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Victoria Brown
Florida Atlantic University
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Victoria Brown
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Scaling up While Maintaining Quality in Online Degree Development
Victoria Brown
Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration Vol. 21, No. 3 (2018)
Lower enrollments in the freshman class are forcing institutions to make decisions about how to scale the processes for creating distance learning degrees. However, the scaling up in the migration of face-to-face degrees to online degrees does not...
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Supporting Students with Attention Deficit Disorder in Online Learning Environments
Victoria Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 4176–4180
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify challenges students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) experience in a web based course delivery model and what accommodations or strategies were used by the individuals to...
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The Power of Powerpoint: Is It in the User or the Program?
Victoria Brown
Childhood Education Vol. 83, No. 4 (2007)
PowerPoint is widely used for a variety of purposes in today's university and public school classrooms. Many children in the elementary grades quickly learn to prepare PowerPoint presentations with ease. Sometimes, however, we believe that...
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Changing Demographics of Online Courses
Victoria Brown
Optimizing Learning with Digital Readers Vol. 8, No. 4 (April 2011) pp. 460–467
Professors of online courses often consider the type of learning styles the students may have when designing online learning opportunities. This study explored different issues that may impact the learning styles of learners who self-select online...
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Changing Demographics of Online Students
Victoria Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 250–253
Designers often consider the type of learning styles the students may have when designing online learning opportunities. This study explores different issues that may be impacting the type of learners self-selecting online courses. The Grasha...
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Evaluating Technology to Prevent Academic Integrity Violations in Online Environments
Victoria Brown
Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration Vol. 21, No. 1 (2018)
Protection of academic integrity in online environments can be challenging. Understanding how the technology works and concerns about each of the methods for monitoring online interactions can assist in the selection of the best proctoring tools....
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See through Glass to the Future of Education
Allison Berger; Victoria Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3831–3835
Glass, an everyday material found in every home and school, now finds new life as part of some of the most cutting-edge technology available. Through their invention of Gorilla Glass®, Corning Glass Works has introduced a new type of glass that is...
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The Personal Web: Emerging and Evolving Uses for Extant and Developing Technology
David Wood; Victoria Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 2902–2904
Abstract: “The Personal Web” is an aggregate, holistic term referring to both a broad collection of new web-based tools and an emerging perspective about the internet and its uses. Many of the individual technologies that make up The Personal Web...
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Individuals with ADHD and the Cognitive Processing of Multimedia
David Lewis; Victoria Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 4645–4649
Abstract: Individuals with attention deficit disorder experience dysfunction within two working memory subsystems: the phonological loop and the visuospatial sketchpad. With phonological memory functioning better than visuospatial memory, the...
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Increasing College Students' Engagement and Success Rates in Developmental Mathematics with Web-Based Technologies
Mario Toussaint; Victoria Brown
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 658–664
Constructivism is a theory of knowledge which asserts that learners generate new knowledge from their own experiences. When applied to a classroom setting, constructivism suggests that the learners must be actively engaged with the material in order ...
Topics: Constructivist Perspectives, interactive learning environments, cooperative/collaborative learning
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Mobile Augmented Reality as an Emerging Technology in Education
Patricia Smith; Victoria Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3362–3365
Augmented Reality is a digital layer of information overlaid on a real environment. Although augmented reality applications have existed for many years, the increased capabilities of mobile media devices have led to the development of mobile...
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Educational Video Games: Impact on Students’ Performance in Mathematics.
Mario Toussaint; Victoria Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 2758–2762
In this study, the researchers plan to investigate how educational video games affect students’ achievement, their motivation to learn mathematical concepts, and their attitudes towards mathematics learning in intermediate algebra courses. Both...
Topics: Achievement, mathematics education, Mathematics, Educational Technology, Attitudes
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Digital Paper: The Possibilities
Randy Lisk; Victoria Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 1973–1976
Digital paper is a new writing technology that revisits how information is written and transmitted. An explanation of how this technology works and educational application of the digital paper are described.
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One-stop shop student support services: A journey toward implementation
Gladys Arome; Victoria Brown
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2015 (Oct 19, 2015) p. 52
Student retention continues to be the driving force for institutional student support services initiatives. Although student support mechanisms have improved over the years, learners requirements have not changed, they still require the same quality ...
Topics: Content Development, eLearning
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QR Codes: A Quick Response for Education
Jeanne Kossey; Victoria Brown
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3676–3680
Quick Response (QR) codes are two-dimensional barcodes which can be scanned with web-enabled mobile devices. These codes connect directly to a web site, video, phone number, or text message, providing instance access to information resources...
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SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SaaS): REVOLUTIONIZING SOFTWARE DELIVERY THROUGH THE CLOUD
Victoria Brown; Kristina Bielskus-Barone
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 3836–3840
Software as a Service (SaaS) is a new model of software on demand that harnesses the power of Cloud computing to provide seamless, 24 X 7 X 365 computing to organizations through the Internet. Housed on remote servers, this scalable technology is...
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Developing Online Student Support Services
Victoria (Vicki) Brown; Joshton Strigle
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 230–237
With the growth of online students at higher educational institutions, concerns emerged about the student support services offered and if those services meet the needs of the online students. Online support is a complex issue as the services are...
Topics: Distance/Flexible Education
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Students’ Perception of Quality across Course Development Models
Victoria Brown; David Lewis; Mario Toussaint
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 166–171
: Distance learning courses were taught online and grouped based upon the course development model. Students’ perception of course quality was compared given four course development models: 1) by faculty using a training course, 2) instructional...
Topics: Distance/Flexible Education
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A Faculty’s Perspective and Use of Plagiarism Detection Software
Victoria Brown; Nancy Robin; Robin Jordan
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 1946–1948
Turnitin has become a popular software tool for identifying plagiarism. With the increase usage of the program, several concerns have been voiced about the ethical use of Turnitin in the classroom. Through a survey, faculty members' perspective of...
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Education Applications of 3D Technology
Aritra Ghosh; Victoria Brown; Shihong Huang
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 426–436
Online learning has become an integral part of higher education. Although it is an extension of distance learning, the medium requires new modes of presentation and interaction to ensure high quality and student motivation. Virtual Reality (VR) has...
Topics: Games & Simulations
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Engaging Students in Lecture Presentations through PowerPoint Presentations
Victoria Brown; Betty Hubschman; Karol Yeatts
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1123–1127
The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of the availability of PowerPoint presentations from individual computers in a lab setting upon students' metacognitive interaction with lecture material and their affective motivation to attend to...
Topics: Computers, Interaction, Students
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The Technology Outlook for STEM+ Education 2012-2017: An NMC Horizon Report Sector Analysis
Larry Johnson; Samantha Brown; Malcolm Cummins; Victoria Estrada
(2012) pp. 1–23
The Technology Outlook for STEM+ Education 2012-2017 reflects a collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium (NMC), the Centro Superior para la Enseñanza Virtual (CSEV), Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Control at the...
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Subtitles in a Multimedia Learning Environment: The Interplay of Recall, Transfer, and Perceived Mental Effort for Students with Attention-Deficit Symptoms
Victoria Brown; Jillian Powers; Mario Toussaint; David Lewis
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 29, No. 2 (April 2020) pp. 133–150
The use of subtitles within multimedia presentations is a common practice to develop accessible instructional materials for individuals with disabilities. However, due to various deficits in cognitive processing, individuals with symptoms of...
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How Professional Development Choices Influence Faculty Self-Efficacy and Attitudes in the Adoption of Distance Learning Tools
Victoria Brown; Jillian Powers; Ann Musgrove; Daria Olden
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2020 (Apr 07, 2020) pp. 389–394
Strategic plans to increase online student enrollment and distance learning (DL) enrollment are driving professional development centers to change their approach to faculty preparation for designing, developing, and facilitating online courses. As...