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THEORY AND RESEARCH
A Context for Instructional Management

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Table of Contents for Module 3

• Learning objectives for Module 3.
• 3.1 ERIC on the "net."
• 3.2 Other sources for on-line research.
• 3.3 Learning Theory
• 3.4 Selected readings.
• Assignments for Module 3.
• Return to Course Home Page

• Access all web sites of ERIC.
• Access research material on a wide variety of web sites.
• Conduct extensive bibliographic and subject matter searches using the internet.

• ERIC is a leading source of educational information.
  
• Review the ERIC links on the Resource page at: ERIC

• Two papers

  Collaborative Inquiry in Networked Communities: Lessons From the Alice Testbed by Alan H. Feldman and Heidi Nyland

  Data Exchange and Telecollaboration -- Technology in Support of New Models of Education

• U.S. Dept of Education.
• Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
• Professional organizations & journals. (See module 1).

• Learning Theory Funhouse
• Learning Theory and Research
• Theory overview
• Teaching and learning with Internet tools

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3.4: Selected readings.

• Behaviorism
• Constructivism
• Cognitive Flexibility Theory
• Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning
• Educational Reform: Learning Theory & Technology
• EDUCATION PRINCIPLES
• Funderstanding's Adventures in Learning
• Learning Theory and Instructional Practices
• Constructivism
• Social Constructivist Theory and the Design of Writing Software: The Race Between Theory and Technology
• Investigating the use of interactive hypermedia systems
• Learning theory funhouse
• An Introduction to Computational Learning Theory
• Comparison of Learning Theories
• TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS TO OPERATE IN AN ELECTRONIC WORLD
• Developmental Research on Collaborative Design
• Evaluation of Computer Assisted Instruction Using Criteria based on Principles of Learning Theory
• Adult Learning Theory: A Resource Guide
• Student Cognitive Styles in Postsecondary Technology Programs
• Community Resource Curriculum Development: Constructivist Pedagogy
• Assessing Your Learning Style: Auditory-Visual-Tactile/Kinesthetic
• Bandura's Three Types of Reinforcement
• ISD Methodologies and Techniques - Introduction

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Assignments for Module 3.

• Check the See "Class Bulletin Board" for assignments page.

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