With the advent of the Internet, educators now have access over the web to the first artificial intelligence productivity toolsites. This presentation will demonstrate a unique online lesson planning toolsite and a research toolsite where educators actually create documents in the website. Following a process guide, the user applies a natural language retrieval algorithm to locate educational r...

The major purpose of this case study was to document the classroom management beliefs and practices of three teachers reputed to implement student-centered instruction and to examine the relationship between their instructional and managerial approaches. More specifically, do teachers who use student-centered instruction also implement studentcentered management? Results indicate that, although...

Based on a review of instructional design models, previous papers identified first principles of instruction. These principles prescribe a cycle of instruction consisting of activation, demonstration, application, and integration. These instructional phases are best implemented in the context of real-world tasks. A Pebble-in-the-Pond approach to instructional development prescribes a task-cente...

This paper provides a review of existing instructional planning approaches, classified in two groups: delivery and content planning (Wasson, 1990). It is suggested that instructional planning doesn’t have to be associated with a particular teaching style or locus of control. Two examples are used to illustrate how instructional planning can implement different instructional strategies, some of ...

Our recent work has shown that conversational tutors that use social interaction strategies can achieve significant learning improvement through better management of student attention. In continuation with this line of investigation, this paper presents an experiment that measures the separate and joint effects of the nature and style of automatically generated interventions. We investigate asp...

Kristin Hoffmann is Head, Research & Instructional Services, in the D.B. Weldon Library at the University of Western Ontario; e-mail: [email protected]. Lise Doucette is Research & Instructional Services Librarian in the Allyn & Betty Taylor Library at the University of Western Ontario; e-mail: [email protected]. © 2012 Kristin Hoffmann and Lise Doucette, Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativeco...

This paper critically examines the current state of research on the use of instructional design and development (IDD) procedures to develop work-related training that is inclusive of all age groups. The approach included a Best Evidence Synthesis of books, academic journals, and conference proceedings in the fields of instructional design and technology, training development, and human resource...

Adaptive training and education (ATE) systems are the convergence of intelligent tutoring system (ITS) technologies and external training and education capabilities (e.g., serious games, virtual humans and simulations). Like ITSs, ATEs provide instructional experiences that are tailored to the learner and may be more effective than the training or educational systems alone. ATEs also leverage e...

OBJECTIVE: To provide an overview of current cognitive learning processes, including a summary of research that supports the use of specific instructional methods to foster those processes. We have developed examples in athletic training education to help illustrate these methods where appropriate. DATA SOURCES: Sources used to compile this information included knowledge base and oral and didac...