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Increasing the use of technology is essential for the vitality of today’s classroom because technology creates an environment that fosters positive attitudes toward learning and increase technologically literacy among K-12 students. Web-based applications that are centered on classroom lessons are effective at increasing literacy because it heightens students’ motivation and interaction with technology. This paper will address the effect technology can have on advancing computer literacy when incorporated into the classroom through web-based learning environments. Moreover, it will take you behind the scenes from design to implementation of ChemiNet which is a web-based learning environment to support introductory Chemistry.
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Adams, C., Seals, C. (2011). A Web-Based Learning Environment to Support Chemistry. In: Jacko, J.A. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Users and Applications. HCI 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6764. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21619-0_1
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