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Mahnaz Moallem
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
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Personalized Learning Environments: Innovation in Education and Training
Mahnaz Moallem
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) p. 307
This paper describes the concept of Personalized Learning Environment (PLE) as an approach that not only provides personal spaces, which is controlled by the learner, but also requires a social context by offering means to connect with other formal...
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Bridging Physical Separation: Transformation of Online Learning Environments
Mahnaz Moallem
Global Learn 2012 (Nov 06, 2012) pp. 212–213
In this presentation, the author provides research findings to demonstrate that the emergence of the newer Web-synchronous conferencing tools has provided a powerful combination of technologies and design that allow live and distance students to...
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Applying Constructivist and Objectivist Learning Theories in the Design of a Web-based Course: Implications for Practice
Mahnaz Moallem
Educational Technology & Society Vol. 4, No. 3 (2001) pp. 113–25
Provides an overview of the process of designing and developing a Web-based course using instructional design principles and models, including constructivist and objectivist theories. Explains the process of implementing an instructional design...
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Technology Resource Teachers: Is This a New Role for Instructional Technologists?
Mahnaz Moallem
Selected Research and Development Presentations at the 1996 National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (1996)
Public schools have created the position of the Technology Resource Teacher (TRT) in an attempt to establish a technical and instructional support system at the school level to assure the proper usage of technology (particularly computers) by both...
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Accommodating Individual Differences in the Design of Online Learning Environments: A Comparative Study
Mahnaz Moallem
Journal of Research on Technology in Education Vol. 40, No. 2 (2008) pp. 217–245
The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a comparative and descriptive study that examined the relationship and effects of incorporating students' learning styles in the design of instruction and the outcome of students' learning,...
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Analysis of Job Announcements and the Required Competencies for Instructional Technology Professionals
Mahnaz Moallem
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 1995 (Jul 09, 1995)
A study was conducted to analyze current job announcements in the field of instructional design and technology and to produce descriptive information that portrays the required skills and areas of knowledge for instructional technology graduates....
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Social Media and Informal Learning Spaces: Learning Together is more Motivating and Engaging
Mahnaz Moallem
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 778–783
This paper explores aspects of social technologies used within the context of e-learning in higher education and with adult learners. It re-examines an online learning environment in order to identify where a good opportunity might exist to include...
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An Expert Teacher's Thinking and Teaching and Instructional Design Models and Principles: An Ethnographic Study
Mahnaz Moallem
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 46, No. 2 (1998) pp. 37–64
Examines an expert teacher's thinking and teaching processes in order to link them to instructional-design procedures. Findings suggest that there were fundamental differences between the teacher's thinking and teaching processes and...
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Electronic Portfolio Development: A Capstone Experience to Assess Instructional Technology Competencies
Mahnaz Moallem; Cathi Phillips
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 4200–4208
After three years of experimenting with portfolio requirement as a capstone experience, the instructional technology program decided to enhance this requirement and change from a print portfolio to an electronic portfolio. The new electronic...
Topics: Portfolios, Students
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Assessment in MOOCs: A Comparative Analysis
Andrew Stanley; Mahnaz Moallem
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 394–400
Online education has seen steady growth since the mid-1990s (Allen & Seaman, 2013). A recent product of this growth has been touted as being capable of revolutionizing higher education - the Massively Open Online Course (MOOC). A MOOC has the...
Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Feedback and Feed-Forward for Promoting Problem Based Learning
Ashley Webb; Mahnaz Moallem
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 434–442
A literature review on formative feedback and problem and project-based learning was conducted to determine a conceptual relationship between the two processes. This review resulted in the development of a conceptual model that is designed to guide ...
Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies
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Assessment of the Quality of Online Courses: A Case of a Community College
Colleen Griffiths; Mahnaz Moallem
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2016 (Nov 14, 2016) pp. 392–397
The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of online courses at a community college to determine whether the courses address the standards identified for online learning. The assessment results showed that the majority of online courses...
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Analysis and integration of 21st Century Skills for Learning and Assessment
Madhumita Bhattacharya; Mahnaz Moallem
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 4044–4055
This paper describes the complex 21st century skills and provides an analysis of those skills. We need to develop new sets of taxonomies to be able create appropriate learning environments and provide learning experiences for the students in 21st...
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Instructional Technologists at Public Schools: A Study of the Role and Effectiveness of Technology Resource Teachers
Mahnaz Moallem; Suzanne Micallef
Selected Research and Development Presentations at the 1996 National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology 1997 (1997)
Human resource positions that are becoming known as Technology Coordinator (for district-level personnel) and Technology Resource Teacher (for school-level personnel) have been created to help integrate technology into classroom instruction. This...
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Applying Motivational Design Tactics and Strategies to a Self-directed Online Professional Development Course
Chapin Brinegar; Mahnaz Moallem
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 478–483
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of motivational design tactics and strategies on adult learners’ perception and learning in a professional development online self-directed course. Specifically, it attempted to answer the...
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Localization and Globalization of Learning
Madhumita Bhattacharya; Mahnaz Moallem
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 4352–4354
With the technological advancements movements of ideas, technologies and products across borders influence both local and ‘global’ ideas and practices. Recent scholarships on globalization propose more complex models of interconnectedness and...
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Changing Trends in Culture and Learning: Its Impact on Cognition
Madhumita Bhattacharya; Mahnaz Moallem
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 1288–1289
This paper explores the impact of emerging technology on cultural and social aspects of human cognition. Authors argue that internalized cultural values could influence technology appropriation and could explain differences in cognition and human...
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The Impact of Personalized Learning on Motivation in Online Learning
Anne Pemberton; Mahnaz Moallem
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 907–914
Online learning in higher education continues to grow yet there are concerns about attrition and lack of student success in online environments. Motivation is one factor that has been identified as a critical issue in relation to learners’ success,...
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Interaction in Online Learning: A Comparative Study on the Impact of Communication Tools on Student Learning, Motivation, Self-regulation, and Satisfaction
Mahnaz Moallem; Raymond Pastore; Florence Martin
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2286–2306
The emergence of the newer web synchronous conferencing has provided the opportunity for high level of students to students and students instructor interaction in web-based learning environments. However, it is not clear whether absence or presence...
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Emerging Technologies in Learning: Impact on Cognition and Culture
Madhumita Bhattacharya; Nada Mach; Mahnaz Moallem
(2011) pp. 1–332
This book encompasses the technological influence on learning and cognition from a cultural prospective. It weaves together different kinds of learning technologies with the thread of cultural diversity to meet local and global educational needs...
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Editing an Electronic Book in Virtual Team: Our Journey
Madhumita Bhattacharya; Nada Mach; Mahnaz Moallem
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) p. 2569
This paper reveals an in-depth exploration of the issues that arise while working on a multi-editor and multi-author book using electronic media for communication. It discusses every aspect of the process of editing a book from generating ideas to...
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Integrating Wireless Computer Technology into Classroom Instruction
Mahnaz Moallem; Hengameh Kermani; Sue-Jen Chen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1398–1401
The wireless computer technology offers a convenient environment for teachers to integrate PDAs into traditional classroom instruction to promote teaching and learning. This paper describes how handheld computers were incorporated into the design...
Topics: Instructional Design, Assessment, Interaction, Teaching Methods, Classrooms
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Handheld, Wireless Computers: Can They Improve Learning and Instruction?
Mahnaz Moallem; Hengameh Kermani; Sue-Jen Chen
Computers in the Schools Vol. 22, No. 3 (Jan 11, 2006) pp. 93–106
Reports show that handheld, wireless computers, once used by business professionals to keep track of appointments, contacts, e-mail, and the Internet, have found their way into classrooms and schools across the United States. However, there has not...
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Knowing What Students Know: Assessments of Complex Skills in Global Economy & Fast Changing World
Mahnaz Moallem; Madhumita Bhattacharya; Mike Mimirinis
Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 397–399
In this panel session the panelists will debate and discuss the following issues:How and in what ways new technologies allow representation of knowledge in new ways? Can technologies such as three-dimensional models of phenomena, simulation of real...
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Sustainable approaches in developing an electronic book and beyond
Madhumita Bhattacharya; Nada Mach; Mahnaz Moallem
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 2655–2657
This panel session involves discussion about the e-book: Emerging technologies in Learning: The impact on cognition and culture which will be published by AACE. Audience will be introduce to different sections of the book which will initiate group...
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A Comparative Study on the Impact of Various Communication Tools on Student Learning, Motivation, Self-regulation, and Satisfaction
Mahnaz Moallem; Raymond Pastore; Florence Martin
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1519–1534
The emergence of the newer web synchronous conferencing has provided the opportunity for high level of students to students and students instructor interaction in web-based learning environments. However, it is not clear whether absence or presence...
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Potential of New Video Conferencing Tools for Bringing Distance & Online Learners to the Face-to-Face Classrooms: Bridging Physical Separation
Mahnaz Moallem; Florence Martin; Raymond Pastore
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 773–781
In this presentation we will share our experiences and best practices in combining live and on campus courses with online and distance education courses removing the physical separation between the two delivery systems. We will describe and show how ...
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Creating and Editing an Electronic Book: Challenges and Opportunities
Madhumita Bhattacharya; Nada Mach; Mahnaz Moallem
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1049–1050
Editing or publishing a book in interactive electronic format is challenging and requires careful decision making, long term planning and commitment to be successful. What does one would need to do to edit, author and publish an ebook successfully?...
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Using Squeak Etoys and Problem- Based Learning Pedagogy to Infuse Information Technology skills into the Core STEM Curriculum
Mahnaz Moallem; Shelby Morge; Gene A. Tagliarini; Sridhar Narayan
Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 592–601
The “Using Squeak to Infuse Information Technology (USeIT) is a NSF funded project. The project is designed to offer expanded Information Technology (IT) experiences to middle and high school students and teachers by exploiting the Squeak Etoys...
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Using an Open-Source Modeling and Simulation Tool to Transform Learning and Instruction
Shelby Morge; Mahnaz Moallem; Sridhar Narayan; Gene Tagliarini
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 2791–2794
This hands-on workshop will help participants learn about an open-source simulation and modeling tool -–Squeak Etoys--and its application for transforming learning and instruction. Participants will engage in using Squeak Etoys to construct dynamic...
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Innovative teaching and learning strategies and approaches for 21stC
Madhumita Bhattacharya; Nada Mach; Mahnaz Moallem; SiewMee Barton
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1051–1053
At the symposium presenters will introduce creative approaches to teaching through implementation and pedagogies, of curricula and contents to facilitate learning in the present era of technological advancement. They will emphasize the necessity...
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Rethinking Sexuality Education: A Web-based Solution
Tracy Scull; Christina Malik; Janis Kupersmidt; Mahnaz Moallem
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 2344–2348
Many adolescents do not receive accurate and complete sexual health education in middle school. There are many barriers to traditional teacher-led sexual health education including lack of sexual health training for educators. Using web-based, self-...
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Integrated STEM Teacher Education Programs: An Innovative Approach to Preparing 21st Century Workforce
Mahnaz Moallem; Sridhar Narayan; Gabriel Lugo; Amy Reamer; Gene Tagliarini
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1270–1277
This paper describes two uniquely designed integrated STEM undergraduate and graduate programs developed with support from the National Science Foundation. The programs are designed and developed to prepare the STEM workforce. The paper will...
Topics: Science Education, Workforce Education, Engineering Education
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Integrating Computational and Modeling Technology with Problem-based Learning to Improve Teaching and Learning in the Core STEM Curriculum
Mahnaz Moallem; Shelby Morge; Sridhar Narayan; Gene Tagliarini; Katharine Daniels
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 3319–3326
The “Using Squeak to Infuse Information Technology Project (USeIT)” is a NSF funded project. The project is designed to offer expanded Information Technology (IT) experiences to middle and high school students and teachers by exploiting the Squeak...
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Using Squeak Etoys to Integrate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Wesley Williams; Elizabeth Snead; Shelby Morge; Sridhar Narayan; Gene Tagliarini; Mahnaz Moallem; Karen Hill
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 3650–3656
Information technology (IT) skills consistent with the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S) are often not well integrated with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) course content. As a result, students...
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Emerging Technologies in Learning: Its Impact on Cognition and Culture, Part 2
Madhumita Bhattacharya; Mahnaz Moallem; Nada L, Mach; Tanmoy Bhattacharya; Pithamber Polsani; Mike Mimirinis; Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 4255–4258
This symposium will be based on the concept of writing an edited book. Editors, chapter authors and peer reviewers will work in collaboration towards the publication of this book. Papers presented at the symposium will provide an overview of the...
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Emerging Technologies in Learning: Its Impact on Cognition and Culture, Part 1
Madhumita Bhattacharya; Mahnaz Moallem; Nada L, Mach; Tanmoy Bhattacharya; Pithamber Polsani; Mike Mimirinis; Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 4255–4254
This symposium will be based on the concept of writing an edited book. Editors, chapter authors and peer reviewers will work in collaboration towards the publication of this book. Papers presented at the symposium will provide an overview of the...
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Integrating Computing and Mathematics Education Using Simulation and Modeling
Mahnaz Moallem; Shelby Morge; Sridhar Narayan; Chris Gordon; Gene Tagliarini; Melissa Smith
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 64–71
The purpose of this paper is to report the results of an innovative approach to teaching and learning mathematics in middle grades. INCOME – Integrating Computing and Mathematics Education--a funded project by Department of Education-- is a...