New strategies in educational software



Título del documento: New strategies in educational software
Revista: Journal of applied research and technology
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000226671
ISSN: 1665-6423
Autores: 1





Instituciones: 1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Ciencias Aplicadas y Desarrollo Tecnológico, México, Distrito Federal. México
Año:
Periodo: Abr
Volumen: 2
Número: 1
Paginación: 26-31
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, prospectivo
Resumen en inglés One of the main points in the development of Educational Software is how to trap, and keep, student's attention. This is a major problem because, unlike the classroom where students are supervised and controlled by teachers, on their computers, at home, they are free to use the software or simply close it and do anything else. The common solution to this problem has been the development of very showy materials, where students are presented to sounds, animations, and sophisticated interactions. Nevertheless, at the Centre of Applied Science and Technological Development we think that this approach might belie some important problems and that other factor must be reviewed and taken into account in order to create good-quality educational software. In this paper we introduce an approach that is based on a study of students, and the identification complete of their beliefs about physics. These beliefs are then used in the development of our software. We present the obtained results; as well as future works perspectives
Disciplinas: Ciencias de la computación,
Ciencia y tecnología,
Educación
Palabras clave: Tecnología,
Educación a distancia,
Pedagogía,
Software educativo,
Desarrollo de software
Keyword: Computer science,
Science and technology,
Education,
Technology,
Distance education,
Pedagogy,
Educational software,
Software design
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