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Uhrmacher, P. Bruce; Conrad, Bradley M.; Moroye, Christy M. – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background/Context: Lesson planning is one of the most common activities required of teachers; however, since the late 1970s and early 1980s, it has not been a major focus of study, either conceptually or empirically. Although there are recent articles on the topic, much of the current work is specific to examining a particular teaching method or…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Instructional Development, Methods, Behaviorism
Lim, Doo H.; Ripley, David – Online Submission, 2007
Literature indicates that there is limited research on the organizational decision processes to develop and deliver e-learning programs. In this paper, existing e-learning literature is analyzed in terms of macro level factors (national culture and organizational variables) and micro level factors (learner variables, instructional decisions,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Electronic Learning, Private Sector, Influences
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Jonassen, David H. – Educational Technology, Research and Development, 1991
Compares hypertext with instructional design and development principles and processes. Theoretical foundations for hypertext are discussed, including knowledge acquisition, schema theory, and active structural networks; mapping instructional designs onto hypertext is explained; and hypertext systems are described both as instructional design…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Hypermedia, Instructional Design, Instructional Development
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Langford, James M.; Bailey, Gerald D. – College Student Journal, 1981
Examines the similarities and differences between instructional theory and learning theory. Suggests that a unified theory of both instructional theory and learning theory needs to exist so that all aspects of human behavior within the instructional situation can be placed in perspective. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Educational Theories
Dills, Charles R.; Romiszowski, Alexander – 1990
This paper is intended to provide the instructional technologist already possessing some understanding of expert systems with some insight into two of the many steps involved in the design and production of such systems: knowledge acquisition and knowledge structuring or representation. It is also intended to help technologists to see how they…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Comparative Analysis, Educational Technology, Epistemology
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Strain, Jeris E. – System, 1986
A comparison of current views of "teaching methods" or "methodology" from the standpoint of curriculum plan and instructional procedure demonstrates that the views are more complementary then contradictory and that they illustrate approaches to teaching and learning of a foreign language by the researcher, the educator, and the teacher. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Instructional Development
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Koumi, Jack – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1994
Proposes a framework to help course developers design criteria for optimal media deployment. The merits of radio, television, audio, video, and print are briefly compared with computer-based media and analyzed in light of six types of media characteristics: symbol system, access, controllability, student reactivity, interactivity, and adaptivity.…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Instruction, Check Lists, Comparative Analysis
Lotto, Linda S. – 1983
A study examined current research on the proficiency of vocational students in basic skill areas and explored current practices for improving the basic skills of vocational students at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Based on current research, vocational students, on an average, seemed to be less proficient in basic skills than were their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Educational Benefits
Kirk, James J. – 2002
Electronic learning (or "e-learning) has become an integral part of organizational training. E-learning may be delivered via numerous electronic media, including the Internet, intranets, extranets, satellite broadcast, audio/videotape, interactive television, and CD-ROM. At its best, e-learning is individual, customized learning that allows…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Conventional Instruction, Corporate Education
Clark County Vocational Skills Center, Vancouver, WA. – 1985
A study examined national trends and state policy in Washington State pertaining to the administration and funding of area vocational skills centers. During the study, key persons associated with Washington's skills centers were interviewed and surveyed concerning the following areas: policy and planning, curriculum and instruction, student…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs