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Richard, Gabriela T. – Educational Technology, 2017
Games, play, and learning have a long and embedded history that outdates digital games by many years. However, video games, computing, and technology have significant and historically documented diversity issues, which privilege whites and males as content producers, computing and gaming experts, and STEM learners and employees. Many aspects of…
Descriptors: Video Games, Cultural Context, Design Preferences, Equal Education
Woo, Huay Lit – Educational Technology, 2013
The design of online learning environments is a complicated process because it entails the use of technological tools to mediate the various forms of interaction situated in the learning process. One possible way to help reduce such complication inherent in various forms of interaction is to look at design as a problem-solving activity. This means…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Interaction, Design
Howard, Craig D.; Boling, Elizabeth; Rowland, Gordon; Smith, Kennon M. – Educational Technology, 2012
The field of instructional design does not collect and share actual completed instructional designs and designers' reflections on the creation of those designs as an integral, widespread aspect of its practice. This article defines the instructional design case as a means of knowledge building. It lays out the components of instructional design…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Practices, Educational Needs, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
Lin, Yu-Ju; Kim, ChanMin – Educational Technology, 2013
Most classrooms in the U.S. are composed of students with different learning styles and experiences as well as different achievement levels (Ferguson, 2001). Personalized learning is a unique way of students' learning determined by their own learning style, pace, and needs. Focusing on individual differences, personalized instruction aims to…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Design Preferences
Hannum, Wallace H. – Educational Technology, 2012
Instructional design models have been criticized for being too inflexible and taking too long to follow to be useful in today's fast-paced environment. As a result, some have rejected instructional design. This article offers an alternative view of instructional design as flexible and able to be accomplished in much shorter time periods than…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Liang, Chaoyun; Lee, Yuan-Zone; Chou, Wen-Shou – Educational Technology, 2010
The integration of game playing with online education has recently become one of the most discussed issues in the e-learning field for its potentially positive impact on the development of related industries and on the social lives of young people. In this article, the authors propose a set of design considerations to assist game-based learning…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Educational Games, Technology Integration