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Understanding the social context for online learning
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2002:1 , 2002

Melanie Zibit, Boston College, USA

The world of online learning is fascinating and so different from face to face. What are its characteristics? What kind of learning works best in these environments? And how do you take advantage of these characteristics when you are designing your...

Online Professional Development – lessons learned
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2002:1 , 2002

Melanie Zibit Goldman, Boston College, USA

Over the three years of the MSTelementoring project we experienced success as well as difficulties fostering online learning with inservice teachers. "MSTelementoring", funded by the National Science Foundation, is an online professional development ...

Bridging the distance between research and practice: Creating a community of practice for piloting an educational simulation.
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2004:1 , 2004

Melanie Zibit, Boston College, USA; David Gibson, Vermont Institutes & National Institute for Community Innovations, USA

Projects and organizations that want to deploy new e-learning tools find it helpful to bridge research, development and practice by piloting with users to learn what works, what needs adapting, and how to create support systems for full scale...

Sustaining the gains on an urban technology project in lean times
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2004:1 , 2004

Melanie Zibit, Boston College, USA

This is the story of a three year PT3 technology project between a university and an urban school – the hurdles we overcame to use technology, the successes, and the difficulties we now face to have the school take ownership of the project and...

Mathemagica – online professional development that puts the magic in mathematics
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2003:1 , 2003

Melanie Zibit, Boston College, USA

How can we help teachers, who grew up learning mathematics through memorization and rules, teach by knowing mathematical ideas and procedures so well that they can explain them skillfully in more than one way and at a level students can understand....

What online facilitators say is difficult - experiences from Mathemagica online professional development
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2003:1 , 2003

Melanie Zibit, Boston College, USA

What would a moderator say were the most challenging things about online moderating and how would s/he handle it? This presentation will talk about some core challenges for moderators based on experiences described by moderators in an innovative...

Teachers sharing and learning online - an innovative professional development model
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2000:1 , 2000

Melanie Zibit Goldman, Boston College, USA

"MSTelementoring" is an innovative, online professional development project for K-12 teachers in central New York State. The focus of the project is on changing teacher practice to more inquiry methods in math and science and technology. Teachers...

Dilemmas we faced in online professional development
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2003:1 , 2003

Melanie Zibit, Boston College, USA

Online professional development fosters teacher collaboration and professional growth. But those involved in implementing programs are aware of the subtle complexities and the difficulty of balancing all its dimensions. From my experience building...

Telementoring for Literacy to Cross the Digital Divide
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2003:1 , 2003

Audrey Friedman, Meca Coote & Melanie Zibit, Boston College, USA

This presentation describes the hurdles of a telementoring project between Boston College and urban Brighton High School. As part of BC?s PT3 program literacy education students telementor low-performing 9th graders in writing.. Urban schools...

Let’s Play: The role and value of games and simulations in education!, Part 1
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005:1 , 2005

Michael Searson, Kean University, USA; Bill Halverson, Educational Consultant, USA; Robert McLaughlin, National Institute for Community Innovations, USA; Calin Cazan, Graphic Designer, Romania; Ann DeMarle, Champlain College, USA; Joel Foreman, George Mason University, USA; Peggy Benton, San Francisco State University, USA; Melanie Zibit, Boston College, USA; David Gibson, SimSchool, USA; Debra Sprague, George Mason University, USA

A diverse group of educators will present an array of perspectives on the role and value of games and simulations as educational tools. Papers will include the "Characteristics and Functions of Games," "What Educators Can Learn from Game Developers?"...

Let’s Play: The role and value of games and simulations in education!, Part 2
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005:1 , 2005

Michael Searson, Kean University, USA; Bill Halverson, Educational Consultant, USA; Robert McLaughlin, National Institute for Community Innovations, USA; Calin Cazan, Graphic Designer, Romania; Ann DeMarle, Champlain College, USA; Joel Foreman, George Mason University, USA; Peggy Benton, San Francisco State University, USA; Melanie Zibit, Boston College, USA; David Gibson, SimSchool, USA; Debra Sprague, George Mason University, USA

A diverse group of educators will present an array of perspectives on the role and value of games and simulations as educational tools. Papers will include the "Characteristics and Functions of Games," "What Educators Can Learn from Game Developers?"...

Steering Toward Others: Emergent Strategies for Facilitating in Practice-Based Learning Communities
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005:1 , 2005

Stephanie Feger, Education Alliance at Brown University, USA; Melanie Zibit, Boston College, USA

Abstract: This paper examines strategies used by online facilitators supporting professional learning in K-12 mathematics. Based on a technique for analyzing text messages in online courses, we assess levels of teaching presence (Anderson, Rourke,...

Inside SimSchool – A simulated environment to understand how students learn
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005:1 , 2005

Melanie Zibit, SimSchool PT3 Project - Boston College, USA; David Gibson, SimSchool PT3 Project - Vermont Institutes, USA

When you watch a chef cook, you can see the process, but when you watch a teacher, the decision making process is internal, making it difficult for an aspiring or novice teacher to connect what the expert teacher does and how students respond....

simSchool - a Virtual Practicum
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2006:1 , Mar 19, 2006

Melanie Zibit Melanie & Bill Halverson, simSchool, USA

simSchool is an exciting new way to prepare teachers to improve student learning. simSchool is a computer simulation where teachers virtually practice their teaching and classroom management skills within a fun and safe educational simulation - game ...

simSchool - Today's Preservice Students Prepare for Tomorrow's Classrooms
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2006:1 , Mar 19, 2006

Melanie Zibit, SimSchool PT3 Project, USA; David Gibson, simSchool PT3 - Vermont Institutes, USA; Bill Halverson, simSchool PT3, USA

Forces are buffeting today's schools and institutions, impacting teachers' abilities in the classroom. Too many new teachers enter the classroom unprepared to make decisions and manage a classroom of 24-31 students, in part due to teacher...

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