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This study examined novice and advanced learners' perceptions of case-based collaborative learning as they participated in an electronic apprenticeship environment during a semester-long course. Novice and advanced learners analyzed a set of...

This research examined changes in administrators' ideas about technology integration and technology leadership while participating in an online professional development course. Eight administrators, enrolled in a semester-long course, participated...

With the rapid development of technology, education is increasingly facing the necessity to adapt to a technology-based environment. In the process of this adaptation, it is important for the faculty to learn how to integrate technology into...

This study will use an experimental design to investigate the effect of "virtual labs," a multimedia instructional tool, on first-year optometry students' perceptions of learning process and objective learning outcomes. A diagnostic pretest, a...

This study describes how faculty members' perceptions and use of technology changed as a result of participation in the professional development activities of a PT3, Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to use Technology, implementation project. Online...

This paper reviewed how social presence and cognitive engagement have been defined and explored in online learning environments in recent literature. The discussions on these two constructs are important and necessary in online learning, since they...

This study explored how students?understanding of instructional design developed as they participated in collaborative learning activities in an electronic apprenticeship environment during a semester-long course. Novice and advanced learners...

The development of the Internet makes learning possible beyond the limits of time and location and attracts more and more people to continue or complete education online. It is important to motivate students to actively participate in online...

This study examined teacher educators' beliefs and technology uses in relation to preservice teachers' beliefs and attitudes toward technology. Sequential regression analyses were conducted to answer the research questions. The results indicated...

This study examined preservice teachers' pedagogical beliefs and attitudes toward technology in relation to teacher educators' pedagogical beliefs and technology uses. Regression analyses were conducted to answer the research questions. The findings ...

In this study, two educational technology courses were restructured to incorporate modeling, reflection and technology experience strategies to facilitate the development of student teachers' beliefs about technology. This study examined student...

This study examined the effects of cognitive styles and social interdependence on students' achievement and attitudes in computer technology learning. A total of 18 student teachers participated in this study. Analysis of quantitative data revealed...

This study examined the use of the practical inquiry model in facilitating students’ critical thinking in online discussion. Content analysis was conducted to examine the instances of critical thinking in the four phases of the model. It was found...

This paper reports the results of having students self-code posts in online discussion using practical inquiry model coding template. It was found that the students’ online discourse centered on Exploration and Integration phases. Self-coding...

Learning through playing is booming, edutainment ware becomes more popular and will be increasingly accepted by parents, especially, while Microsoft has announced the Kinect game interactivity for Xbox 360. Although kinetic oriented interactivity...