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moderate positive effect size in experience using online resources. Further, there
was no change in attitudes toward difficulty of integrating online resources into the
classroom.
Table 15.3
Likert scale survey item results, means, standard deviations, and effect sizes items
(0
=
very low; 4
=
very high), Fall 2008
Pre-survey
Post-survey
Likert scale survey
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Effect size (
d
)
I have experience creating online
lessons
1.14
1.23
3.00
0.78
1.51
I have experience using online
resources in the classroom
1.30
1.4
1.93
1.48
0.57
It is difficult to integrate online
resources into my regular lesson
plans
1.43
1.16
1.43
0.94
0
I know how to effectively use
technology in a classroom
setting
2.50
0.76
3.29
0.61
1.03
I know how to effectively teach
with technology in the
classroom
2.43
0.76
3.43
0.51
1.31
Finally, site-usage statistics show that 16% of the participants used the IA in the
Spring semester of 2009, the most recent semester usage statistics are available at
this writing.
Model 2: Problem-Based Learning: Simple to Complex Problems
The second model that was developed was created for a self-paced online deliv-
ery mode. It is based on a combination of PBL and van Marrienboer's Four
Components/Instructional Design (4C/ID) model (van Marrienboer, Clark, &
deCroock, 2002). van Marrienboer's 4C/ID model is similar to PBL, but rather than
one large problem for learners to solve, learners solve more, and more complex
problems related to the cognitive skills being learned (van Marrienboer, Clark, &
deCroock, 2002). This model consisted of the following six core activities:
1. Use of authentic instructional problems, needs, or situations brought to the exer-
cises by the students. They practice search techniques to locate resources and
design IA projects related to their instructional objectives.
2. Instruction on how to use the IA including browsing and searching IA projects,
searching for and storing links to resources within the IA, and designing and
modification of IA projects.
