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Higgins, Cynthia A. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Workplaces increasingly have enlisted their subject matter experts to construct online, asynchronous slideware lessons with simplified authoring tools. However, these subject matter experts lack instructional design knowledge and often transfer in-person slide lessons to an online format with few modifications and assume learners automatically…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Online Courses, Asynchronous Communication, Expertise
Peter D. Wallis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Open Education Practices (OEP) have been proposed as a way to increase both engagement in learning, and lower costs. Broadly, Open Educational Practices involve learners in creating, evaluating, remixing, or otherwise modifying Open Education Resources (OER). Aspirational descriptions of OEP frame them both as liberatory by engaging learners…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Assignments, Open Educational Resources, Open Education
Maria E. McMeans – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Social media has been used in massive open online courses (MOOCS) from the beginning of the MOOC movement. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google Hangouts have provided collaborative and engaging spaces for MOOC students to work together on projects and activities, and for instructors to guide students. Instructional…
Descriptors: Social Media, Instructional Design, MOOCs, Videoconferencing
Andrew Joseph Krause – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This is a study of student engagement with computational labs in Calculus 2. The labs task students with using MATLAB to investigate contexts such as rocket science, disease modeling, and market economics forecasting by modifying and executing provided code, guided by questions that have students report the results of their simulations or…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Computation, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction
Emily Marie Lovell – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The field of computer science has long been plagued by issues of diversity - in particular, attracting and retaining those historically marginalized in computing contexts. This is a great loss to the field, to the future of innovation, and to society. Perhaps most importantly, it is an incalculable loss to those populations excluded from pursuing…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Student Diversity, Higher Education, Instructional Design
Laurie A. Coker – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This developmental research aims to: (1) examine the developmental processes of the application called MagicSpells, a haptically-enhanced, digital, vocabulary acquisition application design for learners with dyslexia, (2) investigate the structure and design of the application, and (3) analyze the results of the reviews and usability tests…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Software, Vocabulary Development, Dyslexia
Jennifer Barnett Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation describes a practitioner's design-based development of a prototype chatbot to guide students in learning biological concepts of genetic mutations and protein synthesis. This chatbot's architecture provides learning activities, feedback, and support throughout a series of short, connected lessons. The chatbot is designed to…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Accuracy, Computer Software, Inquiry
Sanjana Gautam – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Adaptive learning systems aim to emulate how skilled educators provide every student with the best possible learning experience. We investigate how these systems might be enriched by incorporating activities and indicators of social learning, which focus on the influences of learners' social context and interactions. This doctoral research aims to…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Rating Scales
Ekaterina Tabenkina – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The present project is a research-based and practice-tested online synchronous curriculum for English language learners with the Russian language mother tongue. The curriculum's theoretical component is grounded in Vygotsky's, Leont'ev', and Engestrom's "Cultural Historical Activity Theory" as well as in scholarly papers on the influence…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Wanda Colon – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The effectiveness of workplace learning programs is linked to employee/learner motivation. However, our current understanding of workplace learning does not always acknowledge the importance of learner motivation to acquire new skills. In this study, I proposed that to obtain learning success and engage employees to learn on- the- job, employers…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Learning Motivation, Skill Development, Job Skills
Yusuf Adam Marafa – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Higher education is rapidly changing, and instructors are striving to match the needs of 21st-century digital learners. There is a growing demand and shift from traditional classes to the online mode of instruction for most post-secondary learning institutions. Additionally, with the recent pandemic (COVID-19), post-secondary institutions had to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, COVID-19, Pandemics
Mangano, Nicolas Francisco – ProQuest LLC, 2013
When developers are faced with a design challenge, they often turn to the whiteboard. This is typical during the conceptual stages of software design, when no code is in existence yet. It may also happen when a significant code base has already been developed, for instance, to plan new functionality or discuss optimizing a key component. While…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Visual Aids, Educational Equipment, Instructional Design
He, Mu – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The growth and wide use of the mobile app not only brought significant changes in our social and economic life but also provided promising opportunities in the field of education. The importance of the educational app has been recognized, as is seen by the efforts of educators and app developers in exploring its potential in the field of teaching…
Descriptors: Chinese, Computer Software, Computer Assisted Instruction, Independent Study
Kiper, J. Richard – ProQuest LLC, 2013
For large organizations, updating instructional programs presents a challenge to keep abreast of constantly changing business processes and policies. Each time a process or policy changes, significant resources are required to locate and modify the training materials that convey the new content. Moreover, without the ability to track learning…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Knowledge Management, Instructional Systems, Instructional Design
Eric John Seneca – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Learning occurs when content is accessed in a recursive process of awareness, exploration, reflection and resolution within one's social context. With the rapid adoption of mobile technologies, mobile learning (m-Learning) researchers should incorporate aspects of mobile human-computer interaction research into the instructional design process.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Kinesiology, Context Effect
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