Date of Award

Spring 5-1-2008

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Curriculum, Instruction, and Media Technology

First Advisor

Susan Kiger

Second Advisor

Noble Corey

Third Advisor

Bassou El Mansour

Abstract

In today's mobile world, society needs mobile education. The conventional system of education was designed in the industrial age, but needs are changing. To meet the needs of this generation, the present system of education must be renovated. This study suggests computer-based instruction as a solution. The study aims to investigate if there are any significant differences in the final learning outcomes between those students who participated in a computer-based instruction model and those students who participated in a traditional instruction model for a course at the College of Education of Indiana State University in the fall of 2007. There are three important phases in this study: the development, implementation and evaluation of computer-based instruction. The 'Analysis Design Develop Implement Evaluate' (ADDIE) model was used to develop the computer-based model. The developed instruction was implemented in the fall of 2007 for the students enrolled in the course CIMT 272, Introduction to Classroom Computer Use, Section 001. Evaluation of the participants indicated that there were no significant differences in the final learning outcomes between those students instructed via computer and those students instructed through traditional classes. A program evaluation indicated that, though students demanded freedom to access instruction as per their own schedules, they preferred to complement their studies with traditional lectures. It might be advantageous to consider a mixed model which combines both the computer-based instruction model and traditional instruction model, instead of simply relying exclusively on one or the other.

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