SITE 2003--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference
2003
Editors
Caroline Crawford; Niki Davis; Jerry Price; Roberta Weber; Dee Anna Willis
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 1052
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Implementing Online Secondary Education: An Evaluation of a Virtual High School
Steven Mills, University of Kansas, United States
This evaluation of a virtual high school determined that achievement in online courses was equal to or better than achievement in regular high school courses. Because of its rapid expansion in... More
pp. 444-451
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Taking teachers into the 21st century: A New Zealand initiative in online professional development in ICT
Annelise Kachelhoffer & Donna Morrow, Christchurch College of Education, New Zealand
The Diploma in Information and Communication Technology in Education, a qualification offered from the Christchurch College of Education, is one of the first programs for advanced study in New... More
pp. 452-453
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Creation and Implementation of a CD-ROM Based Preservice Teacher Education Course
Taralynn Hartsell & Tim Morse, The University of Southern Mississippi, United States
This paper is a report of the work the lead author has performed to create a multimedia, CD-ROM based preservice teacher education course. The course, which introduces students to the field of... More
pp. 454-455
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The Best of Three Worlds: Using a Hybrid Course to Increase Technology Use among Teachers
Pamela Petty & Charmaine Mosby, Western Kentucky University, United States
Abstract: Teachers who skillfully combine technology and content develop tech-savvy students, but too few teachers consider technology literacy a basic skill for students and fewer claim requisite... More
pp. 456-457
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Distance Education and Critical Shortage Areas in Education – Do we really have a Choice?
Ann Musgrove, Florida Atlantic University, United States; Glenn Musgrove, Broward Community College, United States
Distance education (DE) is becoming more widely used in education every year. One of the ways to use DE is in critical shortage areas in education such as teacher and nursing education. Bachelors... More
pp. 458-461
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Students' Reactions and Evaluation of Course Management Tool, GETA
Kohji Shino, Madhumita Bhattacharya & Shigeru Narita, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Japan
Commercialized e-learning systems provide many course managerial functionalities. However, they are usually not cost-effective in the departmental use of a small college. Authors have developed a... More
pp. 462-464
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COPLS: An Alternative to Traditional Online Course Management Tools
Priscilla Norton, George Mason University, United States
Over the last two hundred years, a sophisticated, broadly applied conventional learning system (CLS) has evolved. The CLS has found its most common expression in face-to-face, formal classroom... More
pp. 465-472
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The Effects of Distance Learning on the Attitudes on the Attitudes of Elementary Age Children as Assessed by their Teachers
Dale Magoun, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, United States; Rhonda Christensen, University of North Texas State, United States; Charlotte Owens, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, United States; Gerald Knezek, University of North Texas State, United States
"ARTS to the Delta" is an advanced-technology infrastructure for northeast Louisiana that provides a gateway for education, skills training, and enrichment for Delta-area students. The school... More
pp. 473-479
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The Use of Virtual Learning Environments and Multimedia in Vocational Initial Teacher Education
David Lord & Matthew Pearson, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
This paper details developmental work done to establish collaborative distance learning strategies for institutions providing Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in vocational education in 6 European... More
pp. 480-485
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Advantages of Online Delivery Environments
Raymond Rose, Concord Consortium, United States; Zahrl Schoeny, Curry School, University of Virginia, United States
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... More
pp. 486-487
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Essential Elements: Prepare, Design, and Teach Your Online Course
Raymond Rose, Concord Consortium, United States
Essential Elements is the latest publication written by staff at one of the Internationally renown eLearning organizations. It builds on over six years of work in online education and from our... More
pp. 488-489
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Online Education for Adults: An Andragogic Approach
Peter Serdyukov & Mark Ryan, National University, United States
Abstract: Online education, which has become increasingly popular among working adult learners (WAL) in the last few years, may have to undergo curricular and methodological transformations to best... More
pp. 490-492
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DiLCoS A Distance Learning Collaborative System
Querte Melecke, Ademir Martins, Italo Dutra, Sandro Pereira, Liane Tarouco & Janete Sander Costa, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Paulo Azeredo, Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis, Brazil
Abstract: The present team work aims at presenting the DiLCoS environment as a possible virtual collaborative learning system in which five important aspects are considered in the following... More
pp. 493-494
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Costs and Benefits of Guided Discovery Architecture Online Programs
Mustafa Saritas, Iowa State University, United States
This paper addresses the comparison of the features, cost and benefit categories associated with the development and implementation of Guided Discovery Architecture (GDA) online instructional... More
pp. 495-502
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Collaborative Learning in an Online Environment: Will it work for teacher training?
Barbara Schulz, Colorado State University - Pueblo, United States
Teacher education and training will be experiencing a millennium make over as online environments become more popular and accepted. National agencies such as ISTE (International Society for... More
pp. 503-504
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Design and Development of Groupware 'GETA' as WBT Tool
Madhumita Bhattacharya, Shigeru Narita & Kohji Shino, Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Japan
This study considered the original groupware design and development, which are used for on-line study. In the system design, it took into consideration the possibility of flexible modifications as ... More
pp. 505-507
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A comparison of the Greek Open University and the traditional Greek Universities
Despoina Bousiou-Makridou, Katerina Taxmatzidou, Stavros Tsopoglou & Dimitrios Sidiropoulos, University of Macedonia, Greece
Given the increasingly widespread growth of Open and Distance Learning Education, it is justifiable to discuss the main reasons that Distance Learning Universities exist and tend to grow rapidly.... More
pp. 508-509
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Internet Distance Education: University Professors Experience on the Road To E Learning
Cable Starlings, University of Alaska Anchorage, United States
The voices of teachers who use e learning systems are needed to guide future instructional pedagogy. With recent technological advancements the phenomenon of online learning has taken on new... More
pp. 510-511
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIRTUAL CLASSES IN DIGITAL INTRANETS IN RURAL CANADA AND NEW ZEALAND
Ken Stevens, Memorial University, Canada; Cathy Cavanaugh, University of North Florida, United States
In many countries schools in small and remote communities are vital to the national economic infrastructure as they are often located near mines, forests, fisheries or agricultural activities.... More
pp. 512-515
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Internet on Higher Education: resources and applications - Analysis of an online course for university teachers
Taís Giannella & Miriam Struchiner, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This paper provides an analysis of a virtual course for health sciences professors: "Internet on higher education: resources and applications". Activity Theory was the main theoretical and... More
pp. 516-519