Study Guide: Chapters 1-6
1. Define technology.
2. Provide examples of technology.
3. Define media.
4. Provide examples of media types.
5. What are the basic media categories? Provide examples of each.
6. Know the concrete-abstract continuum.
7. What do abstract learning experiences require?
8. Define learning.
9. When can learning take place?
10. Be familiar with each of the four learning domains: cognitive, affective, motor
skills, and interpersonal. Know the definition of each and be able to provide
examples.
11. B. F. Skinner is most closely associated with which learning philosophy?
12. When are cognitive principles are particularly useful?
13. The engagement of learners in meaningful experience is a part of which learning
domain?
14. The use of PowerPoint is an example of media in what role?
15. The use of the ASSURE model is an example of technology and media in what
role?
16. The separation of teacher and students is an example of media in what role?
17. Computer-assisted instruction is an example of media in what role?
18. Define synchronous learning.
19. Define asynchronous learning.
20. Define instruction.
21. By instructional environment, the authors of the textbook mean what?
22. Visual literacy refers to the ability to do what?
23. Visual literacy can be developed through what kinds of input strategies?
24. Define visual literacy.
25. Children below age 12 tend to use visuals in what way?
26. What factor influences students' decoding of visuals?
27. What might teachers have students do to develop encoding visual literacy skills?
28. What is a factor that influences students' encoding of visuals?
29. What are the basic goals of visual design?
30. What are two fundamental factors a designer should manipulate when designing
visuals?
31. What is an analogic visual? Provide examples.
32. How high should lettering be for a bulletin board in a room thirty feet long?
33. When designing a poster or bulletin board to be viewed from 20 feet away, what
should the minimum height of lowercase letters be?
34. How does alignment of the primary elements in a visual helps the viewer?
35. What are the types of balance? What is the least desirable arrangement? What is
the most desirable?
36. Eye movement is directed by what when viewers scan a display?
37. What color combination works best for instructional displays?
38. How are colors presented on the color wheel?
39. In a series of visuals, such as a PowerPoint set, consistency refers to what?
40. What is the advantage of the CD as a photo recording medium?
41. In what ways are digital images easier to use?
42. What about the digital camera allows the user to do things that make it more
efficient and easier to use than traditional cameras?
43. Students should avoid what when editing a digital image?
44. What are two methods for capturing images?
45. Name each step in the ASSURE model.
46. The ASSURE model is a guide for __________ ____________.
47. Provide an example of a specific competency.
48. Provide examples of learner traits.
49. What traits are considered part of learning style?
50. What are the types of learning styles?
51. According to John Keller, what is an essential aspect of motivation?
52. Objectives specify the expected behavior of the ____________.
53. Provide an example of a standard or degree.
54. What are the components of a well-stated objective?
55. According to the textbook, what are the categories of objectives?
56. According to the textbook, the media selection process should be done how?
57. A comprehensive technology and media selection guide contains what?
58. Modification of available materials should be made when?
59. When designing new materials, what is important to consider?
60. What are the basic steps in utilizing instructional materials?
61. What materials should teachers preview?
62. What does preparing the learners include?
63. If you are right-handed, where should you place the classroom flip chart?
64. Where should screens for video projection be placed?
65. If you are right-handed, where should you place the overhead projector screen?
66. What are characteristics of a good speaker?
67. When making a presentation, use about one visual every how often?
68. What uses of technology for practice align with NETS for students?
69. The most effective learning situations require learners to do what?
70. When should evaluation be used?
71. In the ASSURE model, evaluation refers to assessment of what/whom?
72. When considering revisions to a lesson, what should you examine?
73. According to the ASSURE model, what is the final step in the instructional cycle?
74. What is the difference between computer-assisted instruction and computermanaged instruction?
75. Define computer-managed instruction and computer-assisted instruction.
76. Which format that demands most learner participation?
77. What are the characteristics of multimedia programs?
78. Define multimedia.
79. What are the advantages of multimedia?
80. When using copyrighted text materials in developing your own multimedia
materials for classroom use, how much may you use from one source?
81. Computer databases are best used to teach what kind of skills?
82. How long may educators use multimedia projects they created incorporating
copyrighted materials before acquiring permission from the copyright holders?
83. What are the advantages of interactive media?
84. What is an advantage of computers in instruction?
85. What is a limitation of computers in instruction?
86. A lab pack usually allows how many students to use a computer program
simultaneously?
87. A site license usually allows how many students to use a computer program
simultaneously?
88. When computers deliver instruction directly to students, it is an example of
____________________.
89. What CAI strategy provides immediate reinforcement after each correct response?
90. What strategy of instruction promotes an inductive approach to solving problems
through trial and error?
91. What are the limitations of interactive multimedia?
92. What is the most important step in selecting computer-based materials?
93. How is information is fed into most microcomputers?
94. What does CD-ROM stands for?
95. In what ways can teachers use one computer in the classroom?
96. What are the characteristics of distance education?
97. Distance education systems typically involve what kinds of technologies?
98. In secondary schools, how are live interactive television programs most often
used?
99. What is the most common purpose for using live television courses in education?
100. Education uses live television for what primary purpose?
101. What is an example of the information presentation function?
102. What is an example of the student-student interaction function?
103. What is the primary purpose of an audio teleconference?
104. What is the most common form of feedback in the one-way video, two-way audio
system?
105. In an audio teleconference, what is the bridge?
106. What is the great technical advantage of the audio teleconference system?
107. A lesson in which students interact with a famous author about his work would be
most inexpensive as a(n) _______________________.
108. What feature makes training via teleconferencing particularly attractive?
109. What things should a teacher in preparing to teach at a distance know?
110. How can a teacher expand learning experiences for students?