In My Opinion: Alberta Invests in Apples: A Commentary

Richard Kenny

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 11, No. 4 (Jul 01, 1982)

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Language: English Translations: English, français, langue française/French

The Effectiveness of Instructional Orienting Activities in Computer-Based Instruction

Richard F. Kenny

Canadian Journal of Educational Communication Vol. 23, No. 3 (1994) pp. 161–88

Reviews literature on instructional organizers and provides a comparative analysis of their effectiveness with computer-based instruction (CBI). Topics include a description of instructional organizers; research on advance organizers and graphic...

Learning in an online distance education course: Experiences of three international students

Zuochen Zhang; Richard Kenny

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 11, No. 1 (Mar 05, 2010) pp. 17–36

This case study explores the learning experiences of three international students who were enrolled in an online master’s program offered by a large university in Canada. The aim of the study was to understand the international students’ experiences ...

Can Mobile Learning Enhance Nursing Practice Education?

Richard Kenny; Caroline Park

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 10, No. 3 (May 27, 2009)

The Generative Effects of Instructional Organizers with Computer-Based Interactive Video

Richard F. Kenny

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 12, No. 3 (1995) pp. 275–96

Sixty-one nursing students and faculty were studied to compare the use of participatory graphic organizers to final form and advance organizers as instructional aids for computer-based interactive video. The participatory group achieved the lowest...

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

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

Learning Strategies for Interactive Multimedia Instruction: Applying Linear and Spatial Notetaking

Eileen E. Schroeder; Richard F. Kenny

Canadian Journal of Educational Communication Vol. 24, No. 1 (1995) pp. 27–47

Provides an overview of research on notetaking and two related learning strategies: outlining and concept maps. Examines the potential effectiveness of approaches to aid learning in encoding new information and current uses in interactive multimedia ...

Problem Formulation and Resolution in Online Problem-Based Learning

Richard F. Kenny; Mark Bullen; Jay Loftus

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 7, No. 3 (Sep 29, 2006) pp. 1–20

This paper discusses an exploratory study to investigate the existence, and nature, of student problem formulation and resolution processes in an undergraduate online Problem-Based Learning (PBL) course in Agricultural Sciences. We report on the use ...

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...

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...

A Review of What Instructional Designers Do: Questions Answered and Questions Not Asked

Richard Kenny; Zuochen Zhang; Richard Schwier; Katy Campbell; Katy Campbell

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 31, No. 1 (Feb 15, 2005)

The purpose of this literature review was to determine what evidence there is that instructional designers apply ID Models, as well as to establish what other activities and processes they might use in their professional activities. Only ten...

Integrating Information Technologies To Facilitate Learning: Redesigning the Teacher Education Curriculum

Richard F. Kenny; Colla J. MacDonald; Francois J. Desjardins

Canadian Journal of Educational Communication Vol. 26, No. 2 (1997) pp. 107–24

Describes a project developed at the University of Ottawa to integrate learning technologies across the teacher education curriculum. Highlights include student teacher needs; a needs analysis; the change process; student and faculty attitudes; and...

Using self-efficacy to assess the readiness of nursing educators and students for mobile learning

Richard Kenny; Jocelyne Van Neste-Kenny; Pamela Burton; Caroline Park; Adnan Qayyum

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 13, No. 3 (May 22, 2012) pp. 277–296

The purpose of this study was to assess the self-efficacy of nursing faculty and students related to their potential use of mobile technology and to ask what implications this technology has for their teaching and learning in practice education...

Mobile Learning in Nursing Practice Education: Applying Koole's FRAME Model

Richard F. Kenny; Jocelyne M. C. Van Neste-Kenny; Caroline L. Park; Pamela A. Burton; Jan Meiers

The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 23, No. 3 (2009) pp. 75–96

We report here on an exploratory formative evaluation of a project to integrate mobile learning into a Western Canadian college nursing program. Third-year students used Hewlett Packard iPAQ mobile devices for five weeks in a practice education...

Multimedia interactif et formation des maitres en francais langue seconde: evaluation formative (Interactive Multimedia and Preservice Training of Teachers of French as a Second Language: Formative Evaluation)

Marie-Josee Vignola; Richard Kenny; Bernard W. Andrews; Mary-Anne Schilz

Canadian Modern Language Review Vol. 56, No. 1 (1999) pp. 180–202

Describes an interactive multimedia program designed to promote reflective teaching of preservice teachers specializing in the teaching of French as a second language. Presents a formative evaluation of the conception of the use of multimedia. ...

Towards Guidelines for the Design of Interactive Multimedia Instruction: Fostering the Reflective Decision-Making of Preservice Teachers

Richard F. Kenny; Bernard W. Andrews; Marie-Josée Vignola; Mary Anne Schilz; James Covert

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 7, No. 1 (1999) pp. 13–31

At the University of Ottawa, we have developed the first in a planned series of interactive multimedia programs to promote reflective decision-making skills in preservice teachers. This paper discusses the results of an evaluation of the use of the...

Topics: Teachers, Instructional Design, Interaction, Evaluation, Multimedia