The Effects of Using Different Types of Multimedia Presentations on Thai Seventh-grade Learners’ Understanding of a Social Studies Text

Rosarin Adulseranee; Prof. James Lockard

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 2283–2288

The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare Thai seventh graders' comprehension of a social studies text under four different multimedia presentation formats - a written text (W), a written text with graphics (WG), an audio text with...

Selection and Adoption of a Course Management System

Phillip Powell; Lara Luetkehans; Rhonda Robinson; James Lockard

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3129–3136

Software technology tools such as Course Management Systems (CMS) have helped to facilitate e-learning pedagogy by incorporating instructional features such as course-related announcements, course syllabi, course outlines, projects, messages,...

Web-Based CAI for a Distance Education Neurology Course

Anita Miller; Shannon Lizer; James Lockard

WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) p. 1729

At the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, the Rural Medical Education Program prepares students with the special knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be successful as Family Physicians in rural Illinois. Students in this...

Topics: Distance Education, Physical Education, Students, Learning Objects

From Assessment Mandate to Course Delivery System:The E-Learning Journey of One College of Education

James Lockard; Wei-chen Hung

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) p. 1036

In this "best practices" session the presenters will describe their journey from an e-portfolio assessment mandate to expanded use of a commercial portfolio system into a full-fledged course management system that has replaced used of BlackBoard for ...

Core Curriculum in Assistive Technology: In-Service for Special Educators and Therapists

Thomas S. Higbee Kara A. Reagon; Wei-Chen Hung and James Lockard; Susan De La Paz; Pedro Hernández-Ramos; Rajiv Satsangi Emily C. Bouck; Whitney Bartlett; Therese M. Cumming; Cathi Draper Rodriguez; Christopher J. Rivera; Fred Spooner and Charles L. Wood; S Christy Hicks; Susan De La Paz; Pedro Hernández-Ramos; Rajiv Satsangi Emily C. Bouck; Whitney Bartlett; Therese M. Cumming; Cathi Draper Rodriguez; Christopher J. Rivera; Fred Spooner and Charles L. Wood; S Christy Hicks; Thomas S. Higbee Kara A. Reagon; Wei-Chen Hung and James Lockard; Susan De La Paz; Pedro Hernández-Ramos; Rajiv Satsangi Emily C. Bouck; Whitney Bartlett; Therese M. Cumming; Cathi Draper Rodriguez; Christopher J. Rivera; Fred Spooner and Charles L. Wood; S Christy Hicks; Thomas S. Higbee Kara A. Reagon; Wei-Chen Hung and James Lockard; Susan De La Paz; Pedro Hernández-Ramos; Rajiv Satsangi Emily C. Bouck; Whitney Bartlett; Therese M. Cumming; Cathi Draper Rodriguez; Christopher J. Rivera; Fred Spooner and Charles L. Wood; S Christy Hicks; Frankie K. Dissinger

Journal of Special Education Technology Vol. 18, No. 2 (2003) pp. 35–45

This article describes the development of a four-year course sequence in assistive technology (AT). Course participants learned how to assess student needs for AT, what AT devices were available, and how to make decisions within the individualized...

Which Way To Jump: Conventional Frog Dissection, CD-Tutorial, or Microworld?

Christine S. Marszalek; James Lockard

Selected Research and Development Papers Presented at the National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology [AECT] 1999 (February 1999)

This study investigated and compared the level of initial and long-term retention of frog internal anatomy among students using an interactive CD tutorial, a desktop microworld, and conventional frog dissection. Students' anxiety toward science was...

Development Research of a Teachers' Educational Performance Support System: The Practices of Design, Development, and Evaluation

Wei-Chen Hung; Thomas J. Smith; Marian S. Harris; James Lockard

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 58, No. 1 (February 2010) pp. 61–80

This study adopted design and development research methodology (Richey & Klein, "Design and development research: Methods, strategies, and issues," 2007) to systematically investigate the process of applying instructional design principles, human...

How Do Local School Districts Formulate Educational Technology Policy?

Jeffrey L. Hunt; James Lockard

Selected Research and Development Presentations at the National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Sponsored by the Research and Theory Division 1998 (February 1998)

This study reports on the formulation of educational technology policy in three Illinois K-12 school districts (n=36). Major findings included: (1) educational policy formulation in the districts focused on collecting the objects of technology, such ...

Using an Advance Organizer Guided Behavior Matrix to Support Teachers’ Problem Solving in Classroom Behavior Management

Wei-Chen Hung and James Lockard

Journal of Special Education Technology Vol. 22, No. 1

This study investigated the design and impact of a matrix-aided performance system (MAPS) to support teachers’ performance in developing intervention strategies for classroom behavior management. The design concept of MAPS is based on Ausubel’s ...