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Handbook of Research in Educational Communications and Technology

Learning Design

  • Provides comprehensive research reviews of new developments in educational technology

  • Includes concrete examples to guide future research in educational technology

  • Extensive references furnished to guide readers to the most recent research in the field of educational technology ?

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Table of contents (42 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
  2. Research Chapters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction to Research Chapters

      • Jan Elen, M. J. Bishop
      Pages 3-5
  3. Understanding How Instructional Design/Technology Can Help All Learners Be Successful

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
    2. Technologies to Enhance Self-Regulated Learning in Online and Computer-Mediated Learning Environments

      • Jaclyn Broadbent, Ernesto Panadero, Jason M. Lodge, Paula de Barba
      Pages 37-52
    3. Developing Expertise and Expert Performance

      • Peter J. Fadde, Patricia Sullivan
      Pages 53-72
    4. Enhancing Knowledge Transfer

      • Nina Bonderup Dohn, Lina Markauskaite, Roland Hachmann
      Pages 73-96
  4. Understanding How to Accommodate Differences Among Learners Through Instructional Design/Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
    2. Using Technology to Address Individual Differences in Learning

      • Pavlo D. Antonenko, Kara Dawson, Li Cheng, Jiahui Wang
      Pages 99-114
    3. Designing for Accessibility: The Intersection of Instructional Design and Disability

      • Michele D. Estes, Cheryl L. Beverly, Marco Castillo
      Pages 205-227
    4. Intellectual Development and Aging of Adults in Educational Technology

      • Eunjung Grace Oh, Yi-Chun Hong
      Pages 229-246
    5. Equity-Centered Approaches to Educational Technology

      • Antero Garcia, Clifford H. Lee
      Pages 247-261
    6. Cultural Implications in Educational Technology: A Survey

      • Patricia A. Young, Tutaleni I. Asino
      Pages 263-283
    7. Using Technology to Facilitate Second Language Learning

      • Yanghee Kim, Sherry Marx, Joshua Thoms
      Pages 285-297
  5. Understanding the Role Instructional Design/Technology Plays in Achieving Broader Learning Outcomes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 299-299
    2. Insights and Development of Non-cognitive Skills

      • Jeffrey Pedersen
      Pages 301-319
    3. A Systematic Review on E-learning Environments for Promoting Critical Thinking in Higher Education

      • Blanca Puig, Paloma Blanco Anaya, Inés M. Bargiela
      Pages 345-362

About this book

The 5th edition of the prestigious AECT Handbook continues previous efforts to reach outside the traditional instructional design and technology community to the learning sciences and computer information systems communities toward developing a conceptualization of the field. However, given the pervasive and increasingly complex role technology now plays in education since the 1st edition of the Handbook in 1996, the editors have reorganized the research chapters in this edition to focus on the learning problems we are trying to solve with educational technologies, rather than to focus on the things we are using to solve those problems. Additionally, for the first time this edition of the Handbook reflects our field’s growing understanding of the importance of design scholarship to inform practice by including design case chapters.  These changes for this edition of the Handbook are intended to bring educational technology research into the broader framework of educational research by elaborating on the role instructional design and technology plays as a scholarly discipline in addressing education’s increasingly complex issues.

  • Provides comprehensive reviews of new developments in educational technology research and design practice.
  • Includes concrete examples to guide future research and practice in the ways emerging technologies can be used to solve educational problems.
  • Contains extensive references furnished to guide readers to the most recent research and design practice in the field of instructional design and technology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, University System of Maryland, Adelphi, USA

    M. J. Bishop

  • Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

    Elizabeth Boling

  • Education and Training, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Jan Elen

  • Organization, Information & Learning Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

    Vanessa Svihla

About the editors

MJ Bishop is the Director of the Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation at the University System of Maryland, which researches best practice, disseminates information and offers professional development opportunities for faculty and administrators, all in support of the USM’s 12 public campuses. Prior to her current role, Bishop served as Program Director for Teaching, Learning and Technology at Lehigh University, where she was faculty member for 13 years in instructional design and technology.

Jan Elen is Professor in the Department of Educational Sciences of the Katholieke University of Leuven. His research is oriented towards the design and use of computer-supported learning environments in educational settings. He is the coordinator of the newly- founded School of Education of the Association at Katholieke University of Leuven. 

Elizabeth Boling is Professor of Education and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies at Indiana University. Her research interests are in the use of images in instructional materials. She is also a designer of interactive multimedia and other forms of teaching and learning materials.

Vanessa Svihla is Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico. Her research interests focus on how people learn when they design. She is particularly interested in how people frame problems, how these activities relate to identity, agency and creativity, and ways to assess these complex disciplinary practices.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Research in Educational Communications and Technology

  • Book Subtitle: Learning Design

  • Editors: M. J. Bishop, Elizabeth Boling, Jan Elen, Vanessa Svihla

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36119-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36118-1Published: 22 September 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36121-1Published: 23 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36119-8Published: 21 September 2020

  • Edition Number: 5

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 897

  • Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations, 82 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Educational Technology, Computers and Education, Learning & Instruction

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