The activities developed in this paper were aimed at providing an awareness of the elements that should be considered in quality learning objects instructional design for elearning systems. We thus propose our own LO definition taking into account aggregation level number 2. On this basis, we analyze cognitive theories for promoting learning and we explain issues relating to the LO characterist...

1 Tzu-Chien Liu, National Central University, Teachers Education Center, Chung-Li, Taiwan, [email protected] 2 Yih-Ruey Juang, Jin-Wen Institute of Technology, Department of Information Management, Taipei, Taiwan, [email protected] Abstract  With the prevalence of information in the digital age, it is more important to assist teachers to manage their own practical knowledge. According to thi...

An integrated distributed learning environment (IDLE) is proposed based on two designing frameworks: learning activities and instructional strategies. The proposed IDLE consists of four components: (1) online courseware, (2) virtual classroom, (3) instructional management, and (4) tools. In addition to system components, the installation of two types of instructional personnel is also suggested...

PURPOSE The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate students' academic outcomes after implementation of the team-based learning (TBL) approach in patient/client management courses in an entry-level doctor of physical therapy (DPT) curriculum. METHODS The research design of this study involved comparing written and practical exam scores from DPT student cohorts taught with the trad...

This paper describes a study conducted in recognition of the increasingly widespread use of computers and the importance of exposure to instructional technology (IT) in all aspects of the poultry science curriculum. The study consisted of the distribution and analysis of two cross-sectional surveys. One survey was sent to departments to obtain profiles of poultry science degree programs and the...

Digital libraries populated with learning objects are becoming popular tools in the creation of instructional technologies. Many current efforts to create standard metadata structures that facilitate the discovery and instructional use of learning objects recommend a single, authoritative metadata record per version of the learning object. However, as we argue in this paper, a single metadata r...

Background: One of the ways for effective communication between learners and instructional multimedia content in mobile learning systems is taking advantage of characters or pedagogical agents. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of the levels of realism in mobile-based pedagogical agents on health e-learning. Methods: The s...

The researchers examined responses from 862 faculty members at 38 institutions nationwide using the blackboard Learning Management System (LMS) to supplement their face-to-face instruction. The four research questions addressed the primary uses that faculty make of blackboard, perceptions that faculty have of how certain blackboard features enhance or elevate (or might enhance or elevate) their...

Beliefs related to classroom management vary among teachers and play an important role in classrooms. Despite the importance of this construct, valid measures have proven difficult to develop. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Behavior and Instructional Management Scale (BIMS), a short but valid measure of teachers' approaches to behavioral and instructional management. Re...