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Strengthening the working relationships among professional education faculty and between university personnel and cooperating teachers in the field are worthy goals. Time and distance, as well as busy workloads make ongoing interaction challenging...

The use of a wiki, specifically a Swiki, as a course/content management system provides a unique and low threshold web-based means of providing course content and information to one's students. The nature of a wiki facilitates the use of...

With the purpose of promoting the ongoing professional development and fostering of community within its members, the International Community of Christians in Teacher Education used the Plone content management system as a framework for publishing...

Effective and objective observations of student teachers is a vital component of a student's progress through a teacher education program. This case study monitors and follows the progress of 8 adjunct university supervisors as they implement the...

The potential of Linux in promoting low-cost and even free access to technology mandates that teacher educators familiarize themselves with the technology and the possibilities that exist to transform classrooms, schools, and districts. Linux serves ...

As wikis emerge as a mainstream collaborative web-based environment, teacher education faculty need guidelines regarding the best practices for using this technology. This paper aims to identify best practices and factors for the use of wikis in a...

The virtual world of Second Life is an immersive environment in which the participants create the world around them and can participate in rich, multimedia activities. The potential of Second Life should be evaluated for its effectiveness as a...

This poster presentation portrays the environmental and conceptual landscapes associated with a particular place within Second Life. This space is known as the Cedar Island community. According to Harrison and Dourish (1996), a place is generally...