International Journal of Instructional Media articles from March 2001

International Journal of Instructional Media archives from March 2001

THE AMERICAN AIRLINES TRAVEL ACADEMY: CAREER AND TECHNICAL PREPARATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION High schools and colleges are setting higher standards, increasing graduation requirements and lifting expectations for all their students. These developments have coincided with calls for change from business leaders,...

THE NATIONAL TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTE: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS.(Interview)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION The National Teacher Training Institute (NTTI) provides high-quality professional development for teachers at numerous sites throughout the United States each year. Developed and organized by Thirteen/WNET, the New York City...

ONLINE WORKERS' EDUCATION: HOW DO WE TAME THE TECHNOLOGY?
March 22, 2001... The thrust of Engelbart's work is directed toward augmenting the human intellect, not popularizing computer technology. He feared that as technology improved at a rate far surpassing improvements in non-technical fields, we would use it to...

"GIVING CONTROL OVER DESTINIES": STUDENTS PERSPECTIVES OF AN INNOVATIVE CROSS-CULTURAL TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM.
March 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION "This is the start of what I have wanted to do all my life! (Langton, Interview) Like fellow Indigenous graduating students in the Bachelor of Education through James Cook University's Remote Area Teacher Education...

ATTITUDES TOWARD COMPUTERS AMONG TEACHER EDUCATION STUDENTS IN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION Over the last three decades, computers have been increasingly used in teaching and training at all levels. Rapid development in the areas of computer and communication technology in recent years fuel further development and...

"THE LINK, AND HOW WE THINK: USING HYPERTEXT AS A TEACHING & LEARNING TOOL".
March 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION As we enter this new millennium, a variety of Golden Calves have been touted as the answer to our educational woes. Yet amidst all the solutions {http://www.ed.gov/} bandied about, one fundamental question often gets lost in...

EFFECT OF TIME AND LEVEL OF VISUAL ENHANCEMENT IN FACILITATING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OF DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES.
March 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION Visualization properly designed, and positioned in instructional presentations has been found to be an important variable in facilitating student achievement of different types of educational objectives (Dwyer, 1978). However,...

THE EFFECTS OF HIGHLIGHT COLOR ON IMMEDIATE RECALL ON SUBJECTS OF DIFFERENT COGNITIVE STYLES.
March 22, 2001... Research involving the use of visual images compared to verbal representation suggests that images increase the level of learning when applied to specified tasks (Levin, Anglin, & Carney, 1987; Paivio, 1986). The effectiveness associated with...

COGNITIVE-MOTIVATIONAL PREDICTORS OF SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN HEALTH SCIENCES MAJORS.
March 22, 2001... A number of instructional design applications have been directed toward the improvement of teaching processes and learning outcomes in the health sciences. For instance, there have been several reports that describe the application of emerging...

INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA FOR TEACHERS' PREPARATION.
March 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION This study investigated the relative effectiveness of two instructional media as tools to help preservice teachers identify classroom strategies that facilitate content learning in English by students for whom English is not...

Instructional Design: A Primer.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Instructional Design: A Primer. Ledford, B.R. & Sleeman P.J. (2000). Greenwich CT: Information Age Publishing. Instructional Design: A Primer by Ledford and Sleeman is a straight forward easy to read text covering the Instructional Design...

Perspectives in Web Course Management.(Review)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... Perspectives in Web Course Management Bruce L. Mann, Contributing Editor. Canadian Scholars' Press Inc. There is an old adage that says, "Measure twice, and cut once." In the rapidly growing and ever changing field of web based...