The Clipper Project: A Web-based Curriculum

MJ Bishop; Sally White

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 4671–4676

Funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 1999 as a five-year research and development initiative, the Clipper Project set out to explore the future of teaching and learning technologies by evaluating the short- and long-term costs and benefits...

Topics: Learning Outcomes

The Design of Scaffolding in Game-based Learning: A Formative Evaluation

Sheri Weppel; Mj Bishop; Hector Munoz-Avila

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 23, No. 4 (October 2012) pp. 361–392

Instructional games fluctuate between “restricted play” and “free play.” Highly structured games with lots of corrective feedback can be less engaging, whereas unstructured games with minimal feedback can lead to frustration. This mixed methods,...

Providing Novice Instructional Designers Real-World Experiences: The PacifiCorp Design and Development Competition

MJ Bishop; Dan Schuch; J Michael Spector; Monica W. Tracey

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 49, No. 2 (2005) pp. 20–21

According to the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance, and Instruction (ibstpi) new technologies and methods have made instructional design practice more complex and sophisticated today than it was in the early years of the...