Design of instruction is an important feature in teacher education at fulfilling the needs of 4Cs ("critical thinker," "communicator," "collaborator," "creator") developing "a globally competitive learners". As Instructional design models (ID) need to move from adopting a standard approach to…

In 2006, the author worked on a pre-service education course in instructional media and revised it to include ICTs and technology integration, as part of a national program to infuse ICTs throughout Namibia's educational system. The course was to be implemented in 2008 at all four Colleges of Education in Namibia responsible for the Basic…

An examination of the current state of the art of podcasting, with a focus on video podcasting. Included are a review of the history and technical aspects of podcasting and an overview of current educational applications of podcasting. A detailed description of an experiment conducted in creating and distributing video podcast episodes is…

This article is a workshop report and exploration of interim outcomes related to the role and significance of online teachers and exposes a range of ways of understanding online teaching, including from competency, humanistic and cognitive perspectives. The main body of the report concentrates on a competency-based approach. (JMK)

A software package, ThinkingLand, was developed to help students' understanding of the content and thinking processes involved when using multimedia. Topics include multimedia reports and knowledge building; journal writing; collaboration; procedural facilitations; and the design and instructional applications of ThinkingLand. (AEF)

This examination of the Air Force instructional development model begins by presenting the history of instructional development in the Air Force and providing reasons for the adoption of the instructional systems development (ISD) process. Each step of the ISD process is explained, and supporting forms and diagrams are provided. The steps…

Provides worksheet that can be used to calculate the costs of a complete training intervention, a needs assessment, an evaluation of a specific program, media production, or job aids. Developed in response to the General Motors Great Job Aid Contest, this aid includes a glossary of terms. (LRW)

Discusses the nature of technology transfer in education, outlines the impact of new technologies on educational practices, evaluates the connections between the capabilities of videodiscs and the learning activities to which they may be applied, and describes the design variables which will affect the development of videodisc-based instructional…

Outlines the principles of instructional development as they are related to particular situations faced by librarians who teach library skills. Fifty-six references are cited. (FM)

Offers recommendations about the appropriate role of technology in higher education: too much technology in your class can be negative; technology can intimidate if students have not been uniformly prepared before its use; students can be unforgiving if technology fails; technology-assisted process can be more important than the product developed;…

This paper focuses on how people learn to help educators design curriculum that will enable students to successfully complete a distance learning class. Up-front organization, clear communication about performance expectations, outcome driven assessment, and imaginative learning strategies are critical to successful distance learning.…

Addresses some of the issues that instructional designers will face in the near future and ways to deal with new instructional affordances and constraint, including: Menu and Audio, Video, Subpicture Interleaved, Streamlining Digital Media (MAVSI-SDM); three-dimensional flowcharting; designing multi-faceted storyboards and scripts; managing video,…

This report is intended to provide publishers and product developers with a summary of background information about strategy instruction for disabled learners. It also offers suggestions for how media and materials could be produced and designed to facilitate the teaching and learning of strategies. The first section looks at cognitive and…

This chapter describes the history and philosophy of the professional preparation program for instructional developers at Michigan State University (MSU). The history of the program is traced from the establishment of the MSU Audiovisual Center in 1952 through the Joint Film Catalog and the NDEA (National Defense Education Act) Fellowships in the…

The Didactics of Informatics research group at the University of Paderborn (Germany) is involved in efforts to design, implement and evaluate a curriculum for Media education for prospective teachers at the secondary school level. One major issue is the question of whether it is necessary for future teachers to learn the basic concepts of…