International Journal of Instructional Media articles

Recent articles from International Journal of Instructional Media

Future-point learning: professional development for school leaders.(TEACHERS, TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING)(Author abstract)
June 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION Future-point learning is a perspective that focuses on new developments and gives attention to what is emerging into view. Future-point learning is less concerned with the past and more engaged with the future and arising knowledge, skills and needs. Professional development...

Texas Ranch House: interactive programming from Thirteen/WNET.(INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA INITIATIVES: Focusing on the Educational Resources Center at Thirteen/WNET, New York, New York)(Product/service evaluation)
June 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION Produced by Thirteen/WNET and Wall to Wall Television, TEXAS RANCH HOUSE follows in the path of COLONIAL HOUSE and provides a stimulating look at life in the United States in the 1860s. The eight-part series shows life in Texas from a variety of perspectives and includes an...

Two views of electronic portfolios in teacher education: non-technology undergraduates and technology graduate students.
June 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION Technology is increasingly considered to be an essential part of teacher education, not just for technology majors but for all teaching candidates. Schools have accelerated their spending on technology dramatically in recent years (Holt, McAllister & Ingrain, 2001), and...

Writing an electronic multimedia paper.
June 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION Digital technology and the Internet have made the global classroom a reality. Within this environment, electronic multimedia papers enable students to add media and hyperlinks to the traditional typewritten term paper, report, thesis, or dissertation. Preparing an...

Learning and navigation assistance in a hypermedia.
June 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION One notes that in hypermedia, sites appear and disappear, content is modified and it becomes impossible to master its organization. On the other hand, the web made it possible, in some learning situations, for the learner to construct her/his individual progression. One...