Collaboration in Distance Education: From Local to International Perspectives

Liz Thach; Karen L. Murphy

American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 8, No. 3 (1994) pp. 5–21

Explores the levels of collaboration required for successful distance education applications. Discussion includes a description of a continuum outlining the local (micro) to international (macro) levels of collaboration, a graphical depiction of...

Development of Communication Conventions in Instructional Electronic Chats

Mauri P. Collins; Karen L. Murphy

The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 12, No. 1 (1997) pp. 177–200

This study used content analysis to identify the communication conventions and protocols that real-time, interactive electronic chat users developed in instructional settings. Most frequently used conventions included sharing information/techniques...

Promoting Multicultural Understanding and Positive Self-Concept through a Distance Learning Community: Cultural Connections

Lauren Cifuentes; Karen L. Murphy

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 48, No. 1 (2000) pp. 69–83

Explores the effectiveness of distance learning and multimedia technologies in facilitating an expanded learning community between geographically separated elementary and secondary schools with Hispanic students in Texas. Highlights include the...

Cultural Connections: A Model for Eliminating Boundaries and Crossing Borders

Lauren Cifuentes; Karen L. Murphy

International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice: Reconceptualizing Childhood Studies Vol. 1, No. 1 (2000) pp. 17–30

Explains Cultural Connections, a model for implementing constructivist, intercultural distance learning partnerships. Highlights include a theoretical framework; social constructivist pedagogy; intercultural communication; telecommunications; Web...

Towards Identifying Factors Underlying Readiness for Online Learning: An Exploratory Study

Peter J. Smith; Karen L. Murphy; Sue E. Mahoney

Distance Education Vol. 24, No. 1 (2003) pp. 57–67

Describes a test of the potential value of McVay's (2000) Readiness for Online Learning questionnaire on 107 undergraduates in the United States and Australia. Discusses results of a reliability analysis and a factor analysis, which indicated the...

Role Plays, Panel Discussions, and Simulations: Project-Based Learning in a Web-Based Course

Karen L. Murphy; Yakut Gazi

Educational Media International Vol. 38, No. 4 (2001) pp. 261–70

Describes a study that investigated project-based learning that included role plays, discussions, and simulations in graduate-level Web-based courses. Highlights include a theoretical framework; characteristics of activities that enable students to...

A Study of Motivation in Turkish Distance Education

Karen L. Murphy

An investigation was conducted to describe the context of distance learning by examining the factors to which first-year distance learners attribute their success and failure and the influences on those attributions. It tested the attribution theory ...

International Team Teaching: A Partnership between Mexico and Texas

Lauren Cifuentes; Karen L. Murphy

Selected Research and Development Papers Presented at the National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology [AECT] 1999 (February 1999)

This case study reports on collaborative activities among four fourth grade teachers and their students over a year and explores the effectiveness of distance learning for international team teaching. Two classes in Mexico City conducted school...

Does the online class address students’ multiple intelligences?

Amany Saleh

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 2655–2659

The author of this paper argues that online classes tend to accommodate students' learning styles more readily than traditional classes. She contends that online classes improve learning potentials for students who usually struggle in the...

Topics: Intelligence, Students

Evaluating the Quality of Current Online CBI Applications for K-12 Learners

Leping Liu

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 871–876

This paper evaluates the quality of 900 Web delivered computer based instruction (CBI) programs (tutorials, drills, games, and tests) used by K-12 teachers and students over a seven-year period from 1999 to 2006. The quality of an online application ...

Scoping the nascent: An analysis of K-12 OER research 2012-2017

Constance Blomgren; Iain McPherson

Open Praxis Vol. 10, No. 4 (Dec 28, 2018) pp. 359–375

Awareness and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) has grown at all levels of education. Higher education researchers actively study OER but K-12 OER research indicates limited published results. To address this gap, this study examined articles...

Language: English

Introducing teleconferencing to Turkey: Partnerships that work!

Karen Murphy; Karen Murphy

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan 01, 1989)

This paper describes the planning and results of Turkey's first international multi-point audio teleconference. The technology existed, and teleconferencing equipment and expertise were both available. Yet a multi-point teleconference had never been ...

A Constructivist Look at Interaction and Collaboration via Computer Conferencing

Karen L. Murphy; Renee’ Drabier; Mary Lu Epps

International Journal of Educational Telecommunications Vol. 4, No. 2 (1998) pp. 237–261

Computer conferencing has become an increasingly important tool in university course delivery. This study addresses ways in which computer conferencing impacted interaction and collaboration patterns among students and with the instructor in a...

Topics: Interaction, Instructional Design, Collaboration, Physical Environments, Research Methods

Using Technology to Provide Teacher Induction: A University/District Collaborative Project

Susan D'Aniello; Danielle Ferreira; Susan Miller

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2326–2331

The use of technology, specifically Internet-based resources, is increasingly being used to support the ongoing development of novice teachers working in the field. In this presentation, participants will learn about a collaborative project between...

Role Play, Discussion, and Analysis: Project-based Learning in a Web-based Course

Karen Murphy; Yakut Gazi

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 808–813

In this study, we identify the characteristics of project-based learning activities in an online environment. Based on the data collected from 17 students in a Web-based graduate telecommunications course, we found that the project-based...

Topics: Students, Communication

K-12 Online Learning: Trends From Two Decades of Scholarship

Karen T. Arnesen; Joshua Hveem; Cecil R. Short; Richard West; Michael Barbour

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 658–666

In this study, we examined the research literature in the field of K-12 online learning to identify the leading scholars, journals, top-cited articles, research methods, and topics in this field of inquiry. Our research process involved first,...

Topics: K-12 Online Learning

Assessing Student Perception of Online Discussion Forums

Paula Christensen; Terrie Poehl; Karen McFerrin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 118–122

Student perceptions of the online discussion forum can provide valuable information that can be helpful in fostering exceptional discussion forums Students should be encouraged to contribute feedback that would enhance online discussion forums that...

Topics: faculty development, Distance/Flexible Education

Distance Education Courseware Adoption Concerns

Charles Balch

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1284–1289

Distance Education has been described as education or instruction delivered to off-campus sites via synchronous or asynchronous instruction. Educational institutions have a vested interested in delivering quality, dependable, and economical...

Topics: Distance Education, Educational Technology

Lessons Learned from Offering a Technologically Mediated Job-Embedded Professional Learning Program to Teachers

Janet Murphy

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 1725–1733

Abstract: Since its creation in 2000 the Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) program has developed a blended learning service that enhances teacher and faculty professional practice and improves student achievement. Using award-winning...

Clicking Our Way to Class Discussion

Judith Morse; Margaret Ruggieri; Karen Whelan-Berry

American Journal of Business Education Vol. 3, No. 3 (March 2010) pp. 99–108

The goal of this research project is to investigate whether the use of a personal response system ("clickers") in the classroom increases student participation and discussion and its impact on the quality of the discussion in undergraduate ...

Integrating video game features into online learning discussion

Yiyao Liao

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2395–2398

This project incorporates some critical features that are commonly found in videogames into an online learning environment in the hope of improving participation in discussion forums. The project uses phpBB2 Forum software as the foundation of the...

Podcasting and Preservice Teachers’ Efficacy

Kathy Smart; Donna Pearson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3920–3953

This study investigated the development and use of educational podcasts and their effect on the self-efficacy of preservice teachers’ technology and teaching skills in an assignment embedded in a secondary social studies methods course. Furthermore, ...

One ipod Per Pre-Service Teacher: Pedagogy & Best Practices

Kathy Smart; Donna Pearson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2229–2234

As an academic discipline, education typically does not provide individual technology for experimentation as part of a course component as do other disciplines such as engineering, health care, or business. This brief paper will introduce and...

Gaining Administrative Support for Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds: An Analysis of Vision, Support, Access, and Time

Roma Angel

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1774–1777

Abstract: Higher education administrative commitments to virtual worlds validate these new conceptually different teaching and learning environments as viable options for the twenty-first century. This paper asserts that positive administrative...

Topics: Administration, Virtual Environments

STEM E-Mentoring and Community College Students with Disabilities

Noel Gregg; Gerri Wolfe; Stephanie Jones; Robert Todd; Nathan Moon; Christopher Langston

Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability Vol. 29, No. 1 (2016) pp. 47–63

This article reports the findings from a qualitative study to understand the provision of electronic mentoring (e-mentoring) to support the educational persistence of students with disabilities at a two-year college in a large city in the U.S. South....

The Instructional Network: Using Facebook to Enhance Undergraduate Mathematics Instruction

Peter Gregory; Karen Gregory; Erik Eddy

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 33, No. 1 (January 2014) pp. 5–26

Facebook is a website with over one billion users worldwide that is synonymous with social-networking. However, in this study, Facebook is used as an “instructional network”. Two sections of an undergraduate calculus course were used to study the...

Leading and teaching in schools of the future: Using interactive video connectivity and networking in educator preparation programs

Ian Gibson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2–11

In Connectivity, the answer to ending ignorance and separation, Breck (2004) explored the notion that the 'science' of networking was an idea "as revolutionary as evolution" (p. viii). She proposed that social structures propagated by the wielding...

Topics: Teachers, Science, Schools, Social Sciences

Leading and teaching in schools of the future: Using interactive video connectivity and networking in educator preparation programs.

Ian Gibson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1790–1797

In Connectivity, the answer to ending ignorance and separation, Breck (2004) explores the notion that the 'science' of networking is an idea "as revolutionary as evolution" (P. viii). She proposes that social structures propagated by the wielding of ...

Topics: Schools, Science, Social Sciences, Teachers

Review of distance education research (2000 to 2008): Analysis of research areas, methods, and authorship patterns

Olaf Zawacki-Richter; Eva Baecker; Sebastian Vogt

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 10, No. 6 (Dec 14, 2009) pp. 21–50

This paper presents a review of distance education literature to describe the status thereof and to identify gaps and priority areas in distance education research based on a validated classification of research areas. The articles (N = 695)...

The Development of a Web-Based System for Course and Program Assessment

Sofya Poger; Aziz Kamari; YokeMeng Chuah; Catherine Ricardo

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 176–181

This paper describes a web-based system developed in the Computer Science Department of Iona College for on-line assessment of courses. The system was designed by faculty and was implemented by students as a capstone experience, using an Oracle...

Topics: Assessment, Computer Sciences

Developing Global Leaders: Building Effective Global-Intercultural Collaborative Online Learning Environments

Karen Lynne-Daniels Ivy

International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 16, No. 1 (February 2017) pp. 33–46

This paper shares the findings of a study conducted on a virtual inter-cultural global leadership development learning project. Mixed Methods analysis techniques were used to examine the interviews of U.S. and Uganda youth project participants. The ...

The Current State of Screencast Technology and What is Known About its Instructional Effectiveness

Abbie Brown; Kenneth Luterbach; William Sugar

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1748–1753

Screencasting is rapidly becoming a popular method of presenting content for instruction. Educators are finding the software used to produce screencasts easier to use and there is evidence in the literature that a wide variety of disciplines find...

A Web-Based System for Course and Program Assessment: Prototype to Product

Sofya Poger; Frances Bailie

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 120–125

Abstract: This paper describes how a prototype web-based system developed in the Computer Science Department of Iona College for on-line assessment of course objectives and prerequisites has been implemented as a product for essential assessment and ...

Topics: Computer Sciences, Assessment, Educational Technology

The Professional Learning of Grade Six Teachers of Mathematics Implementing the Flipped Classroom Approach

Karen Goodnough; Elizabeth Murphy

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 43, No. 1 (Mar 31, 2017)

The purpose of this paper is to make sense of the professional learning of four teachers implementing a flipped classroom approach in their grade six mathematics class. The professional learning took place within a two-year Action Research (AR)...

Language: English Translations: English, français, langue française/French

The Effectiveness of Texas Instruments Navigator Technology on the Algebra I Achievement and Attitudes of High School Students with Learning Disabilities or Who are “At Risk”

Barbara J. Dougherty

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4440–4444

The study described in this paper (funded by the National Science Foundation, HRD-0726300) focuses on the effect of technology on student achievement in Algebra I. Using a quasi-experimental design, approximately 1000 students in Algebra I will use...

Factors Contributing to Student Engagement in an Instructional Facebook Group for Undergraduate Mathematics

Peter L. Gregory; Karen M. Gregory; Erik R. Eddy

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 35, No. 3 (July 2016) pp. 249–268

This study investigates factors contributing to student engagement in an educational Facebook group. The study is based on survey results of 138 undergraduate mathematics students at a highly diverse urban public university. Survey measures included ...

Two frameworks for preparing teachers for the shift from local to global educational environments

Ken Stevens; Barbara Craig

Journal of Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning Vol. 16, No. 2 (2012) pp. 11–25

The research outlined in this paper is based on the convergence of two conceptual frameworks that guide the transfer of knowledge and skills from traditional teacher education, which focused on teaching in single classrooms, to open networked...

Wiki Based Dynamic Quizzes: A Bridge between Online Students and Instructors?

Jillian Ruth Yarbrough

Journal of Instructional Pedagogies Vol. 20, No. 1 (2018)

Constructing a meaningful learning network with online students can be challenging for many reasons. First, because there is literally a distance between the instructor and the student, and second, because the majority of online students rarely...

Pathways to successful technology practice for leading schools, leading teachers, leading learning: Golden Technology Rules for 21st century school leaders.

Ian Gibson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2395–2402

From The World is Flat (Friedman, 2007), Re-Imagine (Peters, 2003), and Born Digital (Palfrey & Gasser, 2008) to Disrupting Class, (Christensen, 2008) it is being made clear that rapid changes to traditional ways of learning, knowing, and doing are...

Teaching Economics as a Laboratory Science

Robin L. Bartlett; Paul G. King

The techniques used for teaching college economics have remained relatively unchanged over the past few decades. These techniques do not give the students an opportunity to apply, to develop, or to practice the economic theory they read about and...

Introducing the Social Presence Model to Explore Online and Blended Learning Experiences

Aimee L. Whiteside

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 19, No. 2 (March 2015)

This study explores the level of "social presence" or connectedness, in two iterations of a 13-month, graduate-level certificate program designed to help K-12 school leaders integrate technology in their districts. Vygotsky's Social...

Unraveling the Mystery of EFL Teachers’ Professional Development in Computer Assisted Language Learning: A Reflective Approach

Jun-jie Jack Tseng

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 4160–4168

Much research has been conducted on teachers' cognition in general subjects, but relatively few studies have centered on language teachers’ conceptualizations of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). The present study thus hoped to bridge a...

Wiki-based Distance Learning: Interpreting Effectiveness Through the Community of Inquiry Framework

Judy Lambert; Juenethia Fisher

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 429–434

The unlimited potential of wikis – a form of social software that allows users to create and edit web pages – as a medium to deliver distance learning college courses provides a learning environment that engages and empowers online learners. This...

The Student-Staff Mentoring Project at the University of Hertfordshire

Yoeri Goossens; Jenny Evans; Amanda Jefferies

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 366–374

Peer mentoring has been used by some institutions in order to help those who are less able at something to improve, by pairing them with a mentor of a similar background. Mentoring has been used in academic milieus, where one student will help...

CD-ROM: Expanding and shrinking resource based learning

John Hedberg; John Hedberg

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 5, No. 1 (Jan 01, 1989)

Over the past few years there has been a rapid development in the integration and sophistication of technologies that can be used for learning. One of the more interesting delivery technologies is the Compact Disk-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM)(1), which ...

Relationship between Sense of Community and Learning in Online Learning Environments

Peggy Ertmer; Donald Stepich

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 391–397

Eleven students, enrolled in advanced instructional design courses at two universities, engaged in collaborative online discussions and video-conferences for the purposes of extending and enriching course activities and assignments. To determine the ...

Topics: Instructional Design, Community, Students

Understanding Pre-service Teachers' Epistemological Beliefs across Domains

Zhongtang Ren; Han Liu; Xiaochao Dang; Shaoan Zhang; David Blackburn; May Hou

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2338–2346

Epistemological beliefs concern conceptions of knowledge and knowing, and involve various understandings of the nature, construction and evaluation of knowledge. Using Biglan’s classification, a growing number of the research on epistemological...

It's Elementary! Using Electronic Portfolios with Young Students

Johm Moritz; Alice Christie

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 144–151

This paper will demonstrate how applying technology in a writing workshop can improve student learning and instruction by incorporating student reflection, teacher collaboration, individualized instruction and electronic portfolios where students...

Topics: Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Standards, Portfolios, Students

Education and Information Technology 2012: A Selection of AACE Award Papers

Theo J. Bastiaens; Gary H. Marks

(2012)

This book includes 31 award winning papers from AACE’s conferences. This year's selection includes papers from the annual conference of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) in Nashville (TN), the Global Learn Asia...

Online collaboration and offline interaction between students using asynchronous tools in blended learning

Mei-jung Wang; Mei-jung Wang

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 26, No. 6 (Jan 01, 2010)

The increasing use of innovative blended learning strategies which incorporate online discussion into the classroom requires the examination of asynchronous, computer mediated communication (ACMC) to fully understand the learners' total engagement...