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Research on Formal Virtual Learning Communities in Higher Education
Richard Schwier
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 6, No. 2 (Jul 01, 2005)
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Pursuing the Elusive Metaphor of Learning Community In Formal and Non-Formal Settings
Richard Schwier
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology Vol. 2009, No. 1 (2009)
Much of what we understand about the notion of online learning communities and how they develop, grow and die away is based on examinations of formal online learning environments — primarily on post-secondary courses managed by institutions of...
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Project Management for Computer-Based Training Development
Richard Schwier
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 15, No. 3 (Dec 31, 2017)
This article deals with the management of instructional developmentprojects for computer-based training (CBT), and is primarily aimed at project managers working with a team of instructional developers for a corporate client. Two issues are...
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A Taxonomy of Interaction for Instructional Multimedia
Richard A. Schwier
This paper rejects the hardware-based "levels of interaction" made popular in interactive video literature to describe human-machine interaction in favor of a new taxonomy of learner-media interaction based on the type of cognitive engagement...
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Considerations in the Construction of Technology-Based Virtual Learning Communities
Eugene Kowch; Richard Schwier
Canadian Journal of Educational Communication Vol. 26, No. 1 (1997) pp. 1–12
Discusses the construct of learning community for educators and examines issues concerning the theory and practice of constructing learning communities using communication technologies (virtual learning communities). Topics include possible future...
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Catalysts, Emphases, and Elements of Virtual Learning Communities: Implications for Research and Practice
Richard A. Schwier
Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 2, No. 1 (2001) pp. 5–18
Examines theoretical and conceptual issues around promoting the growth of virtual learning communities and considers issues around using communication technologies in formal and informal learning environments. Highlights include: the theoretical...
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Building Learning Communities with Technology
Eugene Kowch; Richard Schwier
National Congress on Rural Education 1997 (1997)
Learning communities are collections of autonomous, independent individuals who are bound together by natural will and a set of shared ideas and ideals, and who are engaged by influencing each other within a learning process. This definition depends ...
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Interactive Media Audit Trails: Approaches and Issues
Earl R. Misanchuk; Richard Schwier
This discussion of uses for audit trails in instructional research begins by pointing out that interactive media provide the learner with the opportunity to shape the program, and consequently, the learning experience. The paper focuses on one of...
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Analytical Tools and Research Issues for Interactive Media
Richard Schwier; Earl R. Misanchuk
Contrasting traditional linear media (in which all learners proceed through the instructional materials in an essentially fixed sequence) with interactive technologies and hypermedia (in which two learners may take different paths through the same...
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Effects of Postquestions on Learning and Learning Efficiency from Fixed-Pace, Fixed-Sequence Media
Deane K. Dayton; Richard A. Schwier
Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development Vol. 27, No. 2 (1979) pp. 103–13
Junior high school and college students participated in three experiments that explored the effects of postquestion treatments on learning from slide/tape presentations. Results seem to indicate that inserted postquestions can increase the learning...
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Instructional Designer Disciplinary-Based Formation of Self
Heather Kanuka; Katy Campbell; Richard A. Schwier
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2009 (April 2009)
The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of teaching (teacher perspectives) and learning (student perspectives) across the disciplines in ways that can better prepare instructional designers to work with research-teachers in...
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Agency of the instructional designer: Moral coherence and transformative social practice
Katy Campbell; Richard Schwier; Richard Kenny; Richard Kenny
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 21, No. 2 (Jan 01, 2005)
In this paper we propose a view of instructional design practice in which the instructional designer is an agent of social change at the personal, relational, and institutional levels. In this view designers are not journeymen workers directed by...
Language: English
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Instructional designers' observations about identity, communities of practice and change agency
Richard Schwier; Katy Campbell; Richard Kenny; Richard Kenny
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2004)
We presume that models and theory in instructional design inform professional practice, but theory has not been consistently built from the professional experiences of instructional designers. This study draws on the observations of five...
Language: English
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Designing Multimedia for the Hypertext Markup Language
Richard A. Schwier; Earl R. Misanchuk
Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 1996 (February 1996)
Dynamic discussions have begun to emerge concerning style of presentation on world wide web sites. Some hypertext markup language (HTML) designers seek an intimate and chatty ambience, while others want to project a more professional image....
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The Mythology of Colour in Multimedia Screen Design: Art, Science, and Connoisseurship
Earl R. Misanchuk; Richard A. Schwier
Canadian Journal of Educational Communication Vol. 24, No. 1 (1995) pp. 3–26
Summarizes the results of literature on color use in multimedia screen design for instructional purposes. Discusses problems and the lack of guidance for instructional designers. Suggests renewed research and the development of a connoisseurial...
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Interplay of Content and Community Redux: Online Communication in a Graduate Seminar on Theory in Educational Technology
Mary E. Dykes; Richard A. Schwier
Association for Media and Technology in Education Annual Conference 2002 (2002)
This paper summarizes the experiences of an instructor and teaching assistant who introduced online communication strategies in a graduate seminar. This paper drew on the findings of a previous paper (Schwier & Balbar, 2002), and examined how to...
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The Effect of Interaction and Perceived Need for Training on Learning and Time Spent Learning from Computer-Based Instruction
Richard A. Schwier; Earl R. Misanchuk
Canadian Journal of Educational Communication Vol. 17, No. 3 (1988) pp. 147–58
Describes study that examined the effects of embedded questions and review frames on learning from computer-based instruction as well as the effect of perceived need for training on performance. Experimental and control group treatments for...
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Benefits and Pitfalls of Using HTML as a CD-ROM Development Tool
Earl R. Misanchuk; Richard A. Schwier
Journal of Interactive Instruction Development Vol. 8, No. 4 (1996) pp. 3–14
Discussion of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) focuses on its use for developing CD-ROMs. Topics include the World Wide Web; cross-platform compatibility; the incorporation of text, graphics, audio, and video; learner control over display...
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The Art and Science of Color in Multimedia Screen Design, Part II: Science, Myth, and Legend
Earl R. Misanchuk; Richard A. Schwier
Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communication and Technology 1995 (1995)
This paper summarizes the results of an analysis of literature on color use in screen design. Fundamental problems with the information base are identified as follows: (1) advise becomes obsolete as newer equipment becomes available; (2) the nature...
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Conversation as Inquiry: A Conversation with Instructional Designers
Katy Campbell; Richard A. Schwier; Richard F. Kenny
Journal of Learning Design Vol. 1, No. 3 pp. 1–18
Instructional designers regularly engage in a process of professional and personal transformation that has the potential to transform the culture of institutions through faculty-client relationships. Instructional designers promote new ideas and...
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The Critical, Relational Practice of Instructional Design in Higher Education: An Emerging Model of Change Agency
Katy Campbell; Richard A. Schwier; Richard F. Kenny
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 57, No. 5 (October 2009) pp. 645–663
This paper offers an emerging interpretive framework for understanding the active role instructional designers play in the transformation of learning systems in higher education. A 3-year study of instructional designers in Canadian universities...
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A Preliminary Investigation of Self-Directed Learning Activities in a Non-Formal Blended Learning Environment
Richard A. Schwier; Dirk Morrison; Ben K Daniel
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2009 (April 2009)
This research considers how professional participants in a non-formal self-directed learning environment (NFSDL) made use of self-directed learning activities in a blended face-to-face and on line learning professional development course. The...