Examines the relationship between gender equity and instructional design. Topics include stereotypes of men's and women's roles, perpetuating old assumptions and practices, inequities from instructional design, differing expectations, gender bias, and how instructional designers can help by being sensitive to these issues. (LRW)

Discussion of evaluation methods for learning technologies used in higher education focuses on an evaluation of 11 Internet-based courses at Brigham Young University. Topics include evaluation theory, including participant-oriented theories; stakeholders; criteria; and implications for instructional design. (LRW)

Outlines key issues, principles, and planning and development issues for instructional design in virtual learning environments. Addresses new teaching strategies and support for teacher competence with information and communications technology. (Contains 21 references.) (SK)

Two experiments examined the role of analogy in the development of a situation model of a target passage, specifically, whether an analogous source text could improve comprehension and inferencing about causal mechanisms in the target. Responses of analogy subjects were more likely to include given and inferred information that comprised the…

Discusses a redefinition of learning and considers implications for instructional design and educational technology. Topics include creativity; changing performance capability by instruction; preparing students for lifelong learning; interactions with our environment; the role of curiosity and challenge; learning as dialogue; and emotional needs.…

Lists educational advantages that electronic study guides offer. Presents twelve useful tips for the development of electronic study guides. (KHR)

Presents a discovery lesson in which students investigate the limit of angle measures formed by repeatedly folding a strip of paper. (KHR)

Presents a review of the basic foundations and recent challenges of the main instructional design traditions. Topics include learner characteristics; learner-controlled instruction; learning environments; the role of instructional interventions; computer-based instruction and other new technologies; and new theories of learning and design.…

This sixth in a series of edited transcripts based on a conference at Utah State University discusses ideas from cognitive psychology that have implications for instructional design. Highlights include information processing phases; pattern recognition; short-term and long-term memory; purposes of instruction; cognitive structures; and cognitive…

Reviews current empirical data on the effectiveness of animation in computer-based instruction. Research on static visuals and learning is examined; animation research is described that includes studies with elementary school children, high school students, and adult learners; and implications for current instructional design are suggested. (56…

Reviews criticisms of the use of drill and practice programs in educational computing and describes potentials for its use in instruction. Topics discussed include guidelines for developing computer-based drill and practice; scripted training courseware; item format design; item bank design; and a performance-responsive algorithm for item…

Describes a training program developed for graduate students who serve as instructors of the introductory course in economics instruction at Syracuse University. Considers the problems involved in developing coherence and quality control in a multisection/multiteacher course. Reviews the instructional development process and evaluates the quality…

Reviews common approaches to instructional materials development used at distance education institutions with the team approach considered in some detail. Management of the team is emphasized, the process of change is discussed, and a model for adopting educational innovations--the Concerns Based Adoption Model--is explained. (12 references)…

Presents a model for formulating effective instructional strategies based on observed traits of language minority students. Defines instructional strategy in terms of content, physical and psychological setting, and delivery mode. Provides specific examples of model implementation. Contains 13 references. (SV)

Discusses psychotechnology as it relates to the learning process. Topics discussed include states of consciousness; brain wave entraining; sleep learning; cognitive restructuring; learner objectives; implications of psychotechnologies for instructional design and development; and possible future trends, including the need for subjective evaluation…