Education and Technology for a Better World

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2. Invited Papers from Brazil

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   2. Scientific and Technological Education in Brazil: Advancements and Challenges for the 21st Century

      • Claudio André, Norma Teresinha Oliveira Reis, Demerval Guillarducci Bruzzi

      Pages 3-13

   3. NASA Education and Educational Technologies Exemplified by the Space Weather Action Center Program

      • Norma Teresinha Oliveira Reis, Claudio André, Troy D. Cline, Timothy E. Eastman, Margaret J. Maher, Louis A. Mayo et al.

      Pages 14-25

   4. Evaluation of Distance Course Effectiveness – Exploring the Quality of Interactive Processes

      • Francisco Villa Ulhôa Botelho, Rosa Maria Vicari

      Pages 26-35

3. Innovation and Creativity in Schools

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37

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   2. The Impact of the Multi-sensory Program Alfabeto on the Development of Literacy Skills of Third Stage Pre-school Children

      • Betina von Staa, Loureni Reis, Matilde Conceição Lescano Scandola

      Pages 39-47

   3. Personalized e-Learning Environments: Considering Students’ Contexts

      • Victoria Eyharabide, Isabela Gasparini, Silvia Schiaffino, Marcelo Pimenta, Analía Amandi

      Pages 48-57

   4. Software Junctus: Joining Sign Language and Alphabetical Writing

      • Carla Beatris Valentini, Cláudia A. Bisol, Cristiane Dalla Santa

      Pages 58-64

   5. Innovative Teaching/Learning with Geotechnologies in Secondary Education

      • Eric Sanchez

      Pages 65-74

   6. A New Virtual and Remote Experimental Environment for Teaching and Learning Science

      • Zdena Lustigova, Frantisek Lustig

      Pages 75-82

   7. Investment in Information and Communication Technologies in the Irish Education Sector

      • Clare McInerney, Mike Hinchey, Eamonn McQuade

      Pages 83-91

   8. Pyramids in Logo: A School Project in ‘Search’ of the Fourth Dimension

      • Jesús Jiménez-Molotla, Alessio Gutiérrez-Gómez, Ana Isabel Sacristán

      Pages 92-101

   9. Towards Transformation: AlwaysOn Students and Health Education

      • Andrew Fluck, Mary Burston

      Pages 102-111

   10. Virtual Cities as a Collaborative Educational Environment

       • Daniel Nehme Müller, Otto Lopes Braitback de Oliveira, Joelma Adriana Abrão Remião, Paloma Dias Silveira, Márcio André Rodrigues Martins, Margarete Axt

       Pages 112-120

   11. ICT Action School Development at Helen Parkhurst Dalton School, Part II

       • Pieter Hogenbirk, Peter van de Braak

       Pages 121-128

   12. E-Maturity and School Development: When the Tail Wants to Wag the Dog

       • Peter Micheuz

       Pages 129-137

   13. Toward a Learning/Instruction Process Model for Facilitating the Instructional Design Cycle

       • Yusuke Hayashi, Seiji Isotani, Jacqueline Bourdeau, Riichiro Mizoguchi

       Pages 138-147

   14. The Making of an Online Masters Program in the North American Context

       • Ana-Paula Correia, Connie Hargrave, Patricia Leigh, Clyciane Michelini, Dale Niederhauser, Denise Schmidt et al.

       Pages 148-156

4. Informatics

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Education and Technology for a Better World was the main theme for WCCE 2009. The conference highlights and explores different perspectives of this theme, covering all levels of formal education as well as informal learning and societal aspects of education. The conference was open to everyone involved in education and training. Additionally players from technological, societal, business and political fields outside education were invited to make relevant contributions within the theme: Education and Technology for a Better World. For several years the WCCE (World Conference on Computers in Education) has brought benefits to the fields of computer science and computers and education as well as to their communities. The contributions at WCCE include research projects and good practice presented in different formats from full papers to posters, demonstrations, panels, workshops and symposiums. The focus is not only on presentations of accepted contributions but also on discussions and input from all participants. The main goal of these conferences is to provide a forum for the discussion of ideas in all areas of computer science and human learning. They create a unique environment in which researchers and practitioners in the fields of computer science and human learning can interact, exchanging theories, experiments, techniques, applications and evaluations of initiatives supporting new developments that are potentially relevant for the development of these fields. They intend to serve as reference guidelines for the research community.

• Chat
• Collaborative Learning
• Instructional Design
• Social Networking
• algorithms
• blended learning
• business computing
• computer assisted learning
• computer use
• course management
• e-learning
• educational technologies
• games
• higher educat
• learning object

• Victoria University,, Melbourne, Australia

  Arthur Tatnall

• The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

  Anthony Jones

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