International Journal of Instructional Media articles from January 2005

International Journal of Instructional Media archives from January 2005

Teachers, technology and training: a new year's resolution for 2005: greater understanding of the most vulnerable students.
January 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION At the beginning of each calendar year, numerous New Year's resolutions are discussed and considered. Some are soon forgotten, while others are made successful through effort and personal commitment. The field of education...

Instructional media initiatives: focusing on the educational resources center at Thirteen/WNET, New York, New York: Slavery and the making of America.
January 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION During February 2005, public broadcasting stations across the United States will be airing a landmark, four-part series: Slavery and the Making of America. Made possible through the generosity of the New York Life Insurance...

Technology and higher education: challenges in the halls of academe.
January 1, 2005... The changing economic and social environment demands a workforce which must engage in a process of continuous training and development. Workers must continually develop new knowledge, skills, attitudes, and habits to remain effective and...

Diabetes and your eyes: a pilot study on multimedia education for underserved populations.
January 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION The development and implementation of technology as a vehicle for instructional delivery to health care patients is on the rise (Health on the Net Foundation, 2002). More than ever, individuals are searching for more health...

Web-based training in corporations: design issues.
January 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION Web-based training (WBT), the delivery of instruction or learning content over the Internet or over a company's Intranet, is becoming increasingly popular among American corporations. However, many companies eager to embrace...

How the internet facilitates learning as dialog: design considerations for online discussions.
January 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION The current hype of online learning being able to deliver instruction and learning anywhere, anytime, and at any pace creates confusion and defies the basic rationality of the key driving rationale in the distinction made...

Teaching the tools.
January 1, 2005... Word count: 1,708 (without tables) WP Program: MS Word Document (PC) Intended audience: Preservice and inservice teachers Students: 4th-Higher Ed. Technology: All Computer Application and Authoring Programs Teaching...

Analyzing student-student and student-instructor interaction through multiple communication tools in web-based learning.
January 1, 2005... As web technology provides opportunities to bridge the geographical gap between the instructor and the learner, adult learners become able to continue their learning without giving up other responsibilities in their lives. With this benefit,...

Effect of instructional strategies and individual differences: a meta-analytic assessment.
January 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION Individual teaming styles are becoming one of the critical dimensions in the design of instruction for learners at all education levels. An individual's learning style generally determines how he or she will proceed to...

To propose a reviewer dispatching algorithm for networked peer assessment system.
January 1, 2005... REVIEWER DISPATCHING ALGORITHM I set four constraints for dispatching reviewers. The first is that author should not review his (or her) own assignment. The second is that how many reviewers per assignment should set up via instructor. The...

Motivational qualities of instructional strategies and computer use for mathematics teaching in Japan and the United States: results from the TIMSS 1999 assessment.
January 1, 2005... There is considerable interest in instructional practices and mathematics achievement for students in Asia. Recent assessments have indicated that students in several Asian countries, such as Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and Singapore, have tended...