Instructional designers must design and develop online learning environments that present the content in a way that learners will find important and useful. Faculty and novice designers are being tasked to design and develop online learning environments without having the necessary knowledge or experience in instructional design in order to select…

Paper deals with the question of classifying media in the context of teaching and learning processes. (Author)

A three dimensional classification of psychological attributes of media is proposed. Using this classification system to related media, learner, and task characteristics may lead to a rational approach to media selection. (Author/STS)

Increasingly, educators and trainers are challenged within their respective organizations to provide for the efficient distribution of instructional content using instructional media. The appropriate selection of instructional media to support distance learning is not intuitive and does not occur as a matter of personal preference. On the…

Two factors which contribute to successful learning are presented and shown to be useful in the selection of teaching methods that match educational aims: a feedback model of the teaching and learning processes based on Pask's conversational learning model; and a classification of educational aims based on Bloom. Several kinds of feedback are…

This paper offers pragmatic guidance for designing effective distance education courses, including the need for designers to be aware of their educational aims, and the selection of different media and methods for effective learning. Discussion of a brief taxonomy of types of learning--knowledge, skills, understanding, and attitudes--is followed…

Describes a taxonomy of computer user modes in distance education and identifies three major learning and behavioral processes that are extended by computers: (1) information processing; (2) interaction; and (3) communication. Highlights for each process include the relationship to other media, pedagogical functions, hardware and software, and…

The El Paso (Texas) school district provides a bilingual, bicultural list of filmstrips, games, recordings, kits, books, posters, and charts. Within these categories items are listed alphabetically by title and include producer, date, physical description, source, price, suggested Dewey number, grade level, recommendation, and critical annotation.…