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• http//elnpweb.ncu.edu.tw/index.htm
• http//www.autotutor.org/
• http//csep.psyc.memphis.edu/istart/
• Research interest
• What on-line courses bring to us?
• How multimedia might decrease learning?
• How new media may be different from others form?
• Adapted customize ( different learning styles)
• Scaffold support (seldom see a African woman as
  a scientist in reality)

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• Motivation
• Digital learning demand self-regulated learners
• Link formal and informal learning (PDA, Cell
  phonecontact with mentors, scientists )
• Making learning fun
• To do so, what do we need?
• How can we turn teachers into content developers?
• Assessment/evidence of impact (learning outcome)

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Productivity software for education

• Word processing software (create, edit, and
  format)
• letters, memos, reports, fax cover sheets,
  mailing labels, and newsletters, lesson plans,
  and students tests (create written documents).
• Change the font and font size of headlines and
  headings, change color of characters, or organize
  text newspaper style columns.

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• Incorporate graphics (clip art)
• Find (research), replace, spell checker, header,
  footer.
• Learning the functionality and menu of a word
  processing programs is tedious and hard to
  remember when taught in isolation (Ashburn
  Floden, 2006, p. 27).
• Students can use generic tools such as
  spreadsheetsword processors, ..to help them
  analyze and present their own ideas in ways
  resembling their work of practice mathematicians,
  scientists. and writers (Ashburn Floden, 2006,
  p. 31).

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• Education issues
• Many teachers believe that word processing
  software improves the quality of written work by
  making it easier for students to create and edit
  documents. However, some people argue that word
  processing software has become a crutch,
  eliminating the need to learn the rudiments of
  language. That is students are not forced to know
  grammar and spelling rules. How do you think word
  processing software have influenced written
  communication?

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• Spreadsheet to organize numeric, data in rows
  and columns. Teachers use it for grading (an
  electronic grade book)
• Try to think about how develop a classroom lesson
  activity that integrates word-processing
  functions into instruction in one or more of
  these ways.
• Develop a classroom lesson activity that
  integrates spreadsheet functions into instruction
  in one or more of the following ways.