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New Stages: Challenges for Teaching the Aesthetics of Drama Online
Michael Anderson
Journal of Aesthetic Education Vol. 39, No. 4 (2005) pp. 119–131
The history of drama education can be read as a series of arguments over dichotomies: process and product, theatre and classroom, artist and teacher, and so forth. One of the more recent discussions has focused on technology versus live classroom...
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Using Video Games to Support Pre-Service Elementary Teachers Learning of Basic Physics Principles
Janice Anderson; Michael Barnett
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 20, No. 4 (August 2011) pp. 347–362
The purpose of this work is to share our findings in using video gaming technology to facilitate the understanding of basic electromagnetism with pre-service elementary teachers. To this end we explored the impact of using a game called ...
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e-PD: Blended Models of Sustaining Teacher Professional Development in Digital Literacies
Neil Anderson; Michael Henderson
E-Learning Vol. 1, No. 3 (2004) pp. 383–394
It is commonly agreed that professional development of teachers in the use of information and communication technologies should be sustained over time. Most professional development, however, is delivered in single or short sequences of face-to-face ...
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Skepticism to Success: Meeting Critical Workforce Needs Through Innovation and Collaboration
Margaret Anderson; Linda Maier; Michael Shepard
Online Learning Journal Vol. 14, No. 3 (Nov 20, 2010)
Health science degrees are in increasing demand at community and technical colleges and have traditionally been challenging to integrate into an asynchronous model. In an effort to meet workforce demand and the needs of working or place-bound...
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A Gateway Approach to Library System Networking
David A. Anderson; Michael T. Duggan
Information Technology and Libraries Vol. 6, No. 4 (1987) pp. 272–77
Describes a technique for accessing a library system with limited interconnectivity by connecting the system to a gateway machine that is a host in the local area network and evaluates the performance of an existing prototype that has been...
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Architecture Studio Archive: A Case Study in the Comprehensive Digital Capture and Repository of Student Design Work as an Aid to Teaching, Research, and Accreditation
Ross Anderson; Michael Arndell; Sten Christensen
Australian Academic & Research Libraries Vol. 40, No. 4 (December 2009) pp. 286–304
The "Architecture Studio Archive" pilot sought to form a comprehensive digital archive of the diverse student work conducted in the first year of the Bachelor of Design in Architecture Degree at the University of Sydney. The design studio is the...
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Distributed Learning in British Columbia: A Journey from Correspondence to Online Delivery
Tim Winkelmans; Barry Anderson; Michael Barbour
Journal of Open, Flexible, and Distance Learning Vol. 14, No. 1 (2010) pp. 6–28
Kindergarten to Year 12 distance education began in Canada in British Columbia, around 1919. This fi rst distance education was by correspondence. Canada’s fi rst online learning also began in British Columbia, about 15 years ago. Distance...
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The Effects of Internet Instruction, Prior Computer Experience, and Learning Style on Teachers' Internet Attitudes and Knowledge
Daniel K. Anderson; W Michael Reed
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 19, No. 3 (1998) pp. 227–46
Examines how the Field Independent/Dependent (FI/D) learning styles of 24 science and math teachers in West Virginia might relate to the teachers' attitudes toward the Internet. Research questions focused on the effect of an Internet-based workshop...
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Skepticism to Success: Meeting Critical Workforce Needs through Innovation and Collaboration
Margaret Anderson; Linda Maier; Michael Shepard
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 14, No. 3 (November 2010) pp. 60–67
To meet workforce demand and the needs of working or place-bound students, Whatcom Community College developed an online version of its existing face-to-face Physical Therapist Assistant program which became a model for other lab-based health...
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Upper Extremity Artificial Limb Control as an Issue Related to Movement and Mobility in Daily Living
Steve Wallace; David I. Anderson; Michael Trujillo; Douglas L. Weeks
Quest Vol. 57, No. 1 (February 2005) pp. 124–137
The 1992 NIH Research Planning Conference on Prosthetic and Orthotic Research for the 21st Century (Childress, 1992) recognized that the field of prosthetics lacks theoretical understanding and empirical studies on learning to control an upper...
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Two Places at Once: A Reality through Technology
Tim Smith; Elizabeth C. Anderson; Michael L. Brazfield; Steve Zsiray
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 45, No. 1 (2001) pp. 41–42
Describes videoconferencing using Sorensen EnVision, a hardware-accelerated desktop videoconferencing solution that allows low bandwidth communication using the Internet. Presents example of its use for conducting meetings and in a variety of...
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Educational Technology Research Journals: "Journal of Educational Computing Research," 2003-2012
Rob Nyland; Noelle Anderson; Tyler Beckstrom; Michael Boren; Rebecca Thomas; Richard E. West
Educational Technology Vol. 55, No. 2 (2015) pp. 43–48
This article analyzes articles published in the "Journal of Educational Computing Research" ("JECR") from 2003 to 2012. The authors analyzed the articles looking for trends in article types and methodologies, the most common...
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The Impact of Science Fiction Film on Student Understanding of Science
Michael Barnett; Heather Wagner; Anne Gatling; Janice Anderson; Meredith Houle; Alan Kafka
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 15, No. 2 (April 2006) pp. 179–191
Researchers who have investigated the public understanding of science have argued that fictional cinema and television has proven to be particularly effective at blurring the distinction between fact and fiction. The rationale for this study lies in ...
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Differential Effects of Learning Games on Mathematics Proficiency
Mido Chang; Michael A. Evans; Sunha Kim; Anderson Norton; Yavuz Samur
Educational Media International Vol. 52, No. 1 (2015) pp. 47–57
This study examined the effects of a learning game, [The Math App] on the mathematics proficiency of middle school students. For the study, researchers recruited 306 students, Grades 6-8, from two schools in rural southwest Virginia. Over a nine...
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Technology Helps Students Transcend Part-Whole Concepts
Anderson Norton; Jesse L. M. Wilkins; Michael A. Evans; Kirby Deater-Deckard; Osman Balci; Mido Chang
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School Vol. 19, No. 6 (February 2014) pp. 352–358
The authors introduce an educational video game (application, or "app"), "CandyFactory Educational Game," designed to promote students' development of partitive understanding of fractions while demonstrating the critical...
Topics: Students, Educational Technology
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The Effects of an Educational Video Game on Mathematical Engagement
Mido Chang; Michael A. Evans; Sunha Kim; Anderson Norton; Kirby Deater-Deckard; Yavuz Samur
Education and Information Technologies Vol. 21, No. 5 (2016) pp. 1283–1297
In an effort to maximizing success in mathematics, our research team implemented an educational video game in fifth grade mathematics classrooms in five schools in the Eastern US. The educational game was developed by our multi-disciplinary research ...