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Pastore, Raymond; Ritzhaupt, Albert D. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
It is now common practice for instructional designers to incorporate digitally recorded lectures for Podcasts (e.g., iTunes University), voice-over presentations (e.g., PowerPoint), animated screen captures with narration (e.g., Camtasia), and other various learning objects with digital audio in the instructional method. As a result, learners are…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Literature Reviews, Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials
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Kurt, Serhat – Computers in the Schools, 2012
A WebQuest is an inquiry-based online learning technique. This technique has been widely adopted in K-16 education. Therefore, it is important that conditions of effective WebQuest design are defined. Through this article the author presents techniques for improving WebQuest design based on current research. More specifically, the author analyzes…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Performance Factors, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
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Sirotnik, Kenneth A. – Educational Leadership, 1985
Proposes a method for evaluating courseware as an integral part of curriculum, based both on "curriculum commonplaces" (the curriculum content and all that surrounds it) and on educational values and beliefs; an evaluative matrix is offered, with the commonplaces arrayed along one axis, values and beliefs along the other. (MCG)
Descriptors: Courseware, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
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Rieber, Lloyd P. – Educational Technology, Research and Development, 1992
Describes the Space Shuttle Commander software package, which utilizes the dynaturtle microworld to teach elementary and middle school students about Newton's laws of motion. Design considerations for computer-based microworlds that represent a compromise between the philosophies of constructivism and direct instruction are presented. (91…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware, Educational Principles
Keegan, Desmond – 2002
The future of electronic learning was explored in an analysis that viewed the provision of learning at a distance as a continuum and traced the evolution from distance learning to electronic learning to mobile learning in Europe and elsewhere. Special attention was paid to the following topics: (1) the impact of the industrial revolution, the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness, Courseware
Kerka, Sandra; Wonacott, Michael E. – 2000
This document examines issues and techniques related to assessment of online learning for adult, career, and vocational education. The document begins with an overview of the disadvantages of assessing at a distance and the issue of security in the online environment. The following aspects of continuous assessment are discussed: characteristics…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Career Education