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The University of Minnesota's Design Institute is sponsoring a competition to recognize the design of innovative educational software. The competition was open to professional and not-for-profit educational software designers in such areas as higher ...

In many high school English courses, students are trained to seek out proper form and work toward clarity in their writing assignments. They are taught to write using complete sentences and complete thoughts, fix their punctuation and grammar, and ...

This paper presents the results of the first Learning Software Design Competition sponsored by the University of Minnesota. Results and observations from the process of the competition are included.

This study examines survey data from pre- and in-service teachers and makes observations from that data regarding computer use. The three main observations include; broad and common use of simple elements such as email was found; minor differences...

Educational uses of technology, indeed pedagogy in general, often remain mired in traditional notions of instruction that focus on information delivery. A diverse range of methods are available for instruction; these choices have been expanded by...

We believe the process of instructional design is in need of foundational transformation, from one of following a codified algorithm to a new way of designing that uses specific roles to define project values, responsibilities, and activities. In...

Role-based Design is a contemporary framework oriented to inspire creativity and innovation in the instructional design process, specifically by following the value-based roles of an artist, architect, engineer, and craftsperson. In this paper we...