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...

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

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....

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...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge

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...

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...

Topics: Global learning partnerships and innovations

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 &...

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 ...

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...

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

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...

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...