Collaborative models for assembling, presenting, reviewing, and defending Electronic Portfolios in distributed learning environments

Frank Fuller

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) p. 344

As electronic portfolios take prominent roles among capstone activities in graduate programs, the opportunities and expectations of readers and reviewers – typically, members of graduate committees – change as well. The fact that electronic...

Looking Back at Looking Forward: Reviewing Prognostication in Education Technology

Jane Fuller; Frank Fuller

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 437–438

This Round Table invites participants to examine modern distance education in light of the work of several visionaries whose evaluations of contemporary education and prognostications for a future we now inhabit offer much to illumine the path we...

Topics: Distance Education

Web Instruction as Cultural Transformation: A Reeducation Model for Faculty Development

Frank Fuller

Annual Research Day of the Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Sponsored by the Council for University Research Administrators 1999 (April 1999)

This paper offers a model of faculty staff development for distance education that does not require, or permit, continuous change in instructional design. The model is based on the paradigm shift ideas of Thomas Kuhn and the reeducation model of...

Justice and Education for Home Security Professionals: Designing interdepartmental partnerships in graduate Homeland Security studies.

Frank Fuller

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) p. 2286

Increasingly, Homeland Security graduate education programs attract new and seasoned professional short from law enforcement, emergency management, and public administration areas. A significant role of the Homeland Security professional’s work is...

Section Introduction - duplicates file submitted by e-mail

Ron McBride; Frank Fuller

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 114–115

This is the section introduction for Distance Education, in .doc format. The introduction here is the same as the one e-mailed to Nicole.

Topics: Distance Education

DI STA N C E ED U CAT I ON

Frank Fuller; Ron McBride

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 153–154

When Online Learning is Truly Online: An Argument Against Including Models that Advocate Blended Learning in the Design for E-Classes in Higher Education

Ron McBride; Fuller Frank

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 557–561

As institutions expand online programs decisions must be made to continue a design that includes blended or hybrid instruction or to adopt a model that embraces a design where all services are available to all students wherever they may be located....

D I S TA N C E ED U C AT I O N

Frank Fuller; Ron McBride

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 108–110

The Internet and asynchronous delivery continue to dominate distance education presentations this year. As web-based learning becomes more commonplace, scholars are turning from writing about discovering the medium to investigating the underlying...

Topics: Video, Distance Education, Instructional Design

Collaborative groups and mutual support strategies to ensure student engagement, retention, and success in on-line graduate programs: Models for face-to-face and virtual collaboration

Ronald McBride; Frank Fuller

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 418–425

There is a documented history of student attrition in graduate programs. While programs with significant online components offer no less a problem for student persistence than residential ones, both the causes and possible strategies for remediation ...

A Faculty Support System for New Distance Learning Initiatives

Frank Fuller; Robert E. Gillan

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1518–1522

The purpose of this paper is to examine and describe the role of faculty support in the instructional design of an on-line course. The training model provided focuses on the adaptation of existing courses to implement new technologies....

Topics: Instructional Design

Web Marketing as Free Enterprise Education

Robert Gillan; Frank Fuller; Northwestern State University

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 472–473

Public school students often develop World Wide Web design skills that seem remarkable to older, technically less-sophisticated people. The traditional values of age and seasoned experience seem at times to contradict the apparently youth-controlled ...

Invisible Barriers to Successful Distance Learning : Connecting Faculty Expectations to Practical Outcomes of Learner Behavior

Frank Fuller; Bob Gillan; Ron McBride

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 414–421

Contemporary distance education programs attract learners who participate expecting an experience as complete as that of any classroom. That expectation is not unreasonable, for modern, technology based distance education is warranted to be as good...

Topics: Distance Education, Training, Instructional Design, Educational Technology

Web Marketing as Free Enterprise Education

Robert Gillan; Frank Fuller; Northwestern State University

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 472–473

Public school students often develop World Wide Web design skills that seem remarkable to older, technically less-sophisticated people. The traditional values of age and seasoned experience seem at times to contradict the apparently youth-controlled ...

Staff Development, Distant and Direct: The Middle School Initiative at Northwestern State University

Bob Gillan; Frank Fuller; Karen McFerrin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 50–52

A new project, headquartered at Northwestern State University of Louisiana, offers comprehensive training for middle school teachers, supervisors, and university faculty through a series of workshops, Web discussion groups, and summer institutes....

Topics: Schools, Middle School Education, Training

Desktop Video Conferencing: The Optimum Solution for Synchronous Distance Learning Ronald McBride

Ron McBride; Frank Fuller; Robert Gillan

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 245–250

Technologies for teaching at a distance are expanding rapidly. Though web-based delivery, using the computer and Internet, has attracted substantial interest recently, other technologies, like full motion video compression, continue to provide...

Topics: Internet, Video

Constructive and Disruptive "Ad Hoc" Communities in Higher Distance Education: An Analysis of Synchronous and Asynchronous Settings

Paula Furr; Karen McFerrin; Frank Fuller

Journal on Excellence in College Teaching Vol. 15, No. 1 (2004) pp. 211–229

Distance education fosters new kinds of collaboration--some intended, others unintended--among students and between students and instructors in college classes. The authors report the incidental learning activity within a complex of asynchronous...

Approaching Internet Course Delivery: A Developmental

Bob Gillan; Frank Fuller; Northwestern State University

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1085–1087

All courses undergo regular examinations to insure that they are current, theoretically supported, and consistent with the rest of the curriculum. In addition, many faculty members discover the necessity of examining their offerings for...

Technology Method Strategies: Reading in All Content Areas

Karen McFerrin; Frank Fuller; Martha Rhymes

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4235–4242

Practitioners create remarkable models of teaching and learning. This is particularly apparent when technology is involved, for the sheer richness of available resources demands the attention of the entire profession of teachers to discover, adapt,...

An Online Solution to Educational Technology Leadership Certification: A Case Study

Ronald McBride; Bob Gillan; Frank Fuller; Emily Tweed; Karen McFerrin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 247–254

As schools continue to invest heavily in technology, more trained technology leaders are needed to manage the use of it and prepare teachers to integrate technology in the classroom. To address this the State of Louisiana has created a new...

Topics: Collaboration, Teachers

Online Faculty Burnout: A New Management Dilemma

Ronald McBride; Fuller Frank; Kim Kioh; Park Sanghoon

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 457–461

Abstract: Online faculty burnout is quickly becoming a concern to college administrators at institutions with large numbers of courses and degrees online. Factors such as teaching loads, research requirements, profession development, years of...

Redesigning College Curriculum: A Model For Teacher Preparation Using NCATE, CTAL and ISTE Standards

Ronald McBride; Frank Fuller; Robert Gillan; John Tollett

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2473–2480

Abstract: Improving teacher preparation is an initiative supported by mandates from Federal and state agencies. The State of Louisiana now requires institutions to be responsible for the preparation of teachers in conjunction with the Colleges of...

Topics: Teachers

Linking Technology and Learning for Successful Online Training

Paula Furr; Frank Fuller; Robert Gillan; Ron McBride; Karen McFerrin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 422–425

This paper is a description of the lesson learned in the design and implementation of two successful grants dealing with online staff development activities. In the first initiative, NSU's Education faculty and its Middle Laboratory School staff...

Topics: Educational Technology, Professional Development, Schools, Middle School Education