Adapting Face-To-Face Classroom Instruction for Online Learning

Robert Isaacson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 402–406

This paper describes the adaptation of face-to-face staff development workshops for delivery online. The process described here is based upon face-to-face staff development workshops for L2 instructors that emphasize the adult experiential learning...

Instructional Design Considerations for Mobile Assisted Language Learning

Robert Isaacson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1955–1958

This paper outlines instructional design considerations for mobile assisted language learning (MALL). The tools available to facilitate mobile assisted language learning exist on a continuum of media richness and interactivity. Instructional...

Using The “I Do It, We Do It, You Do It” Teaching Routine in Technology Training Workshops

Robert Isaacson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 3235–3242

This paper is a reports the findings of an action research study conducted during faculty development technology training workshops that utilized the “I Do It, We Do It, You Do It” teaching routine. This teaching routine is based upon the gradual...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Training

Design Considerations for Task-based Foreign Language Teaching Online

Robert Isaacson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 552–557

This paper outlines design considerations for facilitating task-based based foreign language teaching and learning online. The tools available to facilitate online teaching and learning exist on a continuum of media richness and interactivity....

Examination of Phoneme and Viseme Synchronization On Listening Task Performance

Robert Isaacson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 1834–1837

This paper describes a work-in-progress research study that will examine the effect of phoneme and viseme synchronization on listening task performance. The influence of audiovisual integration on speech perception and second language acquisition ...

Design, Development, and Evaluation of an e-Learning Module User Interface

Robert Isaacson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 1682–1687

This paper describes the design, development, and evaluation of the user interface that was used for a series of online staff development learning modules for L2 instructors at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. Proactive...

Evaluation of a Face-to-Face Staff Development Workshop Adaptation for E-Learning

Robert Isaacson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 154–159

This paper reports the findings of an action research study that evaluated an e-learning module that was an adaptation of a face-to-face staff development workshop for foreign language instructors at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language...

Video Production Process for Online Foreign Language Lessons

Robert Isaacson

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 3621–3625

This paper describes the production process for creating foreign language video lessons for online distribution via the Language Materials Distribution System (LMDS) at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC). Video learning ...

Models of Co-teaching Foreign Language Online

Robert Isaacson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1341–1345

This paper describes five models of co-teaching and how they can be adapted for teaching foreign language online distance education. Teaching and learning foreign language online presents a unique set of challenges for both the instructor and...

The Use of Sonification in Synthetic Voice Messages

Robert Isaacson; Ron Aust

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 957–965

This paper reports the findings of a research study that examined the use of sonification in synthetic voice messages as an aid to listening task performance. Part one of the study examined five dimensions of user satisfaction with sonification in...

Topics: Audio

Designing and Evaluating User Interfaces for eLearning

Ronald Aust; Robert Isaacson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 1195–1202

This article describes the design and evaluation of the user interface for over 50 online modules encompassing 150 lessons, and 100+ hours of mediated instruction. We employed rapid prototyping, multiple focus groups, alpha and beta test...

Creating Streaming Media for e-Learning

Ron Aust; Robert Isaacson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 380–381

This presentation will provide a non-technical overview the RealSystem suite of applications, various media creation tools, and ideas for ways to create instructional streaming multimedia. Suggestions for planning presentations, media production,...

Topics: Integration, Multimedia

Instructional Design Considerations for Mobile Assisted Language Learning

Robert Isaacson; Kara MacDonald

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 1500–1503

This paper outlines instructional design considerations for mobile assisted language learning (MALL). The key advantage of the mobile technology is that it provides language learners with real world context. This means that the learner has the...

The use of sonification as an aid to listening task performance

Robert E. Isaacson

The use of sonification as an @?aid to listening task@performance (2004) pp. 1–121

This study examined the use of sonification in synthetic voice audio messages as an aid to listening task performance. Sonification is the use of non-speech audio cues and signal processing techniques to communicate information. Prior studies in...

Examination of the Production Process for Arabic Grammar Video Lessons

Robert Isaacson; Amgad Ishak

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 558–563

This action research study examined the production process for creating Arabic grammar video lessons and reports the results of user evaluations of the lessons. The Arabic grammar video lessons were created for the Language Materials Distribution...

Design of Academic Performance Support Systems

Robert Isaacson; Brian Newberry

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 1863–1870

This paper explores the design requirements for creation of Academic Performance Support Systems (APSS) that use information technology to support learning communities. It outlines an incremental approach to the design, planning, and implementation...

Models of Co-teaching Foreign Language Online

Robert Isaacson; Kara MacDonald

Global TIME 2012 (Feb 07, 2012) pp. 197–201

This paper describes five models of co-teaching that can be adapted for teaching foreign language online. Teaching and learning foreign language online presents a unique set of challenges for both the instructor and students. Distance foreign...

Assessing and Monitoring Student Progress in an E-Learning Personnel Preparation Environment

Edward L. Meyen; Ronald J. Aust; Yvonne N. Bui; Robert Isaacson

Teacher Education and Special Education Vol. 25, No. 2 (2002) pp. 187–98

Discussion of e-learning in special education personnel preparation focuses on student assessment in e-learning environments. It includes a review of the literature, lessons learned by the authors from assessing student performance in e-learning...

e-Learning: A Programmatic Research Construct for the Future

Edward L. Meyen; Ron Aust; John M. Gauch; H Scott Hinton; Robert E. Isaacson; Sean J. Smith; Meng Yew Tee

Journal of Special Education Technology Vol. 17, No. 3 (2002) pp. 37–46

This article addresses the need for a conceptual approach to researching, e-learning instructional design and the technologies employed as a basis for e-learning. A programmatic research construct is offered for building a conceptual model. Three...