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García-Cabrero, Benilde; Hoover, Michael L.; Lajoie, Susanne P.; Andrade-Santoyo, Nadia L.; Quevedo-Rodríguez, Lídice M.; Wong, Janice – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2018
The design of online course materials is rarely informed by learning theories or their pedagogical implications. The goal of this research was to develop, implement and assess a virtual learning environment (VLE), SOFIAA, which was designed using the cognitive apprenticeship model (CAM), a pedagogical model based on learning-centered theory. We…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Online Courses, Instructional Materials, Student Centered Learning
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Jonassen, David H. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1997
Considers well-structured problems versus ill-structured problems and presents models for how learners solve them, as well as models for designing instruction to support problem-solving skill development. Information processing theories of learning, an emerging theory of ill-structured problem solving, constructivist learning, and situated…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Models
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Gustafson, Kent L.; Branch, Robert Maribe – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1997
Presents some of the early history of instructional development models; discusses the role of models in instructional development; reviews some of the more influential models; and discusses the possible impact of selected trends on future models of instructional development, including electronic performance support systems and rapid prototyping.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Educational Environment, Futures (of Society), Instructional Development
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Merrill, M. David – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2002
Examines instructional design theories and elaborates principles about when learning is promoted, i.e., when learners are engaged in solving real-world problems, when existing knowledge is activated as a foundation for new knowledge, and when new knowledge is demonstrated to the learner, applied by the learner, and integrated into the learner's…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design, Learning Processes
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Tennyson, Robert D. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1994
Compares seven positions on media influences on learning that were presented in a previous journal issue; discusses the conflict between advocates of a given approach versus integrated approaches to the solving of complex problems; and presents a model that links cognitive processes to computer-based prescriptions for improvements in learning. (35…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Media, Integrated Activities