This year's E-Learn conference has numerous exciting presentations and keynotes. Many speakers will be discussing how education is changing in the forthcoming years. Among them are Dale Stephens who works with the social movement "Uncollege" that empower students to create their own education, Saul Carliner who talks about Massive Online…

The New Zealand technology curriculum requires children to solve problems to meet people's needs. So who are these people? Are they the users of the product, people who are affected by the product or someone else? This article investigates the confusion and limitations that exists in the New Zealand curriculum about the terms society, community,…

This article views social work education as fundamentally a knowledge implementation enterprise. It proposes principles, partnerships, and strategies through which schools can advance evidence-based practice in social work. Such strategies should meet five criteria: They must be deliberate and strategic, they should be knowledge based, they should…

Widespread adoption of pedagogical methods promoting evidence-based practice (EBP) could enhance the effectiveness of social work practice education. Schools of social work should ensure that faculty are trained in the methods of EBP; establish a committee responsible for tracking and implementing demonstrably effective instructional innovations…

This discussion of different approaches to clarifying problems in the instructional development process defines what a problem is and the types of problems typically faced by instructional developers; presents a rationale for suggesting the use of evaluation models for finding development problems; and suggests ways in which the use of a…

Focusing on individual learning styles as a major component of intentional teaching, this discussion points out advantages for teachers who provide options based on students' learning styles in the classroom. Particular attention is given to the model of Style Differentiated Instruction (SDI) which developed from the research on styles, higher…

One of the most perplexing tasks in producing computer-assisted instruction (CAI) is the authoring process. Authoring is generally defined as the process of turning the flowcharts, control algorithms, format sheets, and other documentation of a CAI program's design into computer code that will operationalize the simulation on the delivery system.…

Process control is a way of training managers in business and industry to plan, monitor, and communicate the instructional development process of training projects. Two simple and useful tools that managers use in controlling the process of instructional development are the Process Control Planning Sheet and the Process Control Record. The Process…

This document consists of a collection of thoughts, observations, descriptions, definitions, diagrams, models, suggestions, guidelines, and forms pertaining to curriculum development and instructional planning at the elementary and secondary level. Among the specific topics addressed in one or more of the materials collected here are the…

Shares some of the day-to-day management techniques that help maintain a positive supportive atmosphere with the instructor/client and the administration during long-term instructional development projects. The degree to which this can be done is very often the determining factor in the success of a project. (VT)

If schools and their programs are to prepare youth for tommorrow's world, principals today must be "dreamers of the dreams," advises this educator. He provides a rationale for his imperatives, followed by specific steps that principals should take. Includes three pages of references. (Author/MD)

Presents a model for course development which utilizes a behavioral approach to instruction within the context of instructional systems design (ISD). An overview of the ISD process is given, and an introductory college psychology course is described which was prepared by modifying Keller's Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). (LRW)

Asserts that pedagogical research has not studied adequately the effects of long-term parental unemployment on children. Analyzes available studies and the possible reason for lack of research. Suggests research strategies and concepts that may provide information for educational theorizing and the development of educational programs. (Author/GEA)

Using the results of three studies, this report compares the effects of a direct instruction strategy to those of basal approaches in teaching elementary mathematics. Results support a more direct approach to development that teaches students preskills, strategies, correction procedures, and methods of internalizing a strategy. (DR)

Three alternatives to instructional development are briefly described: shifting more instructional responsibility from developer to learner; implementing an instructional system utilizing paraprofessionals, content experts, and peers; and selecting and adapting existing instructional materials. (MBR)