In this paper we report on a longitudinal study of a Leonardo da Vinci program regarding the application of a Computer Based Learning environment in three EU countries, Greece, Germany, and Holland. The “Orestis” CD-ROM was a multimedia CBL environment aimed at teaching young offenders the basic and advanced skills for the use and maintenance of a photocopy shop. The complete project consisted ...

Northeastern University’s Education Technology Advisory Committee (ETAC) consists of faculty who are specialists in bridging the gap between content development and instructional design. “Why does the note ‘A’ sound different on a flute compared to a violin?” is an interactive learning module that tackles the elusive concept of musical timbre. This is an example of an Embedded Learning Module (...

Background: The perquisite of an effective nutritional intervention is a proper educational method. The aim of this study was to define the effectiveness of nutritional education using discussion group and multimedia on learning of pregnant women. Method: This randomized educational trial was conducted among 174 pregnant women in northeastern Iran, Gonabad city. Participants were assigned rand...

This article describes a dedicated method for the design of multimedia courseware, called PROFIL. The method integrates instructional design methods and techniques with software engineering methods and techniques. Furthermore it integrates media selection methods in the design methodology and it takes account of the design of courses of which courseware is a only a part. In six phases (prelimin...

The main aim of this thesis was to take a closer look at visual attention allocation, cognitive load and learning outcome in learning from dynamic visualizations with accompanying verbal explanations. Instructional design guidelines derived from cognitive theories of learning with multimedia commonly recommend presenting spoken rather than written text in order to promote learning. Based on the...

Like the design of any instruction, designing the Web as an instructional tool must include certain Moreover, online learning must provide a framework for producing a Incorporating interactivity and multimedia into web-based instruction. Web-based instruction provides teachers with a means of meeting the social needs of A framework for designing interactivity into Web-based instruction. *Techno...

The current work describes an instructional module which emphasizes integrative design using the six simple machines of the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the screw, and gear. The emphasis of this module is on having the students investigate the underlying scientific and mathematical properties of the ‘machines’, and then integrating this knowledge to design creative...

LORI (learning object review instrument) is an evaluation framework designed to support collaborative critique of multimedia learning resources. In this chapter, the interactions among reviewers using LORI are framed as a form of collaborative argumentation. Research on collaborative evaluation of learning resources has found that reviewers’ quality ratings tend to converge as a result of their...

This paper shows a web browser-based simulation architecture for education and training. This architecture integrates multimedia content with an interactive virtual environment. This is achieved combining the use of OSG4Web, a plugin for managing a scene graph inside a web browser, with the Flash platform. This architecture has been used to develop a training system focused on building and maso...

In this paper we apply natural language understanding and topic modeling methods to create an instructional tool for assessing science discourse in interactive multimedia presentations that are created, shared and discussed by students. The resulting assessment prototype will enable teachers to follow student discourse in real time, to understand gaps in student learning, and to improve teachin...