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Kubler, Cornelius C. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
This article discusses principles involved in developing course materials for technology-mediated Chinese language learning, with examples from a new course designed to take into account the needs of distance and independent learners. Which learning environment is most efficient for a given learning activity needs to be carefully considered. It…
Descriptors: Material Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Activities
Durham, Helen; Arrell, Katherine – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2007
With increasing international collaboration in the delivery of higher education e-learning programmes, the requirement for changes in institutional practice needs to be considered in relation to the creation of shared online resources. A group of academic and learning technologists involved in a US/UK project experimented with technology and a new…
Descriptors: Material Development, Instructional Materials, Methods, Institutional Cooperation

Ahern, Terence C. – TechTrends, 1996
Proposes a framework for designers and teachers to research better design methodologies for distance education and to choose the most appropriate technologies and design better instructional tasks. Presents a scenario in which inherent characteristics of technologies are merged with task characteristics to create positive and powerful educational…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Design Requirements, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2005
This paper presents the challenges involved in designing a full set of online tutorial materials for a beginners' Spanish course for distance language learners utilising an online audiographic conferencing VLE for synchronous oral interaction. Although much has been written about task design and task-based learning and teaching (TBLT) in language…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Distance Education, Learning Activities
Jenkins, Janet – 1985
This manual is intended to train distance education staff in how to develop and edit teaching materials. Addressed in the individual units of the guide are the following topics: appointing writers, preparing to write, developing a course outline, selecting the structure of a unit, presenting the subject matter, developing student activities,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Perrin, Don; Perrin, Elizabeth – ED, Education at a Distance, 1995
Reports on the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and its role in furthering the use of distance learning technology. Highlights include activities; telecommunications; educational media; training; planning and advice; strategic alliances and outlooks; public administration; student record/management system; institutional and material development; a…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Instructional Development
Wedekind, Joachim; Lechner, Martin; Tergan, Sigmar-Olaf – 1998
This paper presents an approach for developing flexible Hypermedia Learning Environments (HMLE) and applies this theoretical framework to the creation of a layered model of a hypermedia system, called HyperDisc, developed at the German Institute for Research on Distance Education. The first section introduces HMLE and suggests that existing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Design Preferences, Distance Education
Svensson, Lars; Ekenstam, Tobias – 1998
One obvious reason that teachers hesitate to create Web sites for their distance courses is the lack of computer/technology skills. Other teachers who know how to create a well-structured course site are put off by the fact that it takes a lot of time to maintain it. Thus there is a risk that the course site will be ill-structured and poorly…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design
Lockwood, Fred – 1998
This book is based on training sessions conducted by the author that focused on key issues in the design of self-instructional materials, including an awareness of the distinctive features of self-instructional materials, characteristics of the target audience, and coming to grips with the resources and constraints within which one must work.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Guidelines
Lockwood, Fred – 1989
Open University course production involves a course team that is responsible for the initial planning, production, and presentation of the teaching material. Informal work sessions with other authors create an environment critical for authors' socialization into course production and the perpetuation of course team practice. This environment…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Distance Education, Educational Research
Driscoll, Margaret, Ed.; Reeves, Thomas C., Ed. – 2002
The 7th annual E-Learn world conference on e-learning in corporate, government, healthcare, and higher education organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) includes more than 600 papers. Papers from this proceedings come from contributors representing more than 50 countries, sharing their perspectives and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Media

Viglietta, Luisa – Journal of Educational Television, 1992
Describes the development of a video for science instruction to be used for inservice teacher training in a distance education program in Italy. Production of the video by teachers, a scientist, and a professional production team is described; pupil activities are explained; and editing and evaluation of the video are discussed. (four references)…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Editing, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers
Giroux, Sylvain; Hotte, Richard; Dao, Kim – 1997
This paper presents a framework for producing learning environments (LEs) on the World Wide Web that improves productivity and quality at a reduced cost for both designers and learners. The resulting LEs are germane to fractals. Changes in scale are likened to levels in LEs; each level expresses a given viewpoint on knowledge. Self-similarity…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Constructivism (Learning)
North Central Regional Educational Lab., Oak Brook, IL. North Central Regional Tech. in Education Consortium. – 2000
This document consists of a booklet describing the Captured Wisdom project and transcripts of videos from the two CD-ROM disks. The booklet details how to get the most from the CD-ROMs with suggestions directed toward teachers, professional development providers, and administrators. Six Captured Wisdom learning sites are listed. The Captured…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Students