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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2016
For the thirty-ninth time, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Conference Papers, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Technology
Zhu, Li; Grabowski, Barbara – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the instructional effects of various animation strategies. Three treatment groups involved include static graphic, animation used as an attention-gaining strategy, and animation used as an attention-gaining and elaboration strategy. Participants were 115 college student volunteers. Two-way…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Animation, College Students, Educational Objectives
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Ingram, Kathleen W.; Jackson, M. Katherine – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
This article describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a diagnostic experiential simulation (Gredler, 2004) in a graduate Performance Technology (PT) course. Simulations are experiences that provide an authentic learning environment that scaffolds novices' problem solving while minimizing the risks of 'practicing' their newly learned…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Theory Practice Relationship, Learning Strategies, Instructional Design
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Hseih, Wen-Lan; Smith, Brian K.; Stephanou, Spiro E. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
A team consisting of three faculty members from Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness management, and Food Science with two research assistants at Penn State University has been working for three years on creating a food product case library for a problem-based learning and case-based instruction course. With the assistance of experts from the food…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning, Foods Instruction, Higher Education
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Simonson, Michael R., Ed.; And Others – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1986
Current issues in educational communications and technology are addressed in this collection of 47 papers, in which research reports dominate. Topics discussed include factors related to the learner, e.g., problem-solving skills, motivation, comparison of instructional design strategies, effects of organizational cues and text layouts, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Media