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Issues in Distance Learning
Lorraine Sherry
International Journal of Educational Telecommunications Vol. 1, No. 4 (1995) pp. 337–365
This review of literature and research into the effectiveness of distance education systems deals with a number of factors which affect their success or failure. These include the influence of distance learning theory upon instructional design and...
Topics: Distance Education, Instructional Design, Educational Technology
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Internet and World Wide Web Usage in an Institution of Higher Learning
Lorraine Sherry
Computers in the Schools Vol. 17, No. 3 (2001) pp. 91–105
Reports the results of a five-year case study of the use of online tools, including the Internet, e-mail, and the World Wide Web, in a graduate School of Education. Highlights include use of activity theory as a conceptual framework; self-efficacy...
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An Integrated Technology Adoption and Diffusion Model
Lorraine Sherry
International Journal of Educational Telecommunications Vol. 4, No. 2 (1998) pp. 113–145
During the evaluation of the Boulder Valley Internet Project, members of RMC Research Corporation in Denver, Colorado, developed a structural model of technology adoption and diffusion that comprised technological, individual, organizational, and...
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Supporting a Networked Community of Learners
Lorraine Sherry
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 41, No. 5 (1996) pp. 28–32
To determine how best to use the Internet as a constructivist environment for learning, graduate students in the University of Colorado at Denver's School of Education formed a task force that designed, developed, and implemented a learner support...
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The Boulder Valley Internet Project: Lessons Learned
Lorraine Sherry
T.H.E. Journal Vol. 25, No. 2 (1997) pp. 68–72
Summarizes the results of a study of the adoption/diffusion of Internet- and Web-based telecommunications throughout the Boulder Valley School District (Colorado). Discusses elements of the diffusion process; participatory design of the training...
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Sustainability of Innovations
Lorraine Sherry
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 13, No. 3 (2002) pp. 211–238
With the recent flow of funding to support instructional technology and interactive learning environments through the E-Rate, Technology Innovation Challenge Grants (TICG), Technology Literacy Grants, Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to use Technology (...
Topics: Educational Technology, Literacy
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The Nature and Purpose of Online Discourse: A Brief Synthesis of Current Research as Related to The WEB Project
Lorraine Sherry
International Journal of Educational Telecommunications Vol. 6, No. 1 (2000) pp. 19–51
Emerging technologies such as the Internet, the World Wide Web (WWW), computer-mediated communication (CMC) are being discussed around the world by teachers, administrators, parents, researchers, academics, and technology planners. The WEB ...
Topics: Internet, Teachers, Communication, Students, Virtual Environments
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Project TALENT: Infusing Technology in K-12 Field Placements Through a Learning Community Model
Lorraine Sherry; Robin Chiero
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 12, No. 2 (2004) pp. 265–297
TALENT is a 2000 PT3 grant at California State University, Fresno (CSUF). TALENT began its activities in 2000 with a series of weeklong institutes and full day workshops for teaching faculty, university supervisors, and K-12 master teachers who were ...
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Responsive Dissemination: A Data-Driven Approach to Change
Lorraine Sherry; David Gibson
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 13, No. 1 (2005) pp. 85–104
The Teacher Education Network (TEN), a 2000 PT3 Catalyst grantee, developed a model of responsive dissemination. In contrast to traditional information transmission, responsive dissemination incorporates feedback from its audiences into the ongoing...
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Project TALENT: Infusing Technology in K-12 Field Placements Through a Learning Community Model
Lorraine Sherry; Robin Chiero
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
TALENT is a 2000 PT3 grant at California State University, Fresno (CSUF). TALENT began its activities in 2000 with a series of weeklong institutes and full day workshops for teaching faculty, university supervisors, and K-12 master teachers who...
Topics: Evaluation
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Responsive Dissemination: A Data-Driven Approach to Change
Lorraine Sherry; David Gibson
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
The Teacher Education Network (TEN), a 2000 PT3 Catalyst grantee, developed a model of responsive dissemination. In contrast to traditional information transmission, responsive dissemination incorporates feedback from its audiences into the ongoing ...
Topics: PT3
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Diffusion of the Internet within a graduate school of education
Lorraine Catherine Sherry
(1998) pp. 1–270
This case study investigated the factors that affect the use of the Internet within the School of Education at the University of Colorado, Denver. In this context, “Internet tools” were defined as e-mail; a FirstClass BBS known as Colorado Education ...
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The Path to Teacher Leadership in Educational Technology
Lorraine Sherry; David Gibson
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 2, No. 2 (2002) pp. 178–203
Educational technology adoption models have not traditionally incorporated either teacher leadership or the complex systems in which teachers work. This article presents two frameworks for viewing online technologies and implementation practices...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Leadership
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Redefining a "Virtual Community of Learners."
Lorraine Sherry; Shelley H. Billig
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 46, No. 1 (2002) pp. 48–51
Describes the WEB Project that used multimedia and telecommunications to change teachers' instructional practices and form a learning community among schools and cooperating institutions in discussions of student work. Discusses online design...
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The impact of instructional technology on student achievement
Lorraine Sherry; Shelley H. Billig
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2430–2434
For the evaluation of The WEB Project, a Technology Innovation Challenge Grant (TICG), RMC Research Corporation developed a conceptual framework to measure the impact of instructional technology on student achievement, based on an extension of...
Topics: Students, Achievement, Teachers
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Issues in Publishing Online Documents (Over the Edge)
Lorraine Sherry; Ann E. Barron
Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication Vol. 41, No. 4 (1994) pp. 763–64
Discusses issues encountered in converting a booklet to electronic format. (SR)
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An Andragogical Approach to the Design of an E-Training Solution for Healthcare Professionals
Lorraine Carmody; Elizabeth Sherry; John Cardiff
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 2319–2323
The MEDeLEARN project is investigating whether a virtual learning environment can address the competency gaps that exist in the training of healthcare professionals in the use of medical information systems. A key focus of the project is to examine...
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Creating and evaluating a portal for urban educators
Lorraine Sherry; Simone Conceição; David Gibson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 3667–3670
The Teacher Education Network (TEN) PT3 Catalyst Grant, in conjunction with two of its partners, the Urban Network to Improve Teacher Education (UNITE) and the National Institute on Community Innovations (NICI), created an Urban Teacher Education...
Topics: Networking Technologies, Teachers, Community, Educational Technology
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The Personal Learning Planner: Collaboration through Online Learning and Publication
David Gibson; Lorraine Sherry; Bruce Havelock
Computers in the Schools Vol. 23, No. 3 (Feb 16, 2007) pp. 55–70
This paper discusses the online Personal Learning Planner (PLP) project underway at the National Institute of Community Innovations (NICI), one of the partners in the Teacher Education Network (TEN), a 2000 PT3 Catalyst grantee. The Web-based PLP...
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The Personal Learning Planner: Collaboration through Online Learning and Publication
Bruce Havelock; David Gibson; Lorraine Sherry
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3590–3597
This paper discusses the online Personal Learning Planner (PLP) project underway at the National Institute of Community Innovations (NICI), one of the partners in the Teacher Education Network (TEN), a 2000 PT3 Catalyst grantee. The Web-based PLP...
Topics: Community, Teachers, Standards, Portfolios
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An Assessment of Training Needs in the Use of Distance Education for Instruction
Lorraine C. Sherry; Richard A. Morse
International Journal of Educational Telecommunications Vol. 1, No. 1 (1995) pp. 5–22
A needs assessment was performed to identify the training needs of teachers, site facilitators, and other team members involved in distance learning projects. Rossett's (1991) model was used for the initial research design. Additional considerations ...
Topics: Distance Education, Training, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Learning Outcomes
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Using Developmental Research to Design, Develop, and Evaluate an Urban Education Portal
Simone Conceição; Lorraine Sherry; David Gibson
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 15, No. 3 (2004) pp. 271–286
The Teacher Education Network (TEN) PT3 Catalyst Grant, in conjunction with its partner, the Urban Network to Improve Teacher Education (UNITE), created an Urban Education Portal for its members that provided interactive and personalized access to a ...
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The Personal Learning Planner: A Learner-Focused E-learning System
Bruce Havelock; David Gibson; Lorraine Sherry
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 2185–2188
This paper presents the online Personal Learning Planner (PLP) project underway at the National Institute of Community Innovations (NICI), one of the partners in the Teacher Education Network (TEN). The Web-based PLP provides a comprehensive system ...
Topics: Standards, Community, Administrators, Learning Management Systems
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Responsive dissemination: A model for scaling and sustaining educational innovations
Lorraine Sherry; Bruce Havelock; David Gibson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 3671–3676
Reforms and innovations showing promise in initial test bed settings often founder when brought to a wider audience (Sabelli & Dede, 1999). The TEN Project, a 2000 PT3 Catalyst Grant, confronted the challenge of scaling and sustaining their work by...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Project TALENT: Creating Change in Teaching Activities
Roy Bohlin; Lorraine Sherry; Robin Chiero
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1800–1805
TALENT (Teaching And leading for Educational Needs with Technology) is a 2000 PT3 Implementation grant. Besides faculty and K-12 teacher training through focused workshops and weeklong institutes, TALENT has taken an innovative approach in...
Topics: Professional Development, Secondary Education, Teachers, Educational Technology, Elementary Education
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Good Online Conversation: Building on Research To Inform Practice
Lorraine Sherry; Shelley H. Billig; Fern Tavalin
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 11, No. 1 (2000) pp. 85–127
With the increase of Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) usage in the classroom, instructional activities are now being implemented that use online conversation for knowledge-building. Current research with The WEB Project, a Technology Innovation...
Topics: Students
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Creating a WEB of Evidence of Student Performance in A Technology-Rich Learning Environment
Lorraine Sherry; Daniel Jesse; Shelley H. Billig
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 1, No. 1 (2002) pp. 33–42
The literature is rife with research reports that show "no significant difference" between student performance in a technology-rich learning environment versus a traditional classroom environment. Why is this so? Traditional measures of student...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Achievement, Students, Learning Outcomes
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Using Developmental Research To Design, Develop, and Evaluate an Urban Education Portal
Lorraine Sherry; Simone Conceição; David Gibson
Journal of Interactive Learning Research
The Teacher Education Network (TEN) PT3 Catalyst Grant, in conjunction with its partner, the Urban Network to Improve Teacher Education (UNITE), created an Urban Education Portal for its members that provided interactive and personalized access to a ...
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NEW INSIGHTS ON TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN COMMUNITIES OF LEARNERS
Lorraine Sherry; Shelley Billig; Fern Tavalin; David Gibson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 2044–2049
This paper presents an alternative, nonlinear view of technology adoption among teachers participating in The WEB Project, a Technology Innovation Challenge Grant. It is based on a number of new theories including Activity and Systems Theory, and...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Managing Digital Resources for an Urban Education Portal
Simone Conceicao; Lorraine Sherry; David Gibson; Gina Amenta-Shin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1104–1107
The word "portal" has become a trendy term when referring to interactive and personalized access to a variety of resources and tools. The question is how to design a portal with a set of resources that changes over time, engages the professional...
Topics: Teachers
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Creating Learning Communities to Foster Technology Integration in Student Teaching Experiences
Robin Chiero; Susan Harris; Lorraine Sherry; Roy Bohlin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3805–3812
TALENT began its activities at CSUF in 2000 with a series of weeklong institutes and full day workshops for teaching faculty, university supervisors of field placement, and K-12 master teachers who were participating in its credential program. A...
Topics: Teachers, Schools, Learning Outcomes, Students
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Increasing Comfort, Confidence, and Competence in Technology Infusion with Learning Communities
Robin Chiero; Lorraine Sherry; Roy Bohlin; Susan Harris
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 47, No. 2 (2003) pp. 34–38
Describes the development of learning communities among student teachers, university supervisors, and master teachers to increase the quantity and quality of technology integration in student teaching experiences. Project TALENT (Teaching and...
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Assessing the Impact of Instructional Technology on Student Achievement
Lorraine Sherry; Shelley Billig; Daniel Jesse; Deborah Watson-Acosta
T.H.E. Journal Vol. 28, No. 7 (2001) pp. 40–43
Explains a Vermont Web project that incorporated multimedia technology into K-12 curriculum and describes an evaluation that measured the impact of the project on student achievement. Describes evaluation methods used and concludes that teachers...
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Mediated Conversations and the Affective Domain: Two Case Studies
Lorraine Sherry; Johannes Cronje; Willem Rauscher; Gary Obermeyer
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 4, No. 2 (2005) pp. 177–190
Typically, online conversations within a university course or a community of professionals tend to take the form of a dialogue or discussion focusing on a given theme. The two different cases presented here are quite different, despite being goal...
Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Internet, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Technology, Professional Development
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Online Conversations: Two Cases That Break the Mold
Lorraine Sherry; Johannes Cronje; Willem Rauscher; Gary Obermeyer
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 3018–3025
Typically, online conversations within a university course or a community of professionals tend to take the form of a dialogue or discussion focusing on a given theme. The two cases presented here are quite different, despite being goal-related. ...
Topics: Networking Technologies