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AMINA CHARANIA
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
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Preparing future teachers for Virtual Schooling: Assessing their preconceptions and competence
Amina Charania
(2010) pp. 1–142
This dissertation presents three research articles in the area of preparing preservice teachers for Virtual Schooling (VS). The context of the dissertation is embedded in a Teacher Education Goes Into Virtual Schooling (TEGIVS) project under the...
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Student Teachers' Perceptions about Gender Inequality in use of Technology in Classroom
Amina Charania; Kebatenne Hulela
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 784–788
In general, research shows that men and women perceive computers differently. This paper intends to explore the contribution of teachers in either shortening or widening gender gap in use of technology in classroom. A qualitative analysis was...
Topics: Educational Technology, Gender, Teachers, Classrooms
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A Smart Partnership: Integrating Educational Technology for Underserved Children in India
Amina Charania; Niki Davis
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 3 (2016) pp. 99–109
This paper explores the evolution of a large multi-stakeholder partnership that has grown since 2011 to scale deep engagement with learning through technology and decrease the digital divide for thousands of underserved school children in India....
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Integrated approach to Technology in Education: An initiative in rural East India
amina charania; Peter Myers
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2447–2452
The paper describes a pilot project in rural East India: Integrated approach to Technology in Education. This pilot is different from other software based interventions in schools of poor children as it assumes: students will use technology for...
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Tools and Curriculum to Prepare Preservice Teachers for the 21st Century Schools with Virtual Schooling
Yasemin Demiraslan; Niki Davis; Amina Charania
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 2593–2596
Virtual Schooling (VS), or K-12 distance education, has become part of legislated school reform and improvement in many states. Key roles in VS are: VS site facilitator, VS teacher, and VS designer. The Teacher Education Goes into Virtual Schooling...
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Smart Partnerships in Education: What are they?
Niki Davis; Margaret Leahy; Amina Charania; Hasniza Nordin; Davor Orlic; Cathy Lewin; Olatz Lopez-Fernandez
Global Learn 2016 (Apr 28, 2016) pp. 154–163
This paper which arises from EDUsummIT 2015 provides an overview of the development of a working definition of Smart Partnerships (SP) in education before describing and analysing three potential SPs of which only one is identified as a SP. Further...
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Assessing preservice teachers' competence as a Virtual Schooling site facilitator
Amina Charania; Niki Davis; Karley Wortmann; Zahrl Schoeny; Sandi Cohen; Curby Alexander
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 267–272
Given the rise of distance learning engaging K-12 students and the importance of the role of the Virtual Schooling Site Facilitator (VSSF) to support these students in K-12 schools, it is important to prepare all teachers for this role (Davis &...
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Integrating Academic and Everyday Learning through Technology: Issues and Challenges for Researchers, Policy Makers and Practitioners
Cathy Lewin; Kwok-Wing Lai; Hans van Bergen; Amina Charania; Jean Gabin Ntebutse; Barry Quinn; Roger Sherman; David Smith
Technology, Knowledge and Learning Vol. 23, No. 3 (2018) pp. 391–407
This paper builds on work undertaken over a number of years by a group of international researchers with an interest in the potential of connecting academic and everyday practices and knowledge. Drawing extensively on literature and our own work, we ...
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Virtual Schooling and K-12 Online Learning Goes Into Preservice Teacher Education, Part 2
Niki Davis; Rick Ferdig; Jade Coutts; Amina Charania; Z Schoeny; Curby Alexander; Ron Ellis; Lily Compton; Karly Wortmann; Ray Rose
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 323–331
As of September 2007, 42 states have significant supplemental online learning programs (in which students enrolled in physical schools take one or two courses online), or significant full-time programs, or both" according to Watson (2007). The...
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Illustrating the “virtual” in virtual schooling: Challenges and strategies for creating real tools to prepare virtual teachers
Niki Davis; M D. Roblyer; Amina Charania; Rick Ferdig; Chad Harms; Lily Ko Li Compton; Mi Ok Cho
Internet and Higher Education Vol. 10, No. 1 (2007) pp. 27–39
Virtual schooling, or the practice of offering K-12 courses via distance technologies, has rapidly increased in popularity since its beginning in 1994. Although effective interaction with and support for students in these environments requires a...
Topics: Virtual Environments
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Smart Partnerships to Increase Equity in Education
Margaret Leahy; Niki Davis; Cathy Lewin; Amina Charania; Hasniza Nordin; Davor Orlic; Deirdre Butler; Olatz Lopez-Fernadez
Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 3 (2016) pp. 84–98
This exploratory analysis of smart partnerships identifies the risk of increasing the digital divide with the deployment of data analytics. Smart partnerships in education appear to include a process of evolution into a synergy of strategic and...
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Virtual Schooling and K-12 Online Learning Goes Into Preservice Teacher Education, Part 1
Niki Davis; Rick Ferdig; Jade Coutts; Amina Charania; Zahrl Schoeny; Curby Alexander; Ron Ellis; Dennis McElroy; Lily Compton; Karly Wortmann; Ray Rose
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 318–322
As of September 2007, 42 states have significant supplemental online learning programs (in which students enrolled in physical schools take one or two courses online), or significant full-time programs, or both" according to Watson (2007). The...