Search results for author:"Susan Williams"
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A Hypermedia Supported Problem-based Learning Environment: Alien Rescue
Douglas C. Williams; Susan Pedersen; Liu Min
International Conference on Mathematics / Science Education and Technology 1999 (1999) p. 432
Alien Rescue is a hypermedia program that draws on the principles of problem-based learning to engage students in grades 5 and 6 in an inquiry approach to science learning. Its science fiction premise takes students to a newly operational...
Topics: Standards, Science, Information Sciences, Students
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The Design and Development of A Hypermedia-Supported Problem-Based Learning Environment
Min Liu; Susan Pedersen; Doug Williams
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 576–580
This presentation reports on an effort to create a hypermedia supported learning environment using problem-based learning for middle school students in the subject matter area of space science. The objectives of the program are to promote problem...
Topics: Cognition, Multimedia, Science, Learning Objects, Middle School Education
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Virtual Environments for Learning: The Design Model
Susan Pedersen; Douglas Williams; Tugba Bulu
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 3733–3738
In this presentation, we will describe a project recently funded by the National Science Foundation to develop Virtual Environments for Learning (VELs) for middle school science. VELs are designed to engage students in student-directed inquiry...
Topics: Virtual Environments, Students, Middle School Education, Science