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Ahern, Terence C. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2016
Using social media can create a rich learning environment that crosses all content areas. The key to creating this environment is for instructors and designers to match appropriate social media software with the intended learning outcome. This article describes an instructional design strategy that helps educators create learning activities that…
Descriptors: Social Media, Educational Environment, Appropriate Technology, Instructional Design
Rosemary, Catherine A.; Feldman, Naomi – Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse, 2009
Like authors who create settings as integral components of engaging narratives, thoughtful literacy coaches and other educators who plan and implement professional development consider elements of settings to engage teachers in continuous learning. Many teacher educators, researchers, administrators, literacy coaches, and K-12 teachers understand…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Lifelong Learning, Faculty Development, Professional Development
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Jonassen, David H.; Rohrer-Murphy, Lucia – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1999
Defines activity theory as a socio-cultural and socio-historical lens through which the interaction of human activity and consciousness within its relevant environmental context can be analyzed. Describes how activity theory can be used as a framework for analyzing activities and settings for the purpose of designing constructivist learning…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Design Preferences, Educational Environment, Educational Research
Schaffer, Scott – 2000
This paper describes the design of a Web-based learning environment for leadership facilitators in a United States military organization. The overall aim of this project was to design a prototype of an online learning environment that supports leadership facilitators' knowledge development in the content area of motivation. The learning…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Design Preferences, Educational Environment
Wedekind, Joachim; Lechner, Martin; Tergan, Sigmar-Olaf – 1998
This paper presents an approach for developing flexible Hypermedia Learning Environments (HMLE) and applies this theoretical framework to the creation of a layered model of a hypermedia system, called HyperDisc, developed at the German Institute for Research on Distance Education. The first section introduces HMLE and suggests that existing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Design Preferences, Distance Education
Winfield, William; Mealy, Martha; Scheibel, Pamela – 1998
The University of Wisconsin Learning Innovations Center's instructional design model for World Wide Web delivered courses incorporates a range of collaborative discussions and interactive experiences for the learner. In addition, these courses capitalize on the multimedia learning environment that the web offers to accommodate many kinds of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Course Evaluation, Design Preferences