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Ari, Fatih; Vasconcelos, Lucas; Tang, Hengtao; Grant, Michael M.; Arslan-Ari, Ismahan; Moore, Alison L. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
The purpose of this paper was to explore the experiences of doctoral students in an Ed.D. program in Learning Design and Technologies at the University of South Carolina. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from 35 students after their degree completion. Overall, the students were satisfied with the quality and the value of the…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Online Courses, Doctoral Students, Instructional Design
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Ensmann, Suzanne; Ward, Angela; Fonseca, Andrea; Petersen, Erika – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
Well-designed instructional programs seamlessly promote human performance. Students are often unaware of countless iterations of formative evaluation completed to improve effectiveness, efficiency, motivation, and flow of that instructional design. This paper examines one research-based, comprehensive, systematic evaluation approach as applied by…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Instructional Design, Graduate Study, Training
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Mary Ellen Dello Stritto; Naomi R. Aguiar; Greta R. Underhill; Cat Turk; Gretchen Lohry-Smith; Raquel Lamantain – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
In higher education, online students are often precluded from research assistantships that are more accessible for campus-based students. At a highly ranked institution for online learning, we developed the Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to address this gap in opportunities for online students. The URP is designed to engage fully distanced…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Distance Education, Student Research, Research Opportunities
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Fletcher-Watson, Sue – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
The proliferation of mobile technologies and apps raises questions for researchers in the field of educational technology. Many apps are marketed as having impact on learning or therapeutic outcome in populations with additional support needs. This paper briefly outlines three possible academic responses to the rise of therapeutic technologies for…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Telecommunications, Computer Oriented Programs, Autism
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Dabbagh, Nada; English, Mary – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
This research examined students' self-reported proficiency in Instructional Design (ID) competencies using IBSTPI and AECT standards in order to assess the extent to which these standards are integrated in a university's graduate ID program. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 34 students who completed Advanced Instructional Design…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Instructional Design
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Tracey, Monica W.; Chatervert, Lake, Kristy; Wilson, Robert – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2008
This design case focuses on the redesign of Advanced Instructional Design, a capstone course taught in a Midwestern university's Masters of Training and Development program. The goal of the course was to have students integrate knowledge and skills from previous courses including needs assessment, introduction to instructional design, and program…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Instructional Design, Program Evaluation, Needs Assessment
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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