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Jan Herrington
Murdoch University
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Designing Authentic Activities for Web-based Courses
Jan Herrington
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 18–27
Influenced by constructivist philosophy and advances in technology, there is increasing interest in authentic activities as a basis for learning in both face-to-face and web-based courses. Whereas traditionally, activities have primarily served as...
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Authentic E-Learning in Higher Education: Design Principles for Authentic Learning Environments and Tasks
Jan Herrington
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 3164–3173
With many learners failing to engage with didactic and outmoded instructional methods, and unwilling to use technology that simply replicates the one-way transfer of information from teacher to student, authentic learning designs have the potential...
Topics: Educational Technology, Multimedia, Preservice Teacher Education, Leadership, Learning Management Systems
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Design-based research: Implementation issues in emerging scholar research
Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 1–6
Design-based research (DBR) (also known as educational design research and design experiments) is a promising approach to finding solutions to significant educational problems. This paper describes the background to the approach and a model, and...
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Design-based research
Jan Herrington
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology Vol. 2011, No. 1 (2011)
Design-based research (also known as design research and design experiments) is a promising approach to finding solutions to significant educational problems. This session will explain the background to the approach, and provide a practical ...
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‘Please switch off your (im)mobile’: The demise of immobile learning in higher education
Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 3449–3454
Mobile devices are more and more becoming indispensible tools in everyday life. However, universities continue to rely on the provision of computer labs for ICT-based instruction where in many cases mobile phones would be a much more appropriate...
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Authentic Assessment and Multimedia: How University Students Respond to a Model of Authentic Assessment
Jan Herrington; Anthony Herrington
Higher Education Research and Development Vol. 17, No. 3 (1998) pp. 305–22
Describes seven defining characteristics of "authentic" assessment and how they have been operationalized in an interactive multimedia learning environment in preservice teacher education. A study showed students responded favorably to the elements...
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The development of social presence in online Arabic learning communities
Andrea Hall; Jan Herrington; Jan Herrington
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 26, No. 7 (Jan 01, 2010)
An effective online learning community requires the development of social presence, as this helps learners to project themselves online and feel a sense of community. A literature review found that cultural preferences are important in developing...
Language: English
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Developing effective hypermedia instructional materials
Ron Oliver; Jan Herrington; Jan Herrington
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 11, No. 2 (Jan 01, 1995)
The use of hypermedia as an instructional medium is growing rapidly with developments and enhancements in instructional and computing technologies. Much of the popularity of the medium is derived from its capacity to convey large amounts of...
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Mobilising authentic learning: Understanding the educational affordances of the iPad
James Oldfield; Jan Herrington
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)
A strong body of evidence exists around the power of authentic learning as a pedagogical model to support learning for the future. In recent years, with the increased understanding and focus on authentic learning theory, the educator’s toolkit has...
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Moving from an Instructivist to a Constructivist Multimedia Learning Environment
Jan Herrington; Peter Standen
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 1999 (1999) pp. 132–137
This paper describes the transformation of a multimedia program, designed to teach research skills to business students, from one based on an 'instructivist' model to one underpinned with a constructivist philosophy. The revised program uses the...
Topics: Instructional Design
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Exploring Technology-Mediated Learning from a Pedagogical Perspective
Ron Oliver; Jan Herrington
Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 11, No. 2 (August 2003) pp. 111–126
A considerable amount of the effort and enthusiasm that goes into the development and implementation of technology-mediated learning environments often fails to create effective settings for learning. Too often the opportunities and advantages of...
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Using Situated Learning and Multimedia to Investigate Higher-Order Thinking
Jan Herrington; R. Oliver
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 10, No. 1 (1999) pp. 3–24
This paper describes a qualitative study into students' use of higher-order thinking as they use an interactive multimedia program based on a situated learning framework. The analysis of types of talk used by students as they worked with the program ...
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Applied learning in online spaces: Traditional pedagogies informing educational design for today’s learners.
Jillian Downing; Jan Herrington
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 236–246
The challenge to provide engaging, effective learning environments for university students is perhaps greater now than ever before. While the ‘anytime, anywhere’ online learning environment appeals, students also need a learning environment that...
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Considering Communities of Learners When Creating an E-learning Course
James Vesper; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 481–490
There are many definitions of the term community of learners, but regardless of which is used, it is important for instructional designers, instructors, and facilitators to understand how these informal groups can enhance – or thwart – a learning...
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An Instructional Design Framework for Authentic Learning Environments
Jan Herrington; Ron Oliver
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 48, No. 3 (2000) pp. 23–48
The purpose of this study was to: identify critical characteristics of a situated learning environment from the extensive literature base on the subject; operationalize the critical characteristics of a situated learning environment by designing a...
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An effectiveness evaluation of an online learning environment
Shirley Agostinho; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 3476–3481
This paper reports on an effectiveness evaluation conducted on a postgraduate course that was delivered totally online. The purpose of the evaluation was to determine whether the course was effective in terms of facilitating student learning, and to ...
Topics: Evaluation
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Investigating Mathematics Education Using Multimedia
Jan Herrington; Ron Oliver
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 643–648
In 1830, Warren Colburn gave this advice to teachers wishing to teach children arithmetic: "It is necessary rather to furnish occasions for them to exercise their own skill in performing examples, than to give them rules. They should be allowed to...
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Investigating Mathematics Education Using Multimedia
Jan Herrington; Ron Oliver
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 643–648
In 1830, Warren Colburn gave this advice to teachers wishing to teach children arithmetic: "It is necessary rather to furnish occasions for them to exercise their own skill in performing examples, than to give them rules. They should be allowed to...
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Neither the frying pan nor the fire: In search of a balanced authentic e-learning design through an educational design research process
Hanna Ters; Jan Herrington
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr 01, 2014)
Teaching in higher education in the 21st century can be a demanding and complex role and academic educators around the globe are dealing with questions related to change. This paper describes a new type of a professional development program for...
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Scaffolding Learners in Authentic, Problem Based e-Learning Environments: The "Geography Challenge"
Gwyn Brickell; Jan Herrington
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 22, No. 4 (2006) pp. 531–547
The affordances of online learning technologies have enabled more widespread development of learning environments that facilitate the exploration and solving of complex and realistic problems. In this paper, we describe the design of a real world...
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Moving from an Instructivist to a Constructivist Multimedia Learning Environment
Jan Herrington; Peter Standen
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 9, No. 3 (2000) pp. 195–205
This article describes the transformation of a multimedia pro-gram, designed to teach research skills to business students, from one based on an "instructivist" model to one under-pinned with a constructivist philosophy. The revised program uses the ...
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Developing Expertise in those Handling Time and Temperature Sensitive Pharmaceutical Products: Applying the Early Phases of a Design Research Methodology
James Vesper; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 591–600
The storage, transportation and distribution of time and temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products such as vaccines and human insulin, within the proper temperature conditions is an important public health concern worldwide. The people...
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Using Design-based Research to Investigate the Design and Development of an Online Community of Practice for Teacher Professional Development
Eunice Sari; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 121–127
This paper discusses how design-based research (DBR) has been used to investigate the development of OLC4TPD (Online Learning Community for Teacher Professional Development), an online learning community developed in 2009 to support ongoing teacher...
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Authentic Learning Supported by Technology: Ten Suggestions and Cases of Integration in Classrooms
Jan Herrington; Lisa Kervin
Educational Media International Vol. 44, No. 3 (September 2007) pp. 219–236
Technology use in classrooms is often employed for all the wrong reasons--such as convenience, pressure from school administrators, the belief that students need to be entertained, and so on. In this article, the authors argue that technology...
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Augmenting learning reality: iPads and software as cognitive tools
James Oldfield; Jan Herrington
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 652–656
In the three short years since the release of the iPad, it has become the object of substantial investment in a number of areas of education. This investment is driving the need for significant research into mobile device related teaching and...
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Multimedia, magic and the way students respond to a situated learning environment
Jan Herrington; Ron Oliver
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 13, No. 2 (Jan 01, 1997)
Interactive multimedia is a relatively new educational innovation in primary, secondary and tertiary level classrooms. While the educational community has enthusiastically embraced its potential, relatively little is known about how students learn...
Language: English
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Emerging technologies as cognitive tools for authentic learning
Jan Herrington; Jenni Parker
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 44, No. 4 (Jul 05, 2013) pp. 607–615
Employing emerging technologies in learning is becoming increasingly important as a means to support the development of digital media literacy. Using a theoretical framework of authentic learning and technology as cognitive tools, this paper...
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Scaffolding learners in authentic, problem based e-learning environments: The Geography Challenge
Gwyn Brickell; Jan Herrington
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 22, No. 4 (Jan 01, 2006)
The affordances of online learning technologies have enabled more widespread development of learning environments that facilitate the exploration and solving of complex and realistic problems. In this paper, we describe the design of a real world...
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Design Principles for Applied Learning in Higher Education: A Pedagogical Approach for Non-traditional Students in an Online Course.
Jillian Downing; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 874–881
The profile of university students is changing, as a larger percentage of the population fill our online and on-campus classrooms. A new teacher education program commenced at an Australian university in 2011, with an explicit focus on applied...
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online learning design for dummies: professional development strategies for beginning online designers
Jan Herrington; Ron Oliver
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1500–1505
Much of the conventional development of Web-based learning environments stems from design strategies that are based on providing delivery of the course content. Contemporary courseware delivery systems encourage teachers to see the design of online ...
Topics: Instructional Materials, Instructional Design, Professional Development
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The State of the Art of Design-Based Research
Rob Peterson; Jan Herrington
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2302–2307
Ann Brown (1992) and Allan Collins (1992) introduced the term design experiment in 1992 as an innovative approach to educational research. Today, commonly termed design-based research (DBR), the approach itself is still very much being designed....
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Using Situated Learning and Multimedia to Investigate Higher-Order Thinking
Jan Herrington; R. Oliver
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 8, No. 4 (1999) pp. 401–422
This paper describes a qualitative study into students' use of higher-order thinking as they use an interactive multimedia program based on a situated learning framework. The analysis of types of talk used by students as they worked with the program ...
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University Strategies in the Online Learning Marketplace
Jan Herrington; Ann Deden
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 1403–1406
Universities worldwide are faced with enormous challenges as they decide on how the rapid changes in technology and the widespread availability of the Internet will impact upon their modes of operation. This paper examines the strategic planning...
Topics: Learning Outcomes
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Authentic activities in language learning: Bringing real world relevance to classroom activities
Ildeniz Ozverir; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 1423–1428
Maintaining essential contextual conditions in TESOL classroom in order to achieve authenticity have been the target for many researchers. During this process, however, the difficulty and complexity of real life tasks have been disregarded. As a...
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Using design principles to improve pedagogical practice and promote student engagement
Jan Herrington; Thomas Reeves
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 594–601
Professor Emeritus, Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology University of Georgia
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Online Support for Preservice Mathematics Teachers in Schools
Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington; Arshad Omari
Mathematics Teacher Education and Development Vol. 2 (2000) pp. 62–74
Describes the development of a web-based resource on school practice designed to support preservice mathematics teachers. Conducts focus group discussions to gain ideas from students about the type of support that would be most helpful to them as...
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In defence of ‘shovelware’: A powerful tool in staff development for online teaching and learning
Heather Sparrow; Jan Herrington; Tony Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) p. 1831
A significant challenge for universities creating effective online learning environments is educating and empowering teaching staff. Those who are not confident using technology are frequently unconvinced about the benefits and are concerned that...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Developing an Online Community of Learners for Second Language Students Using Design-Based Research
Mariolina Pais Marden; Jan Herrington; Anthony Herrington
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 1862–1867
This paper describes the design of a research project that adopted a design-based research (DBR) approach to create and implement an online community of second language learners of Italian. For one semester a group of sixteen intermediate and...
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Authentic Approaches to Learning Assessment Strategies: Beginning Teachers' Practice in Classrooms
Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington; Evan Glazer
Annual Meeting [of the] North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education 2002 (2002)
In the project described in this paper, the synthesis of research into situated learning was used to design and develop a multimedia learning environment to teach assessment strategies in mathematics to preservice teachers which was intended to...
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The BEST site on the internet: An online resource for beginning and establishing successful teachers
Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington; Lisa Kervin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 2646–2651
Beginning teachers face enormous challenges in their first year of teaching. High attrition rates of teachers within the first five years attest to the difficulties inherent in commencing professional life as a teacher. This paper describes the...
Topics: Teachers, Professional Development, Evaluation
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Design-based research: Learning Italian at university in a community of learners
Mariolina Pais Marden; Jan Herrington; Anthony Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 2966–2972
This paper describes a study where design-based research (DBR) is used as a framework for the design and implementation of an online community of foreign language learners, in the context of learning Italian as a second language at university. An...
Topics: Community, Learning Objects, Learning Management Systems, Languages
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Describing and Categorising Online Professional Development for Teachers
Anthony Herrington; Evan Glazer; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1966–1969
The professional development of teachers is an important and necessary process in successful school teaching and learning. While there are varied approaches to professional development there is a widespread view that many have been problematic. The...
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Learning To Assess School Mathematics: Context, Multimedia and Transfer
Jan Herrington; Anthony Herrington; Len Sparrow
Mathematics Teacher Education and Development Vol. 2 (2000) pp. 75–92
Explores the use of a multimedia program on assessment strategies within a preservice teacher mathematics method unit and investigates the extent of transfer to classroom practice. Indicates that all students used a variety of assessment strategies...
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Instructional Design Guidelines for Authentic Activity in Online Learning Units
Jan Herrington; Heather Sparrow; Tony Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 435–440
The current trend to use the World Wide Web as a vehicle for the delivery of distance education units has required educators to adopt innovative approaches to the design of learning materials for this medium. However, the temptation to place large ...
Topics: Instructional Materials, Distance Education, Instructional Design
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Mobile learning in higher education: Authentic tasks, assessment and Web 2.0
Jan Herrington; Anthony Herrington; Ian Olney
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 1988–1993
Increasingly ubiquitous and smart devices have enabled learning opportunities away from established learning places, as students have extended the means and the spaces in which they learn. In this paper, we describe the evolution of a project...
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Workplace culture and accessibility of the Internet for professional learning
Madeleine Shanahan; Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 4423–4432
The World Wide Web is an important information source for professionals providing immediate access to the most current information and recent research. This study examined accessibility to the Internet within healthcare workplaces by utilising two...
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Providing Reflective Online Support for Preservice Teachers on Professional Practice in Schools
Jan Herrington; Ron Oliver; Tony Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 1999 (1999) pp. 166–171
The forms of support needed by preservice teachers in the practicum setting relate mainly to access to relevant information, resources, guidance and support through communication with university instructors and competent peers. Too often these...
Topics: Students, Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Publishing and perishing: The critical importance of educational design research
Thomas Reeves; Susan McKenney; Jan Herrington; Jan Herrington
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2011)
The outcomes of educational systems continue to lag far behind expectations at all levels, primary, secondary, and tertiary. Meanwhile, the sheer amount of educational research published in refereed journals has expanded enormously. There is an...
Language: English
Topics: Educational Technology
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Supporting interaction and collaboration in the language classroom through computer mediated communication
Mariolina Pais Marden; Jan Herrington
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 1161–1168
This paper describes the design and implementation of a technology supported learning environment that enabled interaction and collaboration between a group of sixteen intermediate and advanced level university students of Italian and a group of...
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New technologies, new pedagogies: Mobile technologies and new ways of teaching and learning
Jan Herrington; Jessica Mantei; Anthony Herrington; Ian Olney; Brian Ferry
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2008 (2008) pp. 419–427
This paper describes a major development and research study that investigated the use of mobile technologies in higher education. The project investigated the educational potential of two ubiquitous mobile devices: Palm smart phones and iPod digital ...