Evaluating Potential Instructional Technology and Design Professionals for Academic and Business Settings: Criteria for Decision-Making

Robert C. Branch

Educational Technology Vol. 28, No. 10 (1988) pp. 34–37

Discussion of differences in skills and abilities needed for instructional designers in academic versus business settings focuses on a survey of Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) and National Society for Performance...

Common Instructional Design Practices Employed by Secondary School Teachers

Robert C. Branch

Educational Technology Vol. 34, No. 3 (1994) pp. 25–34

Discusses teachers' use of systematic instructional design practices; describes fundamental components of instructional design; explains a teacher planning inventory; and reports on a study of junior and senior high school teachers that examined...

Students' Beliefs about Teaching and Learning and Their Perceptions of Student-Centred Learning Environments

Sang Joon Lee; Robert Maribe Branch

Innovations in Education and Teaching International Vol. 55, No. 5 (2018) pp. 602–610

Student-centred learning requires students to be an active participant in knowledge construction. Due to the unique self-directed aspects that characterise student-centred instruction, students may feel uncomfortable and find themselves unprepared...

Project-Based Learning in a Middle School: Tracing Abilities through the Artifacts of Learning

Michael M. Grant; Robert Maribe Branch

Journal of Research on Technology in Education Vol. 38, No. 1 (2005) pp. 65–98

The purpose of this study was to explore how individual differences--specifically abilities--were used in the construction of computer-mediated learning artifacts while working within a project-based learning environment. A case study design was...

The Effect of Precommitment on Student Achievement within a Technology-Rich Project-Based Learning Environment

Qiang Hao; Robert Maribe Branch; Lucas Jensen

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 60, No. 5 (2016) pp. 442–448

This study investigated the effects of precommitment on college students' goal setting and academic performance, and students' attitude towards precommitment-related activities. Precommitment refers to a procedure in which students set up learning...

Revisioning Models of Instructional Development

Kent L. Gustafson; Robert Maribe Branch

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 45, No. 3 (1997) pp. 73–89

Presents some of the early history of instructional development models; discusses the role of models in instructional development; reviews some of the more influential models; and discusses the possible impact of selected trends on future models of...

Examining Multimedia Competencies for Educational Technologists in Higher Education

Muhammad Nazil Iqdami; Robert Maribe Branch

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 60, No. 4 (2016) pp. 365–373

The authors investigated educational technology multimedia competencies for professionals who work in higher education institutions. Similar studies have been proposed, but none of them have focused on competencies required in the context of higher...

The Gateway to Educational Materials: An Evaluation of an Online Resource for Teachers and an Exploration of User Behavior

Mary Ann Fitzgerald; Vicki Lovin; Robert Maribe Branch

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 11, No. 1 (2003) pp. 21–51

Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) provides an online, indexed database of lesson plans designed for teachers. This set of studies evaluates this resource and explores characteristics of teachers who use it. Specifically, the authors sought to...

Topics: Teachers

Learning analytics to support self-regulated learning in asynchronous online courses: A case study at a women's university in South Korea

Dongho Kim; Meehyun Yoon; Il-Hyun Jo; Robert Maribe Branch

Computers & Education Vol. 127, No. 1 (December 2018) pp. 233–251

With the recognition of the importance of self-regulated learning (SRL) in asynchronous online courses, recent research has explored how SRL strategies impact student learning in these learning environments. However, little has been done to examine...

Language: English

The influence of achievement goals on online help seeking of computer science students

Qiang Hao; Brad Barnes; Ewan Wright; Robert Maribe Branch

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 48, No. 6 (November 2017) pp. 1273–1283

This study investigated the online help-seeking behaviors of computer science students with a focus on the effect of achievement goals. The online help-seeking behaviors investigated were online searching, asking teachers online for help, and asking ...