Association for the
Advancement of Computing in Education
Celebrating 25+ Years of
Service to the IT in Education / E-Learning Community
Celebrating 25+ Years of
Service to the IT in Education / E-Learning Community
Room: 8
Sat, Jun. 29 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
Authors:
Patrick Parrish, UCAR/COMET, USA
Victoria Johnson, COMET (Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training), USA
Dwight Owens, Oregon State University, USA
Abstract:
This paper examines the decision-making associated with the design and production of Hurricane Strike! —a CD-ROM and Web-based instructional multimedia module that teaches about hurricane science and safety for 6th–9th graders. The module is designed as anchored instruction (Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt, 1992) that engages the learner in a variety of activities related to the science of hurricane development, movement, and structure, and to home and personal safety practices for when hurricanes threaten. Our process of defining the problem, iteratively creating solutions, and frequently evaluating those solutions illustrates the general pattern of Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation in the instructional design process, but also how the process is often unsystematic and the phases typically overlap.
