Distance education is an instructional delivery system that allows students to participate in an educational opportunity without being physically present in the same location as the instructor. Although print-based correspondence study is the traditional method of distance education, more contemporary approaches rely heavily on various forms of instructional technology (Garrison, 1987). The rea...

This study examined the attitude of teachers towards the use of self-made video compact disc and its effect on JS II students’ academic performance in social studies in Calabar Municipality. Teachers’ Utilization of Video Compact Disc Questionnaire (TUVCDQ) and Social Studies Performance Test (SSPT) were administered to 12 teachers and 600 JSS II students respectively from 12 schools purposivel...

We present a new method for segmenting, and a new user interface for indexing and visualizing, the semantic content of extended instructional videos. Using various visual filters, key frames are first assigned a media type (board, class, computer, illustration, podium, and sheet). Key frames of media type board and sheet are then clustered based on contents via an algorithm with near-linear cos...

As constructivism gains more popularity in undergraduate engineering classrooms, video games are used with more frequency for instructional purposes. In fact, many of the principles of constructivism are practiced in the classroom through the use of video games. Since the beginning of this educational trend, several studies have been conducted to evaluate the effect that some learning or recrea...

US schools have traditionally been characterized by teacher privacy and independence, yet theory and empirical work suggest that peer observation and support – or " de-privatized instruction " – can help improve pedagogical practice. In this randomized controlled trial, we investigate whether the introduction of video technology into a school, through a video-based teacher evaluation system cal...

The delivery of educational content via a web browser over the Internet anytime and anywhere is emerging as a new education channel. Today's rapidly changing technological environment demands that faculty maintain technological currency. Computer based and other tutorials have demonstrated success in helping faculty maintain technological competence and currency in the academic arena in the pas...

Children with ADHD exhibit clinically impairing inattentive behavior during classroom instruction and in other cognitively demanding contexts. However, there have been surprisingly few attempts to validate anecdotal parent/teacher reports of intact sustained attention during 'preferred' activities such as watching movies. The current investigation addresses this omission, and provides an initia...

In 2021, alongside seven colleges at the University of Idaho campus, Library received an eGlass system (https://eglass.io) with funding from Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Grant to expand faculty’s capacity create instructional videos. The is a transparent glass whiteboard that allows instructors write, draw, and annotate. It comes built-in camera can capture instructors’ facial expressi...