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TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning

April 2008 Volume 52, Number 2

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Number of articles: 9

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. "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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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

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