Assignment 1: Term Search

Assignment 1

Name: Christie Burton                                              Course: 6312 Digital Learning Environments.
 



Search Term:
Computer based instruction

Total number of results from the UHV library:
8,333

Total number of results from Google Scholar:
905,000

Total number of results from ERIC:
98,834

Methods used to narrow the search:
I added in parenthesis with the term public schools to narrow down into my particular field of interest

Method used to find more related articles:
Changing terms or looking for news articles

List other resources that you could use for your search:

Being a teacher I lean towards lessons/activites,  I’ve gotten many great lesson ideas from Pinterest, Youtube, Teachers pay teachers, TCEA, and Eduhero. Other resources used to research could be Edtech times, which I’ve used before. 

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