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Download full textMurphy, David – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
About 20 years ago, while lost in the midst of his PhD research, the author mused over proposed titles for his thesis. He was pretty pleased with himself when he came up with "Chaos Rules" (the implied double meaning was deliberate), or more completely, "Chaos Rules: An Exploration of the Work of Instructional Designers in Distance Education." He…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Distance Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Environment
Sugar, William; Brown, Abbie; Luterbach, Kenneth – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
The researchers engaged in cooperative inquiry in order to explore screencasts as online instructional tools. In total, each researcher analyzed 37 screencasts, which provided over two hours of instruction. The content area of these screencasts concentrated on teaching specific computing procedures (e.g., how to install web server software or how…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Learning, Instructional Materials
Amiel, Tel – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
Remix is touted as one of the most important practices within the field of open educational resources (OER). But remixing is still not mainstream practice in education and the barriers and limitations to remix are not well known. In this article we discuss the design and development of a print and web-based booklet created to introduce the topic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Barriers, Educational Practices
Donkor, Francis – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
As video-based instructional materials become available to distance learners to learn practical skills at a distance, it is important to assess the instructional effectiveness of these materials and to understand how students respond to them. This paper is the second part of a larger exploratory study that assessed the instructional effectiveness…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Distance Education, Program Effectiveness
Harvey, Brian – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2005
Reusable learning objects are an approach that is receiving a significant amount of attention in distance-based and online education (see Reports # 11, 40, and 46 in this series). They have the potential to provide cost-effective, personalised instruction with a short development time. Instructional design principles, however, must play an…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Distance Education, Evaluation, Metadata
Friesen, Norm – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
A wide range of projects and organizations is currently making digital learning resources (learning objects) available to instructors, students, and designers via systematic, standards-based infrastructures. One standard that is central to many of these efforts and infrastructures is known as Learning Object Metadata (IEEE 1484.12.1-2002, or LOM).…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Metadata, Resource Units, Surveys
