• ALA confernece in Chicago (ACRL)

    I am preparing my self to attend the ALA annual conference in Chicago (9-15 July). My main interest is the Information literacy topic. There are few activities in this conference that represents the information literacy and instruction. i will try to update the readers about the conference and about my experience there. Am I prepared?…

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  • PhD concern

    Today I was searching for help on the net (as usual) for advices to help me finish my PhD. I came across a panel discussion set by a UK university giving tips to PhD students on writing and finishing the painful process. all can be said in few words: read 3 journal articles per week,…

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  • main learning theories

    main learning theories:1. behaviorism: depends on trial and repetition till the learners master the required skill or achieve the required learning goal. it is great for motor skills. 2. cognitivism: 3. Constructivism: it says that learners construct their own knowledge using their own prior knowledge. Spiro proposed Cognitive Flexible theory to be the tool for…

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  • Honey, Culp & Carrigg (2001)

    Perspectives on technology and education research: Lessons from the past and present the authors notice that there are change in: the nature of the technological elements that involve in the research: it used to search to see the demonstration of the technology (mostly text ) on students. nowadays, technology changed that lead to the 2nd…

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  • Clark (1989), current progress and future directions for research in instructional technology

    the author believes that there are quantity but not quality research recently noticing mostly because of poorly conceptualized questions. he also believes that researchers should pay more attention to the literature review and making sure that they cover the all related roots of the problem they are investegating. meaning that they should include psychology, political…

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