiments using ICT in educational context
- Teacher training on the utilization of ICT in education
- Methodologies for ICT use in educational context
- Social aspects of the utilization of ICT in education
- Educational applications of ubiquitous computing

An important book for researchers and practitioners in e-learning, computer-based education, educational software, distributed learning, lifelong learning and open and distance learning; as well as developers and users of educational software and computer-mediated educational tools.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Coimbra, Portugal

    António José Mendes

  • Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal

    Isabel Pereira, Rogério Costa

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Computers and Education: Towards Educational Change and Innovation

  • Editors: António José Mendes, Isabel Pereira, Rogério Costa

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-929-3

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84628-928-6Published: 02 November 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-84996-680-1Published: 13 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-84628-929-3Published: 19 November 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 284

  • Topics: Computers and Education, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

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