Implementing an Educational Technology Course in Namibia’s Basic Education Teaching Diploma Program

Hilary Wilder

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 20, No. 4 (October 2012) pp. 467–492

In 2006, the author worked on a pre-service education course in instructional media and revised it to include ICTs and technology integration, as part of a national program to infuse ICTs throughout Namibia’s educational system. The course was to be ...

A Mobile English Language Learning System (MELLS) for Namibian Teachers

Hilary Wilder

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1388–1392

The Mobile English Language Learning System (MELLS) is a pilot project that will be developed to provide Namibian teachers with a way of gaining English language listening and speaking fluency by using their cell phones. The project will be an add...

A Tale of Two E-Portfolio Adoptions

Hilary Wilder; Michelle Adelman

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 214–216

In this paper we will chart the adoption of two commercial electronic portfolio systems in of two teacher-education programs in New Jersey. In both cases, the use of these systems will allow the colleges and their students to move from paper-based...

Topics: Faculty, Portfolios, Students

Weblogs in Language Arts Instruction

Hilary Wilder; Tim Merritt

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 3969–3973

In this paper we will discuss the use of Weblogs in a graduate language arts education course. Students were expected to create their own Weblogs and discuss the ways in which this technology could be used to promote the writing skills of their own...

Topics: Students, Educational Technology

Chasing "Ubuntu": Using ICTs to Promote Reflective Practice

Todd Malone; Hilary Wilder

Multicultural Education & Technology Journal Vol. 2, No. 2 (2008) pp. 118–125

Purpose: To describe an exploratory study in which an online learning system was used to provide an intercultural experience for pre-service education students from New Jersey and Namibia. Design/methodology/approach: Pre-service education students...

Creating an Online Multicultural Field Experience for Technology Facilitator Candidates

Hilary Wilder; Heejung An

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2364–2367

With the goal of preparing our graduate education students to work effectively with diverse populations, this study explores an online field experience between technology facilitator candidates in the US and K-12 teachers in Namibia. As part of the...

How Do You Say ‘Technology Integration’ in Namlish?

Hilary Wilder; Perien Boer

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2399–2402

ICTs in Education encompasses a wide range of goals and strategies: from the use of educational technology by teaching professionals as an instructional medium, to the need for technology education in order to prepare the future generations of 21st...

A Bottom-Up Approach for Implementing Electronic Portfolios in a Teacher Education Program

Heejung An; Hilary Wilder

Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education Vol. 26, No. 3 (2010) pp. 84–91

In an effort to generate a bottom-up approach for the program-wide implementation of electronic portfolios, this article first reports on the ways in which teacher candidates perceived the benefits and setbacks of this experience, after an initial...

Peering into the crystal ball of ICT Standards: a Futures Thinking perspective on Revising Namibia’s ICTs in Education Standards (ICTED)

Perien Boer; Hilary Wilder

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1075–1083

In this presentation we will discuss the way in which a Futures Thinking approach guided revisions of Namibia's ICTs in Education standards expected of K-12 teachers. We used it as a framework for identifying and rectifying shortcomings of the...

Topics: Standards, Technology Leadership, International Education

Intercultural Technology Education for Preservice Teachers in Namibia and New Jersey

Hilary Wilder; Todd Malone

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 4, No. 4 (2005) pp. 456–464

This case study paper describes a virtual, cross-cultural collaboration in the development of an undergraduate teacher-preparation course in educational technology. In an effort to increase the cross-cultural and technological awareness necessary...

Topics: on-line, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Digital Divide, Intercultural

Unveiling the possibility of a bottom-up approach for implementing electronic portfolios in a teacher preparation program

Heejung An; Hilary Wilder

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2–7

Due to the changing nature of technology integration efforts in teacher preparation programs, electronic portfolios are often believed to be an ideal replacement for paper based ones. Yet, this process is not without challenges. More often than not, ...

Improving Expository Writing Skills of Preservice Teachers in an Online Environment

Hilary Wilder; Geraldine Mongillo

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 7, No. 1 (March 2007) pp. 476–489

This paper describes an experimental exploration of special procedures used in a game-like online expository writing experience that was designed to help preservice language arts teachers develop descriptive writing skills. Participants were asked...

Topics: Communication, Preservice Teacher Education, Literacy, Distance Education, English Language Arts

An Examination of At-Risk College Freshmen's Expository Literacy Skills Using Interactive Online Writing Activities

Geraldine Mongillo; Hilary Wilder

Journal of College Reading and Learning Vol. 42, No. 2 (2012) pp. 27–50

This qualitative study focused on at-risk college freshmen's ability to read and write expository text using game-like, online expository writing activities. These activities required participants to write descriptions of a target object so that...

International Virtual Collaborations in a Pre-Service Educational Technology Course

Hilary Wilder; Perien Boer

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 1968–1970

In the fall 2012 semester, pre-service education students in an educational technology course at William Paterson University of New Jersey, USA collaborated with pre-service education students in a similar course at the University of Namibia. Since...

Bringing ICTs into Namibia’s “Integrated Media and Technology Education” Teacher Education Course: A Three-Year Follow-up

Hilary Wilder; Sacky M. Iipinge

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2915–2918

In this presentation, the authors will report on the status of a revised educational technology course that the first author had worked on in 2006 for the Namibian Basic Education teacher preparation program. The course revision, along with a...

Preparing Elementary Pre-Service Teachers from a Non-Traditional Student Population to Teach with Technology

Heejung An; Hilary Wilder; Keol Lim

Computers in the Schools Vol. 28, No. 2 (2011) pp. 170–193

This article documents the development of a two-stage curriculum intended to improve elementary teacher candidates' understanding of technology integration. Most students in the program came from low-income districts and lacked technology experience....

Analyzing ICTs in Education Implementation Programs in Developing Nations: A Logic Model Framework

Hilary Wilder; Perien Boer; Ellen Meier

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 742–752

The African nation of Namibia has embarked on an aggressive plan to fully integrate information and communication technologies into its education systems as part of its effort to become a knowledge-based economy by 2030. The plan, dubbed “Tech/Na!”, ...

ChalkTalk OnLine

Pat Schall; Joel Reiser; Hilary Wilder

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 921–922

ChalkTalk OnLine is the technology component of the Alliance to Support the Preservice and Inservice Retention of Educators (ASPIRE) program we are starting at the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown, New Jersey. We will be using ChalkTalk...

Topics: Mentoring, Schools, Teachers

Transforming Tweets to Formal Academic Prose: College Freshmen's Innovative Writing Practice Using Digital Technologies

Carrie Eunyoung Hong; Geraldine Mongillo; Hilary Wilder

Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 8, No. 1 (2011) pp. 1–11

This study explored how college freshmen at a mid-sized public university in north-eastern United States used Twitter, an anytime/anywhere writing technology, to support and promote the writing process by using tweets as a pre-writing activity. Two...

“DIY” Internationalizing Teacher Education

Hilary Wilder; Sally Beisser; Roberta Weber

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3316–3318

Internationalizing Teacher Education can bring many benefits to a teacher education program however there are often numerous logistical, administrative, financial, credentialing, and resource issues that must be addressed in order to have a...

Exploring International Multicultural Field Experiences in Educational Technology

Hilary Wilder; Sharmila Pixy Ferris; Heejung An

Multicultural Education & Technology Journal Vol. 4, No. 1 (2010) pp. 30–42

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore an online field experience between technology facilitator candidates in the USA and K-12 teachers in Namibia, to improve candidates' understanding of diversity and equity issues in the successful...

Supporting Online International Collaborations in Financially-Challenged K-12 Classrooms

Hilary Wilder; Marcia Thomas; Carlene Anderson; Sheldon Blair; Kim Spencer

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3563–3565

During the 2011-2012 school year, the panelists carried out a project which twinned a Grade 3 classroom in a high-needs urban district in Paterson, New Jersey (NJ), USA, with a Grade 3 classroom in Georgetown, Guyana (GY), using online technologies. ...

Intercultural Technology Education for Pre-service Teachers

Hilary Wilder; Perien Boer; Todd Malone; Geoffrey Shakwa

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1757–1758

The purpose of this study is to examine ways of fostering cross-cultural and technological understanding in an online, intercultural technology education course. The authors will discuss the results from a course which is being run in the September...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Culture

SITE's Role as a Catalyst for International Education, Teacher Education, and Complementing Technology: The Issues and Opportunities are Changing

Roger Carlsen; Zharl Schoeny; Lara Hagenson; Sally Beisser; Hilary Wilder; Todd Malone

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) p. 1904

Role of technology in International Education in Teacher Education. Technology is adding to the potential for planning, conducting, and follow-up opportunities related to International Education (IE). It is also increasing the relevance and...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Software

Digital Divide and International Research and Development in Information Technology and Teacher Education, Part 2

Therese Laferriere; Paul Resta; Niki Davis; Robert Mclaughlin; Michael Orey; Geoffrey Shakwa; Todd Malone; Hilary Wilder; Ian Gibson; Sally Beisser; Ann FitzGibbon; Eileen Brennan Freeman; Jose Aires Castro-Filho; Joke Voogt; Gerald Knezek; Connie Hargrave

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 746–748

The maturing research and development foci of SITE's International Committee have an ethical dimension. Comparative research and international collaboration are a healthy way, facilitated by communication technologies, to increase diversity within...

Topics: Digital Divide

Digital Divide and International Research and Development in Information Technology and Teacher Education, Part 1

Therese Laferriere; Paul Resta; Niki Davis; Robert Mclaughlin; Michael Orey; Geoffrey Shakwa; Todd Malone; Hilary Wilder; Ian Gibson; Sally Beisser; Ann FitzGibbon; Eileen Brennan Freeman; Jose Aires Castro-Filho; Joke Voogt; Gerald Knezek; Connie Hargrave

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 743–745

The maturing research and development foci of SITE's International Committee have an ethical dimension. Comparative research and international collaboration are a healthy way, facilitated by communication technologies, to increase diversity within...

Topics: Digital Divide