INTRODUCTION Development of the Internet has started a revolution in communication that is providing new opportunities for delivering instruction. The Internet began as communication links among computer facilities and departments, accessible only...
Don McLean, Stevie Wonder, and The Tractors possess no formal credentials in musicology. The same can be said for Billy Joel and The Blasters. Yet each of these artists explore the historical roots of modern music in their popular recordings. McLean's...
1. CHARACTERISTICS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE SYSTEM Traffic accidents are among the main problems affecting the most advanced societies and whose economic and human consequences are enormous. One way to reduce this problem is by carrying out an optimal...
INTRODUCTION Those designers who are able to express their ideas clearly and efficiently on a computer screen will be most successful at gaining an audience for their ideas. Typically, information users will scan for visuals that communicate ideas...
Information acquisition, retention and retrieval are critical components in the teaching leaming process. Although there is disagreement among psychologists about the structure of encoded information, there is a consensus that learners are mentally...
The proliferation of networked learning environments has evoked consideration of the information transfer capabilities of various learning technologies. Educators encounter challenges maximizing the instructional potential of this limited resource....
INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA INITIATIVES Focusing on the Educational Resources Center at Thirteen/WNET, New York, New York THE NATIONAL TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR MATH, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: EXEMPLARY PRACTICE IN A CLIMATE OF HIGHER STANDARDS INTRODUCTION...
AN OVERVIEW OF CNU ONLINE With a proliferation of new technologies, with a demand for cost-effective education, and with a growing number of non-traditional students, institutions of higher learning have turned to distance learning. But the quality...
THE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AT PURCHASE COLLEGE, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR REACHING HIGHER ACADEMIC STANDARDS INTRODUCTION A chorus of voices continues to urge increased training and development...
INTRODUCTION Network communication is primarily based on the written word. Conducting interpersonal exchange in this manner opens up a range of possibilities, offering direct educational benefits through interaction and debate. It also presents...
The importance of students' affective characteristics (such as academic self-concept, motivation, and achievement expectancies) for instructional design has been discussed (1-4). A motivational model of instructional design has been developed in order...