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Squires, David – Educational Technology, 1999
Discusses designers' need to design educational software for subversive use, recognizing that users fit the use of technology-based environments into contextually tuned "situated" learning environments. In this sense, good design is volatile design, or design which changes with contextual use. These ideas are illustrated with reference to a range…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Constructivism (Learning), Design Preferences
Anderson, Thor A. – Educational Technology, 2003
Explores why "learning" and "object" have been combined in the field of instructional technology. Examines why current definitions of these terms are lacking when looked at from a standards and interoperability point of view. Suggests a new definition with a rationale to satisfy needs of technologists for precise, practical…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer Uses in Education, Design Preferences, Educational Development