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Niu, Xi – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Since the adoption of faceted search in a small number of academic libraries in 2006, faceted library catalogs have gained popularity in many academic and public libraries. This dissertation seeks to understand whether faceted search improves the interactions between searchers and library catalogs and to understand ways that facets are used in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Technology, Design Requirements, Accuracy
Kelly, Valerie Hunter – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Virtual environments, virtual worlds, simulations, 3D models are loaded with potential, promise, and problems. While learning in virtual settings is still being researched, instructional designers are challenged as to which instructional design practices are best suited for virtual environments (VEs). The problem is there is a lack of a conceptual…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Virtual Classrooms, Humanities, Computer Simulation
Branon, Rovy F., III – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Design research systematically creates or improves processes, products, and programs through an iterative progression connecting practice and theory (Reinking, 2008; van den Akker, 2006). Developing a new instructional systems design (ISD) processes through design research is necessary when new technologies emerge that challenge existing practices…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Guidelines, Instructional Materials, Instructional Design
Gurzick, David – ProQuest LLC, 2009
American adolescents have experienced growth in their use of online communities; yet, it was unknown whether the current understanding of online-community design applied to the design of communities specific to adolescents. This study bridged this gap, examining (a) How adolescents interact in an online community designed in accordance with…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Adolescents, Interaction, Guidelines
Fiester, Herbert R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The first purpose of this study was to identify procedural and heuristic knowledge used when creating web-based instruction. The second purpose of this study was to develop suggestions for improving the Heuristic Task Analysis process, a technique for eliciting, analyzing, and representing expertise in cognitively complex tasks. Three expert…
Descriptors: Expertise, Design Requirements, Instructional Design, Web Based Instruction
Martinez, Luis A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
In the United States, 21% of all energy is used in residential buildings (40% of which is for heating and cooling homes). Promising improvements in residential building energy efficiency are underway such as the Building America Program and the Passive House Concept. The ability of improving energy efficiency in buildings is enhanced by building…
Descriptors: Structural Elements (Construction), Conservation (Concept), Energy Conservation, Energy