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Lee, Dabae – Educational Technology, 2014
Personalized learning (PL) is spotlighted as a way to transform K-12 educational systems. PL customizes learning pace, instructional methods, and learning content to individual students. As much as PL sounds promising and complex, little guidance is available to educators and policymakers about how to effectively design PL. Five essential features…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Instruction, Instructional Design, Educational Principles
Mong, Christopher J.; Ertmer, Peggy A. – Educational Technology, 2013
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) disciplines are considered key to the scientific and economic improvement in the United States. As noted by the Carnegie Corporation of New York (2011), we need a nation in which "all" teachers and thus, all students, are "STEM-capable" (p. 2), that is, equipped with a broad…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Relevance (Education)
Reigeluth, Charles M. – Educational Technology, 2011
This article describes instructional theory that supports post-industrial education and training systems--ones that are customized and learner-centered, in which student progress is based on learning rather than time. The author discusses the importance of problem-based instruction (PBI), identifies some problems with PBI, overviews an…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Instructional Innovation, Instructional Development, Educational Theories
Lee, Eunbae – Educational Technology, 2011
Web 2.0 technologies have created a trend of user-generated content by supporting media production, collaboration, communication, and dissemination. User-generated content is translated into student-generated content (SGC) in education. SGC engages learners in an authentic project that fosters students' autonomy, creativity, and real-world…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Student Motivation, Student Developed Materials, Active Learning