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50 Years of ERIC
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Korean and Foreign Students' Perceptions of the Teacher's Role in a Multicultural Online Learning Environment in Korea
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Lee, Dong Yub – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2011
This study investigated Korean and foreign students' perception of the teacher's role in multicultural online learning environments in Korea. On the basis of a literature review, a survey questionnaire was developed and piloted with 248 university students in Korea. The questionnaire was subsequently modified on the basis of the results of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Foreign Students, Student Attitudes
Towards an Understanding of Instructional Design Heuristics: An Exploratory Delphi Study
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York, Cindy S.; Ertmer, Peggy A. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2011
Evidence suggests that experienced instructional designers often use heuristics and adapted models when engaged in the instructional design problem-solving process. This study used the Delphi technique to identify a core set of heuristics designers reported as being important to the success of the design process. The overarching purpose of the…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Instructional Design, Heuristics, Design Requirements
Technology and Educational Empowerment: Students' Perspectives.
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Saye, John – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1997
Interviews with high school seniors and teachers explored perceptions of technology's role in schooling. Most preferred to adapt technology to traditional, teacher-centered instruction. A minority valued technology as a facilitator of student-centered inquiry and differed in beliefs about schooling and in dispositional tolerance for uncertainty.…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Conventional Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Technology
Formative Research on Sequencing Instruction with the Elaboration Theory.
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English, Robert E.; Reigeluth, Charles M. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1996
Examines elaboration theory of instruction (ETI), a theory that prescribes different patterns of sequencing for different kinds of learning. Presents results of surveying undergraduate students who have undergone ETI sequencing. Results identify the strengths and weaknesses of the instruction and ways of improving it. Student debriefing questions…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Learning Strategies
Competencies for Distance Education Professionals.
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Thach, Elizabeth C.; Murphy, Karen L. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1995
Describes a study that was conducted to identify the roles and competencies of distance education professionals within the United States and Canada based on a survey of approximately 100 distance educators. A competency model based on the results is presented and recommendations for future research are included. (Contains 68 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Competence, Delphi Technique, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Enhancing Self-Efficacy for Computer Technologies through the Use of Positive Classroom Experiences.
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Ertmer, Peggy A.; And Others – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1994
Describes a study of undergraduates completing electronic mail and word processing tasks that investigated the effects of experience on attitudes toward computers and judgment of confidence, or self-efficacy. Use of the Computer Technologies Survey is discussed, and treatment of experimental and control groups is described. Survey instrument and…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation, Electronic Mail