International Journal of Instructional Media articles from June 1998

International Journal of Instructional Media archives from June 1998

TEACHERS, TECHNOLOGY, AND TRAINING: APPROACHING ADULT EDUCATION LITERATURE USING THE DONLEVY TEMPLATE OF PERSPECTIVES: A FOCUS ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE.
June 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION In Volume 25 (1), Teachers, Technology, and Training (TTT) applied the Donlevy template of perspectives to literature in the field of adult education (see also TTT Volume 23 [1-4] and Volume 24 [1-3]). The article suggested...

MUCH ADO ABOUT MUFFINS: A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO THE USE OF VIDEO IN CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS.
June 22, 1998... For those educators who have an interest or a background in film and video, it is a challenge to find a useful and practical instructional application for the intriguing theoretical concepts borrowed from the study of film. The synthesis of...

MEDIA UNDERSTANDING IN SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER EDUCATION.
June 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION Democratic citizenship development has long been a core element of the social studies teacher's mission (Parker, 1996). This mission includes fostering in precollegiate students the intellectual and data gathering skills...

WHAT INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ADVANCE ORGANIZERS.
June 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION The goal of an instructional designer is to produce a plan for instruction, whether for a complete course, a unit, or a single lesson, that stimulates and supports the learning of individuals. Instructional design emphasizes a...

STUDENTS' SELF-EFFICACY OF COMPUTER THROUGH THE USE OF COGNITIVE THINKING STYLE.
June 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION Technology provides instructional designers with the ability of designing and evaluating the available instructional experiences in the teaching and learning environments. Also, the use of computers contributes in learning the...

ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT THROUGH COMPUTERIZED CONCEPT MAPPING: VALIDATING A METHOD OF IMPLICIT MAP RECONSTRUCTION.
June 22, 1998... IMPLICIT MAP RECONSTRUCTION Concept mapping is widely regarded as a valuable learning technique that helps students to visually organize their understanding of the subject. However, learners tend to display a degree of initial resistance...

ON CHARACTERISTICS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN CHINA.
June 22, 1998... CHINESE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IS THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE MODERN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA 1. The Definition of Education Technology in China During the 1920s to the 1930s, slide, film, and the phonograph were used in the educational process. It...

A STUDY OF THE DESIGN AND FUNCTIONALITY OF MULTIMEDIA CLASSROOM.
June 22, 1998... REMODELING THE OLD CLASSROOM Tamkang University has the most heavy student population in Taiwan. The university has a total of 193 classrooms (155 regular classrooms, 6 multimedia computer labs, 8 computer laboratories, 10 multimedia...

THE SKILLS LEVEL OF JORDANIAN TEACHERS' BASIC EDUCATION IN THE AREA OF INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA.
June 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION Jordan is a section of the Arab world which is considered one of the most advanced developed countries in the Arab world. The ministry of education has committed a major investment of dollars in the area of Instructional...