TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning
April 2008 Volume 52, Number 2
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 9
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Connellys' Classroom Cutaway
John Connelly & Marilyn Connelly
This article aims to help teachers looking for an exciting major unit designed to help their students meet educational standards in these areas: (1) library research skills, (2) preparing and... More
pp. 14-17
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Inside Linden Lab
Tom Atkinson
In this article, the author provides an overview of Second Life[trademark], or simply SL, which was developed at Linden Lab, a San Francisco-based corporation. SL is an online society within a... More
pp. 18-21
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Technology Curriculum and Planning for Technology in Schools: The Flemish Case
Ruben Vanderlinde, Johan van Braak, Vicky De Windt, Jo Tondeur, Ruben Hermans & Ilse Sinnaeve
As a significant step in the consolidation of the importance of technology in education, the Flemish Government recently (September 2007) introduced a formal technology curriculum for schools. This... More
pp. 23-26
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"Avenue ASL:" Transforming Curriculum through Design and Innovation
Charles Miller, Simon Hooper & Susan Rose
Between 1998 and 2002, enrollment in American Sign Language (ASL) curricula at the postsecondary level has increased 433% nationally, representing the largest enrollment percentage gain of all... More
pp. 27-32
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The AECT PacifiCorp Design and Development Competition: Why it is Important for Students and Graduate Programs
Dan Schuch
This article describes the AECT PacifiCorp Design and Development competition, an important event for students of and academic programs in instructional design and human performance improvement. It... More
pp. 33-35
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Education by Radio: America's Schools of the Air
William Bianchi
As an educational media, radio has a long and complex history in the United States, but its most extensive and important use in education took place during the School of the Air (SOA) movement.... More
pp. 36-44
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A Journey to Legitimacy: The Historical Development of Distance Education through Technology
Denise M. Casey
This article demonstrates the parallels between development of technology and the increased acceptance of distance learning. First, definitions of distance learning are provided. Second, the... More
pp. 45-51
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The Programmed Instruction Era: When Effectiveness Mattered
Michael Molenda
Programmed instruction (PI) was devised to make the teaching-learning process more humane by making it more effective and customized to individual differences. B.F. Skinner's original prescription ... More
pp. 52-58
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Antecedents of Computer-Based Instruction and Its Current Relationship to Our Discipline: An Examination of the Last Fifty Years of DAVI/AECT Convention Presentations
William Sugar & Abbie Brown
In this article, the authors explore the origins of computer-based instruction (CBI) and its influences on the Instructional Design and Technology profession. Specifically, the authors first... More
pp. 59-69