High-Performance Computing; Articles, Papers, and Reports; and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Next Generation Education Software: Why We Need It and a Research Agenda to Get It

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Title:Next Generation Education Software: Why We Need It and a Research Agenda to Get It (ID: FFP0507S)
Author(s):Andreis Van Dam (Brown University)
Source:Forum for the Future of Higher Education
Origin:Publications from the Forum for the Future of Higher Education (2005)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:Andries van Dam describes software such as MathPad and ChemPad that foster deeper understanding of difficult topics. He advocates next-generational educational software based on integrated models that vary in complexity depending upon the learner.
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The Valley of the Shadow: Scholarship in the Digital World

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Title:The Valley of the Shadow: Scholarship in the Digital World (ID: FFP0404S)
Author(s):Edward L. Ayers (Forum for the Future of Higher Education)
Origin:Publications from the Forum for the Future of Higher Education (2004)
Type:Articles, Papers, and Reports
Abstract:The University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Technology was created to match motivated humanists with broad-minded computer scientists to create new tools for understanding the record of human experience. The Valley of the Shadow Civil War project has employed digitization to create a digital archive of reference material.
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