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The Role Of Media Specialists With Respect To Instructional Technology In An Urban School District In Georgia, Warren R. Goetzel
The Role Of Media Specialists With Respect To Instructional Technology In An Urban School District In Georgia, Warren R. Goetzel
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Dissertations
In the absence of a Georgia Educator Certificate in instructional technology, and of state-wide staffing requirements for instructional technology specialists, media specialists may be playing an increasingly larger role in instructional technology support and focusing less on other vital media specialist responsibilities. A deeper understanding of the role of media specialists with respect to instructional technology may provide insight into determining a need for instructional technology certification and support in Georgia schools. The purpose of this quantitative survey study was to examine the role of media specialists with respect to instructional technology in an urban school district in Georgia. Practicing …
What Informs Practice And What Is Valued In Corporate Instructional Design? A Mixed Methods Study, Ingrid N. Thompson-Sellers
What Informs Practice And What Is Valued In Corporate Instructional Design? A Mixed Methods Study, Ingrid N. Thompson-Sellers
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Dissertations
This study used a two-phased explanatory mixed-methods design to explore in-depth what factors are perceived by Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) professionals as impacting instructional design practice, how these factors are valued in the field, and what differences in perspectives exist between IDT managers and non-managers. For phase 1 of the study, one hundred and sixteen corporate IDT professionals (managers and non-managers) responded to a web-based survey that was designed and developed from: (a) The results of an exploratory study of the practices of corporate instructional designers, (b) the results of an extensive literature review into the theory and practice …