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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an online course as compared to its "traditional" counterpart and to an "integrated" course using traditional and online instructional methods. Equivalent-form pre- and post-test...

When designing web-based courses, a challenge arises to prevent and overcome technical problems encountered by the students and then to make adjustments in the course design for future students. While many of these technical problems can be...

The University of Idaho has been engaged in promoting the development of web-enhanced and web-based courses through a multi-stage effort to promote the integration of technology is higher education. This project specifically focuses on providing...

The sequencing of online course activities in higher education is a necessity to guide students through the course materials, discussions, etc. in learning environments where students and instructors are separated by time or space. Too often,...

This study, currently in-progress, focuses on the implementation and usage patterns of a web-based social bookmarking application in use in a upper-level course focusing on the integration of technology in K-12 education. Similar to popular social...

This article examines the body of research investigating the impacts of the WebQuest instructional strategy on teaching and learning. The WebQuest instructional strategy is often praised as an inquiry-oriented activity, which effectively integrates...

This in-progress study will present a case study concerning the use of a wiki system with undergraduate and graduate students to develop a collaboratively authored web-based textbook. Participants include undergraduate and graduate students...

This roundtable discussion will focus on the educational possibilities of social networking websites. While focusing specifically the uses of various tools available in the Facebook platform, this discussion will highlight an in-progress study on...

In order to increase the availability and decrease to cost of providing professional development opportunities to a large and rural geographic area, the East Texas STEM center is currently developing a model for providing high quality online...

This exploratory study investigates the prevalence, perceived benefits and barriers to the use of open source software (OSS) in public K-12 educational institutions in southwest Ohio. Using a 102-item survey, 45 representatives of school districts...

This in-progress study evaluates a pilot implementation of an open source productivity suite (OpenOffice) in a public K-12 educational institution. Using the framework of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), this study will investigate user...

This brief paper will describe the development, validation, and pilot testing of a self-assessment measure of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) designed for use with middle and secondary science educators. The proposed conference...