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Learning in Online and Desktop Video Conferencing Courses: Are Some Students Plugged In and Tuned Out?
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2002:1 , 2002
Karen McFerrin, NSU, USA; Paula Furr, Northwestern State University College of Liberal Arts, USA
According to research conducted in two studies examining incidental learning activity within a complex of asynchronous online courses and compressed desktop video courses at a mid-sized university, incidental learning outcomes not identified as part ...
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Writing Matters: Do Your Graduate Students Make the Grade?
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2004:1 , 2004
Steve Horton, Paula Furr & Karen McFerrin, Northwestern State University, USA
Students in teacher education graduate programs are generally expected to be competent writers. Online courses magnify the need for effective writing skills. This paper addresses the needs of graduate students at an open admissions university who...
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Is Anybody Listening? Inherent but Typically Ignored Problems in Distance Learning
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2001:1 , 2001
Paula Furr & Ron McBride, Northwestern State Univ., USA
Desktop Video Conferencing (DVC) is one of newest evolutions indelivering distance learning courses. This paper reports on findings of an ethnographic study conducted in spring 2000 at a mid-sized university thatunderscored the importance of...
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Teaching Lower-level and Introductory Courses Online
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2003:1 , 2003
Karen McFerrin, Steve Horton, Mike Hawkins, Mary Nell Lott & Paula Furr, Northwestern State University (LA), USA
Much of the experience with successful online instruction has involved graduate-level courses. When providing online instruction for college freshmen, including education majors, student attributes for online success cannot be automatically assumed. ...
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Linking Technology and Learning for Successful Online Training
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2003:1 , 2003
Paula Furr, Frank Fuller, Robert Gillan, Ron McBride & Karen McFerrin, Northwestern State University (LA), USA
This paper is a description of the lesson learned in the design and implementation of two successful grants dealing with online staff development activities. In the first initiative, NSU's Education faculty and its Middle Laboratory School staff...
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Technology's Unintended Consequences: Intentional Lessons Needed to Prepare Teachers and Students
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005:1 , 2005
Paula Furr, Steve Horton & Karen McFerrin, Northwestern State University, USA
Technology has the power to change the way we live, learn, work, and interact. History is replete with lessons about technology's non-neutrality and its often unanticipated uses and consequences. As teacher education programs assess and redesign...
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A Structured Analysis of Graduate Students’ Online Writing Skills
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2006:1 , Mar 19, 2006
Barbara Duchardt, Northwestern State University College of Education, USA; Paula Furr, Northwestern State University Department of Journalism, USA; Steven G. Horton, Northwestern State University Graduate Studies and Research, USA; Karen McFerrin, Northwestern State University College of Education, USA
Graduate students in teacher education programs are generally expected to be competent writers, with online courses or online components of a face-to-face course magnifying their writing abilities. This paper addresses the results of a content...
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A Special Need: Online Modules to Supplement Traditional Special Education Teacher Ed Instruction
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2007:1 , Mar 26, 2007
Barbara Duchardt, Northwestern State University College of Education, USA; Paula F. Furr, Northwestern State University Department of Journalism, USA; Karen McFerrin & Gloria Smith, Northwestern State University College of Education, USA; Steven G. Horton, Northwestern State University Graduate Studies and Research, USA
Traditional teacher education programs are limited in their flexibility to offer substantial instruction in special education methodology because of state-mandated program lengths and general education requirements. The result can be a lack of...
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Learning from a Student with Asperger’s Syndrome: A Multimedia Case Study for Teacher and Student Success
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2008:1 , Mar 03, 2008
Paula Furr, Barbara Duchardt & Karen McFerrin, Northwestern State University, USA
In addition to the definition and characteristics of Asperger's, recent research has examined educational and behavioral strategies for students with Asperger's that support teacher and student success in the classroom. This multimedia case study of ...
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Quality Matters: Designing, Implementing and Assessing Alternate Certification Programs
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2009:1 , Mar 02, 2009
Karen McFerrin, Barbara Duchardt, Paula F. Furr, Steven G. Horton & Vickie Gentry, Northwestern State University, USA
<i>Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Online Courses in Alternate Certification Programs</i> describes the creation or redesigning, implementing, assessing, and offering of all courses in an Alternative Certification, Master of Arts in Teaching (...
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NetGens and Social Media: Educating Teacher Candidates
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2010:1 , Mar 29, 2010
Paula Furr, Karen McFerrin, Steve Horton & Darlene Williams, Northwestern State University, USA
Using social networks to communicate has become the norm for typical teacher candidates ages 18-24. Such communication has both positive and negative consequences. Instant communication and sense of community are positives, whereas sexting, cyber...
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From Failing to Effective Schools: Louisiana's School Turnaround Specialist Program
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2010:1 , Mar 29, 2010
Vickie Gentry, Wendell Wellman, Nelda Wellman, Paula Furr, Kimberly McAlister & Martha Rhymes, Northwestern State University, USA; Ben LaGrone, NSU Middle Lab School, USA
A public institution of higher education in northwest-central Louisiana was selected as a regional provider for a Louisiana School Turnaround Specialist Program. Focused on turning around academically low performing schools, the program is a...
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A Content Analysis of Initial Teacher Preparastion Education Course Syllabi: The Integration of NETS*T
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2012:1 , Mar 05, 2012
Karen McFerrin, Paula Furr & Sang-Hoon Park, Northwestern State University, USA
An investigation into the use and implementation of technology in initial teacher preparation education programs in a rural four year public university’s College of Education and Human Development is being conducted through a content analysis of all ...
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