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Creating Optimized Learning Environments II: Pedagogy and an Interactive Web Interface
Thomas Estes; Zahrl Schoeny
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 1999 (1999) pp. 1516–1517
Students in the course described in this paper are active participants in their learning rather than passive recipients. They are given opportunities to learn via the following Web-based functions: (a) an interactive syllabus; (b) a series of Web...
Topics: Interaction
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Advantages of Online Delivery Environments
Raymond Rose; Zahrl Schoeny
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 486–487
Online learning as a term includes many different approaches and technologies, but there's little that's been done thus far to identify the effectiveness of the various approaches, and offer guidance to those who have been told to "do something with ...
Topics: Learning Outcomes
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Using Learninglinks to Construct And
Zahrl G. Schoeny; Harold R. Strang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 461–463
Instructional applications of technology are rapidly expanding, but their utility is often diminished by limited flexibil ity and low user-friendliness. Furthermore, most content-based instructional software fails to provide immediate relevant...
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Creating Optimized Learning Environments: A Course using Interactive Web Elements
Thomas Estes; Zahrl Schoeny; Steve Bronack
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 794–799
The use of the web for promoting learning provides great potential for both students and faculty. Using both synchronous and asynchronous interactions permits the professors and the students to maximize their time together and utilize their...
Topics: Interaction, Students
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LearningLinks: A Visual Basic Tool for Developing Hypermedia Learning Experiences
Harold R. Strang; Zahrl G. Schoeny
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 664–666
LearningLinks is an easy-to-use and versatile software tool that allows teachers to prepare hypermedia lessons in virtually any content area. It can be used to implement direct instruction outcomes such as learning definitions, spatial orientations, ...
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LearningLinks: A Visual Basic Tool for Developing Hypermedia Learning Experiences
Harold R. Strang; Zahrl G. Schoeny
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 664–666
LearningLinks is an easy-to-use and versatile software tool that allows teachers to prepare hypermedia lessons in virtually any content area. It can be used to implement direct instruction outcomes such as learning definitions, spatial orientations, ...
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Advantages of the Various Online Course Designs
Raymond Rose; Zahrl Schoeny; Alese Smith
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 1079–1080
Abstract Online learning as a term includes many different approaches and technologies, but there's little that's been done thus far to identify the effectiveness of the various approaches, and offer guidance to those who have been told to "do...
Topics: Learning Outcomes
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Flexible Media Applications and training in Leadership Development
Chris ONeal; Zahrl Schoeny; Ray Rose
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1749–1751
The impact and longevity of school change is directly correlated to the school administrator's experience, understanding, support, and leadership of learning technologies. While there are new roles for learners and instructors in schools, it is...
Topics: Schools, Leadership, Administrators, Professional Development, Educational Technology
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Virtual Schooling lab practice: Case studies for teacher preparation
Niki Davis; Dale Niederhauser; Lily Compton; Denise Lindstrom; Zahrl Schoeny
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 342–345
K-12 educators are rarely prepared for distance education, which is becoming relatively common in the USA under the term Virtual Schooling (VS). In the school year 2002/3 over 15% of U.S. high school students became engaged in VS. Due to the...
Topics: Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education, Science, Teachers, Distance Education
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Issues in Applying Universal Design Standards to Online Courses
Raymond Rose; Joanna Lu; Robert Tinker; Zahrl Schoeny
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 585–586
Concord Consortium's Seeing Math Project, in conjunction with PBS TeacherLine have developed an outstanding online professional development program that integrates video and interactive Java software, with online discussion and reflective activities ...
Topics: Professional Development, Interaction, Teachers
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I Want You to Visit My Class, But You're so Far Away: Using Expert Visitors at a Distance
Raymond Rose; Cheryl Bolick; Niki Davis; Zahrl Schoeny
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) p. 528
It can be a significant learning experience for students to have the opportunity to meet and interact with experts, but frequently the expert resides at a considerable distance from the institution. There are a variety of ways to bring distance...
Topics: Learning Outcomes, Students, Classrooms
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Using a Self-Administered Visual Basic Software Tool to Teach Psychological Concepts
Amie K. Sullivan; Zahrl G. Schoeny; Harold R. Strang
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 10, No. 2 (2002) pp. 159–167
This article introduces LearningLinks, a Visual Basic software tool that allows teachers to create highly individualized learning modules that embrace powerful constructivist and behavioral learning principles. A sample of 35 undergraduate students...
Topics: Instructional Design, Students
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Developing Online Facilitation Expertise -- Views from the Catbird Seat
Raymond Rose; Zahrl Schoeny; Rob Ramsdell; Robert Blomeyer
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) p. 584
How do you prepare faculty and instructors who have been trained in a traditional face-to-face classroom environment to become effective in a variety of online environments? Four different organizations will present their diverse visions of how...
Topics: Faculty
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Perceptions and Educational Technology Needs of School Administrators
Lisa A. Heaton; Lisa A. Washington; Zahrl G. Schoeny
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 456–461
The purpose of this paper is to provide a comparison of studies regarding administrators' needs and perceptions related to technology in education. A synopsis of educational technology standards that have been applied to students, teachers, and...
Topics: Educational Technology, Standards, Administrators
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Assessing preservice teachers' competence as a Virtual Schooling site facilitator
Amina Charania; Niki Davis; Karley Wortmann; Zahrl Schoeny; Sandi Cohen; Curby Alexander
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 267–272
Given the rise of distance learning engaging K-12 students and the importance of the role of the Virtual Schooling Site Facilitator (VSSF) to support these students in K-12 schools, it is important to prepare all teachers for this role (Davis &...
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Creating Real Tools & Curriculum to Prepare Virtual Teachers
Niki Davis; M.D. (Peggy) M.D. Roblyer; Rick Ferdig; Zahrl Schoeny; Ron Ellis; Yasemin Demiraslan; Lily Ko-Li Compton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 281–285
Virtual schooling, or the practice of offering K-12 courses via distance technologies, has rapidly increased in popularity since its beginning in 1994. A key component in the success of VS teaching and learning is the extent to which teacher...
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Virtual Schooling and K-12 Online Learning Goes Into Preservice Teacher Education, Part 1
Niki Davis; Rick Ferdig; Jade Coutts; Amina Charania; Zahrl Schoeny; Curby Alexander; Ron Ellis; Dennis McElroy; Lily Compton; Karly Wortmann; Ray Rose
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 318–322
As of September 2007, 42 states have significant supplemental online learning programs (in which students enrolled in physical schools take one or two courses online), or significant full-time programs, or both" according to Watson (2007). The...