International Journal of Instructional Media articles from December 2002

International Journal of Instructional Media archives from December 2002

Teachers, technology and training: NY talks: a national technology initiative takes root in New York State.
December 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a generous grant to help superintendents and principals improve student learning in schools and districts across New York state. Administered by the Magellan Foundation and...

Instructional media initiatives: focusing on the Educational Resources Center at Thirteen/WNET, New York, New York.
December 22, 2002... ENHANCED EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FROM THIRTEEN/WNET: VIDEO-ON-DEMAND INTRODUCTION Thirteen/WNET and the other eight public broadcasting stations in New York state are providing video-on-demand free of charge to educators. Teachers can...

A note on the effect of faculty information resources on instructional materials and research: a correlation study.
December 22, 2002... I. INTRODUCTION On some college campuses, the library has become an integral part of the university instructional process and classroom delivery by offering Introduction to Information courses. While this may be an objective worthy of the...

How much communication is enough in online courses?--exploring the relationship between frequency of instructor-initiated personal email and learners' perceptions of and participation in online learning.
December 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION Faculty teaching online must play both intellectual and social, or "nurturing," roles (Mason, 1991). Faculty must balance substantive exchanges related to the subject matter with more personal (non-subject or non-content...

Alternatives to instructor assessment: a case study of comparing self and peer assessment with instructor assessment under a networked innovative assessment procedures.
December 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION Recently, Many innovative assessment strategies have been explored. An example of those strategies is the extensive use of peer-, self-, portfolio- and co-assessment (1, 6, 7, 18, 23, 27). This study examines undergraduate...

Student perceptions in an online mediated environment.
December 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION Goodwin (1993) found that learners and faculty perceived the Internet as an appropriate delivery medium for higher education and perceived online learning as a successful academic program. In distance learning, courses, a...

The motivational effects of specific teaching activities and computer use for science learning: findings from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).
December 22, 2002... Several innovative approaches to instructional design have been proposed to meet the changing needs of schools and to incorporate current knowledge about learners' characteristics. Hawley (1997) has presented a systematic method for...

Interactive texts, figures and tables for learning science: constructivism in text design.
December 22, 2002... Understanding pictures, diagrams and tables is central to understanding science. However, a perennial question posed by researchers, educators and others has been about the efficacy of illustrations for learning in many content areas,...

Virtual field trips: alternatives to actual field trips.
December 22, 2002... Children look forward to the day when a school field trip is scheduled. Teachers who have experienced success in conducting effective field trips know well their value in enhancing the school curriculum. Thus, we begin by examining the research...

Methods of evaluating educational technology.(Book Review)
December 22, 2002... Heineke, W. F. & Blasi, L. (2001). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing Heineke and Blasi have compiled a relevant and poignant volume on evaluation in educational technology. The book is the first in the series Research Methods in...