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Lehman, Rosemary; Dewey, Bruce – 1998
Instructional Communications Systems (ICS), an academic support unit for the University of Wisconsin System, has been a leader in teleconferencing for more than 30 years. ICS personnel have been heavily involved with videoconferencing during the past 2-1/2 years, working with clientele at all of the various training levels--orientation, planning…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Information Systems
Gentry, Cass – 1981
The general inability of instructional developers to demonstrate the effects of instructional development services toward improving college programs is discussed, and a process for program evaluation and revision is proposed. A flow chart of the general process for continuous program evaluation and revision provides examples of operational…
Descriptors: College Programs, Flow Charts, Higher Education, Instructional Development
Grantham, Marilyn H.; Groth, Jon N. – 1986
The need for and use of internal consultants by many organizations and institutions is growing because of the rapid pace of environmental and technological change and the growth in the quantity of knowledge. Although much has been written about consulting roles, competencies and skills needed by consultants, and the use of consultants in various…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Consultants, Educational Planning, Instructional Development
Riboldi, Pablo Jose – 2000
Implementing exportable instructional systems has always been a problem for instructional developers. Even the best instructional systems lose effectiveness when they are poorly implemented. Researchers have focused their efforts on creating mechanisms to help developers and managers improve and control implementation. However, most of these…
Descriptors: Designers, Educational Development, Instructional Design, Instructional Development
Braden, Roberts A. – 1979
The recent conservative trend in educational policy is addressed in this paper which begins with a description of 10 specific types of threats to the instructional development movement that can evolve from an excessively conservative environment. These threats are named as follows: (1) scapegoat; (2) baby-with-the-bathwater; (3) chronological…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Financial Support
Sachs, Steven G. – 1984
Planning the activities for an instructional development unit and evaluating how well it has performed requires a set of standards against which the unit can be compared. This paper proposes a set of standards developed from a variety of references and personal experiences with instructional development units from across the country. Thirty-eight…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Instructional Design
Heitmann, Helen M. – 1983
Discussed is the design and development of a physical education curriculum, incorporating principles discussed in the "Basic Stuff" physical education series. Four tasks are suggested for planning the curriculum: (1) develop a unit for activity instruction, where the concepts inherent in the sport or activity skills may be identified; (2) develop…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies
Mason, Jon – 1996
In determining the scope of online delivery of programs currently being developed within the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne (Australia), a number of factors have been involved. Until recently, the traditional research focus at the University of Melbourne translated into little or scattered interest in developing programs for…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Carbone, Angela; Mitchell, Ian – 1998
Edproj, a project team of faculty from the departments of computer science, software development and education at Monash University (Australia) investigated the quality of teaching and student learning and understanding in the computer science and software development departments. Edproj's research led to the development of a training program to…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Software Development, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
Garraway, R. W. T. – 1983
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which a sophisticated computer assisted instruction (CAI) system could be implemented on the type of microcomputer system currently found in the schools. A method was devised for comparing CAI languages and was used to rank five common CAI languages. The highest ranked language, NATAL,…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Design Requirements
Cooper, Carol M.; Jones, Edward V. – 1984
This monograph reviews the literature pertaining to inservice education and summarizes its contents relating to several broad themes: planning and instructional concerns in inservice education, problems relating to administration and coordination of inservice programs, and elements common to successful programs. The literature of inservice…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Development, Literature Reviews
Palumbo, David B.; Killian, Ted – 2002
This paper provides a view of learner relationship management that looks to examine the potential for learning systems across an organizational value chain by addressing the potential for learning solutions beyond the Human Resources function in an organization. It identifies a return on investment strategy to align the goals of the organization…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Development, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies
Ragsdale, Ronald G. – 1983
Two problems must be solved before an integrated curriculum, incorporating learning with, from, and about computers can be implemented. The first is the necessity for a design of how the program will function when it has been fully implemented, with all equipment and other associated materials and procedures. The second is a strategy for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Development, Electronic Equipment
Campbell, Clifton P. – 1984
The instructional systems development (ISD) approach for the development and accomplishment of vocational training programs provides a methodology for gathering and analyzing job information, developing instructional materials in a variety of media, conducting instruction, and evaluating and improving the effectiveness of training programs. This…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Instructional Development, Instructional Systems, Postsecondary Education
Jordan, Gillian; Jameson, Jill – 2001
This case study identifies key barriers for staff on the path to an e-University and suggests ways to unlock them. The focus of the evidence-based research is an e-University pilot development in virtual learning in progress at the University of Greenwich (England). Documentary evidence for the study included feedback from 12 sub-projects in the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Technology
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