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The Interactive Staff Development Model: Year One of a Three Year Arizona Enhancing Education Through Technology Grant
Gary Tucker
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2239–2241
In August of 2002, the Graham County Education Consortium (a consortium of 8 very rural Arizona K-12 school districts), Eastern Arizona College and Northern Arizona University were awarded a three year Enhancing Education Through Technology Grant. ...
Topics: Interaction, Educational Technology, Leadership, Schools
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Use of Interactive Internet Software in Distance Education for Preservice Science Methods
Gary R. Tucker
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1996 (1996) pp. 318–319
Research on activity-oriented, inquiry-based elementary science programs show that these programs are very success ful in developing content mastery and higher order thinking skills as well as science processes (Elsner & Elsner,
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Teaching a Hands-on Technology Class in the Distance Education Environment
Gary R. Tucker
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 98–99
In the fall of 1994, the Center for Excellence at Northern Arizona University began an experimental program of offering the complete course work required for elementary teacher certification via Interactive Instructional Television (IITV) on NAUnet. ...
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The Multimedia Content Development Company: The Evolution of a Hands-On Technology Integration Course for Preservice Teachers
Gary Tucker; Becky Willis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 1328–1333
This article describes a strategy for modeling the integration of technology in the curriculum of ETC 447, Technology in the Classroom, a required course for preservice lementary educators at Northern Arizona University. Preservice teachers engage...
Topics: Classrooms
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Developing an E-Learning Strategy in Higher Education
Jan Tucker; Gary Gentry
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2702–2707
Budget cuts, socioeconomic pressures and an increasing demand for flexible market-led curriculum are key challenges facing Higher Education Institutions. Without an e-learning program and strategies for its implementation, these institutions may be ...
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The Integration of Technology Into A Constructivist Curriculum: Beyond PowerPoint ®
Gary Tucker; Ann Batchelder
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2000 (2000) pp. 2467–2472
For teachers who are at the moment in the objectivist's camp, technology usually becomes a tool for a more effective way of transmitting knowledge. In this context, the integration of technology usually takes the form of some type of PowerPoint ®...
Topics: Teachers, Integration, Learning Objects
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Examining an Interactive Model of Learning For
Gary Tucker; Ann Batchelder
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 883–886
One of the principal challenges to the universities of the future is the changing nature of the student body. The term ‘lifelong learner’ is now part of the vocabulary of modern day society. It describes the need for people to continue their...
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Collaborative Learning and the Online Learner: Do Those Who Choose Online Delivery Want Collaborative Learning?
Michael Blocher; Gary Tucker
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2405–2409
When the courses were designed for the online Masters Degree in Educational Technology at Northern Arizona University, they were designed with various approaches that require collaboration among the students. This approach in online course design...
Topics: Educational Technology, Collaboration
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Designing a Graduate Educational Technology Course For a New Kind of Learning: Distributive Constructionism in Practice
Ann Batchelder; Gary Tucker
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 610–612
This paper examines how distributed constructionism was used in designing a graduate course in Contexts of Educational Technology, how that course design was implemented, and how both the instructor and the students in the pilot class reported the ...
Topics: Educational Technology, Students
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From E-Learning to T-Learning: How Creating Online Programs is Transforming a University
Gary R Tucker
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 202–208
From a review of literature, Coomey and Stephenson (2001) identified four major themes that are embedded in four different teacher-learner paradigms. Using a modified version of the Coomey-Stevens paradigms with their associated themes, the teacher-...
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Using Constructionist Principals In Designing And Integrating Online Collaborative Interactions
J. Michael Blocher; Gary Tucker
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 138–143
This paper describes a study that took an action research approach to investigate learners' experience using CMC to engage in a collaborative project in an online learning environment. Communication messages were archived for analysis and a post...
Topics: Interaction, Educational Technology, Communication, Collaboration
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Evaluation of an Integrated Constructionist Model for Meaningful Online Learning
J. Michael Blocher; Shadow Armfield; Gary Tucker
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 917–918
Abstract: To facilitate this meaningful learning in an online course the course was designed around a model based on the Constructionist Learning Theory. The Integrated Constructionist Model that was implemented was initially developed in a face-to...
Topics: Social Studies
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IThe Immersive Literature Initiative: Using Video Game Technology to Create Holistic Learning Experiences
Gary Tucker; Jonathan Wade; Doug Darby
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 2119–2123
In the Spring of 2004, a Colloquium was began entitled "Interactive Art" with the focus to use video game technology as a tool to explore the aesthetic and philosophical questions related to the creation of "narrative art" using a technique of...
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Using a Brain Research Based Learning Cycle Model to Engage the Online Learner
Gary Tucker; Rodney Ashlock; Kyle Dickson
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 635–638
The Adams Center for Teaching Excellence and the College of Biblical Studies at Abilene Christian University were given the challenge of placing the course: Message of the Old Testament online. The challenge was compounded by the fact it was: (1) a...
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A New Generation Online Program: Launching a Totally New Online Educational Leadership Master’s Degree
Gary R Tucker; Lloyd Goldsmith; Donnie Snider
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 518–522
In March of 2006, the Phi Delta Kappan did a special section on Educating Leaders for Tomorrow's Schools. The focus of this special section was that university-based educational leadership preparation programs range from "inadequate to appalling."...
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Developing a Hybrid Site-Based Distance Delivered Introductory Hands-on Technology Course
Shadow Armfield; Michael Blocher; Gary Tucker
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 541–542
The College of Education at Northern Arizona University began a program to make available to Navajo, Hopi and other rural Native Americans an alternative site-based teacher certification program. This introduced some unique issues and challenges for ...
Topics: Educational Technology, Video, Students
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Teaching a Hands-on Technology Class in the Distance Education Environment
Gary R. Tucker; Northern Arizona University
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 98–99
In the fall of 1994, the Center for Excellence at Northern Arizona University began an experimental program of offering the complete course work required for elementary teacher certification via Interactive Instructional Television (IITV) on NAUnet. ...
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A Comprehensive Formative Evaluation of an Online Master’s Program
Gary Tucker; Laura Sujo de Montes; Elizabeth Willis; Michael Blocher
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 910–912
This paper discusses the importance of conducting formative evaluations. The Master's of Education in Educational Technology at Northern Arizona University is a young online program in its second year of implementation. Because online degree...
Topics: Educational Technology
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A Study of Faculty Perceptions to the Integration of Systems Thinking in the Teacher Preparation Program at Northern Arizona University
Gary Tucker; Laura Sujo de Montes; Becky Willis; Michael Blocher
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 755–761
This paper is a report on a study done at the Center for Excellence in Education at Northern Arizona University. In 1984, the Center was created on a concept of moving away from the typical hierarchical structure of a college of education toward a...
Topics: Learning Disabilities
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Technology in Arizona: A Summary of the Report to the Arizona Board of Regents
Jennifer LeCrone; Gary Tucker; Elizabeth M. Willis; Penelope Wong; Paul Rowland
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2459–2464
The significance of technology in today's society is self-evident. What is less clear is how to ensure that today's children, the workforce of the future, will have the technological literacy and skills to successfully function and support our...
Topics: Learning Objects, Schools
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From the Thinking Board to NCATE/ISTE: How to Grow an Online Graduate Program
Laura Sujo de Montes; Elizabeth Willis; J. Michael Blocher; Gary Tucker; Cathy Gunn
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 3157–3160
What happens when similar-thinking faculty provide a "shared intelligence" to create a new program? How is knowledge building impacted when it is designed to be technology mediated? This panel presentation brings faculty from a southwestern...