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Teacher Education to Workforce Education: A TPACK-inspired Workforce Education Program Proposal
George Semich; John Hineman
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1116–1120
Workforce education is most commonly identified with vocational education mainly in trade programs and presently with STEM education primarily for undergraduate populations seeking special certifications. However, there is a large population of...
Topics: Workforce Education
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Of Hard Hats and Hammers: E-Learning and Workforce Education
Kim Zartman
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) p. 1300
While e-learning programs are now well-established in many colleges and corporations, most unions, trade schools, and traditionally blue-collar companies are just now venturing into the online world. To help their e-learning programs be successful, ...
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Issues in STEM Workforce Education for Information Technology and STEM Careers
Joyce Malyn-Smith; Steven Bean; Ralph Coppola; Rich Feller; Jess Gropen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 2996–3001
Authors representing industry, career development, and cognitive science identify and discuss issues driving change in workforce education programs. This paper discusses areas of opportunity for the teacher education community to make significant...
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A comparison of Workforce Education/Human Resource faculty and Computer Science faculty perceptions towards distance education
Thomas H. Furby
A comparison of Workforce@Education@/Human@Resource faculty and Computer Science faculty perceptions towards distance@education (2006) pp. 1–157
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the perceptions of college faculty towards distance education and if they perceived that, they were prepared to use this method. There were 167 department faculty members invited to participate in an on-line ...
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Promoting Workforce Education in University Programs with TPACK and Experiential Learning
Elissa Torres
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1105–1108
Programs which enable students to learn, apply and gain a skill needed in the workforce is important for both student and university success. Students gain higher paying jobs post-graduation and universities can promote better student employability ...
Topics: Workforce Education, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
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Innovative Online Performance Skills Test Development and Delivery of Online Learning Using Desktop Videoconferencing
LuAnn Hiniker; Fred Reneau
Journal of Interactive Instruction Development Vol. 13, No. 2 (2000) pp. 20–25
New computer-mediated communications are examined in a graduate course in the Department of Workforce Education and Development at Southern Illinois University. Use of prerequisite skills testing and integration of desktop videoconferencing...
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Computational Thinking in K-12: Defining the Space
Joyce Malyn-Smith; Bob Coulter; Jill Denner; Irene Lee; Joel Stiles; Linda Werner
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 3479–3484
“Computational thinking is creating and making use of different levels of abstraction to understand and solve problems more effectively; thinking algorithmically; and understanding the consequences of scale” (Carnegie Mellon University Center for...
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Defining Emerging Occupations: Social Technology Enabled Professional, Big Data Enabled Specialist
Joyce Malyn-Smith; Joseph Ippolito
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1546–1552
: This workforce education paper describes a process used to define emerging occupations brought about by technology. It describes a modified occupational analysis process focused on a “learning occupation” and resulting in a profile that...
Topics: Workforce Education, Equity & Social Justice, New Possibilities with Information Technology Education
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Working Towards the Future: Technology Use and Evaluation in Workforce Development
Erica Ross; Randy Romich; Jennifer Pena
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1278–1282
This paper explores the relevant research on the use of technology in workforce education and development, as well as suggestions for future areas of development. A thorough examination of the literature reveals that many organizations and...
Topics: Workforce Education
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Corporate universities: An historical perspective with an analysis and comparison of development models in the literature and practice
Catherine A. Schmitt
(2012) pp. 1–223
This dissertation examines the history of workforce education, corporate university development models in both literature and practice, and the evolution of the next generation of corporate universities. It traces workforce education from...
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Perceptions of Texas community and technical college administrators toward a statewide system of skill standards
Diane Steere Nobles
Perceptions of Texas @?community and technical@college administrators toward a statewide system of skill@standards (2001) pp. 1–117
The purpose of this research study was to address the gap in the research literature that existed concerning Texas community and technical college administrators' perceptions toward the establishment of a statewide system of skill standards. It...
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Online Classes: A Flawed Assumption!
Xavier McClung; Clemente Hudson; Yahya MatSom
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 411–413
This presentation will discuss the research findings on a study to a group of university professor in Workforce Education programs that delivered their classes online. Three major findings revealed that the faculty assumed: (a) they were ready to...
Topics: Distance Education
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Technology Integration in Education in Developing Countries: Guidelines to Policy Makers
Vikashkumar Jhurree
International Education Journal Vol. 6, No. 4 (September 2005) pp. 467–483
Technology such as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a potent force in driving economic, social, political and educational reforms. Countries, particularly developing ones, cannot afford to stay passive to ICT if they are to compete...
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Predictors of Instructional Strategy Use of Faculty in Career and Technical Education Programs: Signature Pedagogies of the Field
Edward Fletcher Jr.; Yenni Djajalaksana
International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology Vol. 5, No. 3 (July 2014) pp. 45–65
The purpose of this research study was to identify potential signature pedagogies in the field of CTE as well as specific disciplines within CTE, and to explain instructional strategy use by faculty's demographic characteristics, course delivery...
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STEM: Moving the Liberal Arts Education into the 21st Century
Scott Bevins
Technology and Engineering Teacher Vol. 71, No. 4 (2012) pp. 10–13
Since the beginning of time, education has played a significant role in advancing societies, both technologically and socially. While economies around the world have fluctuated throughout history, the globe has continued to witness new discoveries,...
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Measuring Motivation and Tendencies Towards Self-directedness Within Information Technology in an Academic Workplace
Robert Steadman Campbell
(2011) pp. 1–124
Advances in industry have placed a high demand on the workforce to maintain constant training. Some of the concerns that face administrators and supervisors are the best methods to keep current with new technology, how to implement these new...
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Perceptions and practices of workforce educators regarding academic research and the Internet
William Raymond Gideon
(2001) pp. 1–115
This national study traced the history and development of learning institutions and libraries, the development of printing and information archiving, the growth of the Internet and World Wide Web, and current research related to scholarly use of the ...
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Effectiveness of Computer-Assisted Instruction in Technical Education: A Meta-Analysis
Mohammad Naim Yaakub; Curtis R. Finch
Workforce Education Forum Vol. 28, No. 2 (2001) pp. 1–15
A meta-analysis of 21 studies compared the effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) with traditional instruction. Results showed that CAI focusing on higher-order learning in technical education was more effective. (Contains 38...
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The Development of a Distance Education Faculty Learning Community: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Steven Schmidt; Elizabeth Hodge; Christina Tschida
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) p. 366
A faculty learning community engages in active, collaborative programs featuring “a curriculum about enhancing teaching and learning with frequent seminars and activities that provide learning, development, the scholarship of teaching, and community ...
Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, Workforce Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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The ADDIE for ACTIONS Model Matrix: A Tool for Decision-Makers in Distance Education
Jack Lee; Kelly Ann Yamashiro
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) p. 1716
Distance education, which may once have been thought of as insignificant to the survival of an academic institution, can no longer be ignored as vital to an institution's success and reputation, and possibly even its existence in the new millennium. ...
Topics: Distance Education
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Developing an Online Career and Technical Alternative Teaching Licensure Program: The Successes and The Challenges
Cindy Ross; Robert Berns; DJ Kern-Blystone
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1556–1557
Career and Technical Education programs (CTE) prepare individuals for a wide variety of high-demand and high-skilled careers. New high school teachers hired by school districts to teach a career field are usually individuals with a great deal of...
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Using Drones to Ensure Student Success
Christopher Carnahan; Kimberly Crowley
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 36–39
Once teachers are provided with the technical and conceptual knowledge to include this technology into their classrooms, passive learners will become more engaged. Drones will help capture the students? imagination. Using drones in the curriculum...
Topics: Workforce Education, Computational Thinking, Technology Leadership
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STEM Workforce Development Model and Outcomes Framework
Joyce Malyn-Smith
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1594–1597
The ITEST program focuses on broad STEM workforce development goals and encourages projects to move toward those goals in innovative ways. Although many projects work towards similar outcomes, their innovative approaches result in wide variation in ...
Topics: K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Workforce Education, Research & Evaluation
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Technology Use in Business Teacher Education: A Comparative Study of Perceptions between Traditional and Alternative Teacher Certification Students
Clora Mae Baker; Yun Shi; Michaela Trummer
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 3166–3171
Abstract: Alternative Certification Teacher Programs have become part of the solution to the teacher shortage, a national challenge in American education. Compared with traditional students in business teacher education programs, alternative...
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The Fruits of ADDIE: Instructional Products of a Web-Based Distance Education Seminar Using Virtual Reality
Jack Lee; Xun Ge; Kelly Ann Yamashiro
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) p. 1783
Virtual reality (VR) is the ability to immerse the computer user, as an active participant as opposed to a passive viewer, in a computer-generated experience [Grimsdale 95]. The use of VR applications in web-based distance education is still in...
Topics: Distance Education, Computers, Instructional Design
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Whose Job Is It...Anyway??: Examining Factors That Contribute to Successful Employment Outcomes
Leonard Moore; Kamisha Kirby
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1114–1115
The acquisition of gainful employment is arguably the single-most important measure of the success of post-secondary training. The goal of students who elect to pursue higher education is to find suitable and sustainable work upon graduation. ...
Topics: Workforce Education
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Grades 6-12 Engineering Project: Turbine Design
Justin Elswick; Lesia Lennex; April Haight; Hans Chapman
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2092–2096
Developing enthusiasm and creativity to resolve world energy problems is a dilemma facing educators. How can educators bring the excitement of real-world issues into their classrooms? What kind of affordable equipment can they use? This project...
Topics: mathematics education, Science Education, Workforce Education
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Perspectives on Common Core Standards and Workforce Readiness
Manorama Talaiver; Joyce Malyn-Smith; Ferdi Serim
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 84–89
In this panel, presenters and the audience will exchange ideas about issues relating to Common Core State Standards and college/career readiness. Forty-five states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Education ...
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Planning & Implementing a Statewide mLearning Initiative for Workforce Development
Michael M Grant
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3061–3063
In June 2010, the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) launched a plan to explore mobile teaching and learning in Tennessee. Inviting postsecondary faculty from over 25 workforce development centers across the state, exploration about the impacts of...
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Virtual Reality: Improving Interviewing Skills in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Patricia Arter; Tammy Brown; Monica Law; Jen Barna; Allison Fruehan; Regina Fidiam
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1086–1088
This project explored the feasibility and efficacy of virtual reality (VR) to improve job-interviewing skills of high school students with ASD. Job interviewing training is part of transition planning and school to work curriculum, however, this...
Topics: special education, Workforce Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Secondary technology education and career development: Keeping the link between today’s technology and tomorrow’s workforce
Jane Fuller; Ron McBride
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 3251–3252
Following the demise of vocational education, that profession looked to technology as a avenue to a reinvigorated model for workforce development. Technology education in schools has in many ways replaced traditional vocational education. In many...
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Who Uses the Internet for Educational Purposes? A National Demographic Study in the United States
Xiaoli Cao; Kenneth Gray
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 229–230
The purpose of this study was to determine the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of adults, ages 19-60, that use the Internet to take educational courses or to do research at home for traditional classroom courses. Results suggest that ...
Topics: Internet
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DISTRIBUTED LEARNING INTRANET AND INTERNET APPLICATIONS
Elinor Greene
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 620–621
At a time when learning is finally recognized as a critical component to an organization's success, manufacturing industries are facing an overwhelming challenge to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and competitiveness. Organizations are...
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The Demand of the Vocational and High Vocational Graduates with Industrial Major by the Entrepreneurs Under the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand During 2008-2010
Punnee Leekitchwatana
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 3261–3266
This research is aimed to study the demand of vocational and high vocational graduates with industrial major by the entrepreneurs under the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) during 2008-2010.The research findings are :(1) The samples,...
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Teacher Educator Technology Competencies: A Conversation with the Researchers
Teresa S. Foulger; Kevin J. Graziano; Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford; David A. Slykhuis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1055–1059
With concern about how to improve the method by which teacher candidates learn to teach with technology, four teacher educators created a list of competencies that all teacher educators would need to develop. The Teacher Educator Technology...
Topics: Workforce Education, Technology Leadership, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
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Comparing Computer-based Employee Training with Traditional Face-to-Face Methods
James Steele
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 504–507
This paper relates to the use of computer-based instruction for the purposes of employee training. Through a review of previous studies, the author seeks to identify key elements that may positively or negatively affect the impact that computer...
Topics: Training, Research Methods, Distance/Flexible Education, Workforce Education
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Teacher/Mentor Training- Active Listening
Kristine Holloway; Laura Mitobe; Matthew Atherton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1531–1538
Teacher-mentors will learn skills through the asynchronous instruction provided by our online learning program which is founded in established educational theory and action research. Our system will support multiple learning styles through text,...
Topics: Interaction, Training, Graphics, Workforce Education
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Services Offered for International Students Success: Content Analysis of Universities with Top CTE Programs
Shuyun Chen; Michelle Bartlett
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1249–1253
This content analysis explored services provided to international students and how resources help adjust to new oversea life on and off campus. Official websites of six American universities with top Career and Technical Education programs were...
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Eclipse 2017: Resources for Teachers to Support Space Science Engagement
Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Troy Cline; Carolyn Ng
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 2133–2137
On August 21, 2017 a total solar eclipse will traverse the continental US beginning at Portland, Oregon and passing through Nebraska to Charleston, South Carolina. Persons outside around noon that day at locations as far South as Dallas will...
Topics: Science Education, Workforce Education, Maker (Formerly Engineering Education)
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Funding Technology Integration Responsibly for Sustainability
Tiffany Droege; Melissa Thomeczek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1034–1038
This paper details research conducted in a school district in southern Illinois. In cooperation with teachers, the technology director, and superintendent, the authors explored the results of a large technology purchase that consisted mostly of...
Topics: Workforce Education, Technology Leadership
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Graduate Student Success with Virtual Mentors: Can the Incorporation of Industry Leaders Enhance Student Engagement in the Classroom?
Carrol Warren; Michelle Bartlett; Diane Chapman
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 583–587
This paper on best practices explores existing opportunities to support both students and faculty through mentorship. The extension of experiences beyond the traditional classroom, for students, and beyond new faculty orientation, for new faculty...
Topics: faculty development, Distance/Flexible Education, Workforce Education
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The Status of Professional Development for Technology at Independent K-12 Schools: Insights from a Literature Review
Amy McGinn; Liyan Song
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 2191–2196
Reform efforts in U.S. public schools have aimed to raise standards, to invest in teachers and school leaders, and to turn around the lowest-performing schools. Independent schools are facing similar pushes toward improving teaching and learning. ...
Topics: Workforce Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Online Advising for Incoming Pre-Service Teachers at Colleges and Universities
Joseph Riddle; Zack Underwood; Tamara Meredith
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1553–1555
This paper addresses evidence-based research for disseminating advising information to incoming freshmen at the college/university level. With a need for more teachers, recruitment and dissemination of information for the teaching major is more...
Topics: Communication, Administrators, Distance/Flexible Education, Workforce Education, New Possibilities with Information Technology Education
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Technology Coaches: The Heart of Technology Integration
Lana Rebecca Peterson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1392–1395
As access to educational technology grows within P12 schools and districts, the need for technology integration support does as well. With the increase in devices including laptops, phones, tablets and the integration of technology into the...
Topics: Integration, Educational Technology, Workforce Education, Technology Leadership, Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
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Incorporating Web-Based and Virtual Reality Instruction into a Distance Education Course Using the ADDIE Model of Instructional Design
Jack Lee; Xun Ge; Kelly Ann Yamashiro
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) pp. 1470–1471
The use of virtual reality (VR) applications in web-based distance education is still in its infancy. Instructors and instructional designers do not have specific models, let alone many case studies, upon which to design and implement web-based...
Topics: Instructional Design, Distance Education
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A Program Director’s Guide to Evaluating STEM Education Programs: Lessons Learned from Local, State, and National Initiatives
Joyce Malyn-Smith
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1774–1775
In this session Roundtable participants will review and discuss evaluation topics and resources presented in a Program Director’s Guide to Evaluating STEM Education Programs: Lessons Learned from Local, State, and National Initiatives. Few...
Topics: K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Workforce Education, Research & Evaluation
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The Influence of Coaching Tactic on Workplace Subjective Well-Being and Psychological Capital
Yi Ping Lin; Shinyi Lin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1108–1113
As one medium of on-the-job training (OJT), the coaching tactic has been widely applied in workplace education. This study is to examine how the coaching tactic to administrative associates in dentist clinics might have influence on their subjective ...
Topics: Workforce Education
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When Students Take Control: The Development of an Electronic Textbook Using iBooks Author
Christopher Greer
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3725–3726
As the digital age becomes more prevalent in all aspects of society, some inroads are being seen within the electronic textbook market. As more students purchase iPads or dedicated e-readers, the adoption of digital texts will certainly rise....
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Designing online PD for 100,000 teachers: Resolving the tension between maximizing reach and optimizing interaction.
Geetanjali Soni; Morrow Donna
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2971–2973
As a recipient of a federal Race to the Top (RttT) grant in 2010, the state of North Carolina identified one initiative of the grant as providing professional development to the approximately 100,000 teachers in the state. Part of this initiative...
Topics: K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Distance/Flexible Education, Workforce Education
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Using Technology to Revolutionize Child Welfare Training
Valerie Simmons; Ben Clark; Brian Nethero
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 909–914
While the impact of trauma on children is well-documented, teachers and others who work with children report feeling unprepared to support them. Those who do receive training are forced to sit through the same didactic presentation, not meeting the...
Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies, Workforce Education