Using Computer-Assisted Case-Based Instruction in Corporate Training

Nancy Vye

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1997–2000

This paper discusses a computer-based, corporate training program that was developed through a private enterprise/university partnership. The program was designed using a case-based instructional approach. At the core of the program is a set of...

Topics: Computers, Training, Instructional Design

The Effects of Anchored Instruction for Teaching Social Studies: Enhancing Comprehension of Setting Information

Nancy J. Vye

A study examined an experimental curriculum developed to enhance students' literacy and social studies skills. Videodisc and text materials (the films "Young Sherlock Holmes" and "Oliver" and stories by Charles Dickens and Conan Doyle) were used to...

A Case-Based E-Learning Program for Health Care Professionals: Design Considerations and Outcomes

Nancy Vye; Dawna Martich; Lisa McBrian

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 770–773

This paper discusses a case-based, e-learning orientation program that was developed for health care professionals at American Healthways, Inc (hereafter AMHC). At the core of the program is a set of multimedia problems depicting realistic...

Topics: Learning Outcomes

A Comparison of Lecture-Based and Challenge-Based Learning in a Workplace Setting: Course Designs, Patterns of Interactivity, and Learning Outcomes

Timothy K. O'Mahony; Nancy J. Vye; John D. Bransford; Elizabeth A. Sanders; Reed Stevens; Richard D. Stephens; Michael C. Richey; Kuen Y. Lin; Moe K. Soleiman

Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 21, No. 1 (2012) pp. 182–206

We describe findings from a research partnership involving a global airline manufacturing company (The Boeing Company), and learning scientists and aeronautical engineers from the University of Washington. Our starting point for the partnership...