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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Effects of Instructional Events in Computer-Based Instruction
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Martin, Florence; Klein, James; Sullivan, Howard – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
Forty years ago, Robert Gagne published the first edition of his book The Conditions of Learning (1965) in which he proposed nine events of instruction that provide a sequence for organizing a lesson. These events remain the foundation of current instructional design practice (Reiser, 2002; Richey, 2000). They represent desirable conditions in an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods, Instructional Design, Computer Assisted Instruction
The Effects of Synchronous and Asynchronous Distance Education: A Meta-Analytical Assessment of Simonson's "Equivalency Theory"
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Bernard, Robert M.; Abrami, Philip C.; Wade, Anne; Borokhovski, Evgueni; Lou, Yiping – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
Simonson, Schlosser and Hanson (1999) argue that a new theory called "equivalency theory" is needed to account for the unique features of the "teleconferencing" (synchronous) model of DE that is prevalent in many North American universities. Based on a comprehensive meta-analysis of the comparative literature of DE (Bernard, Abrami, Lou, Wozney,…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Meta Analysis, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes