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Park, Yun Claire – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2022
The discrepancy between students' understanding of domain knowledge and their actual competencies to use tacit knowledge for a given task has been an issue to consider when instruction is designed, implemented, and revised. In this study, the researcher examines teaching and learning processes in which a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) design model…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Instructional Design
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Straub, Jeremy – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2014
The development of software for spacecraft represents a particular challenge and is, in many ways, a worst case scenario from a design perspective. Spacecraft software must be "bulletproof" and operate for extended periods of time without user intervention. If the software fails, it cannot be manually serviced. Software failure may…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Computer Science Education, Educational Technology
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McBride, Mark F. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2012
The response to the countless forms of information delivery and creation has been the catalyst for the development of the new literacies that are being researched and implemented into teaching by educators around the world. This article will examine information literacy courses being taught at colleges and universities and how the courses…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Professional Associations, Research Libraries, Information Literacy
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Gardner, Joel; Jeon, Tae – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2010
Merrill proposes First Principles of Instruction, including a problem- or task-centered strategy for designing instruction. However, when the tasks or problems are ill-defined or complex, task-centered instruction can be difficult to design. We describe an online task-centered training at a land-grant university designed to train employees to use…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Land Grant Universities, Web Based Instruction, Instructional Design
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Stefl-Mabry, Joette; Powers, Jennifer Goodall; Doll, Carol – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2006
This article outlines a K-12 college learning partnership that has evolved over the past two years at the University at Albany, SUNY. Two faculty members with the School of Information Science & Policy (SISP) Joette Stefl-Mabry and Jennifer Goodall Powers, with administrative support of their Associate Dean, Carol Doll, have integrated…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Educational Environment, College School Cooperation, Information Science
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Clouse, R. Wilburn; Goodin, Terry – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2002
Much of traditional schooling in America is built around systems of compliance and control, characteristics which stifle the creative and entrepreneurial instincts of the children who are subjected to these tactics. This article explores a different approach to education, one that involves capturing the interest of the student through the use of…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Internet, Problem Solving, Program Descriptions