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In this paper we share our experiences with using asynchronous video communications to increase teacher immediacy and social presence during a technology integration course for pre-service teachers. We describe three cases where asynchronous video...

Because most teachers do not use technology effectively in their teaching, most preservice students have not experienced a good model that they can emulate. If preservice programs can replace these poor models that students experienced in their K-12 ...

According to Hargrave and Hsu (2000), most teacher preparation programs offer only one course in developing technology skills. This paper outlines the struggles of one team of teachers as they redesigned the instructional technology course for...

Recently, weblog (blogs) and wiki technologies have exploded into the public awareness. While these technologies have been around for several years, they are now garnering more attention both inside and outside the educational world. Starting in...

The TPACK framework is becoming increasingly pervasive in teacher education. Researchers and practitioners have been seeking reliable and valid ways to measure the constructs associated with the TPACK framework. This paper describes the development...

A commonly held belief in the K-12 education community is that parents can have a positive impact on their child’s learning. The parental involvement literature has focused on the traditional face-to-face setting and has virtually ignored parental...

According to Hargrave and Hsu (2000), the majority of teacher preparation programs offer only one course in developing technology skills. There might be only one course, but there are usually many different levels of technology abilities among the...

This presentation reports the findings from our investigation of the professors designated as the most innovative users of technology at our university. After seeking nominations from department heads, we selected thirty-five of the most successful...

Although K-12 online learning has experienced exceptional growth, research in the field has lagged, possibly in part because of the lack of a comprehensive framework that explicitly addresses the unique student and environmental characteristics of...

The TPACK framework is being used increasingly as teachers and preservice teachers plan how to integrate technology into their lesson plans. Several researchers have been examining teacher reflections on the benefits of using technology from data...

Blended learning is a diverse and expanding area of design and inquiry that combines face-to-face and online modalities. As blended learning research matures, numerous voices enter the conversation. This study begins the search for the center of...

This study explored the nature of teacher-student interaction from the perspective of eight virtual school teachers in an asynchronous, self-paced, statewide, supplemental virtual high school. Teacher interviews revealed the majority of interactions ...

The technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) framework is increasing in use by educational technology researchers around the world who are interested in issues related to technology integration. Much that is good can be found in the TPACK ...

This study explored the nature of teacher-student interaction from the perspective of eight virtual school teachers in an asynchronous, self-paced, statewide, supplemental virtual high school. Teacher interviews revealed the majority of interactions ...

Virtual schooling is a recent phenomenon in K-12 online learning. As such, the roles of the online teachers are emerging and differ from those of the traditional classroom teacher. Using qualitative interviews of eight virtual high school teachers,...

Reflection and professional development are two key practices that characterize an effective teacher and that are frequently overlooked in preservice training (Bowles, 2003; Halen-Faber, 1997; Patrick & Reinhartz, 1999). Reflection can be defined as ...

The amount of resources being poured by Western universities, companies, and governments into creating educational content to be exported (via the Internet) to other cultures is astounding. Those assigned to accomplish this task are left with the...

In this study, we used qualitative methods to help us better understand the experiences of instructors as they are persuaded to adopt a course management system and integrate it into their teaching. We discuss several patterns explaining how...

This study explores the efforts at Brigham Young University to improve preservice candidates' technology integration using the Teacher Work Sample (TWS) as an assessment tool. Baseline data that was analyzed from 95 TWSs indicated that students were ...

A belief commonly held in the K-12 education community is that parents can have a positive impact on their child's learning. However, little research has examined parental involvement in an online learning environment. In this study, researchers...