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Baukal, Charles E.; Ausburn, Floyd B.; Ausburn, Lynna J. – Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
Advanced multimedia techniques offer significant learning potential for students. Dale (1946, 1954, 1969) developed a Cone of Experience (CoE) which is a hierarchy of learning experiences ranging from direct participation to abstract symbolic expression. This paper updates the CoE for today's technology and learning context, specifically focused…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Instructional Design, Learning Experience, Multimedia Materials
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Salomon, Gavriel – Instructional Science, 1980
Discusses the use of visual media as symbol systems that gather, package, and convey knowledge. Media's different and often unique symbol systems are looked at as potentially serving as cultivators of mental abilities. Forty-nine references are provided. (Author/CHC)
Descriptors: Codification, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Instructional Design
Reigeluth, Charles M.; Schwartz, Ellen – 1987
A simulation is described in terms of its three major aspects: the scenario, the underlying model, and the instructional overlay. The major focus of this paper is the instructional overlay as the component that serves to optimize learning and motivation. Functions of simulations are identified as the acquisition of content, the application of the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Drills (Practice), Feedback, Instructional Design
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Bates, Tony W. – Distance Education, 1982
Explores some recent theory and research developments on the role and character of television, and its impact on learning in distance education. The implications for learning of distributional and social, control, and symbolic (audiovisual) characteristics of television are discussed. Fifteen references and an outline of television applications…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Broadcast Television, Educational Television, Foreign Countries
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Koul, Rajinder K.; Schlosser, Ralf W.; Sancibrian, Sherry – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2001
This article reviews research on the role of symbolic, referent, and instructional variables on the acquisition of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) symbols by individuals with autism and severe speech and language impairments. Two vignettes illustrate findings of the review. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Children