Search results for author:"Maureen Ellis"
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Maureen Ellis
East Carolina University
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Improving Undergraduate Computer Instruction: Experiments and Strategies
Howard Kalman; Maureen Ellis
AACE Journal Vol. 15, No. 1 (2007) pp. 23–38
Today, undergraduate students enter college with increasingly more sophisticated computer skills compared to their counterparts of 20 years ago. However, many instructors are still using traditional instructional modes and methods to teach this new...
Topics: Instructional Design, Computers, Educational Technology, Literacy, Teaching Methods, Information Communication Technologies
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Teaching in Second Life: Opportunities for Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs
Patricia Anderson; Maureen Ellis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2019–2024
Faculty members who teach in the Second Life environment face many challenges in planning, teaching, and evaluating instruction. This session focuses on a demonstration of a unique Second Life teaching environment, an explanation of the creation of ...
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Emerging issues about pedagogy and delivery system appropriateness: Adapting a large, lecture-based course to Web-based instruction at a residential site
Maureen L. Ellis
Emerging issues about pedagogy and delivery system appropriateness: Adapting a large, lecture-based course to Web-based instruction at a residential@site (2003) pp. 1–299
At a large, research university, a common approach for teaching hundreds of undergraduate students at one time is the traditional, large, lecture-based course. Trends indicate that over the next decade there will be an increase in the number of...
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Improving Computer Instruction: Experiments and Strategies
Howard K. Kalman; Maureen L. Ellis
Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2004 (October 2005)
Today, undergraduate students enter college with increasingly more sophisticated computer skills compared to their counterparts of 20 years ago. However, instructors are still using traditional instructional strategies to teach this new generation....
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Facilitating Change: 5 Stages of Avatar Development in Second Life
Maureen Ellis; Patricia Anderson; Sharon Kibbe
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 654–661
Merging play with learning, Second Life virtual worlds allow educators to reach students who grew up in the digital age. By piggy-backing off of the technology that students utilize for gaming and exploration, Second Life has become an immersive...
Topics: Implementation Examples & Issues, Other, Tools & Systems
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The Power of Collaboration: Second Life Faculty Members and Support Personnel Share Facilities, Ideas, and Research
Patricia Anderson; Maureen Ellis; Sharon Kibbe
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 536–537
Steeped in the Constructivist Theory, the Second Life environment offers prospects for new types of collaborative and participative teaching, learning, and research. Two faculty members and a support person work together to share teaching strategies,...
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Strategies for Integrating Centra in an Online Teaching Environment
Elizabeth Hodge; Sharon Collins; John Southworth; Maureen Ellis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2364–2368
In the quest to incorporate innovative instructional strategies educators have delineated a number of elements that lead to student success. These elements encompass the use of communication, and participation of students within a learning community ...
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The Shrinking Classroom: Serving Unexpected Populations in Higher-Education E-Learning Environments
Steven Schmidt; Jeremy Dickerson; Elizabeth Hodge; Maureen Ellis
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 2241–2246
This presentation discusses the effects of an institution of higher education which has transitioned from a large public face-to-face university to an organization which has become a national leader in online education. East Carolina University is a ...
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Why On-Campus Students Take Online Courses: The Voice of the Student
Steven Schmidt; Jeremy Dickerson; Elizabeth Hodge; Maureen Ellis
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 3154–3161
Abstract: A paper last year introduced the phenomena of the shrinking classroom; examining why students who resided on, or in close proximity to campus elected to take distance education rather than traditional face-to-face courses. That paper was ...
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Text Messaging to Improve Social Presence in Online Learning
J Barry DuVall; Matthew R. Powell; Elizabeth Hodge; Maureen Ellis
Educause Quarterly Vol. 30, No. 3 (2007) pp. 24–28
East Carolina University (ECU) provides more than 650 class sections that are totally online each semester, serving more than 5,800 students. With the proliferation of technology devices, students have begun exploring new methods of learning, thus...