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With the reduction and phasing out of PT3 funding, there are many PT3 projects that no longer enjoy PT3 support, or are in their final or extension years, making sustainability a major concern. It is our belief that sustainability requires not only ...

What strategies do students use to cope with challenges in the online learning environment? Written surveys and verbatim interview transcripts of 94 online learners in five online graduate courses were analyzed. Students describe a variety of...

To implement our PT3 grant, we needed to answer three questions. First, we needed to identify the current level of computer skills in our faculty, both at the University as well as in two public schools that are participating in our grant. Second,...

A large-scale faculty development project focused on the integration of technology for teaching and learning in Marquette University's Colleges of Letters and Science, Communication and School of Education is described. The project includes 1) a...

Linguistics research demonstrates that men and women use language very differently. The differences between men and women's use of language can lead to difficulties in cross-gender communication. As in face-to-face communication, distinctive gender...

Research across a number of disciplines supports the contention that instruction delivered online is a viable alternative to on-campus instruction. Research consistently finds distance and on-campus delivery equally effective. Increasingly teacher ...

The enormous demand for new teachers has created a need to extend teacher certification and post-baccalaureate degree programs to a larger audience. Placing a program online, an effective means to reach such an audience in many fields, is a more...

Linguistics research demonstrates that men and women use language differently. The differences between men and women's use of language can lead to difficulties in cross-gender communication. As in face-to-face communication, distinctive gender...

Online courses, based on constructivist pedagogies, have used discussion as the primary tool for creating a interactive learning environments. Using wikis for collaborative writing provides online educators another powerful tool to support student...

Online courses, based on constructivist pedagogies, have used discussion as the primary tool for creating a interactive learning environments. Using wikis for collaborative writing provides online educators another powerful tool to support student...

Online courses based on constructivist pedagogies have used discussion for creating interactive learning environments. Using wikis for collaborative writing provides educators another powerful tool for supporting collaborative student learning...

e-Learning is replacing face-to-face classroom instruction in a growing number of businesses, but what is the prospect for the continued proliferation of e-learning in business? On one hand, the quality of instruction, the cost-effectiveness of new...

This case study chronicles one teacher's experience in the semester after an in-service course, Using Technology for Instruction and Assessment. Results suggest that success in the course and good intentions do not necessarily translate into...

This article features the WebQuest, an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet. WebQuests, when properly constructed, are activities, usually authentic in...