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Hong, Yi-Chun; Clinton, Gregory; Rieber, Lloyd P. – Educational Technology, 2014
Profitable creative ideas can emerge from within virtually any phase of the instructional design and development process. However, the design of user interactions is perhaps where learners can most directly experience the benefits of such ideas. In this article, the authors discuss principles of learner interaction as found in the instructional…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Creative Development, Creative Thinking
Lee, Dabae – Educational Technology, 2014
Personalized learning (PL) is spotlighted as a way to transform K-12 educational systems. PL customizes learning pace, instructional methods, and learning content to individual students. As much as PL sounds promising and complex, little guidance is available to educators and policymakers about how to effectively design PL. Five essential features…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Instruction, Instructional Design, Educational Principles
Thompson, Scott – Educational Technology, 2014
Through ongoing rapid-fire changes in the nature of communications, the social, professional, and political landscapes of our time are rapidly transforming. But the prevailing paradigm in most schools and school systems is a relic of the industrial revolution. Schools and school systems must adopt a new paradigm for learning if they are to remain…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Educational Principles
Aslan, Sinem; Reigeluth, Charles M.; Thomas, Dee – Educational Technology, 2014
To achieve truly learner-centered instruction and assessment, Reigeluth (1994) and Reigeluth and Karnopp (2013) pointed out the importance of schools providing a caring environment. They indicated that such an environment could be ensured with better interaction and relationships among students and teachers in a small learning community. How can a…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Educational Change, Independent Study
Gardner, Joel – Educational Technology, 2010
Research has shown that when Merrill's First Principles of Instruction are used as part of an instructional strategy, student learning increases. Several articles describe these principles of instruction, including specific methods for implementing this theory. However, because teachers and designers often have little time to design instruction,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Instructional Design, Literature Reviews, Educational Principles
Galbreath, Jeremy – Educational Technology, 2000
Explores knowledge management concepts, with a special emphasis on its use as an educational technology. Discusses the need for knowledge management technology in education. Provides a framework that defines an overall approach and process to knowledge management. Offers recommendations for effectively leveraging knowledge management in education.…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Educational Technology
Berge, Zane L. – Educational Technology, 1999
Relates differences between education and training to the difference between hunting and fishing. Discusses instructional methods and design, principles, objectives, and theories. (AEF)
Descriptors: Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices, Educational Principles
Jonassen, David H. – Educational Technology, 2003
Describes some of the many conceptions of learning that have guided the field of instructional design in two main periods: one focusing on learning from an objectivist perspective, which lasted most of the 20th century, and one focusing on learning from cognitive and social constructivist perspectives, which has dominated the past decade. (AEF)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Development, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
Harbeck, Julia D.; Sherman, Thomas M. – Educational Technology, 1999
Illustrates how each of these principles may guide decisions about Web-based design for young children consistent with developmentally appropriate practice: (1) simple, clean and concrete design; (2) adult guidance; (3) progressive and individualized; (4) relevant to children; (5) integrated activities; (6) active and enjoyable; and (7)…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Design Preferences
Mathison, Carla; Pohan, Cathy – Educational Technology, 1999
Focuses on an Internet-based instructional activity called a WebQuest. Highlights WebQuest components and explains the pedagogical rationale for the activity's structure. Describes a WebQuest designed to help preservice and inservice teachers examine the core democratic principles of the United States and the reflection of those principles within…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Democratic Values, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Moallem, Mahnaz; Earle, Rodney S. – Educational Technology, 1998
In an effort to connect current research findings on teacher thinking with components of instructional design models and principles, this article discusses a new contextual model for thinking about teaching and considers the implications of the model for instructional development of research in instructional design and teacher thinking. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Educational Development, Educational Practices
Damarin, Suzanne K. – Educational Technology, 2000
Suggests that "digital differences" is a more appropriate view of the situation facing educators than the concept of the "digital divide." Introduces five principles providing direction for the design and development of technology-enhanced educational activities appropriate to the diversity of students-with-computer-access:…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Practices