New Directions in Educational Technology

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. Instructional Systems Need Instructional Theory: Comments on a Truism

   • Marlene Jones

   Pages 1-13

3. Toward a Design Science of Education

   • Allan Collins

   Pages 15-22

4. A Workbench for Discovering Task Specific Theories of Learning

   • Kurt VanLehn

   Pages 23-31

5. Computers in Teaching and Learning: An Interpretation of Current Practices and Suggestions for Future Directions

   • David L. Ferguson

   Pages 33-50

6. New Directions for Educational Technology

   • Charles M Reigeluth

   Pages 51-59

7. Formative Experiments on the Coevolution of Technology and the Educational Environment

   • Denis Newman

   Pages 61-70

8. Towards Intelligent Tutoring Systems that Teach Knowledge Rather than Skills: Five Research Questions

   • Stellan Ohlsson

   Pages 71-96

9. The Present and Future of Intelligent Tutoring Systems

   • Ernesto Costa

   Pages 97-106

10. Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Navigating the Rocky Road to Success

    • Gordon I. McCalla

    Pages 107-122

11. Designing Hypertext for Learning

    • David H. Jonassen

    Pages 123-130

12. A Prototype Futuristic Technology for Distance Education

    • Randall B. Smith

    Pages 131-138

13. Tools for Scientific Thinking: Learning Physical Concepts with Real-Time Laboratory Measurement Tools

    • Ronald K. Thornton

    Pages 139-151

14. Constructing Student Knowledge in Science

    • Robert F. Tinker, Ronald K. Thornton

    Pages 153-170

15. Technology for All Pupils: An English School System Context

    • Antony T. Gordon, Giles Job

    Pages 171-176

16. Research in Advanced Educational Technology: Two Methods

    • Martial Vivet

    Pages 177-189

17. Towards More Versatile Tutors for Programming

    • Benedict du Boulay

    Pages 191-198

18. Problem Solving and Explanation in Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Issues for Future Research

    • Brian J. Reiser

    Pages 199-210

19. Mental Models and Understanding: A Problem for Science Education

    • John R. Frederiksen, Barbara Y. White

    Pages 211-226

20. A Microworld-Based Approach to Science Education

    • Barbara Y. White

    Pages 227-242

This book is based on the workshop that kickstarted the NATO Science Committee Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology. We invited the leaders in the field to attend this inaugural meeting and were delighted by the quality of the attendance, the papers delivered at the workshop and this book. Many of the authors have subsequently run other meetings funded by the Special Programme and have, or are in the process of, editing books which focus on particular topics. This book covers all the major themes in the area ranging from fundamental theoretical work to empirical studies of state of the art technological innovations. Tim O'Shea chaired the NATO Survey Group which planned the Programme and the subsequent Panel which disbursed funds in the first two years of the Programme. He would like to thank the other group and panel members, namely, Professor N Balacheff, Professor D Bjomer, Professor H Bouma, Professor P C Duchastel, Professor A Dias de Figueiredo, Dr D Jonassen and Professor T Liao. He would like to offer his special thanks to Dr L V da Cunha the NATO Programme Director for his unfailing support and patience. Eileen Scanlon was the Director of the Workshop which is the basis of this book. She offers heartfelt thanks to the contributors and to the following who provided practical help with the meeting or the production of this book: Mrs Pauline Adams, Dr Mike Baker, Mrs Kathy Evans, Mrs Patricia Roe, Mr Dave Perry and Ms Fiona Spensley.

• Didaktik
• Instructional Theory
• Intelligente Tutorsysteme
• Lerntechnologie
• Lerntheorie
• Theories of Learning
• computerunterstütztes Lernen
• educational technology
• evolution
• hypertext
• intelligent tutoring systems
• istance education
• knowledge
• learning
• problem solving

• Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

  Eileen Scanlon, Tim O’Shea

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