Using an Impact Evaluation Framework to Design and Implement Field-Based Innovative Solutions Research

Quincy Conley; Angela Barrus; Renee Pilbeam; Robert Christopherson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 587–590

One of the main goals of the artificial intelligence and education fields as they continue to produce innovative instructional tools is to teach computers to understand and simulate the “reasoning of teachers and the learning of students” and...

BrainBook: Instructional Design Leveraging Social Networking Features Increases Motivation and Engagement

Renee Pilbeam; Quincy Conley; Robert Christopherson; Angela Barrus

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 1159–1166

This research study combines the rising need to educate athletes about concussions and their implications and the instructional design and delivery mode most suited to teach this content to a high volume of student-athletes. The purpose of this...

A Review of the Design and Development Process to Innovate Online Learning for Young Adults

Quincy Conley; Renee Pilbeam; Robert Christopherson; Angela Barrus

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 78–82

In this presentation, we will review the instructional design process for design and development of an innovative e-learning course that was created to include social network elements such as video, comments and networking to enhance the learning...

Using Best Practices in Formative Evaluation to Validate and Innovate New e-Learning Instructional Strategies

Quincy Conley; Angela Barrus; Renee Pilbeam; Robert Christopherson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 591–592

The evolution of technology and the rate of information change continue to move at a very rapid pace and have changed the online instructional delivery arena. It is a vital time to evaluate the effectiveness of audience specific e-learning...

Animated agents and learning: Does the type of verbal feedback they provide matter?

Lijia Lin; Robert K. Atkinson; Robert M. Christopherson; Stacey S. Joseph; Caroline J. Harrison

Computers & Education Vol. 67, No. 1 (September 2013) pp. 239–249

The current study was conducted to investigate the effects of an animated agent's presence and different types of feedback on learning, motivation and cognitive load in a multimedia-learning environment designed to teach science content....

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Does the Type and Degree of Animation Present in a Visual Representation Accompanying Narration in a Multimedia Environment Impact Learning?

Robert Atkinson; Cecile Foshee; Caroline Harrison; Lijia Lin; Stacey Joseph; Robert Christopherson

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 726–734

This experiment investigated whether a learning environment enhanced by a pedagogical agent displaying a variety of social cues decrease the perception of cognitive load/difficulty and ultimately results in superior learning. The experiment also...