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Johnson, Chris – EDUCAUSE Review, 2008
The goal of this article is to draw a roadmap for designing an "ideal" virtual world for higher education, pointing decision-makers in a general direction for implementing virtual worlds and noting various barriers along the way. When using a roadmap, one can take many different paths to reach a desired destination. Similarly, institutions can…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Barriers, Virtual Classrooms, Computer System Design
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Tung, Ming-Chih; Huang, Jiung-yao; Keh, Huan-Chao; Wai, Shu-shen – Computers & Education, 2009
High-ranking officers require advanced military education in war tactics for future combat. However, line officers rarely have time to take such courses on campus. The conventional solution to this problem used to take the inefficient correspondence courses. Whereas Internet technologies progress, online course is the current trend for military…
Descriptors: Military Training, Program Effectiveness, Conventional Instruction, Educational Technology
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Simmons, Susan; Jones, Wesley, Jr.; Silver, Stephen – TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 2004
College and university faculty members are comfortable with their role as facilitators of learning in the traditional classroom setting. However, how do they move a current course to the online format? Is an online course merely a transfer of materials used in the course to an online format? The experiences and research results of these authors…
Descriptors: Internet, Course Content, Web Sites, Courseware
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2007
For the thirtieth year, 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 National AECT Convention in Anaheim, California. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Educational Technology, Annual Reports, Conferences (Gatherings)
Burton, Terry – 1997
Quality education is often impeded by lack of instructor time and by a failure to provide instruction that is individualized and at the point of need. Integration technology into course development can alleviate these problems, but only if the technology is easy to learn and supports a systems approach. In implementing a Web-based Technical…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Selection
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Crawford, Margaret, Ed.; Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2000
This document presents the proceedings of the 23rd annual National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) (Denver, Colorado, 2000). For the first time, the Proceedings are published in two volumes. The first volume contains papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Papers dealing…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software Development