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Bryant, Jill; Bates, Alisa J. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
This paper describes the ways in which social constructivist learning was fostered in an online teacher education program. In fall, 2010 we launched an online Masters of Education (M.Ed) and in spring, 2011 and began an online version of the on-campus Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) at a small liberal arts university. The development and…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Program Descriptions, Online Courses, Educational Environment
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van Tryon; Patricia J. Slagter – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
With an eye toward contemporary skill building to meet community centered economic needs, organizations such as Literacy Volunteers of America are increasingly pressured to examine new avenues in promoting employment readiness skills for the newly literate. These organizations and countless others have come to the realization that being prepared…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Influence of Technology, Partnerships in Education, Adult Literacy
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Baum, Liesl M.; Newbill, Phyllis Leary – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
The role of critical and creative thinking has been debated within the field of instructional design. Through an instructional design and development project we have identified how critical and creative thinking are essential to the instructional design process. This paper highlights a recent project focused on a virtual Native American village…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, American Indians, Instructional Materials, Creative Thinking
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Lockee, Barbara B.; Reiser, Robert A. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
The IDT (Instructional Design and Technology) Program Information Tool is an online information sharing system which has been created to allow programs in the field of instructional design and technology to share their program policies and procedures with one another easily so as to help each program review those practices and perhaps adapt (or…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Web Sites, Educational Practices