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Augmented Reality as a Visual and Spatial Learning Tool in Technology Education
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Thornton, Timothy; Ernst, Jeremy V.; Clark, Aaron C. – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2012
Improvement in instructional practices through dynamic means of delivery remains a central consideration to technology educators. To help accomplish this, one must constantly utilize contemporary and cutting-edge technological applications in attempts to provide a more beneficial learning experience for students. These technologies must…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Simulation, Computer Assisted Design, Computer Software
Simulation Design for Off-Line Training of Practical Lean Manufacturing Concepts for Visual Inspection
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Tetteh, Edem; McWilliams, Douglas – Simulation & Gaming, 2010
Customer needs for high-quality goods and the risk of product-liability litigation against businesses have made companies look for a way to sustain quality assurance in their products and services. Lean manufacturing is the latest and most successful system being used by companies to turn their business around. Visual inspection plays an important…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Inspection, Job Skills, Undergraduate Students
So Many Colors, So Many Choices: The Use of Color in Instructional Multimedia Products.
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Schaeffer, Randy S.; Bateman, William – 1996
State-of-the-art computers being used today for instructional multimedia products have monitors capable of displaying millions of different colors. Designers are given virtually unlimited control over the factors that govern the display of these colors. This paper examines how color is displayed on computer monitors and interrelationships with how…
Descriptors: Color, Design Preferences, Guidelines, Instructional Design
Design and Validation of Mirror Skills Instruction.
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Knight, G. William; Guenzel, Pamela J. – Journal of Dental Education, 1994
Instructional engineering principles were applied to development of instruction in dental mirror skills, and the instruction was validated with 92 students and 25 controls. Measurement of skills over a period of a year and mirror usage during the practical exam indicated instructional effectiveness. Mirror skill instructional tasks are described.…
Descriptors: Dental Schools, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Instructional Effectiveness
Analysis of Computerized Visual Skills: Relationships to Intellectual Skills and Achievement.
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Kleinman, Edward B.; Dwyer, Francis M. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1999
Describes a study of undergraduates that examined the effect of specific visual skills on academic achievement and on the achievement of different levels of educational objectives. Discusses color and learning objectives, considers computerized analysis of visual skills, presents results of statistical analyses, and suggests implications for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Color, Computer Uses in Education
Integrating Instructional, Graphical, and Message Design.
Kuzmich, Carl J.; And Others – 1993
The development of a HyperCard application program, "Connecting to Your MARS Account," is described. The program was intended to assist users of the biomedical computer system at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), the Medical ARchival System (MARS), to connect to their computer accounts. Criteria from instructional, graphical,…
Descriptors: Accounting, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Development
The Child Development Program: Preventing and Remediating Learning Problems (with Appendix).
Levine, Suzanne Sosna – 1997
The Child Development Program at John Adams School in North Brunswick, New Jersey, was designed to be an immediate intervention for children with learning problems in the early elementary grades. This two-volume guide describes the work done in the program and how the program can be replicated. The first book details characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices