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Shaughnessy, Michael F.; Fulgham, Susan M. – Educational Technology, 2016
In this regular feature of "Educational Technology," Michael F. Shaughnessy and Susan M. Fulgham present their interview with Ryan Watkins, Associate Professor of Educational Technology at the George Washington University and the author of 10 books and more than 95 articles. In this interview, Watkins discusses the following topics:…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Interviews, Electronic Learning, Skill Development
McLellan, Hilary – Educational Technology, 1994
Provides an overview to this section that continues discussions and responses from a previous issue that addressed situated cognition and its implications for learning. The situated learning model is explained, including the key components of apprenticeship, collaboration, reflection, coaching, multiple practice, and articulation of learning…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Learning, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Educational Technology, 1993
Reviews theories of anchored instruction and addresses issues related to learning, transfer, and assessment. Highlights include video-based macrocontexts; videodisc anchors versus computer-based simulations; cooperative learning; transfer outside the classroom; authenticity; visual anchors versus verbal anchors; situated cognition; and using…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education
Merrill, M. David – Educational Technology, 1991
Describes and compares various assumptions of instructional design and of constructivism, some of which have been raised in other articles in this issue. Topics discussed include instructional design theory; instructional systems theory; mental models; categories of knowledge; knowledge representation; instructional strategies; collaborative…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Instructional Design, Learning Processes