SCIENCE EDUCATION IN ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS: BUILDING BRIDGES WITH TECHNOLOGY

Barbara Moore

International Conference on Mathematics / Science Education and Technology 2000 (2000) p. 432

Science educators, using technology, can build bridges across the digital divide by helping alternative education students graduate and break the cycle of poverty. Alternative students often miss various segments of content. The results are poor...

Topics: Educational Technology, Learning Objects, Students

Higher Level Thinking Skills and Individual Differences: Bridging Gaps with Technology

Barbara Moore

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 74–79

Pre-service and in-service teachers are expected to address individual differences in students. However, the nature of differences and the needs of individuals can slow or, at times, completely stop learning for the rest of the classroom. Teachers ...

Topics: Teaching Methods, Teachers, Instructional Design

Statistical Collection Management Analysis of OCLC-MARC Tape Records

Evelyn Payson; Barbara Moore

Information Technology and Libraries Vol. 4, No. 3 (1985) pp. 220–32

Using OCLC-MARC tape records, master records were created for collection management reports at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater to help evaluate collection growth by type of material, location, and subject, based upon LC call number. The...

Achievement in Basic Math Skills for Low Performing Students: A Study of Teachers' Affect and CAI

Barbara McGregor Moore

Journal of Economic Education Vol. 57, No. 1 (1988) pp. 38–44

A study of math instruction with and without a computer-assisted component (CAI) was conducted to determine the influence of teachers' attitudes on the achievement of 117 seventh-and eighth-grade remedial math students. Results indicate a major role ...

Applying the Instructional Strategy Diagnostic Profile to Current Instructional Software

David Richard Moore; Barbara Lockee

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 989–992

The Instructional Strategy Diagnostic Profile, ISDP (Merrill, Olsen & Coldeway, 1976), was an attempt to provide criteria for effective and efficient instruction. Computer-based instruction is a unique educational medium that requires software to...

Topics: Software, Evaluation, Instructional Design

Instructional Image Development for Network-Based Distance Education

Barbara B. Lockee; David R. Moore; David M. Moore

International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 26, No. 4 (1999) pp. 377–85

Discusses the need for quality instructional images in a networked environment and presents strategies for maximizing the effectiveness of visuals for instruction in distance education. Topics include the instructional value of images; types of...

Old Concerns with New Distance Education Research

Barbara Lockee; Mike Moore; John Burton

Educause Quarterly Vol. 24, No. 2 (2001) pp. 60–62

Examines research currently being conducted by some stakeholders in the name of valid distance learning research. Asserts that such research essentially repeats the mistakes of prior media studies that use the long-discredited media comparison...

Hypermedia and the Facilitation of Native American Language Learning: Preserving a Heritage through the Use of Technology

Barbara B. Lockee; David M. Moore

Journal of Educational Technology Systems Vol. 26, No. 2 (1998) pp. 169–79

Whole-language methods advocated in second-language instruction incorporate observational learning strategies--strategies which are inherent in many Native American homes but often ignored in school. Hypermedia may provide a mechanism for the...

Measuring Success: Evaluation Strategies for Distance Education

Mike Moore; Barbara Lockee; John Burton

Educause Quarterly Vol. 25, No. 1 (2002) pp. 20–26

Asserts that only by evaluating the effectiveness of distance education programs can their use be justified and their quality improved. Discusses how to conduct formative and summative evaluations of distance education programs. (EV)

PRESERV I C E TEACHER EDUCAT I ON

Barbara Moore; Ruth Burkett; James A. White; Carine M. Feyten

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1251–1254

The Question of Quality: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Distance Education

John Burton; D. Michael Moore; Barbara Lockee; Harold Daniels

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) p. 203

Determining the effectiveness of distance-delivered courses and programs is important not only from an instructor's perspective, but a necessary function for many stakeholders involved in the support of distance education (DE) efforts. This session...

Topics: Distance Education

Education Systems in the Digital Age: The Need for Alignment

Deirdre Butler; Margaret Leahy; Peter Twining; Ben Akoh; Yousra Chtouki; Sara Farshadnia; Kanda Moore; Roumen Nikolov; Carlos Pascual; Barbara Sherman; Teemu Valtonen

Technology, Knowledge and Learning Vol. 23, No. 3 (2018) pp. 473–494

The focus of Thematic Working Group 1 at EDUsummIT 2017 centred on the need for alignment in education systems and was driven by two key questions relating to (a) if and how all the parts of an education system work together to support the type of...