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Using Computer-based Visual Mapping Tools to Enhance Pedagogical Practice.
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 1999:1 , 1999

Ian Brown & Brian Ferry, University of Wollongong

Visual mapping tools are computer-based and are essentially two dimensional and /or three dimensional spatial arrangements of text and diagrams. They have shown to help pre-service teachers to efficiently link curriculum content to instructional...

Problem Solving Strategies – Is there a better way?
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2001:1 , 2001

Gwyn Brickell, Prof. John Hedberg, Dr. Brian Ferry & Prof. Barry Harper, Univ. of Wollongong, Australia

Research on strategy use in problem solving has undergone considerable development in the last decade with the emphasis on the solving of complex and ill-structured problems. In this study, the problem solving strategy used by novice learners was...

A Survey of Academic Use of Information Technology
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2001:1 , 2001

Helen Carter, Paul Else, Brian Ferry, Di Kelly & Reihaneh Safavi- Naini, Univ. of Wollongong, Australia

Wollongong is recognized as a top performing regional university in Australia. Its leading edge approach in introducing its students into the 'e-world', acknowledged in the accolade of joint 2000-2001 Australian University of the Year award,...

The Use of an On-line Classroom Simulation to Enhance the Decision Making Skills of Beginning Teachers.
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2004:1 , 2004

Brian Ferry, Faculty of Education, Australia; John Hedberg, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Jan Turbill & Brian Cambourne, University of Wollongong, Australia; David Jonassen, University of Missouri, Australia; Lisa Kervin & Sarah Puglisi, University of Wollongong, Australia

This paper describes the development and initial use of a simulation in teacher education. The simulation allows the user to take on the role of the teacher of a simulated Kindergarten classroom (children whose ages range from 5 to 6 years). As the...

Supporting E-Knowledge-building in teacher education: The use of computer-mediated-communication
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2002:1 , 2002

Brian Ferry, University of Wollongong, Australia

This study investigated how different types of computer-mediated communication (CMC) such as asynchronous forums, synchronous forums and e-mail were used to support an alternative approach to initial teacher education that relied on the formation of ...

How Can Computer Based Visual Mapping Tools Enhance Learning with Pre-service Teachers?
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2000:1 , 2000

Ian Brown & Brian Ferry, University of Wollongong, Australia

Visual mapping tools are computer-based and are essentially two dimension and/or three dimension spatial arrangements of text and diagrams. Research has shown that these cognitive tools help teachers link curriculum content to instructional plans. ...

Operationalizing Nine Design Elements of Authentic Learning Environments in a Classroom-based On-line Simulation
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2005:1 , Jun 27, 2005

Brian Ferry & Lisa Kervin, University of Wollongong, Australia; John Hedberg, Macquarie University, Australia; Jan Turbill & Brian Cambourne, University of Wollongong, Australia; David Jonassen, University of Missouri, USA

Herrington, Oliver and Reeves (2003) assert that many researchers and teachers now accept that well designed multimedia environments provide an alternative to real-life settings. Researchers report that educational software advances have...

The Design of an Online Community of Practice for Beginning Teachers
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal) 6:1 , March 2006

Anthony Herrington, Jan Herrington, Lisa Kervin & Brian Ferry, University of Wollongong, Australia

Beginning teachers face enormous challenges in their first year of teaching. High attrition rates of teachers within the first five years attest to the difficulties inherent in commencing professional life as a teacher. This paper describes the...

ClassSim: Preparing Tomorrows Teachers for Classroom Reality
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2006:1 , Mar 19, 2006

Lisa Kervin, Brian Ferry & Lisa Carrington, University of Wollongong, Australia

This paper reports on an on-line simulation that we have developed to support our pre-service teacher education program. The purpose of this paper is three fold: first it reports on the need identified within the literature for pre-service teacher...

Use of an Online Simulation to Support Pre-service Teacher Knowledge of Literacy Instruction
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2006:1 , October 2006

Brian Ferry, University of Wollongong, Australia

The authors of this paper report on software that made use of segment excerpts of authentic classroom literacy experiences into interconnected, short-term teaching episodes called cycles. Sets of cycles link in a variety of ways to create a...

Pedagogical, technical and organisational considerations for using an online simulation with pre-service teachers
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2008:1 , Mar 03, 2008

Lisa Kervin & Brian Ferry, University of Wollongong, Australia

Simulations are fast becoming a popular way to use technology to engage users in learning about and critically reflecting upon workplace practices and experiences. This paper reports on our development and implementation of an online classroom...

Enhancing the development of pre-service teacher professional identity through the use of a virtual learning environment
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2009:1 , Mar 02, 2009

Lisa Carrington, Lisa Kervin & Brian Ferry, University of Wollongong, Australia

This paper reports on a comparative case study of first and final year pre-service teachers (PSTs) enrolled in an undergraduate education degree who engaged with a virtual learning environment (VLE) provided by an online classroom simulation. The...

Educator Development Through Games and Sims
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2009:1 , Mar 02, 2009

Brian Ferry & Lisa Kervin, University of Wollongong, Australia; David Gibson, Executive Director, The Global Challenge, USA; Rhonda Christensen, University of North Texas, USA; Dong Uk Cheong, Korea National University of Education, Korea, Republic Of

This panel presents an opportunity for the audience to hear of three different approaches to educator development through games and simulations. The three projects took different approaches to address a similar problem; that of learning about the...

Using cell phones to enhance teacher learning in environmental education
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2009:1 , Mar 02, 2009

Brian Ferry, University of Wollongong, Australia

This study focuses on how action-learning sets helped pre-service teachers (PST) to use cell phones to augment their developing pedagogy. These school-based, action-learning sets consisted of groups of PST allocated to the five schools that...

Improving Preservice Teachers’ Science Knowledge by Creating, Reviewing and Publishing Slowmations to Teacher Tube
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2009:1 , Mar 02, 2009

Garry Hoban, David McDonald & Brian Ferry, University of Wollongong, Australia

“Slowmation” (abbreviated from “Slow Animation”) is a new but simple form of stop-motion animation that supports learners in creating their own animations of science concepts. This paper presents a study of preservice elementary teachers in two...

Simplifying Animation to Encourage Preservice Teachers’ Science Learning and Teaching Using “Slowmation”
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2009:1 , Jun 22, 2009

Garry Hoban, David McDonald & Brian Ferry, University of Wollongong, Australia; Sharon Hoban, Tarawanna Public School, Australia

Preservice elementary teachers often lack science knowledge which reduces their confidence to teach science in schools. “Slowmation” (abbreviated from “Slow Animation”) is a simplified form of stop-motion animation that encourages preservice...

Enhancing the Development of Pre-service Teacher Professional Identity via an Online Classroom Simulation
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE) 19:3 , October 2011

Lisa Carrington, Lisa Kervin & Brian Ferry, University of Wollongong, Australia

The development of a professional identity plays an important part in pre-service teacher education. However, very little is explicitly taught about how one can develop a teacher professional identity via pre-service teacher education (Allen, 2005:1)...

JTATE Special Issue: Digital Games and Simulations in Teacher Preparation
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2012:1 , Mar 05, 2012

Teresa Franklin, Ohio University, USA; Len Annetta, George Mason University, USA; Lin Lin & Tao Zhang, University of North Texas, USA; Pg Schrader, University of Nevada, USA; Leanna Achambalt, Arizona State University, USA; Conrad Oh-Young, University of Nevada, USA; Lilly Lu, Northern Illinois University, USA; Erin Peters Burton, Wendy Frazier, Richard Lamb, Rebecca Cheng & Margaret Chmiel, George Mason University, USA; Marie Iding, University of Hawaii, USA; Joan Nordbotten, University of Bergen, Norway; Lisa Carrington, Lisa Kervin & Brian Ferry, University of Wollongong, Australia; Mariya Yukhymenko, University of Connecticut,, USA

Today’s pre-service teachers have grown up with ubiquitous access to computers and the Internet, which has changed how they learn and how they will teach (Prensky, 20011). Virtual worlds, games and simulations are not new to pre-service teachers and ...

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