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Pressure on the System: Increasing Flexible Learning through Distance Education
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Lockee, Barbara B.; Clark-Stallkamp, Rebecca – Distance Education, 2022
The recent shift to remote instruction in response to the global pandemic has resulted in increasing demand for flexible learning options in higher education going forward. As institutions strategize the advancement of distance education as a means of addressing these demands, a parallel need has emerged for increased awareness of flexible…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Time Perspective
The AECT HistoryMakers Project: Conversations with Leaders in Educational Technology
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Lockee, Barbara B.; Song, Kibong; Li, Wei – Educational Technology, 2014
The early beginnings and evolution of the field of educational technology (ET) have been documented by various scholars in the field. Recently, another form of historical documentation has been undertaken through a project of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). The AECT HistoryMakers Project is a collaborative…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Web Sites, Interviews, Information Sources
Using Information Technology to Forge Connections in an Extension Service Project
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Schneider, Sandra B.; Brock, Donna-Jean P.; Lane, Crystal Duncan; Meszaros, Peggy S.; Lockee, Barbara B. – Journal of Extension, 2011
A hybrid Extension project is introduced that uses a traditional Extension delivery model without the complete infrastructure of Cooperative Extension Services. The absence of this local organizational support and infrastructure necessitates new thinking regarding how Information Technology (IT) can support this project and hybrid Extension…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Delivery Systems
A Program Information Tool for Instructional Design and Technology Programs
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Lockee, Barbara B.; Reiser, Robert A. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
The IDT (Instructional Design and Technology) Program Information Tool is an online information sharing system which has been created to allow programs in the field of instructional design and technology to share their program policies and procedures with one another easily so as to help each program review those practices and perhaps adapt (or…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Web Sites, Educational Practices
A Taxonomy of Bandwidth: Considerations and Principles To Guide Practice in the Design and Delivery of Distance Education.
Moore, David R.; Lockee, Barbara B. – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 1999
Presents suggestions to assist distance educators in making instructional development choices to maximize the effectiveness of available bandwidth. Discusses identification of available bandwidth and describes four variables that can be manipulated to reduce the consumption of bandwidth (time/place, fidelity, degree of realism, level of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Technology
A Pragmatic Instructional Design Model for Distance Learning
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Willis, Lucinda L.; Lockee, Barbara B. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 2004
Though distance education can be a different educational experience from more traditional classroom instruction, it is, nonetheless, founded in instructional systems design (ISD). As such, the creation of effective distance courses should be based on a theoretical model that takes into account considerations specific to distributed learning…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Instructional Design, Content Analysis, Delivery Systems
Direct Instruction Revisited: A Key Model for Instructional Technology
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Magliaro, Susan G.; Lockee, Barbara B.; Burton, John K. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2005
Rooted in behavioral theory, particularly the radical or selectivist behaviorism of B.F. Skinner (1953, 1954, 1966, 1968, 1974), the direct instruction (DI) approach to teaching is now well into its third decade of influencing curriculum, instruction, and research. It is also in its third decade of controversy. Our purpose is to present the DI…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Instructional Design
Method, Media, and Mode: Clarifying the Discussion of Distance Education Effectiveness.
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Head, J. Thomas; Lockee, Barbara B.; Oliver, Kevin M. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2002
Discussion of the effectiveness of distance education presents a framework for understanding three of the primary variables that comprise the design and delivery of distance education: teaching method, media attributes, and delivery mode; and emphasizes the importance of discriminating between them when evaluating instruction. Considers online…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Educational Media, Evaluation Methods
Instructional Image Development for Network-Based Distance Education.
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Lockee, Barbara B.; Moore, David R.; Moore, David M. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1999
Discusses the need for quality instructional images in a networked environment and presents strategies for maximizing the effectiveness of visuals for instruction in distance education. Topics include the instructional value of images; types of network technologies; bandwidth constraints in televised instruction, computer-based instruction, and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Television, Instructional Effectiveness