A Learning-Based Model for Media Selection: Description

Abstract

This report describes a new media selection model developed as part of a project aimed at improving procedures available for media selection in connection with U.S. Army training. The model addresses factors of learning effectiveness by means of a flowchart which permits successive exclusion of media from an initial candidate set. Derivation of the model focused particularly upon principles of human learning which affect decisions about media, in particular the nature of instruction. The proposed model is described with consideration of some of the apparent limitations of guidelines for media selection in the Instructional Systems Development (ISD) model. Difficulties experienced in the use of these guidelines provided a part of the reason for developing the new model. A description is given of the method of use of the new model and its incorporation into the ISD procedure. Benefits that may be derived from use of the model are also indicated. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA109472

Entities

People

  • Joseph Larsen
  • Robert A. Reiser
  • Robert M. Gagne

Organizations

  • Florida State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Training
  • Cognition
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Instructions
  • Instructors
  • Military Research
  • Motor Skills
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Time Intervals
  • Trainees
  • Training

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.