Monday, November 10, 2008

Presentation Notes

Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration- Jon

- Managing Distance Learning is important

Performance Imporvement, Performance Improvement Quarterly- Neil, Bryce

- Instructional Technologists

- Human Resource Managers

- Performance Technologists

- Practitioners

- Trade magazine, people looking for best practices

- 10 issues per year (May/June & Nov/Dec are special issues)

o Human Performance Technology in the military

o Super performance

- The magazine is free for members of ISPI (annual dues of $145)

- Evaluation, Measurement, Performance Improvement, Performance Analysis

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning- Nicky

- use collaborative learning strategies

- explores nature, theory, and practice of CSCL

- how people learn in context of collaborative activity

- psychological, social, and technological impact

- only 3 years old

- Themes: using wikis and coWebs, blended learning environments, research methods in CSCL

Australian Journal of Educational Technology- Matt

- Effects technology has on learning

- Implementing 2.0 technologies in learning

- Attitudes of working in groups have to change

- Lego robotic technology

- Available online (free)

Journal of Teacher Education- Aaron

- jurisdictional challenges to teacher preparation

- strengthening quality of teacher education in research

- need for teachers of good disposition and moral character

- good LDS presence

Journal of Technology Education- Julie

- Produced by Digital Library and Archives by Virginia Tech

- Effects of Take-Home Test and Study Questions on Retention Learning in Technology Education- study questions did best

Language in Learning- Anneke

- Print journal of research in language studies

- Accessed online at Wiley Interscience

- Psychology, linguistics

- Teaching a learning method through a learning method, and thus requires a little more attention

- Development of language skills

Journal of the Religious Educator- Danielle

- Effective teaching is the very essence of leadership in the Church

- Based on scripture, doctrine, and Church history

- Directed by dean of Religious Education

- Contributors: Apostles, BYU, BYUI Religion professors, Institute and Seminary Teachers, President Samuelson, Graduate students…anyone

- discounted for CES people

- Goal: to provide carefully prepared, inspirational and informative articles that will benefit a broad …

- Faithful, academically sound, original, well-crafted manuscripts

- Student participation

- Cultivate religious atmosphere

Digital Creativity- Shelley

- “Development of technologies of relevance to those working in a different digital media, with relationship to traditional practices of art and design, and to the relationship of all these to education.”

- Geared toward practitioners

- Topics: Play, interactive narrative, artificial intelligence, technology for disabled

Performance Improvement Quarterly- Greg

- Team Dynamics, Self-efficacy, training, HPT and Performance Analysis

- No graphics in the journal, mostly text-based

- Academic

- HPT measurement

- Ill-structured problem- could Instructional Design Experts better solve problems dealing with structure? Mostly a matter of practical, not book, knowledge

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