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Fan Yang; Komal Farooq; Sicheng Jin; Hyejin Hwang; Jill Stefaniak – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
This study explores instructional designers' perspectives on the prioritization of competencies relevant to their professional practices. The competencies examined in this study are derived from the 2012 International Board of Standards for Training, Performance, and Instruction (IBSTPI). Using Q methodology, a unique approach that combines…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Competence, Educational Practices, Educational Development
Snelson, Chareen – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
Quest-based learning (QBL) is a choice-driven approach that integrates game elements in a gamified or game-based learning environment. A scoping review of the research literature was conducted to examine the extent, range and nature of the QBL research activity, how the approach has been used in educational practice and what benefits or…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Educational Benefits, Educational Practices, Feasibility Studies
Stavros A. Nikou; Maria Perifanou; Anastasios A. Economides – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
Augmented Reality (AR) can enhance learning experiences offering many benefits to students. However, its integration in educational practice is rather limited due to several obstacles. One of these obstacles is the absence of AR digital competencies among instructors. Limited research exists about teachers' competence areas in integrating AR in…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Technology Integration, Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation
Hromalik, Christopher D.; Myhill, William N.; Carr, Nancy R. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
This design case details the design and development of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Academy, a two-phase training to guide community college faculty in applying the UDL framework to their instruction. This article focuses on the first phase, in which faculty were trained in UDL. The authors of this paper, who were the creators and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Access to Education, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
Arrington, T. Logan; Moore, Alison L.; Bagdy, Lauren M. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
This article presents the results of a collective case study exploring how K12 practitioners perceive the interaction of systems thinking, creativity, and learning from failure within their professional practice. In order to identify K12 practitioners who were well-versed in systems thinking, we targeted students within an instructional design and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies, Creativity, Kindergarten
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
Hardre, Patricia L. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
The term "real-world ID" is commonly heard at professional conferences, but its meaning is assumed rather than defined. Unless we examine the meanings and implications of rhetoric of the field, we risk error in presenting ourselves, and we risk derailing the progress of our profession. This article examines the term "real world" as applied to…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Definitions, Misconceptions, Theory Practice Relationship
Carnahan, Chris; Fulton, Lacey – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
The area of online K-12 education is experiencing rapid growth, yet practice has greatly surpassed the research. This article looks to add to the field by examining special education students enrolled in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. There were over 2600 students in the state that were identified as special education students and enrolled in…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Web Based Instruction, Instructional Design, Special Education
Zydney, Janet Mannheimer; Hasselbring, Ted S. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2014
Teachers are challenged to create flexible learning environments that prepare students with diverse learning needs for adaptable thinking in a fast-paced and changing society. To address this need, we used a design-based research approach to develop a technology-based solution to individualize mathematical problem solving instruction to students…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving, Individualized Instruction
Snyder, Martha M. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
The Internet provides a powerful delivery system for learning. With improvements in web-based applications and information technology come new opportunities and challenges for educators to design, develop, and deliver effective instruction. Over the past few years, an increasing amount of research has been devoted to the design of online learning…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Web Sites, Instructional Design, Electronic Publishing
Lockee, Barbara B.; Reiser, Robert A. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
The IDT (Instructional Design and Technology) Program Information Tool is an online information sharing system which has been created to allow programs in the field of instructional design and technology to share their program policies and procedures with one another easily so as to help each program review those practices and perhaps adapt (or…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Web Sites, Educational Practices