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Duffy, Francis M. – Educational Technology, 2014
This article presents a simile for understanding the power of paradigms, mental models, and mind-sets as religion-like phenomena. The author clarifies the meaning of the three phenomena to help readers to see how the phenomena become significant sources of resistance to change. He concludes by outlining a paradigm-shifting process to assist…
Descriptors: Barriers, Systems Approach, Resistance to Change, Educational Change
Watson, William R.; Watson, Sunnie Lee – Educational Technology, 2014
Higher education is under enormous pressure to transform itself and embrace a new paradigm. Operating under an outdated model that no longer aligns with the realities of modern society, institutions of higher education are recognizing the need to drastically remake themselves or possibly cease to exist. This article explores the current landscape…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Systems Approach
Kim, Daniel H. – Educational Technology, 2014
The importance of public education has never been greater as we enter the dawn of a new millennium. Innumerable efforts have been focused on improving public education, but the unfortunate result has been an array of fractured, piecemeal efforts. What is needed is a systemic approach to go from "tweaking" to "transforming"…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Change, Systems Approach, Case Studies
Christakis, Alexander; Hammond, Debora; Jackson, Michael; Laszlo, Alexander; Mitroff, Ian; Snowden, Dave; Troncale, Len; Carr-Chellman, Alison; Spector, J. Michael; Wilson, Brent – Educational Technology, 2013
Scholars representing the field of systems science were asked to identify what they considered to be the most exciting and imaginative work currently being done in their field, as well as how that work might change our understanding. The scholars included Alexander Christakis, Debora Hammond, Michael Jackson, Alexander Laszlo, Ian Mitroff, Dave…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Science Education, Reflection, Scholarship
Watson, Sunnie Lee; Watson, William R. – Educational Technology, 2014
At-risk student bodies in public school districts have very different cultures of learning from mainstream learning communities. Policies and practices in schools tend to isolate these student bodies for convenience in administration and instruction, and little consideration is given to whether these experiences of isolation from the larger…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Student Participation, Educational Change, Change Strategies
Hoban, Charles F. – Educational Technology, 2010
Appointment of a national Commission on Instructional Technology under the Public Broadcasting Act points up the need for broad participation in defining agreeable boundaries of the field of instructional technology. The assignment is complicated by a posture of pessimism in a new power structure of instructional technology, or "learning systems,"…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Instructional Innovation, Innovation, Educational Technology
Renckly, Thomas – Educational Technology, 1980
The systems approach to instruction is studied through an analysis of the use of this approach by the U.S. Air Force's Air Training Command. An explanation of the USAF Instructional Systems Development (ISD) model is given. (RAO)
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Instructional Systems, Military Training, Models
Collis, Betty A.; Verwijs, Carla – Educational Technology, 1995
Examines new types of educational software. Topics addressed include electronic performance support systems (EPSSs); other examples of electronic support; a systems approach and a human approach to identifying a common category for EPSSs; users' activities and needs; feedback; hybrid EPSSs; and design guidelines. (35 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Courseware, Feedback, Guidelines
Banathy, Bela H. – Educational Technology, 1995
Discussion of societal and technological changes in the 20th century and the resulting paradigm shift focuses on the need to develop a systems view of education. The genesis of the systems view is explained; an example of a possible systems model is presented; and applications in education are considered. (LRW)
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Models, Social Change, Systems Approach
Garavaglia, Paul – Educational Technology, 1996
Discusses transfer of training and explains the Transfer Design Model, which provides a comprehensive process for designing transfer techniques into training materials and organizational systems. Topics include initial performance measure, systemic design factors, instructional design factors, training, maintenance system, and transfer performance…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Measurement Techniques, Models, Systems Approach
Carr-Chellman, Alison A. – Educational Technology, 2000
Discusses the current situation in educational systems based on a consideration of scientific concepts including chaos theory, complexity, and dynamical social systems. Highlights include systemic change in education; perturbation; self-organization; dissipation of rigid structures; sensitivity to initial conditions; entropy; bifurcations; and…
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Scientific Concepts
Solomon, David L. – Educational Technology, 2002
Discusses various ways in which context may be interpreted to enhance learning and performance; illustrates domains of learning using a hockey team as an example; and suggests implications for learning, performance, and instructional design. Highlights include an ecological systems model; and examples of individual development, team learning, and…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Instructional Design, Learning, Learning Strategies
Salisbury, David F. – Educational Technology, 1989
Describes basic concepts in the field of general systems theory (GST) and explains the relationship between instructional systems design (ISD) and GST. Benefits of integrating GST into the curriculum of ISD graduate programs are discussed, and a short bibliography on GST is included. (LRW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Instructional Design
Comprehensive Systems Design in Education: Designing Education around the Learning Experience Level.
Banathy, Bela H. – Educational Technology, 1993
Discussion of educational systems design describes four systems levels that can be emphasized: learning experience, instructional, administration, and governance levels. Factors to be considered in selecting a focus level and the implications of focusing on the learning experience level are discussed; and a table comparing instructional and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Instructional Design, Learner Controlled Instruction, Learning Experience
Liu, Ming-Chou – Educational Technology, 2001
Examines the developmental needs for Web-based courses, focusing on content, user interface, and pedagogy. Studies the Web course development process as a system, explores various stages in the process, and includes graphs and tables designed to be used as management tools for the effective development of Web-based courses. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Content Analysis, Graphs