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Breaking Down Walls to Creativity through Interdisciplinary Design
Richard E. West
Educational Technology Vol. 56, No. 6 (2016) pp. 47–52
This article describes initial success in developing an interdisciplinary studio for teaching collaborative creativity and design, with faculty from multiple departments co-teaching and co-mentoring interdisciplinary student groups engaged in social ...
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Insights from Research on Distance Education Learners, Learning, and Learner Support
Richard E. West
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 25, No. 3 (2011) pp. 135–151
This article, originally published in "Distances et Savoirs" (D & S--7/2009. "A la Croisee des Recherches," p571-584) reviews the key ideas related to increasing student learning and support described in selected chapters from the second edition of...
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A Student's Guide to Strengthening an Online Community
Richard E. West
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 54, No. 5 (September 2010) pp. 69–75
Students usually have plenty of experience with online social technologies, but they lack understanding about how to use these tools and methods for course learning. This article is designed to help college students who are anxious about...
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What Is Shared? A Framework for Understanding Shared Innovation within Communities
Richard E. West
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 57, No. 3 (June 2009) pp. 315–332
The twenty-first century economy often requires the innovative production of conceptual and physical artifacts. These innovations frequently are developed collaboratively within communities of workers. Previous theories about the nature of work and...
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Communities of Innovation: Individual, Group, and Organizational Characteristics Leading to Greater Potential for Innovation
Richard E. West
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 58, No. 5 (September 2014) pp. 53–61
In this paper I will explain what I see as some of the core attributes of "Communities of Innovation," or communities fostering collaborative creativity, and what we have learned from the research literature about each attribute. There is...
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Opportunities and Challenges with Digital Open Badges
Tadd Farmer; Richard E. West
Educational Technology Vol. 56, No. 5 (2016) pp. 45–48
With increasing interest in competency and outcome-based education, and the blending of formal and informal learning, there is increasing need for credentials to match these learning paradigms. In this article, the authors discuss the benefits,...
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The Impact of Text versus Video Communication on Instructor Feedback in Blended Courses
Jered Borup; Richard E. West; Rebecca Thomas
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 63, No. 2 (April 2015) pp. 161–184
In this study we examined student and instructor perceptions of text and video feedback in technology integration courses that combined face-to-face with online instruction for teacher candidates. Items from the Feedback Environment Scale (Steelman...
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Benefits and Challenges of Using Live Modeling to Help Preservice Teachers Transfer Technology Integration Principles
Richard E. West; Charles R. Graham
Journal of Computing in Teacher Education Vol. 23, No. 4 (2007) pp. 131–141
One method underutilized in training teachers to use technology is to use live modeling sessions. This study qualitatively investigates how the use of modeling sessions impacted students. In this study we found that modeling was perceived by most...
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"I Don't Think That Word Means What You Think It Means": A Proposed Framework for Defining Learning Communities
Richard E. West; Gregory S. Williams
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 65, No. 6 (2017) pp. 1569–1582
In this paper we address the obfuscation surrounding the concept of learning communities by operationalizing "community" according to four characteristics that serve as boundaries for defining a community: access, relationships, vision,...
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Learning to Design Collaboratively: Participation of Student Designers in a Community of Innovation
Richard E. West; Michael J. Hannafin
Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 39, No. 6 (November 2011) pp. 821–841
Creativity researchers have drawn on cognitive principles to characterize individual innovation. However, few comprehensive frameworks have been developed to relate social innovation to social cognition research. This article introduces the...
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Examining Asynchronous Video Feedback in a Blended Course
Jered Borup; Richard E. West; Rebecca Thomas
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 187–190
In this study, we examined instructor text and video feedback in technology integration courses that combined face-to-face with online instruction for preservice teachers. Analysis of feedback comments found video comments had significantly higher...
Topics: Video, Distance/Flexible Education, Virtual Schooling, Assessment and E-Folios
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Research trends in instructional design and technology journals
Robert Bodily; Heather Leary; Richard E. West
British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 50, No. 1 (January 2019) pp. 64–79
Using the online Scopus database, we retrieved all instructional design and technology (IDT) scholarship between 2007 and 2017 across 65 journals. In this paper, we analyzed the research and trends in this corpus of IDT scholarship and investigated...
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An Analysis of Discussion Forum Participation and Student Learning Outcomes
Jocelyn S. Wikle; Richard E. West
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 18, No. 2 (April 2019) pp. 205–228
Each year students spend thousands of hours participating in discussion forums. Yet there has not been sufficient scholarship on the observable effects of discussion forums on learning outcomes, and there is not a clear understanding of the role...
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Sense of Community in a Blended Technology Integration Course: A Design-Based Research Study
J Buckley Harrison; Richard E. West
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 15, No. 6 (Oct 22, 2014) pp. 289–312
This design-based research study explored whether "sense of community" was maintained while flexibility in the course was increased through an adoption of a unique blended learning model. Data collected in this study show a significant...
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The Influence of Asynchronous Video Communication on Learner Social Presence: A Narrative Analysis of Four Cases
Jered Borup; Richard E. West; Charles R. Graham
Distance Education Vol. 34, No. 1 (2013) pp. 48–63
Online courses are increasingly using asynchronous video communication. However, little is known about how asynchronous video communication influences students' communication patterns. This study presents four narratives of students with varying...
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Improving online social presence through asynchronous video
Jered Borup; Richard E. West; Charles R. Graham
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 15, No. 3 (June 2012) pp. 195–203
Online learning has become a reality for many students in higher education. Unfortunately, something that has also become a reality is a sense of isolation in online courses, and Moore (1980) has warned that students' sense of distance can threaten...
Language: English
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Social Learning Theory and Web-Based Learning Environments: A Review of Research and Discussion of Implications
Janette R. Hill; Liyan Song; Richard E. West
American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 23, No. 2 (2009) pp. 88–103
Since the 1970s, cognitive psychological perspectives have dominated pedagogical frameworks and models for designing technology-mediated teaching and learning environments. More recently, social learning perspectives have received attention as...
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Educational Technology Research Journals: "Cognition and Instruction," 2003-2012
Melissa C. Warr; Kari Ross Nelson; Richard E. West
Educational Technology Vol. 54, No. 2 (2014) pp. 26–31
In this study, the authors examined the journal "Cognition and Instruction" to discover trends from the past decade (2003-2012). They looked at trends in article topics, research methods, authorship, and article citations by analyzing...
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Educational Technology Research Journals: "Journal of Distance Education," 2003-2012
Eric H. Young; Ty Griffiths; Brandon Luke; Richard E. West
Educational Technology Vol. 54, No. 5 (2014) pp. 45–49
In this study the authors analyzed articles published in the "Journal of Distance Education" from 2003-2012. They analyzed the frequency of author-provided keywords and common abstract phrases, type and frequency of authorship, the type of ...
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Examining the Impact of Video Feedback on Instructor Social Presence in Blended Courses
Jered Borup; Richard E. West; Rebecca Thomas; Charles R. Graham
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 15, No. 3 (Jun 16, 2014) pp. 232–256
This mixed method research examined instructors' use of video feedback and its impact on instructor social presence in 12 blended sections of three preservice educational technology courses. An independent samples t-test was conducted and found ...
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Reflections from the Introduction of Blogs and RSS Feeds into a Preservice Instructional Technology Course
Richard E. West; Geoff Wright; Bruce Gabbitas; Charles R. Graham
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 50, No. 4 (August 2006) pp. 54–60
Reflection and professional development are two key practices that characterize an effective teacher and that are frequently overlooked in preservice training (Bowles, 2003; Halen-Faber, 1997; Patrick & Reinhartz, 1999). Reflection can be defined as ...
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An analysis of instructor social presence in online text and asynchronous video feedback comments
Rebecca A. Thomas; Richard E. West; Jered Borup
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 33, No. 1 (April 2017) pp. 61–73
Online and blended instructors are increasingly providing student feedback via asynchronous video, and students have reported in previous research that they are better able to perceive their instructors' social presence in video as compared to text. ...
Language: English
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Effectiveness of Undergraduate Instructional Design Assistants in Scaling a Teacher Education Open Badge System
Daniel L. Randall; Tadd Farmer; Richard E. West
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 4 (December 2019) pp. 825–849
This article describes an examination of how undergraduate instructional design assistants (IDAs) scaled up an open badge system by assisting in creating open badges. External reviewers rated the open badge rubrics created by seven of these IDAs...
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Mendeley: Creating Communities of Scholarly Inquiry through Research Collaboration
Holt Zaugg; Richard E. West; Isaku Tateishi; Daniel L. Randall
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 55, No. 1 (July 2010) pp. 32–36
Mendeley is a free, web-based tool for organizing research citations and annotating their accompanying PDF articles. Adapting Web 2.0 principles for academic scholarship, Mendeley integrates the management of the research articles with features for...
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Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: Designing Open Badges for a Technology Integration Course
Daniel L. Randall; J Buckley Harrison; Richard E. West
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 57, No. 6 (November 2013) pp. 88–95
This paper describes the design, development, and implementation of Open Badges into a secondary education preservice course on instructional technology. Open Badges provide a new way of issuing credentials to individuals who demonstrate knowledge,...
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Educational Technology Research Journals: Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2003-2012
Matthew Langton; Kristine Manwaring; Leanna Fry; Richard E. West
Educational Technology Vol. 55, No. 1 (2015) pp. 44–48
The authors examined articles published in the "Journal of Computing in Higher Education" between 2003 and 2012 with the purpose of determining the main themes of these articles, the types of research published, the major contributing...
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The PICRAT Model for Technology Integration in Teacher Preparation
Royce Kimmons; Charles R. Graham; Richard E. West
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 20, No. 1 (March 2020) pp. 176–198
Technology integration models are theoretical constructs that guide researchers, educators, and other stakeholders in conceptualizing the messy, complex, and unstructured phenomenon of technology integration. Building on critiques and theoretical...
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Supporting Induction Teachers’ Development Using Performance-Based Video Evidence
Richard E. West; Peter J. Rich; Craig E. Shepherd; Arthur Recesso; Michael J. Hannafin
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 17, No. 3 (July 2009) pp. 369–391
This research study was designed to inform the development of a new teacher assessment model. The goal of the Teacher Success Model (TSM) initiative is to develop a systematic, evidence-informed statewide model for teacher assessment. While the...
Topics: Computers, Assessment, Evaluation, Developmental Stages, Administrators, Mentoring, Video, Portfolios, Leadership
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Educational Technology Research Journals: "Journal of Computer Assisted Learning," 2002-2011
Kyle R. Welch; Grant D. Zabriskie; Scott M. Ashton; Jered Borup; Richard E. West
Educational Technology Vol. 54, No. 1 (2014) pp. 40–46
In this study, the authors analyzed all research articles published between 2002 and 2011 in the "Journal of Computer Assisted Learning," in order to understand the research topics methods, major contributing authors, and most-cited...
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Educational Technology Research Journals: "International Journal of Technology and Design Education", 2005-2014
James M. Christensen; Brian Jones; Jessica Rose Cooper; Laura McAllister; Mark B. Ware; Richard E. West
Educational Technology Vol. 55, No. 3 (2015) pp. 36–42
This study examines the trends of the "International Journal of Technology and Design Education" over the past decade (2005-2014). The researchers looked at trends in article topics, research methods, authorship, and article citations by...
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Teaching, Doing, and Sharing Project Management in a Studio Environment: The Development of an Instructional Design Open-Source Project Management Textbook
Daniel L. Randall; Jacquelyn C. Johnson; Richard E. West; David A. Wiley
Educational Technology Vol. 53, No. 6 (2013) pp. 24–28
In this article, the authors present an example of a project-based course within a studio environment that taught collaborative innovation skills and produced an open-source project management textbook for the field of instructional design and...
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Educational Technology Research Journals: "Journal of Educational Computing Research," 2003-2012
Rob Nyland; Noelle Anderson; Tyler Beckstrom; Michael Boren; Rebecca Thomas; Richard E. West
Educational Technology Vol. 55, No. 2 (2015) pp. 43–48
This article analyzes articles published in the "Journal of Educational Computing Research" ("JECR") from 2003 to 2012. The authors analyzed the articles looking for trends in article types and methodologies, the most common...
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Educational Technology Research Journals: "Interactive Learning Environments," 2004-2013
Steven S. Christensen; Carolyn Andrews; Scott P. Harris; Adam Lloyd; Chad Turley; Richard E. West
Educational Technology Vol. 55, No. 5 (2015) pp. 43–48
This study examined the journal "Interactive Learning Environments" to discover trends from 2004-2013. The authors looked at trends in article topics, research methods, authorship, citations, keyword frequencies, phrase counts of article...
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The Adolescent Community of Engagement Framework: A Lens for Research on K-12 Online Learning
Jered Borup; Richard E. West; Charles R. Graham; Randall S. Davies
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 22, No. 1 (January 2014) pp. 107–129
This paper describes the Adolescent Community of Engagement (ACE) framework as a lens to guide research and design in adolescent online learning environments. Several online learning frameworks have emerged from higher education contexts, but these ...
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Educational Technology Research Journals: "International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning," 2006-2014
Shiloh M. J. Howland; M Troy Martin; Robert Bodily; Christian Faulconer; Richard E. West
Educational Technology Vol. 55, No. 6 (2015) pp. 42–47
The authors analyzed all research articles from the first issue of the "International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning" in 2006 until the second issue of 2014. They determined the research methodologies, most frequently ...
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Educational Technology Research Journals: Computers & Education, 2002-2011
David D. Rackham; Frederick R. Hyatt; David C. Macfarlane; Tony Nisse; Wendy Woodfield; Richard E. West
Educational Technology Vol. 53, No. 6 (2013) pp. 45–50
In this study, the authors examined the journal "Computers & Education" to discover research trends in the articles published during 2002-2011. Research articles were analyzed to determine trends in the research methods and types of...
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Educational Technology Research Journals: "Australasian Journal of Educational Technology," 2003-2012
Camey Andersen Hadlock; J Aleta Clegg; Garrett R. Hickman; Sabrina Lynn Huyett; Hyrum C. Jensen; Richard E. West
Educational Technology Vol. 54, No. 4 (2014) pp. 42–48
The authors analyzed all research articles in the "Australasian Journal of Educational Technology" from 2003 to 2012 to determine the types of research methodologies published, major contributing authors, and most frequently referenced...