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Using mobile phones to augment teacher learning in environmental education
Brian Ferry
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2008 (2008) pp. 295–298
This study contributes to the professional development of teachers in the use of mobile phones to inform their pedagogy. The focus is on how action learning sets helped pre- service teachers (PST) to effectively use mobile phones to augment their...
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Strategies of Teachers as Users of Interactive Multimedia
Brian Ferry
Australian Journal of Education Vol. 40, No. 2 (1996) pp. 133–46
A study evaluated the process of training teachers to use an interactive multimedia package for classroom instruction in ecology. Ways in which teachers assessed relevant printed text and hypertext information were mapped and analyzed. Search...
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Supporting E-Knowledge-building in teacher education: The use of computer-mediated-communication
Brian Ferry
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 283–290
This study investigated how different types of computer-mediated communication (CMC) such as asynchronous forums, synchronous forums and e-mail were used to support an alternative approach to initial teacher education that relied on the formation of ...
Topics: Communication, Students
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Use of an Online Simulation to Support Pre-service Teacher Knowledge of Literacy Instruction
Brian Ferry
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 512–519
The authors of this paper report on software that made use of segment excerpts of authentic classroom literacy experiences into interconnected, short-term teaching episodes called cycles. Sets of cycles link in a variety of ways to create a...
Topics: Teachers, Literacy, Classrooms
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Probing Personal Knowledge: The Use of a Computer-Based Tool to Help Preservice Teachers Map Subject Matter Knowledge
Brian Ferry
Research in Science Education Vol. 26, No. 2 (1996) pp. 233–45
Reports on the use of a HyperCard-based tool by preservice teachers to create and modify concept maps about science- related subject matter. Data gathered from interviews, journals, and concept maps indicate that the concept-mapping tool was easy to ...
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Probing Understanding: The Use of a Computer-Based Tool To Help Preservice Teachers Map Concepts
Brian Ferry
Journal of Science Teacher Education Vol. 7, No. 4 (1996) pp. 283–93
Describes an innovation designed to capitalize on certain benefits of concept maps. Uses computer software with preservice teachers to enable them to construct concept maps that represent their own subject matter knowledge. Contains 21 references. (DDR)
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Using cell phones to enhance teacher learning in environmental education
Brian Ferry
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3120–3127
This study focuses on how action-learning sets helped pre-service teachers (PST) to use cell phones to augment their developing pedagogy. These school-based, action-learning sets consisted of groups of PST allocated to the five schools that...
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How Can Computer Based Visual Mapping Tools Enhance Learning with Pre-service Teachers?
Ian Brown; Brian Ferry
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1368–1373
Visual mapping tools are computer-based and are essentially two dimension and/or three dimension spatial arrangements of text and diagrams. Research has shown that these cognitive tools help teachers link curriculum content to instructional plans. ...
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Applying Synchronous Methods during the Development of an Online Classroom-Based Simulation
Brian Ferry; Lisa Kervin
Campus-Wide Information Systems Vol. 23, No. 3 (2006) pp. 149–158
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the impact of an online simulation that was designed to provide pre-service teachers with experience in dealing with complex classroom situations associated with the teaching of literacy. Design...
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Using Computer-based Visual Mapping Tools to Enhance Pedagogical Practice.
Ian Brown; Brian Ferry
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 1354–1355
Visual mapping tools are computer-based and are essentially two dimensional and /or three dimensional spatial arrangements of text and diagrams. They have shown to help pre-service teachers to efficiently link curriculum content to instructional...
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Using Multimedia with Preservice Teachers to Enhance their Experience with Technology Education
Brian Ferry; Christine Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 693–697
This paper reports on the use of a multimedia journal to enhance a subject in technology education. The multimedia journal was used to assist in the delivery of the subject and to record the progress made by students. It is argued that multimedia...
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Pedagogical, technical and organisational considerations for using an online simulation with pre-service teachers
Lisa Kervin; Brian Ferry
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 1712–1720
Simulations are fast becoming a popular way to use technology to engage users in learning about and critically reflecting upon workplace practices and experiences. This paper reports on our development and implementation of an online classroom...
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Using Multimedia with Preservice Teachers to Enhance their Experience with Technology Education
Brian Ferry; Christine Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 693–697
This paper reports on the use of a multimedia journal to enhance a subject in technology education. The multimedia journal was used to assist in the delivery of the subject and to record the progress made by students. It is argued that multimedia...
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Multiple Understandings: The Use of Different Sources of Feedback To Support Self-Study of Teaching in Information Technology
Brian Ferry; Shirley Corrent-Agostinho
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2000 (April 2000)
This paper describes how multiple sources of information were used by two educators to develop new understandings about their roles as teachers of information technology research to a multinational class. The information was gathered from students...
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Enhancing the development of pre-service teacher professional identity through the use of a virtual learning environment
Lisa Carrington; Lisa Kervin; Brian Ferry
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1402–1409
This paper reports on a comparative case study of first and final year pre-service teachers (PSTs) enrolled in an undergraduate education degree who engaged with a virtual learning environment (VLE) provided by an online classroom simulation. The...
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Developing Computer-Based Cognitive Tools That Assist Learners To Interpret Graphs and Tables
Brian Ferry; John Hedberg; Barry Harper
Joint Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education/New Zealand Association for Research in Education 1999 (Nov 29, 1999)
This paper reports on the development and evaluation of cognitive tools used by learners to interpret graphs and tables. The development of these tools was informed by research about how learners interpreted graphs and tables. A prototype of the...
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Developing Internet-based Study Materials as Novice Web-designers: Exeperiences of Twelve Sri Lankan Teacher Edcuators
Shironica Goonetilake; Brian Ferry; John Hedberg
Indian Journal of Open Learning Vol. 9, No. 3 (2000) pp. 319–338
The communication revolution has stimulated teacher educationinstitutions in many countries in the world to integrate modern technology such as the Internet into their programmes. However, many issues arise in the transition from developing...
Language: English
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Developing a Peer Learning Community through the Use of CMC
Alison S. W. Yeung; Brian Ferry
International Conference on Computers in Education 2002 (December 2002)
This study investigates computer-mediated communication (CMC) to facilitate the construction of a learning community of preservice teachers. The formation of a learning community involves students working together to solve ill-structured problems...
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ClassSim: Preparing Tomorrows Teachers for Classroom Reality
Lisa Kervin; Brian Ferry; Lisa Carrington
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 3204–3211
This paper reports on an on-line simulation that we have developed to support our pre-service teacher education program. The purpose of this paper is three fold: first it reports on the need identified within the literature for pre-service teacher...
Topics: Software, Teachers, Virtual Environments, Classrooms
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Improving Preservice Teachers’ Science Knowledge by Creating, Reviewing and Publishing Slowmations to Teacher Tube
Garry Hoban; David McDonald; Brian Ferry
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3133–3140
“Slowmation” (abbreviated from “Slow Animation”) is a new but simple form of stop-motion animation that supports learners in creating their own animations of science concepts. This paper presents a study of preservice elementary teachers in two...
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Designing computer based cognitive tools to assist learners to interpret graphs and tables
Brian Ferry; John Hedberg; Barry Harper
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan 01, 1999) pp. 1–19
This paper reports on the development and evaluation of cognitive tools used to interpret graphs and tables. The development of these tools was informed by research about how learners interpreted graphs and tables. A prototype of the cognitive...
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Enhancing the Development of Pre-service Teacher Professional Identity via an Online Classroom Simulation
Lisa Carrington; Lisa Kervin; Brian Ferry
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 19, No. 3 (October 2011) pp. 351–368
The development of a professional identity plays an important part in pre-service teacher education. However, very little is explicitly taught about how one can develop a teacher professional identity via pre-service teacher education (Allen, 2005:1)...
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The need for choice and control: Preparing the digital generation to be teachers
Brian Ferry; Lisa Kervin; Lisa Carrington; Kay Prcevich
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2007 (2007) pp. 282–289
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New technologies, new pedagogies: Mobile technologies and new ways of teaching and learning
Jan Herrington; Jessica Mantei; Anthony Herrington; Ian Olney; Brian Ferry
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2008 (2008) pp. 419–427
This paper describes a major development and research study that investigated the use of mobile technologies in higher education. The project investigated the educational potential of two ubiquitous mobile devices: Palm smart phones and iPod digital ...
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The Design of an Online Community of Practice for Beginning Teachers
Anthony Herrington; Jan Herrington; Lisa Kervin; Brian Ferry
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 6, No. 1 (March 2006) pp. 120–132
Beginning teachers face enormous challenges in their first year of teaching. High attrition rates of teachers within the first five years attest to the difficulties inherent in commencing professional life as a teacher. This paper describes the...
Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Mentoring, Preservice Teacher Education, Teachers, Community
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Use of Computer-Mediated Communication To Form a Knowledge-Building Community in Initial Teacher Education
Brian Ferry; Julie Kiggins; Garry Hoban; Lori Lockyer
Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education 2001 (December 2001)
This study investigated how different types of computer-mediated communication (CMC) such as asynchronous forums, synchronous forums and e-mail were used to support an alternative approach to initial teacher education that relied on the formation of ...
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Simplifying Animation to Encourage Preservice Teachers’ Science Learning and Teaching Using “Slowmation”
Garry Hoban; David McDonald; Brian Ferry; Sharon Hoban
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2838–2847
Preservice elementary teachers often lack science knowledge which reduces their confidence to teach science in schools. “Slowmation” (abbreviated from “Slow Animation”) is a simplified form of stop-motion animation that encourages preservice...
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Problem Solving Strategies – Is there a better way?
Gwyn Brickell; Prof. John Hedberg; Brian Ferry; Prof. Barry Harper
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 197–198
Research on strategy use in problem solving has undergone considerable development in the last decade with the emphasis on the solving of complex and ill-structured problems. In this study, the problem solving strategy used by novice learners was...
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Incorporating Real Experience into the Development of a Classroom-Based Simulation
Brian Ferry; Lisa Kervin; Brian Cambourne; Jan Turbill; John Hedberg; David Jonassen
Journal of Learning Design Vol. 1, No. 1 pp. 22–32
This paper reports on the design of an on-line simulation that enhanced preservice teacher practicum experience in the important area of literacy teaching. Research with more than 200 users of the simulation showed that it developed pre-service...
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The Use of an On-line Classroom Simulation to Enhance the Decision Making Skills of Beginning Teachers.
Brian Ferry; John Hedberg; Jan Turbill; Brian Cambourne; David Jonassen; Lisa Kervin; Sarah Puglisi
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 3041–3046
This paper describes the development and initial use of a simulation in teacher education. The simulation allows the user to take on the role of the teacher of a simulated Kindergarten classroom (children whose ages range from 5 to 6 years). As the...
Topics: Teachers, Classrooms, Students
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Operationalizing Nine Design Elements of Authentic Learning Environments in a Classroom-based On-line Simulation
Brian Ferry; Lisa Kervin; John Hedberg; Jan Turbill; Brian Cambourne; David Jonassen
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 3096–3103
Herrington, Oliver and Reeves (2003) assert that many researchers and teachers now accept that well designed multimedia environments provide an alternative to real-life settings. Researchers report that educational software advances have...
Topics: Virtual Environments, Teachers, Classrooms
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A Survey of Academic Use of Information Technology
Helen Carter; Paul Else; Brian Ferry; Di Kelly; Reihaneh Safavi- Naini
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 241–242
Wollongong is recognized as a top performing regional university in Australia. Its leading edge approach in introducing its students into the 'e-world', acknowledged in the accolade of joint 2000-2001 Australian University of the Year award,...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Educator Development Through Games and Sims
Brian Ferry; Lisa Kervin; David Gibson; Rhonda Christensen; Dong Uk Cheong
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1436–1438
This panel presents an opportunity for the audience to hear of three different approaches to educator development through games and simulations. The three projects took different approaches to address a similar problem; that of learning about the...
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JTATE Special Issue: Digital Games and Simulations in Teacher Preparation
Teresa Franklin; Len Annetta; Lin Lin; Tao Zhang; Pg Schrader; Leanna Achambalt; Conrad Oh-Young; Lilly Lu; Erin Peters Burton; Wendy Frazier; Richard Lamb; Rebecca Cheng; Margaret Chmiel; Marie Iding; Joan Nordbotten; Lisa Carrington; Lisa Kervin; Brian Ferry; Mariya Yukhymenko
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 2534–2535
Today’s pre-service teachers have grown up with ubiquitous access to computers and the Internet, which has changed how they learn and how they will teach (Prensky, 20011). Virtual worlds, games and simulations are not new to pre-service teachers and ...