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Making Learning-Centered Teaching Work: Practical Strategies for Implementation. Second Edition of "Developing Learning-Centered Teaching"
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Blumberg, Phyllis – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2019
This is a substantially expanded and enhanced revision of Phyllis Blumberg's acclaimed and bestselling book, "Developing Learner-Centered Teaching: A Practical Guide for Faculty" (Jossey-Bass, 2009). This easy to follow how-to-guide provides faculty with both a thorough introduction to this evidence-based approach to teaching and…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods, Evidence Based Practice, Academic Standards
Instructional Improvement Systems: Planning and Implementation Guide
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Reform Support Network, 2014
This guidebook provides an introduction to Instructional Improvement Systems (IIS) for State education agency (SEA) managers and program leads. Functional components of a theoretical IIS model are discussed and used as a reference point for the introduction a seven-step planning and implementation cycle designed to guide SEAs in the development of…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, State Departments of Education, Educational Planning, Program Implementation
Professional Learning Communities by Design: Putting the Learning Back into PLCs
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Easton, Lois Brown – Corwin, 2011
If you are looking for an organic approach to purpose-driven professional learning, this is the book for you. Award-winning educator Lois Brown Easton's latest work provides a compelling case study in narrative form, a chronological PLC planning outline, and first-hand "lessons learned" about how PLCs develop, mature, and sustain themselves. You…
Descriptors: Discussion, Intentional Learning, Inservice Teacher Education, Guides
The Long and Winding Path (from Instructional Design to Performance Technology): Installment IV--Two Basic Tools of Human Performance Technology.
Carr, Clay; Totzke, Larry – Performance and Instruction, 1995
Discusses two tools necessary for the successful practice of human performance technology: gathering data and interpreting data. The focus is on what data to gather, how to gather it, and how to interpret the data. (Author/JKP)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Human Factors Engineering
How to Assess Staff Training Workshops. An Appropriate Technology Approach.
Masterton, Pauline M. – Performance and Instruction, 1984
Presents an activities assessment model based on Schumacher's concept of appropriate technology for assessing results of nonformal staff training activities. This model includes identifying training purposes, matching needs to capability levels, choosing source persons to judge student achievement, defining evidence and indicators, generating…
Descriptors: Achievement, Course Evaluation, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Non-Speech Sound in Human-Computer Interaction: A Review and Design Guidelines.
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Hereford, James; Winn, William – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1994
Reviews research on uses of computer sound and suggests how sound might be used effectively by instructional and interface designers. Topics include principles of interface design; the perception of sound; earcons, both symbolic and iconic; sound in data analysis; sound in virtual environments; and guidelines for using sound. (70 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Acoustics, Auditory Perception, Computer Assisted Instruction, Data Analysis
Instructional Software Design Principles.
Hazen, Margret – Educational Technology, 1985
Discusses learner/computer interaction, learner control, sequencing of instructional events, and graphic screen design as effective principles for the design of instructional software, including tutorials. (MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Courseware, Data Analysis, Feedback