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An Online Course to Help Teachers "Use Technology to Enhance Learning": Successes and Limitations
Rose M. Marra
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 12, No. 3 (2004) pp. 411–429
The technology information age mandates that teacher education programs integrate technology into the curriculum. Yet, as the demand for technology use in K-12 classrooms increases nationwide, many teachers feel unprepared for this task (Sprague,...
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The Ideal Online Learning Environment for Supporting Epistemic Development: Putting the Puzzle Together
Rose M. Marra
Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 3, No. 1 (2002) pp. 15–31
Examines the concept of the ideal online learning environment of the future that would encourage learners' epistemological development. Suggests that advanced epistemological development is a desirable outcome for online education, explores current...
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An Online Course to Help Teachers “Use Technology to Enhance Learning”: Successes and Limitations
Rose M. Marra
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 12, No. 3 (2004) pp. 411–429
The technology information age mandates that teacher education programs integrate technology into the curriculum. Yet, as the demand for technology use in K-12 classrooms increases nationwide, many teachers feel unprepared for this task (Sprague,...
Topics: Educational Technology, Integration, Teachers, Professional Development
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Limitations of Online Courses for Supporting Constructive Learning
Rose M. Marra; David H. Jonassen
Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 2, No. 4 (2001) pp. 303–17
Examines some limitations of online course delivery and management systems in terms of the range of pedagogies they support, and explores the effects of a distance learning pedagogy that emphasizes alternative forms of knowledge representation,...
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Transfer Effects of Semantic Networks on Expert Systems: Mindtools at Work
Rose M. Marra; David H. Jonassen
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 26, No. 1 (2002) pp. 1–23
Discussion of computers as mindtools focuses on semantic networks and expert systems that help learners build a representation of what they know by designing their own knowledge bases. Describes a study of undergraduates that examined the effects of ...
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Undergraduate Education Students' Perspectives on Classroom Technologies: A Qualitative Analysis
Rose M. Marra; Alison A. Carr-Chellman
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 21, No. 3 (1999) pp. 283–303
Describes a study that investigated what uses of technology preservice teacher education students planned for their careers after using constructivist technology tools, specifically semantic networks and expert system generation, in their own course....
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A Comparative Analysis of Online Discussion Participation Protocols
Joi L. Moore; Rose M. Marra
Journal of Research on Technology in Education Vol. 38, No. 2 (2005) pp. 191–212
Thirty-seven graduate students in two course sections were required to contribute to the online discussion of an instructional design case study. The discussion forums required different participation protocols; students in section one implemented a ...
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Content Analysis of Online Discussion Forums: A Comparative Analysis of Protocols
Rose M. Marra; Joi L. Moore; Aimee K. Klimczak
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 52, No. 2 (2004) pp. 23–40
The discussion forum is a significant component of online courses. Instructors and students rely on these asynchronous forums to engage one another in ways that potentially promote critical thinking, meaningful problem solving, and knowledge...
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A Little TLC (Technology Learning Cycle) as a Means to Technology Integration
Rose M. Marra; Jane Howland; Judy Wedman; Laura Diggs
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 47, No. 2 (2003) pp. 15–19
Discusses the need for elementary and secondary school teachers to integrate technology into the classroom and explains the University of Missouri's (Columbia, MO) technology-focused development program, the Technology Learning Cycle (TLC), for...
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Round Girls in Square Computers: Feminist Perspectives on the Aesthetics of Computer Hardware
Alison A. Carr-Chellman; Rose M. Marra; Shari L. Roberts
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 46, No. 6 (2002) pp. 4–10
Considers issues related to computer hardware, aesthetics, and gender. Explores how gender has influenced the design of computer hardware and how these gender-driven aesthetics may have worked to maintain, extend, or alter gender distinctions, roles,...