Pre-service Teachers’ Opinions and Thoughts about “Instructional Technology and Material Development Course”

Ismahan Arslan-Ari; Filiz Kalelioglu; Fatih Ari

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1710–1717

This study aims to examine the pre-service teachers’ opinions and thoughts as well as their future plans in their professions about developing and using instructional materials to be used in their lessons after experiencing a “Instructional...

Integrating Computer Science and Coding in Early Childhood Education: Preservice Teachers’ Perspectives

Fatih Ari; Ismahan Arslan-Ari; Lucas Vasconcelos

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2022 (Apr 11, 2022) pp. 1338–1340

This study explored early childhood preservice teachers’ perceptions of computer science, coding in early childhood education, and gender stereotypes in computer science. Findings showed that the participants did not have strong dispositions toward...

Topics: Early Childhood Education, Computational Thinking, Equity & Social Justice

Effects of “Instructional Technology and Material Development” Course on Pre-service Teachers’ Attitude towards Technology Integration

Ismahan Arslan-Ari; Duygu Nazire Kasikci; Fatih Ari

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1705–1709

The aim of this study is to assess the effects of the IT&MD course on pre-service teachers' attitude towards technology integration and effectiveness of teacher education in technology integration. 144 foreign language pre-service teachers, taking...

Towards Individualized Online Learning: The Design and Development of an Adaptive Web Based Learning Environment

Fethi A. Inan; Raymond Flores; Fatih Ari; Ismahan Arslan-Ari

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 22, No. 4 (December 2011) pp. 467–489

The purpose of this study was to document the design and development of an adaptive system which individualizes instruction such as content, interfaces, instructional strategies, and resources dependent on two factors, namely student motivation and...

The Impact of Adapting Content for Students with Individual Differences

Raymond Flores; Fatih Ari; Fethi A. Inan; Ismahan Arslan-Ari

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 15, No. 3 (2012) pp. 251–261

Combining adaptive hypermedia methods with strategies proposed by instructional theory and motivation models, an adaptable tutorial was designed and developed. The aim of this study was to assess whether the goals of an adaptable tutorial, which...

APS4Math: Design and Development of Online Adaptive Math Tutorial

Fethi Inan; Fatih Ari; Raymond Flores

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 471–473

The purpose of this study was to present the findings from the formative evaluation of an adaptive problem solving tutorial (aps4math.com) which individualized math instruction based on student progress and prior knowledge. Preliminary results from...

Action Research Experiences for Scholarly Practitioners in an Online Education Doctorate Program: Design, Reality, and Lessons Learned

Ismahan Arslan-Ari; Fatih Ari; Michael M. Grant; William S. Morris

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 62, No. 5 (2018) pp. 441–449

The purpose of this paper is to present the design and techniques used by the Educational Technology program at the University of South Carolina to prepare scholarly practitioners with action research methods in an online doctoral program. With an...

Exploring the Instructional Conditions for a Reverse Modality Effect in Multimedia Instruction

Jongpil Cheon; Steven Crooks; Fethi Inan; Raymond Flores; Fatih Ari

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 20, No. 2 (June 2011) pp. 117–133

This study explored the causes of the reverse modality effect when learning from multimedia instruction. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups (visual text or spoken text). The findings revealed a reverse modality effect wherein...

Examining the Educational Effectiveness of an Adaptive Web-Based Learning Tutorial

Fethi Ahmet Inan; Fatih Ari; Raymond Flores; Amani Zaier; Ismahan Arslan-Ari

International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 20, No. 3 (July 2021) pp. 259–270

This study explored the effectiveness of an adaptive web-based learning tutorial designed to teach three modules of a college level introductory statistics course. Specifically, the impact of the tutorial on student knowledge, motivation, and study...

The reverse modality effect: Examining student learning from interactive computer-based instruction

Fethi A. Inan; Steven M. Crooks; Jongpil Cheon; Fatih Ari; Raymond Flores; Murat Kurucay; Dmitrii Paniukov

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan 30, 2015) pp. 123–130

The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of modality on learning from multimedia instruction. This study utilized a factorial between-subject design to examine the effects of modality on student learning outcomes, study patterns and...

The effects of verbally redundant information on student learning: An instance of reverse redundancy

Fatih Ari; Raymond Flores; Fethi A. Inan; Jongpil Cheon; Steven M. Crooks; Dmitrii Paniukov; Murat Kurucay

Computers & Education Vol. 76, No. 1 (July 2014) pp. 199–204

This study aimed to examine the effects of redundant on-screen text on student learning outcomes (i.e. comprehension, matching, spatial labeling, and diagram reconstruction) when learning from multimedia instruction. An interactive, learner...

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