This study aimed to examine the core issues and challenges with web-based distance education programs in Turkish higher education institutes. Formative research method, which is a qualitative research method in nature, was selected to analyze web-based distance education programs thoroughly. The study group comprised 4 higher education institutes,…

The "emerging educational institutional decision-making matrix" is developed to allow educational institutions to adopt a rigorous and consistent methodology of determining which of the myriad of emerging educational technologies will be the most compelling for the institution, particularly ensuring that it is the educational or pedagogical but…

This paper describes the achievements of an innovative eight-year research program first introduced in Mizoguchi and Bourdeau (2000), which was aimed at building a theory-aware authoring system by using ontological engineering. To date, we have proposed OMNIBUS, an ontology that comprehensively covers different learning/instructional theories and…

In fall 1975 a study of the General Education program at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) was initiated to determine the appropriate role of an open-door community college in preparing students to live in and contribute positively to society. The central assumption underpinning the three-year study was that a General Education program should…

An outline of the educational technology approach to defining a training problem and developing a suitable learning system with the use of audiovisual equipment. (BP)

"Community Content-Based Instruction" grew out of several development initiatives and field needs. It began to take shape in a Gender and Public Health Education for Teachers Workshop and an In-Service Education Workshop for Volunteers and their counterparts, in the spring of 1996 in Eritrea. Since that time, the concept has been further…

Some limitations of instructional development are delineated, as are some of its potential adverse consequences. Finally, some possible strategies are advanced for rectifying undesirable impacts. (Author)

Television programs, utilizing the satellite to reach rural disadvantaged groups in six States in Central and Eastern India, will broadcast instructional information in four dialects. Program development and effectiveness are discussed, with implementation planned for August 1975. (LH)

A description is given of an intensive training program on the use of microcomputers which was implemented in a school district prior to the installation of the computers in the schools. Participants in the training program were elementary and junior high school teachers, and some administrators and secretaries. The format and sequential…

This report evaluates a project designed to provide systemwide direction to the application of education technology in the District of Columbia (DC) Public Schools. The evaluation follows the Planning, Monitoring, and Implementing (PMI) Evaluation Model for Decision Making which was developed by the Division of Quality Assurance of the DC school…

Since computers are already involved in everyday activities and have increased in importance for problem-solving at home and at work, justification exists for universal computer literacy. Ethical considerations regarding production and consumption of computer services are being raised. (JN)

Describes three phases, with corresponding characteristics, that emerge as schools plan for technology: (1) Equipment Acquisition; (2) Equipment Acquisition plus Learning; and (3) Results plus Equitable Experiences plus Accountability. Includes a checklist of characteristics of technology planning for each of the three assessment phases. (AEF)

A BRIEF HISTORIC SURVEY WHICH PLACES PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE RELATIVE TO BEHAVIORAL TECHNOLOGY AS A WHOLE IS PRESENTED. BEHAVIORAL TECHNOLOGY IS THE APPLICATION OF LEARNING THEORY TO PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION. THE APPLICATION OF BEHAVIORAL TECHNOLOGY TO THE TEACHING OF CERTAIN VERBAL AND INTELLECTUAL…

Describes the development of the Microelectronics Education Programme for England, Northern Ireland and Wales, including funding, aims, and relationships of the national program with local organizations. The program focuses on incorporating uses/effects of microelectronic technology into the total school curriculum and ways of using this…