Using Screen-Capture Animation to Teach Software Skills to Pre-service Educators

Joe Winslow

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 965–966

This brief paper will report findings from a quantitative study of the comparative effects of using static and animated screen-captured visuals to teach software skills to undergraduate Education majors at a medium-size university in the southeast U....

Got Hack? Strategies to Reduce Online Cheating

Joe Winslow

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1236–1237

The purpose of this paper is to report findings from an empirical study investigating the degree to which three popular WBT development systems-scripting, authoring and enterprise-are susceptible to student "hacking." Three questions were of primary ...

Topics: Students

Cheating an Online Test: Methods and Reduction Strategies

Joe Winslow

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 2404–2407

This paper reports findings from an empirical study investigating the degree to which an online test created using a popular web-based testing development tool—Coursebuilder for Dreamweaver MX—is susceptible to student cheating. Results indicate...

Topics: Students

Designing an online teacher-candidate assessment portfolio

Joe Winslow

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 249–251

Teacher-preparation institutions (TPIs) seeking approval from the National Council of Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) face increased expectations to implement formal technology-rich systems of candidate assessment. The College of...

Topics: Portfolios, Educational Technology, Assessment, Teachers

Screen capture tutorial design for preservice educators

Joe Winslow

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 4030–4034

This paper will report findings from an experimental study of the comparative effects of using static and video screen-captured visuals to teach software skills to undergraduate Education majors at a medium-size university in the southeast U.S....

An Analysis of Organizational Approaches to Online Course Structures

Cheng-Yuan Lee; Jeremy Dickerson; Joe Winslow

Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration Vol. 15, No. 1 (2012)

The structure of an online course, including the navigational interface, visual design of materials and information, as well as the communication tools to facilitate learning, can affect students, instructors, programs and educational organizations...

Using EdTech Align to Measure In-service Teacher Educational Technology Competencies

Joe Winslow; Corey Lee; Alex Fegely

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2023 (Jul 10, 2023) pp. 254–258

The purpose of this paper is to report results from a study using EdTech Align, an app-based validated instrument derived from national standards to measure the educational technology competencies of 43 in-service teachers completing their final...

Topics: Performance and outcome assessment

Leveraging social media to improve online student recruitment and support

Joe Winslow; Jeremy Dickerson; Corey Lee

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) p. 1767

This session will offer both conceptual and technical frameworks for implementing strategies that integrate YouTube, WordPress, Facebook, Twitter, Adobe Connect, and other tools that disintermediate various systems for online student recruitment and ...

Web-based multimedia tutorials: Research and techniques for enhancing design effectiveness

Joe Winslow; Jeremy Dickerson; Cheng-Yuan (Corey) Lee

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) p. 385

This presentation synthesizes recent literature on cognitive load theory, reports findings from a study of the comparative effects of varying tutorial designs, and provides methods and techniques for effective and efficient web-based tutorial...

iPrincipals: School administrator iPad utilization - Part 1

Jeremy Dickerson; Joe Winslow; Cheng-Yuan Lee; Greg Geer

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 2952–2953

This session will report preliminary findings from an iPad initiative in a large school district in the southeastern United States. The district recently purchased iPads for all principals to facilitate administrative responsibilities and partnered...

Robotics education in the Corridor of Shame: Effects of professional development on middle level student math achievement

Joe Winslow; Alex Fegely; Corey Lee; Louis Rubbo

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2020 (Jun 23, 2020) pp. 1017–1022

This paper reports findings from an exploratory study investigating the effects of robotics professional development sessions on middle level student math achievement. Eleven teachers from a high-needs South Carolina district received year-long...

Topics: Rural community learning and technology

Continued Rasch Development and Validation of a Standards-Based Instrument to Measure Teacher Educational Technology Competencies

Joe Winslow; Alex Fegely; Corey Lee; Anthony Setari

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2021 (Jul 06, 2021) pp. 339–345

The purpose of this paper is to share details on the Rasch model validation process utilized in the empirical development of an instrument measuring teacher perceptions of educational technology competencies aligned to professional standards. A...

Topics: E-learning benchmarks and standards, Evaluating for quality improvement, Performance and outcome assessment

Mobile Technologies: Tools for Organizational Learning and Management in Schools. iPrincipals: Analyzing the Use of iPads by School Administrators

Joe Winslow; Jeremy Dickerson; Cheng-Yuan Lee; Gregory Geer

Online Submission Vol. 5, No. 4 (August 2012) pp. 188–195

This paper reports findings from an evaluation of a district-wide initiative deploying iPads to school administrators (principals) to improve workflow efficiencies and promote technology leadership self-efficacy. The findings indicate that iPad...