This study investigated the impact of a self-regulatory tool, the Instructional Planning Self-Reflective Tool (IPSRT), on preservice teachers’ performance, disposition, and self-efficacy beliefs regarding systematic instructional planning. Participants enrolled in an introductory educational technology course were taught how to develop an instructional plan as part of the course. An experimenta...

It is important to distinguish between the portion of faculty time that is spent in direct contact with students in classrooms, laboratories, studios, clinics, etc. and the time spent on instructional activities generally. The distinction is important because activities involving direct contact with students account for only a fraction of the time spent on fulfilling instructional responsibilit...

This paper examines ways in which coherent reasoning about key concepts such as variability, sampling, data, and distribution can be developed as part of statistics education. Instructional activities that could support such reasoning were developed through design research conducted with students in grades 7 and 8. Results are reported from a teaching experiment with grade 8 students that emplo...

Nowadays, the e-learning industry is focused on producing and managing digital learning contents. There are several examples of learning objects, content packages or metadata proposed by different organizations such as IMS, IEEE or ADL. However, little attention has been paid to the specification and management of instructional processes, teaching strategies and learning activities. These issue...

This paper is concerned with the gradual development and validation of an instructional model for teaching instructional planning to prospective teachers in secondary level business schools. The model is based on the assumptions that a) instructional planning can be considered as a design task, and b) learning to cope with these tasks is effectively supported by task-tailored coaching intervent...

Instructional objectives provide a student with a “blueprint” of what is considered important in a given course and create a common understanding between the teacher and student as to what information will be provided by the teacher as well as what is expected of the student. Thus, instructional objectives serve as the basis for a valid and purposeful evaluation of the instructional process and...

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...

The purpose of this article is to explore the need for imagination and creativity in adult education instructional design both online and face-to-face. It defines both imagination and creativity as well as provides an overview of the history of instructional design. It provides an examination of imagination and its application in educational settings. Suggestions are presented for promoting cre...

Faculty members in higher education are involved in many instructional design activities without formal training in learning theories and the science of instruction. Learning theories provide the foundation for the selection of instructional strategies and allow for reliable prediction of their effectiveness. To achieve effective learning outcomes, the science of instruction and instructional d...