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The researchers in this study undertook development of a webquest evaluation rubric and investigated its reliability. The rubric was created using the strengths of the currently available webquest rubrics with improvements based on the comments...

If parents understand what’s going on in the classroom and what’s expected of them and the students, they will be more able to help their child at home and will feel more comfortable with the teacher and the teaching methods employed (Ludwig, 1999). ...

Two Course Management Systems were compared during this study, BlackBoard 7.0 (updated to 8.0 during study) (BlackBoard, 2009) and Moodle 1.9 (Moodle 2009). These CMS’s were used during an Educational Technology course. The researchers investigated...

The researchers in this study undertook development of a webquest evaluation rubric and investigated its reliability. The rubric was created using the strengths of the currently available webquest rubrics and made improvements based on the comments...

This study investigates and reports the first time experiences of mobile device users accessing the course materials on both the web and mobile version of course management system (Web Moodle & Mobile Moodle) during an online course offered at the...

While the entire QM online course design process is faculty-centered, it does not include the actual users of the online and hybrid courses - students - in any of the steps. The authors of this study investigated students’ point of view on the...

The purpose of this paper is to (1) introduce how an institution developed, tested, and refined a web application that helps tracking the determination of field placements and the diversity of student populations present at each setting, (2) how...

596 users participated in the study conducted to find out about uses of the web application, ZUNAL, and to identify users’ conceptions of the advantages and disadvantages of using WebQuests for classroom instruction. Findings from the study support...

This article describes exploratory findings on the use of an online tool for integrating case studies in multicultural education course. The authors created the online application and the case studies. Graduate and undergraduate students in a...

This study reports how a face-to-face case based classroom management instruction is transferred to web-based environment using an online tool and how this tool is used to help prospective teachers (a) vicariously experience real-life dilemmas that...

42 preservice teachers have created their online portfolios during the 13 weeks of Educational Technology Course using ZPortfolio during fall 2007 semester. The study investigated perceptions of preservice teachers on building electronic portfolios...

A pilot test of the Moodle learning management system was conducted to teach online educational technology course in a Teacher Education Program at a Southern College during Fall 2008 semester. This study examined preservice teachers’ experiences...

Abstract: WebQuests, invented by Bernie Dodge and Tom March, have been used for many years by teacher educators at all levels as a tool for helping their students use the World Wide Web in a worthwhile way. The problem comes when we expect our...

The goal of this study is to report the results of a comparative usability study conducted in 2008-2009 on two different course management systems, BlackBoard and Moodle. 135 students enrolled in the fall 2008 and spring 2009 section of Introduction ...

WebQuests have been widely used by teachers to integrate technology into teaching and learning. Preservice teachers learn about WebQuests during their teacher education programs and studies support that they are mostly positive about the integration ...

Course Management Systems (CMS) are an increasingly important part of academic systems in higher education. When choosing a Course Management System for an educational institution, the usability of the system is the key to the effectiveness and...

Current literature provides many examples of rubrics that are used to evaluate the quality of web-quest designs. However, reliability of these rubrics has not yet been researched. This is the first study to fully characterize and assess the...

In online classes, most students are attracted by the convenience and flexibility of scheduling (Ryan 2001). However, the students' learning characteristics are unknown, making it difficult to design effective instruction. Therefore the first step...

This study sought to address some of the shortcomings in the literature on teacher websites by conducting an online survey of both teachers and parents of elementary schools regarding their beliefs about what is essential and ideal content for...

Educators love WebQuests. It has been the greatest idea of integrating Internet into the curriculum. However, it has also been identified that the learning part of how to publish a website is a serious obstacle for students, faculty, teachers or any ...