Instructors' Self-Perceived Pedagogical Principle Implementation in the Online Environment

Jinsong Zhang; Richard T. Walls

Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 7, No. 4 (2006) pp. 413–426

This study explored online instructors' perceptions of their implementation of Chickering and Gamson's Seven Principles and the factors that influenced instructors' implementations. Results reveal that endorsement of the seven principles by online...

Teachers' Beliefs and Technology Practices: A Mixed-Methods Approach

Deniz Palak; Richard T. Walls

Journal of Research on Technology in Education Vol. 41, No. 4 (2009) pp. 417–441

In a sequential mixed methods design, we sought to examine the relationship between teachers' beliefs and their instructional technology practices among technology-using teachers who worked at technology-rich schools to ultimately describe if change ...

Integration of Instructional Technology: A Device to Deliver Instruction or a Tool to Foster Learning

Deniz Palak; Richard T. Walls; John G. Wells

International Journal of Instructional Media Vol. 33, No. 4 (2006) pp. 355–365

This study reports the analysis of the entire content (approximately 135 lessons) of 27 web-based units created by pre-school through 12th grade public school teachers. The investigation was conducted to assess the extent to which participant ...

Choice of Instructional Technologies in P-12: What and How Teachers Chose

Nandakishore Jalumuri; John G. Wells; Richard T. Walls; Deniz Palak

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1045–1052

The purpose of this study was to understand and report the instructional technologies that the Year 2001 P-12 teachers chose to integrate for the Trek 21 Project. The Trek 21 project is a PT3 grant, which aims to prepare educators to use and...

Topics: Teachers, Instructional Design, Integration

Will Tomorrow’s Physical Educators Be Prepared to Teach in the Digital Age?

Guoli Liang; Richard T. Walls; Virginia L. Hicks; L. Brenda Clayton; Lei Yang

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 6, No. 1 (March 2006) pp. 143–156

This study was conducted to determine how preservice physical educators feel about their level of competence to integrate technology effectively in their professional careers. Billions of dollars have been invested in curriculum and instruction...

Topics: Preservice Teachers, technology, research, teacher education, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, teacher preparation, teacher training, Professional Development, Inservice, Research Methods