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Developing Performance Support Systems For Complex Tasks: Lessons From A Lesson Planning System, Martyn Wild
Developing Performance Support Systems For Complex Tasks: Lessons From A Lesson Planning System, Martyn Wild
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
There lacks coherent and persuasive rationales for the further development of computer-based, interactive educational materials, for tertiary settings. Indeed, educational software arising out of what might be coined the “multimedia era”, namely the mid and later 19902, has been marked by lacklustre products with an emphasis in development and evaluation placed largely on technological issues (such as the use of video, sound and animations). As such, the rapid increase in commercially available (usually CD based) products has generally met a cool adoption from academics and educationalists, with both these groups often bemoaning the paucity or non-existence of effective instructional design …
The Experience Of Flow And Learning By Designing Interactive Multimedia Software, Leonie Ramondt
The Experience Of Flow And Learning By Designing Interactive Multimedia Software, Leonie Ramondt
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
As computer technology is increasingly adopted in education, some students continue to have little context for its use. This is particularly true of tertiary drama education students, of whom many still remain computer illiterate. Constructivist pedagogy proposes that a learner constructs knowledge through active participation in their learning. An approach that is gaining currency which applies this principle is learning by designing. This approach was adopted for this study, with the premise that the process of designing multimedia software for their peers would not only motivate these students to use computers but could also lead to a deepening of their …