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Mayer, R. E. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2017
This paper reviews 12 research-based principles for how to design computer-based multimedia instructional materials to promote academic learning, starting with the multimedia principle (yielding a median effect size of d = 1.67 based on five experimental comparisons), which holds that people learn better from computer-based instruction containing…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Electronic Learning, Instructional Materials
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Luck, Morgan – Distance Education, 2009
The principle of equality states that it is bad for some people to be worse off than others. In the context of distance education, this principle is violated on those occasions where on-campus students have access, not only to all the resources available to distance education students, but also to face-to-face tutorials. This is because the…
Descriptors: On Campus Students, Equal Education, Access to Education, Instructional Materials
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Wang, Shousan; Sleeman, Phillip J. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1994
Evaluation of the impact of computer-related technologies on learning must take place within a theoretical framework consisting of theories, concepts, and principles to be meaningful. The framework provides the context of a research, its rationale, and its significance. The instructional theory and technology defined by Robert Gagne is selected as…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Educational Principles, Educational Research
Felini, Damiano – Online Submission, 2008
Background: The penetration of video games in media consumption behaviors is statistically very significant all over the world. Education and media education cannot ignore this phenomenon, as it is so relevant for such a considerable part of the population, especially youth. The application of media education principles and goals to video games is…
Descriptors: Video Games, Teaching Methods, Popular Culture, Media Literacy
Allert, Heidrun; Dhraief, Hadhami; Kunze, Tobias; Nejdl, Wolfgang; Richter, Christoph – 2002
This paper presents and discusses the evolution of a metadata-based course portal, the Open Learning Repository (OLR). Different instructional models and learning principles are integrated in order to meet different learning and teaching strategies: different metadata models (domain model, instructional model, cooperative and structural model) are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Content, Distance Education, Educational Principles
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Mumba, Frackson; Chabalengula, Vivien Mweene; Bassoppo-Moyo, T. C. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 2006
Teaching is a moral and educational enterprise. Therefore, teachers are expected to explain and justify the instructional methods and designs they use in their teaching to demonstrate how they meet the moral and educational ends of the teaching enterprise. To justify the use of particular instructional methods and designs goes beyond giving a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Ethics
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
Spector, J. Michael – 1999
There is an obvious growth in the use of distributed and online learning environments. There is some evidence to believe that collaborative learning environments can be effective, especially when using advanced technology to support learning in and about complex domains. There is also an extensive body of research literature in the areas of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education, Educational Environment
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Rodriguez-Artacho, Miguel; Verdejo Maillo, M. Felisa – Educational Technology & Society, 2004
This paper presents a reference framework to describe educational material. It introduces the PALO Language as a cognitive based approach to Educational Modeling Languages (EML). In accordance with recent trends for reusability and interoperability in Learning Technologies, EML constitutes an evolution of the current content-centered…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Standards, Teaching Methods, Instructional Materials
Henderson, George; Nash, Susan Smith – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2007
This book will improve the quality of instruction that college students need. It makes numerous suggestions that must be tended to when teachers instruct students. For example, the authors speculate about ways teachers can present what may at times seem to be a mountain of information without burying students under it; why teachers must…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Short Term Memory, Internet, Discussion Groups
Geser, Guntram, Ed. – Online Submission, 2007
As a Transversal Action under the European eLearning Programme, the Open e-Learning Content Observatory Services (OLCOS) project carries out a set of activities that aim at fostering the creation, sharing and re-use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Europe and beyond. OER are understood to comprise content for teaching and learning,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Educational Resources, Lifelong Learning
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Lamboy, Carmen, Ed.; Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2002
For the twenty-fifth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. This is Volume 2 of the 25th Annual Proceedings of Selected Papers On the Practice of Educational Communications and Technology Presented at The National Convention…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2003
For the twenty-sixth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. This is Volume 2 of the 26th Annual Proceedings of Selected Papers On the Practice of Educational Communications and Technology presented at the National AECT…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Education Programs