Instruction sequences play a key role in computing and have the potential of becoming more important in the conceptual development of informatics in addition to their existing role in computer technology and machine architectures. After 15 years of development of instruction sequence theory a more robust and outreaching terminology is needed for it which may support further development. Instruc...

classroom teaching, especially during the last year or two, and they have raised a computerassisted instruction change teacher-administrator relationships? block_whether in mathematics or in language arts-a student can be “recal. computer aided instruction—specifically, Fluency and Automaticity through Teaching and Technology (FASTT) Math––was more effective than the other. Can young children l...

According to cognitive load theory, instruction needs to be designed in a manner that facilitates the acquisition of knowledge in long-term memory while reducing unnecessary demands on working memory. When technology is used to deliver instruction, the sequence in which students learn to use the technology and learn the relevant subject matter may have cognitive load implications, and should in...

Literature has studied students learning in inverted (flipped) classes. However, little attention has been paid to another important set of stakeholders – the instructors. While past research indicates that the inverted paradigm is effective, there has been no analysis of preparing, creating and delivering this instruction model from an instructor’s point of view. We argue that education techno...

The purpose of this study was to examine factors affecting teachers’ integration of laptops into classroom instruction. A research-based pathmodelwas tested based on data gathered from379 K-12 school teachers to examine direct and indirect contributions of relevant institutional factors (overall support for school technology, technical support, and professional development) and teacher level fa...

This paper discusses an infrastructure needed to design, develop, and support a new National Educational Learning System (NELS). The NELS system, when established, would be a resource for those institutions with undergraduate curricula that want to evolve their educational program in new ways. It would capitalize on the development and use of newly emerging technologies in higher education. It ...

One can gain appreciable insights to the present day status of the field of instructional technology (IT) from examining its early beginnings and the origins of current practice. Programmed Instruction (PI) was an integral factor in the evolution of the instructional design process, and serves as the foundation for the procedures in which IT professionals now engage for the development of effec...

Rapid advances in information technology are reshaping the learning styles of many students in higher education. The standard “world to the desktop” interface is now complemented by ■ multiuser virtual environments in which people’s avatars interact with each other, computer-based agents, and digital artifacts in a simulated context; and ■ augmented realities in which mobile wireless devices in...