Pushing the Boundary: Building a Community of Inquiry and Practice

Hong Wang

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 373–378

Abstract: Technology has changed the way how people communicate, teach, learn, and live. This change has also changed the traditional definition of a community that is primarily relied on geographical locations. The current researches as well as the ...

Topics: Community, Change, Professional Development

Investigate the Effects of Weblogs on Building the Community of Inquiry

Yungwei Hao

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 1210–1212

This study seeks to explore the effects of weblogs on building the community of inquiry in higher education. The undergraduates who take the "Principle of Instruction" course in a national Taiwan university in spring 2006, are the participants. Data ...

Topics: Instructional Design

Anchored Collaborative Inquiry

Susan Williams

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 324–329

This paper describes Anchored Collaborative Inquiry, a model for in-service professional development that combines a traditional face-to-face workshop with online discussions in which teachers compare simultaneous implementations of the same reform...

Topics: Teachers, Professional Development

The Inquiry Learning Forum: Online Professional Development with a Community Orientation

Julie Moore

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 978–979

The Inquiry Learning Forum (ILF) is a NSF funded research and development project seeking to support an online community of K-12 math and science educators working together to share, improve, reflect, and create learner-centered classrooms. While...

Topics: Science, Mathematics, Teachers

Narrative Inquiry as an Online Assessment Tool

Lesley Farmer

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1085–1090

In an effort to study assessment as an element in the scholarship of teaching, narrative inquiry was incorporated into two library media courses. Students electronically posted and shared reflections about their life of information for one class and ...

Topics: Students

Adult Learners' Online Inquiry-Based Learning Processes

Jing Lin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 861–868

Nurturing inquiry can make learning more meaningful and conducive to higher-order thinking. However, inquiry-based learning is not easy to adapt to because it requires a qualitative shift in students~{!/~} learning beliefs and skills. Current...

Topics: Students, Adults

Promoting Inquiry and Critical Thinking in Online Discussion Boards

Patricia Comeaux; Ele McKenna Byington; Richard Huber

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 1256–1262

The success of students' learning experiences in online discussion boards is highly dependent on the instructional design of the course and the specific tasks required in these online discussions. The purpose of this round table is to promote a...

Using Internet Based Data Visualization Tools to Facilitate Inquiry Teaching

Richard Huber

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 765–768

Abstract: Contrary to common misconception, effective use of the Internet in K-12 science education has little or nothing to do with surfing the web. The most productive and effective science education applications of the Internet rest with the...

Thinking at the Edge: Research on Inquiry-Based Learning

Jing Lin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1120–1127

Inquiry-based learning has gained wide interest and has invited many people~{!/~}s effort in improving the relevant research and practice. Inquiry-based learning research can be viewed as a moving edge, which is made up of the critical studies...

The Community Discovered: An Early Review of One U.S.

Sherwood Dowling

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 990–997

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Learning Together: A Technology Professional Learning Community

Karen Johnson; Lisa Lucas; Chelsea Lucas

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1912–1915

Successful learning communities connect participants so that they can share ideas and construct knowledge in a safe, collegial atmosphere. The benefits included reduced isolation as a result of educators from multiple constituencies working...

Topics: Early Childhood Education, K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related

Community Building in a Wiki-Based Distance Education Course

Judy Lambert; Juenethia Fisher

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 1527–1531

Wikis, as a medium to deliver distance learning offers a learning environment that engages and empowers online learners. Wikis offer benefits not typically found in traditional content management systems such as interaction, creativity, virtual...

Virtual Learning Community versus Physical Learning Community in Networked Learning Environments

Chi-Syan Lin; Ming-Shiuo Kuo

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 2351–2356

The paper characterizes the differences between physical learning community and virtual learning community and claims that virtual learning community is one of the most significant ingredients in networked learning environments. Two empirical...

Topics: Virtual Environments, Physical Environments, Community

Creating A Virtual Community of Practice: Technology Fellows Teaching and Learning Collaboration Project - The University of Memphis

James Penrod; Barbara Perry

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 1021–1025

The University of Memphis Advanced Learning Center at the FedEx Institute of Technology has developed and successfully conducted (May 2004-2005)the Technology Fellows Teaching and Learning Collaboration Project, a Virtual Community of Practice (VCoP)...

Engaging 21st Century Fluencies with Inquiry Learning and Wireless Handhelds: A Work in Progress

Kevin Pyatt

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 4298–4307

This study represents a work-in-progress for an investigation of how the inquiry method should be used to engage 21st century fluencies; and how wireless handheld devices should be used to support inquiry learning and engagement of 21st century...

Students' Perceptions of Participating in an Online Collaborative Community of Learning: : Teacher Intervention, Task Type, and CMC

Aylin Tekiner Tolu; Muberra Sahin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 1890–1895

Using the Community of Inquiry framework, this case study will investigate teacher and cognitive presence in an online preservice teacher education course. Specifically, the study will explore students' experiences in an online collaborative...

Intentional and Incidental Discourse Variables in a Virtual Learning Community

Ben Daniel; Richard Schwier; Heather Ross

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 1953–1965

Learning in virtual learning communities is receiving considerable attention in current literature. Research on virtual learning communities focuses on building, supporting and sustaining virtual learning communities. Despite growing research into...

Creating a Learning Community to Increase Learners’ Ownership

Eun-Ok Baek

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2505–2509

E-learning technologies have expanded learning opportunities in higher education institutes. There are many challenges for online instructors. The biggest change is how to correctly incorporate pedagogy that supports student learning while...

Developing an Internet-Based Community for Special Education in Bulgaria

Rob Peterson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2296–2301

Research on special education practices in Bulgaria to develop an Internet-based community of practice is now underway. The study will answer a call to action to test the potential of online communities of practice (OCoPs) to close the gap between...

Deepening the Impact of Technology through an Inquiry Approach to Teaching and Learning: A Cross-Case Analysis of Three Teachers’ Experience

Margarete Juliana

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2031–2032

This case study focuses on three teacher professionals whose teaching practices capitalize on the use of multiple technologies and inquiry method as a means to deepen student learning, engagement, and understanding. It reveals how teachers who...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Research Methods, Teaching Methods

Lessons Learned About Creating a Community of Learners in a Virtual Environment

Kenneth Jenkins; Sara Zimmerman; Doris Jenkins

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 789–793

The co-authors have been instrumental in developing, implementing, and assessing the qualities of teaching and learning in on-line environments to university graduate students. The co-authors have taught different on-line courses to diverse student...

The Digital Usage Gap: A Study On The Technology Proficiency Of Community College Students

Heather Robinson; Christina Gilliam

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 980–985

The original solution of the digital divide focused on providing access. While this is still relevant and critical, another area of concern has arisen within the subset of those with access. The confidence levels of community college students in the ...

Topics: K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Research & Evaluation, Information Technology Diffusion/Integration

Integrating Remote Scientific Instrumentation in the Curriculum to Support Inquiry: Case Studies in K-12 and Teacher Education

Umesh Thakkar

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2144–2145

This short paper describes our ongoing plans to gain in-depth understanding of how teachers and teacher educators are integrating remote scientific instrumentation technology to facilitate inquiry in classrooms by participating in the Bugscope project.

Topics: Teachers

Inquiry and Response to the Development Dilemma of Campus Culture in Higher Distance Education -The Empirical Study on Distance Education in Zhejiang University

Leifen Shi; John Ronghua Ouyang

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 437–446

The results of an empirical study on distance education in Zhejiang University showed that campus culture on the Internet is not rich and is lack of attraction to students; off-campus learning centers don’t give a full play to students’ enthusiasm...

Topics: Culture, Distance/Flexible Education

"Surviving" Web-based Professional Development (or, How Not to Get Kicked off the Island): Lessons Learned from the Inquiry Learning Forum

Julie Moore

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 693–694

Organizations and institutions are increasingly offering online professional development opportunities to educators [Mather, 2000 #56]. This is especially true for teachers who must keep up with new teaching strategies, the latest professional...

Topics: Teachers, Professional Development

CROP: Communities Resolving Our Problems - Community Design for 21st Century Learning

Robert S. Houghton

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 474–477

In brief, CROP is a feature-rich and instructionally focused web site currently in operation on the Internet. The basic idea of the CROP site is to teach each other across communities, and through integrating desktop and online resources, to more...

Using Work Action Analysis to Design Information Technology Support for an Academic Community

George Nickles

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 3093–3100

This paper describes using Work Action Analysis (WAA) as a method for designing information technology that supports both course management and collaboration in a single community. WAA is a cognitive systems engineering method for modeling multi...

Usability evaluation in a multiphase, exploratory design-based research study of an online community for the practice of special education in Bulgaria

Rob Peterson; Ian Olney

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 891–900

As part of a study into the development of an online community for special education in Bulgaria, this paper investigates the benefits of conducting informal usability evaluations jointly with personal interviews for exploratory design-based...

Higher-Order Thinking: Content Analysis of Cognitive Presence in Chat Sessions

David E. Stein; Cheryl L. Engle, M.A.; Hilda R. Glazer, Ed.D.; Ruth A. Harris, M.Ed., M.A.; Susan M. Johnston, M.S.Ed.; Mona R. Simons, M.A.; Lynn A. Trinko, M.Ed.; Constance E. Wanstreet, M.S., M.A.

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 2382–2387

This study examines how higher-order learning occurs in a blended environment, through the analysis of chat discussions, as a way of reflecting the dynamic relationship between cognitive presence and critical thinking in a community of inquiry....

Topics: Developmental Stages, Distance Education

Edcamp: Listening to the Voices of Teachers

Donna Wake; Michael Mills

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1024–1030

The study examines one model for staging relevant and responsive professional development for teachers: the Edcamp model. Study results examine teacher responses to the Edcamp model conducted in one locale and provide information on the topics,...

Topics: K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related, Information Technology Education, Information Technology Diffusion/Integration

Digital Data: Strengthening the Study of Educational Technology

Savilla Banister

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) p. 26

Most of the dialogue concerning technologies in education is conducted through traditional formats of verbal or written language. While textual media is powerful, adding data in other forms as a part of the inquiry and assertion-making process can...

Topics: Educational Technology

New Roles of Faculty, Students and Administrators for a Cultural Change in University Teaching in the Digital Era

Dodzi Amemado

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2711–2715

This paper is a report on the findings regarding the educational aspect of a research related to the increasing use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) within conventional universities. The research used a theoretical perspective...

STUDENT CODE of CONDUCT in the ONLINE CLASSROOM: A CONSIDERATION of ZERO TOLERANCE POLICIES

Michael Traina; Denise Doctor; Erik Bean; Vernon Wooldridge

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 1855–1863

Abstract: The rapidly changing world of technology is creating unique challenges for today's educators of higher learning. In particular, e-learning programs throughout the world have created an increasingly complex set of issues related to...

ROMOTE: Remote Online Mentoring of Teacher Educators

Tina Heafner; Teresa Petty

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1248–1251

Unique challenges for early career teachers in urban and rural schools, and graduates of remote distance education teacher licensure programs reveal the need for sustained community engagement, professional development, ongoing reflection and...

Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technologies

Faculty Development through Online Courses: Results from an Evaluation of the PT3 Netseminars

Patrick Carrigg; Babette Moeller; Sarah Haavind; Louisa Anderson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2388–2389

In the Spring of 2001, the Concord Consortium developed and conducted10 Netseminars that were offered to members of the PT3 community. The Netseminars were 6 week, scheduled asynchronous courses that were offered on Blackboard 5 courseware over the...

Topics: Children

Building situated case-based knowledge of the supervision of student teaching by facilitating weblog

Hee-Young Kim; Regina Rahimi; Joan Schwartz; Glenda Ogletree; Barbara Hubbard; Linda Ann McCall

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2350–2353

The purpose of this paper is to present a project designed to build situated case-based knowledge in context of the supervision of student teaching by the facilitation of weblog. We believed that the features of weblog enable us to represent...

One Teachers’ Interpretive Knowledge of the Adoption of Blackboard in Teaching

Hee-Young Kim

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1498–1503

Recognizing the need for reform of K-12 education in the postmodern, digital age, this paper based on narrative inquiry explores the personal practical knowledge of a 6th grade teacher who has taught at a high-needs rural elementary school in New...

Topics: Teachers, Integration, Elementary Education

The Effect of Social Presence on Language Learning: A Comparison between Face-to-Face Conversation and Videoconferencing

Masanori Yamada; Kanji Akahori

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 711–720

This paper examines the effect of social presence on learner-centered communicative language learning. Social presence is the “the ability of participants in a community of inquiry to project them solve socially and emotionally, as ’real’ people”,...

A Case Study of Telementoring of Adjunct University Faculty

Gary Emanuel; Bill Wright

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1538–1545

Northern Arizona University and the College of Education have recently come to the conclusion that "if part-time faculty did not exist in Educational Leadership, it would be necessary to invent them." Our paper, "A Case Study of Use of Technology in ...

Topics: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Mentoring, Leadership, Faculty

The State of the Art of Design-Based Research

Rob Peterson; Jan Herrington

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2302–2307

Ann Brown (1992) and Allan Collins (1992) introduced the term design experiment in 1992 as an innovative approach to educational research. Today, commonly termed design-based research (DBR), the approach itself is still very much being designed....

Don Lavoie, Educational Hypertext and the Concept of Hypertext Learning

Dmytro Roman Kulchitsky

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2598–2608

Abstract: This paper examines the theoretical implications of Don Lavoie’s ideas and work on the use of educational hypertext. It suggests that Lavoie’s arguments and their application in courses at George Mason University from 1996 to 2001 and at...

Humanizing and Establishing Presence in an Online Course: The Role of Introductory Videos in Distance Learning

Paula Jones, ABD; MaryAnn Kolloff, EdD; Fred Kolloff, PhD

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 1247–1254

Some faculty may find it difficult, if not impossible, to provide a similar classroom experience online as is provided typically in a face to face class. Faculty members can find it even more difficult to establish an instructional relationship with ...

Topics: Instructional Design, Faculty, Video, Classrooms, Students

Through the Eyes of Students:

Roberta K. Weber; Perry Schoon

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1138–1141

Frustration, Frustration, FRUSTRATION . . . . . . Students are not unlike their teachers when confronted with the use of technological innovations such as the World Wide Web. For many, this new instructional tool produces an inability to cope with...

Developing an Internet Enabled Network of Professional Development Schools (PDS)

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 368–370

Since its inception, the Professional Development School (PDS) model has inspired the establishment of a network of associated schools as a constituent part of the four-year integrated education program for future teachers at Laval University,...

The Learning to Teach with Technology Studio: Demonstration of a state-of-the-art Web-based Professional Development system for teaching K-12 technology integration

Carolyn Scholten; Jamie Kirkley

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 197–198

In this demonstration, participants will examine an existing online professional development system for preK-12 technology integration and explore key issues related to designing this type of a system. One such Web-based system, the Learning to...

Topics: Educational Technology, Professional Development

Weaving Together Online and Face-to-face Learning: A Design from a Communities of Practice Perspective

John Smith; Beverly Trayner

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 1113–1118

Weaving together online and face-to-face learning improves the quality of working in both media. Based on the observations of nine different experiments that went through a similar process of weaving together these two media we share our...

Supporting the design of E-learn-services : from the Analysis of Teaching Practices to the Design of a French Ontology

Dominique Leclet; Céline Quénu-Joiron; Hélène Trouillet

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 2885–2893

This communication describes the contribution of the Sa.So (Knolewedge and society) Laboratory, of the University of Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens - France) in the OURAL project (Ontologies for the Use of digital learning Resources and semantic...

Topics: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Sciences, Networking Technologies

The “TOOLNESS” OF KNOWN-ANONYMITY IN TEACHER

Rich Rice

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 433–436

When teaching strategies for classes with writing are reexamined through the methods and contexts of computer teach-nology strategies, both practices (re)become refreshingly effective. This student and teacher reflection on learning and practice...

Knowledge-of-Practice for Teaching with Technologies: Pedagogically-focused Experiences and Reflections

Margaret Niess; Henry Gillow-Wiles

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2589–2597

Different course designs frame the relationship among content, pedagogy, and technology when preparing in-service teachers for teaching with technologies. This study compared how different approaches were reflected in teachers’ actions as they...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Pedagogical Ethnotechnography: A Study of the impact of Information Technology as a pedagogical tool on the attitudes of Preservice Social Studies Middle School Teachers

Prince Hycy Bull

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2172–2173

In February 2000, the United States Department of Education realizing that there was a critical need to integrate technology in teacher education programs and teaching, issued this challenge to all higher educational institutions to integrate...

Topics: Social Studies, Preservice Teacher Education, Information Communication Technologies, Multimedia, Students