This article identifies resources to be included in a website designed to facilitate the integration of instructional games in K-12 settings. Guidelines and supporting components are based on a survey of K-12 educators who are integrating games, an analysis of existing instructional game websites, and summaries of literature on the use of educational software in K-12 settings and teacher techno...

The need for rapid and cost-effective development Intelligent Tutoring Systems with flexible pedagogical approaches has led to a demand for authoring tools. The authoring systems developed to date provide a range of options and flexibility, such as authoring simulations, or authoring tutoring strategies. This paper describes FlexiTrainer, an authoring framework that enables the rapid creation o...

The potential for multimedia to enhance the statistics curriculum is clear, but how to develop instructional materials that take advantage of the riches that multimedia has to offer is not as transparent. It requires more than a simple translation of textbooks into HTML and statistical software into Java in order to obtain a product that is functional, effective, and artful. Accepted definition...

Opinions about the psychological correlates of multimedia computer-supported instructional tools were analyzed by means of a questionnaire concerning the motivational and emotional aspects of multimedia learning, the strategies to be followed during the learning process, the mental abilities and the style of thinking required, the cognitive benefits and outcomes. The questionnaire was distribut...

Microblogging tools such as Twitter show potential to enrich classroom experience and benefit student learning. Research shows that instructional guidance is particularly necessary in computer-assisted learning environments, but no research has been done to study the effects of instructional guidance in microblogging-based learning. Using a multiple-case study design, the researcher examined st...

Computer driven biometric analysis of athlete’s movements have proven themselves as effective sports training tools. Most current systems rely on the use of retro-reflective markers or magnetic sensors to capture the motion of the athlete, so the biometric analysis can be performed. Video based training tools have also proved to be valuable instructional aids, however most require significant h...

Visual Instructional Design Languages (VIDLs) are powerful tools for building conceptual models of instructional designs. E-learning courses appear to be a very suitable “playground” for VIDLs, as they usually provide a plethora of design options (e.g., tools, materials, delivery channels). Today there are a lot of different approaches to visual modeling of learning designs. In this paper we gi...

The cross-disciplinary nature of energy-efficient building design has created many challenges for architecture, engineering and construction instructors. One of the technical challenges in teaching sustainable building design is enabling students to quantitatively understand how different building designs affect a building’s energy performance. Concept based instructional methods fall short in ...

Driven by requests from Internet-savvy students, a large number of universities and educational institutions have started to design, develop and use information and communication technology to create, share and disseminate instructional material. Commercial tools, such as Blackboard and WebCT, are available to offer basic course management functionalities. However, most of these tools are hinde...