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Technological diffusion in schools is a complex process that has not met expectations. The paper identifies a model adopted by a K-10 school of distance education: the Multi-Dimensional Emersion Model of Technology Diffusion. It analyzes the...

Researchers continue to argue that more research is needed con-cerning how teachers actually integrate instructional technology into their curriculum. This qualitative study examined the incor-poration of interactive multimedia science software into ...

The study examines a dominant aspect of youth culture: playing video computer games. The study is interested in the recreational video game as a means of informal cognitive education. Centered within an information processing theory and...

Music Uniting Schools, Youth, and Communities through Information Technologies (MUSYC-IT) is an innovative multidisciplinary program offered to Grade 5-8 students in Schools of Distance Education and small rural schools. Students conduct an oral...

The purpose of this brief paper is to invite additional project partners in our research. We believe that an international, rather than country specific, survey of the various issues involved in playing recreational video/computer games will help...

A critical issue for helping teachers successfully implement technology-enhanced learning through a constructivist approach is to understand how their mental models function in such an environment. The purpose of this paper is to introduce and...

Technological diffusion and integration in schools is a complex process that has not met expectations. The paper analyses the views of teachers in a K-10 school of distance education to their whole school emersion approach to school change and...

The technology-based Curriculum Integration project in the Plano Independent School District is presented as a model for successful implementation of large-scale technology integration projects. The project addressed relevant components: teachers, ...

This paper presents findings from a research project that examined students' behaviors during mass lectures that utilized interactive multimedia. Students' engagement behaviors and disengagement behaviors during the computer-assisted mass lectures ...

Universities face a challenging task to reduce the attrition rate. Recent studies have suggested students' knowledge, critical thinking skills, and mental models influencing students' academic performance. Mental models theory has been adopted as...