Design of instruction is an important feature in teacher education at fulfilling the needs of 4Cs ("critical thinker," "communicator," "collaborator," "creator") developing "a globally competitive learners". As Instructional design models (ID) need to move from adopting a standard approach to…

A discription of GAMEgame which teaches various aspects of designing, adapting and evaluating instructional games and simulations. (Author)

The two main purposes of this study were: (1) to determine the effectiveness of a teacher training program "Minicourse 9: Higher Cognitive Questioning"; and (2) to compare the relative effectiveness of two instructional techniques in changing teacher behavior-observation of videotaped model teachers displaying classroom skills, and reading of…

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Media Project was developed to determine whether (1) the gap between the producer and the user of educational innovations could be bridged; (2) a meaningful way to present the results of educational research to the user could be designed; and (3) the integrated and functional use…

Pedagogy embodies the beliefs one holds about students, about the various attributes of media technologies, and about the essential qualities of the content at hand. Teachers make decisions based on the interactions of these beliefs. Therefore, it is imperative to begin the process of designing and contemplating instruction with a consideration of…