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Novice Use of a Dimensional Scale for the Evaluation of the Hypermedia User Interface: Caveat Emptor
Stephen W. Harmon
Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 11, No. 3 (1995) pp. 429–37
Discusses a dimensional scale for the evaluation of the multimedia user interface. Reports on a study of the use of the scale by novice graduate students at the University of Houston Clear Lake. Discusses hypermedia as a subset of multimedia, and...
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An Analysis of the Integration of Instructional Technology in Pre-Service Teacher Education in Zimbabwe
Rodwell Chitiyo; Stephen W. Harmon
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 57, No. 6 (December 2009) pp. 807–830
In the context of continuous innovations in information and communication technology (ICT) and its impact on higher education, this study explored the integration of instructional technology (IT) by university lecturers in pre-service secondary...
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A Unique Design for High-Impact Safety and Awareness Training
Brendan Calandra; Stephen W. Harmon
Educational Media International Vol. 49, No. 2 (2012) pp. 97–108
The authors were asked to design and develop a large-scale, web-based learning environment that would effectively assist international aid workers in conducting their daily tasks in the field, at home and in the office in a safer and more secure...
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A Case Study of Design-Based Research for Creating a Vision Prototype of a Technology-Based Innovative Learning Environment
Yuxin Ma; Stephen W. Harmon
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 20, No. 1 (January 2009) pp. 75–93
Design-based research is a burgeoning research paradigm holding the promise of introducing more socially responsible studies to transform education. However, there is a lack of methodological standards and established research processes to inform...
Topics: eLearning, Research Methods, Post Secondary Education, Professional Development, Virtual Environments
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A Systemic Approach to the Integration of Interactive Distance Learning into Education and Training
Stephen W. Harmon; Atsuri Hirumi
Journal of Education for Business Vol. 71, No. 5 (1996) pp. 267–71
A model for the design and delivery of distance instruction is based on a systematic approach to distance learning that considers all stakeholders and is student centered. (SK)
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What Professors Need To Know about Technology To Assess On-Line Student Learning
Marshall G. Jones; Stephen W. Harmon
New Directions for Teaching and Learning Vol. 91 (2002) pp. 19–30
Uses a question-and-answer format to define three distinct areas of assessment in Web-based instruction (monitoring student progress, promoting learning, and evaluating course effectiveness) and to identify the tools with which to conduct these...
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Virtual Reality Training Environments: Contexts and Concerns
Stephen W. Harmon; Patrick J. Kenney
Educational Media International Vol. 31, No. 4 (1994) pp. 228–37
Discusses the contexts where virtual reality (VR) training environments might be appropriate; examines the advantages and disadvantages of VR as a training technology; and presents a case study of a VR training environment used at the NASA Johnson...
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A Qualitative Analysis of Situated Web-Based Instruction
Stephen W. Harmon; Marshall G. Jones
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2000 (April 2000)
This paper presents results of research on an intensive online graduate level course in Web-based instruction (WBI) delivered via the same medium. The classes, offered concurrently at the University of Memphis and at Georgia State University,...
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An Analysis of Situated Web-Based Instruction
Stephen W. Harmon; Marshall G. Jones
Educational Media International Vol. 38, No. 4 (2001) pp. 271–80
Discusses results of analysis of data collected over four semesters of a situated graduate course in Web-based instruction that investigated synchronous versus asynchronous interaction; the importance of technical skills; aids and barriers to the...
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Planning and Implementing Web-Based Instruction: Tools for Decision Analysis
Stephen W. Harmon; Marshall G. Jones
Selected Research and Development Papers Presented at the National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology [AECT] 1999 (February 1999)
This paper discusses issues and factors involved in making decisions on whether to use World Wide Web-based instruction. Five levels of Web-based instruction (no Web use, informational, supplemental, essential, communal, or immersive Web use) are...
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Facilitating interpersonal communication with technology in principal preparation programs
Angus J. MacNeil; Stephen W. Harmon
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 313–316
Technology is often cited as a cause for a more impersonal world. Technology has created speed and efficiency at the cost of personal encounters, long gone are conversations with real live phone operators. We have been inundated with recorded...
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What We Know about Research in Instructional Technology: Interviews with Research Leaders
Marshall G. Jones; Daniel W. Surry; Stephen W. Harmon; Susan Land; John D. Farquhar
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)
Instructional Research Online (InTRO) was established in 1994 as a repository of research papers, media, and other artifacts related to research in instructional technology. The World Wide Web site (http://intro.base.org) includes sections on...