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The Heart of Implementation Fidelity: Instructional Design and Intent
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Kulo, Violet A.; Cates, Ward Mitchell – Educational Technology, 2013
Given that there is no universal way to measure implementation fidelity, instructional designers developing instructional innovations may find themselves faced with the challenge of determining the extent to which teachers' implementation of an instructional model is faithful. This article contends that a faithful implementation is one in…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Program Implementation, Instructional Innovation, Change Strategies
What Happens to "Writing Across the Curriculum" with Handheld Devices?
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Yarnall, Louise; Carriere, Sara; Stanford, Tina; Manning, Carmen; Melton, Bob – Educational Technology, 2007
This article presents findings from research in a school district using handhelds to support writing across the curriculum. The authors report that handheld devices can be useful to foster classroom note-taking activities, assist students who have handwriting difficulties, and provide inspiration to teachers who want to create collaborative and…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Instruction, Computers, Telecommunications
Evaluating Learning Technologies: Comments on "A Framework for Quality in Educational Technology Programs" by Confrey, Sabelli, and Sheingold.
Means, Barbara – Educational Technology, 2002
Discusses the Expert Panel on Educational Technology and its recommendations for evaluation practices. Topics include evaluating the program rather than the technology; organizational change, learning, and equity in innovations; kinds of student learning that can be supported; and evidence of effectiveness. (LRW)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Evaluation Criteria
Performance Contracting: The Dallas Experience
Webster, William J. – Educational Technology, 1974
Article discusses the results of the evaluation of performance contracts utilized during the 1970-71 school year in the Dallas Independent School District. (HB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Technology, Instructional Innovation, Performance Contracts
Planting Computer Assisted Instruction
Christopher, G. Ronald – Educational Technology, 1974
A brief overview of how computer assisted instruction came into wide use and its present cost effectiveness as an instructional tool. (HB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Media
A Systems Approach to Performance Based Instruction
Brown, R. W. Bill – Educational Technology, 1975
A computer assisted approach to accountability and performance based instruction is discussed. (HB)
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Educational Technology
CAI - There Is a Way to Make It Pay (But Not in Conventional Schooling)
Butman, Robert C. – Educational Technology, 1973
CAI can pay by choosing a market where a decrease in training time or an increase in student-teacher ratios can be translated into lower over-all costs to the system. This situation obtains when CAI is used for the education and training of professionals, children with learning disabilities and others whose instructional needs cannot be met by the…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Technology
Two Traditions of Systems Thinking in Instructional Development.
Hwang, Ahn-Sook – Educational Technology, 1995
Discusses the historical development of "hard" and "soft" systems thinking traditions and examines how these traditions have been understood and applied in the field of instructional development. Proposes the need for a synthesis of the two traditions in planning, implementing, and evaluating instructional programs. (AEF)
Descriptors: Holistic Evaluation, Instructional Development, Instructional Systems, Interpretive Skills