Educational recommender systems offer benefits for workplace learning by tailoring the selection of learning activities to the individual's learning goals. However, existing systems focus on the learner as the primary stakeholder of learning processes and do not consider the organization's perspective. We conducted a systematic review to develop a…

Many existing reviews of educational technologies focus on the affordances of specific types of technology rather than how different technologies can be designed and used to achieve specific teaching and learning objectives. Furthermore, there appears to be a widely held assumption that the use of educational technology will result in improved…

Among public school teachers, parents, and all adults alike, at least eight in 10 recognize that students vary in how they learn, say schools should address learner variability, and favor tailored instruction--an approach designed to address learner variability--over conventional whole group instruction. Yet nine in 10 teachers, about eight in 10…

As more K-12 students with disabilities enroll in online courses, virtual schools and programs are working to make courses accessible through stronger course design. When course designers approach the issue of accessibility, they must comply with legal requirements and mitigate the challenges many students with disabilities face for literacy and…

Educational technology presents a challenge to educators. It makes possible the instruction of an individual in any course the educator deems necessary. In order to utilize these new opportunities effectively, the educators must decide what the goals are for a person in an automated society. The educator must deal less with the teaching of…

Describes individualized process whereby student proceeds at own rate with materials geared to his ability and, in part, to his media preference. Participation by both parent and student in decision making is also discussed. Presented at APGA, Washington D.C., 1969. (Author/CJ)

While the open education movements and educational technology are often seen as mutually hostile, the challenge in education for the future is to find ways to develop the full range of each individual's capacities and of doing so while putting control of the learning process as much as possible in the learner's hands: for educational technology,…

It is becoming increasingly clear that advanced forms of total educational systems for total populations can be achieved over the next decade. (MM)

Composed of selected articles from recent issues of "Educational Technology" magazine, this volume in the review series covers individualizing instruction. Topic areas discussed in the articles include concepts of individualized instruction, student centered programs, systems for individualizing instruction, validation techniques, individualized…

This paper ties technologies used in education to purposes of education by correlating technologies with structures and structures with purposes. The paper begins with an exploration of the history of higher education structures, showing how technological innovation is a key component of major improvements in access to education. Next, the debate…

In Fall 1996, Alabama Southern Community College formally created its Teaching/Learning Initiative. This was done by implementing bold new efforts that would lead ultimately to its focus to "customize learning" for every student based upon learning styles and preferences. The 1996 efforts included the following commitments: (1) To assess…

This report summarizes the planning and implementation of an Educational System for the Seventies (ES-70), a research and demonstration program for developing a relevant, individualized, and economically feasible secondary school curriculum and organization. Research efforts are patterned to establish performance objectives for selected…

This bibliography of over 170 items on proprietary postsecondary education contains 10 sections: accreditation, adult and vocational education, general bibliographies, books and articles, dissertations and theses, encyclopedias, government reports, nontraditional education, research studies, and miscellaneous. The miscellaneous category contains…

Composed of articles recently published in "Educational Technology" magazine, this volume in the review series focuses on teacher education and educational technology. Articles are included which cover defining the role of teacher education and of teachers, differentiated staffing, educational accountability, performance contracting,…