Educational program research and development

Design for MOSIS Educational Program (Research)

Nationalization of an educational reform: evolution of training and development in research

Many medical universitiesaround the world have donestunning changes in the recent years.Some of these changes have been performed with the support of international organizations.They changed the traditionaltrainingprograms based on teacher- centered learning and disciplined approach to the educational course based on community needs responsivity and Student-centered learning. This process is ai...

First report on structure and function of Educational research; Development Centers in Iranian medical universities

Introduction. quality improvement in education is one of the aims of "3rd Five-year program of development" and Iranian Medical Educational Research & Development Centers (EDC) are founded for this reason. So it is obvious that, in our universities, this policy should be performed by these centers. This study was done, because there wasn't regular data collection system previously in order to e...

Child Development and Genre Preference: Research for Educational Game Design

As the movement to capitalize on unique affordances of video games for learning continues to grow, relatively little research in that area has examined how formal features, such as genre and game mechanics, draw and hold children's attention. This study examines which genres children prefer and the reasons why children prefer those genres by reporting on a video game uses and gratifications sur...

Reflections on the state of educational technology research and development

In this article, I comment on the seven articles that appeared in the special issues of Educational Technology Research and Development (1998, 46(4); 1999, 47(2)) and an associated American Educational Research Association (AERA) symposium, as well as other selected developments in educational technology as presented in a recent edited volume (Jacobson & Kozma, in press). I address the importan...