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Rushby, Nick – Educational Technology, 2016
One of the key trends in learning technology in recent years has been the growing interest in simulations and serious games. Much of the research into simulations and serious games has tended to focus on aspects of fun and engagement rather than on what is happening in the process to cause transferable learning. Much of it has been based on small…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Games, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods
Viner, Mark; Shaughnessy, Michael F. – Educational Technology, 2016
The authors present this interview with Eric Chiang, Associate Professor of Economics, Director of Instructional Technology, and Technology Director for the Online MBA Program at Florida Atlantic University. He has authored 26 peer-reviewed research publications and is the author of "CoreEconomics," an economic principles textbook now in…
Descriptors: Interviews, Educational Technology, Career Development, Profiles
Gordon, Steven; Gayeski, Diane – Educational Technology, 2013
In light of considerable debate centering on the value of higher education and its effect on student preparation for the world of work, this article describes new methods employed in teaching an introductory professional course and the outcomes of its initial offerings. This case study supports research indicating that problem-based learning is an…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Communication Skills, Instructional Effectiveness
Calandra, Brendan; Brantley-Dias, Laurie – Educational Technology, 2010
The authors describe the generative process for using video editing for teachers' professional development. The article provides a rationale, a theoretical framework, and a critical review of the authors' work over the past five years.
Descriptors: Editing, Beginning Teachers, Professional Development, Vignettes
Rosaen, Cheryl; Lundeberg, Mary; Terpstra, Marjorie – Educational Technology, 2010
The use of reflection and analysis in preparation of elementary and secondary preservice teachers has become a standard practice aimed at helping them develop the capacity to engage in intentional and systematic investigation of their practice. Editing video may be a more powerful tool than writing reflections based on memory to help preservice…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Reflective Teaching, Reflection
Chen, Li-Ling – Educational Technology, 2011
Educators have been paying attention to the teaching potential of the 3D virtual world browsing program Second Life, and they have been using the tool to teach subjects such as arts and mathematics in the past few years. In this article, the author focuses on how to teach language arts in Second Life. Advantages and disadvantages of two Second…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Teaching Methods, Web Based Instruction, Online Systems
Fadde, Peter; Rich, Peter – Educational Technology, 2010
Contemporary changes in pedagogy point to the need for a higher level of video production value in most classroom video, replacing the default video protocol of an unattended camera in the back of the classroom. The rich and complex environment of today's classroom can be captured more fully using the higher level, but still easily manageable,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Public School Teachers, Evaluation Methods, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
Fletcher, J. D.; Tobias, Sigmund – Educational Technology, 2011
Evidence collected on the effectiveness of four educational technologies is briefly reviewed. The authors conclude that there is reasonable evidence that computer-assisted instruction can have at least a modest effect on improving learning and probably more when its instructional approaches are properly matched to instructional objectives, that…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Educational Research
Hannafin, Michael J.; Shepherd, Craig E.; Polly, Drew – Educational Technology, 2010
Digital video is used to capture and assess a wide range of everyday classroom teaching practices. Generally, these applications are informal in nature and considered either risk-free or risk-neutral by teachers. Increasingly, however, captured video can be scrutinized and assessed by "others" to determine the presence and/or quality of specific…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Evaluation Problems, Instructional Effectiveness
Rosen, Yigal; Wolf, Iris – Educational Technology, 2011
This article describes the educational effects of the Time To Know Digital Teaching Platform used with low socio-economic status (SES) students' in learning mathematics, Hebrew, and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Israel. The study described in the article is based on the assumption that one of the possible solutions for bridging the social…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
Parker, J. R.; Becker, Katrin; Sawyer, Ben – Educational Technology, 2008
Everything old is new again. In a recent "Point of View" editorial commentary in "Educational Technology," Richard E. Clark revisits the now-famous media-effects debate with a focus on serious games. Clark argues that serious games have little to offer that improves upon traditional methods. This article responds to those claims. While Clark's…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Reader Response, Rhetorical Criticism, Misconceptions
Rowland, Gordon – Educational Technology, 1995
Responds to two arguments made by Walter Dick in the debate over instructional design and creativity: (1) "creativeness" should not dominate effectiveness and efficiency; and (2) systematic instructional design methods do result in "creative instruction" when they are used appropriately. Also lists respondent's assumptions and claims. (JMV)
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Creativity, Debate, Efficiency
Jolicoeur, Karen; Berger, Dale E. – Educational Technology, 1986
Examination of methods used by two software review services in evaluating microcomputer courseware--EPIE (Educational Products Information Exchange) and MicroSIFT (Microcomputer Software and Information for Teachers)--found low correlations between their recommendations for 82 programs. This lack of agreement casts doubts on the usefulness of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews, Construct Validity, Evaluation Methods
Young, Andrea C. – Educational Technology, 1997
Defines higher order learning and its component parts, and describes how it can be taught. Argues that effective strategy training interventions use multicomponent interventions, embed strategy training interventions, offer practice of higher-order skills within the context of existing curricula, explain the utility of different cognitive and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Educational Strategies, Instructional Effectiveness
Chang, Chi-Cheng – Educational Technology, 2003
Evidence exists that many students experience difficulties in comprehending the complexities of instructional system design (ISD), and they simply memorize its principles, with low levels of understanding. This article explores what tasks a student who takes an ISD course does as he or she performs a project of systematic and systemic…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Computer System Design, Educational Technology, Higher Education
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