When we review President Lyndon B. Johnson's densely packed, 11-page appointments diary for A... more When we review President Lyndon B. Johnson's densely packed, 11-page appointments diary for August 4, 1964, we learn of both the attack on U.S. boats in the Gulf of Tonkin and the discovery of the bodies of three slain civil rights workers in Mississippi. In a recorded telephone conversation from that same day, we can hear Johnson trying to persuade a congressional delegation to pass the Poverty Bill when the White House operator breaks in, announcing Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, who tells the president about the attack near Vietnam. We can hear FBI officials tell Johnson about the discovery of the missing men, and Johnson asking that the announcement be held off until he had notified the families. At the end of the day, we can hear Lady Bird calling her husband "just to tell [him], I love you." ********** The human experience of presidential leadership-how events are never neatly laid out in particular order, how decisions have to be made in different context...
Differences between females and males in computer use have long been a concern. Over the past twe... more Differences between females and males in computer use have long been a concern. Over the past twenty years, the accessibility gap has closed and women’s use of the technology has equaled and in some cases surpassed men’s computer use. However, differences in patterns of use still remain. This study looked at underlying factors that may be involved in maintaining differences in use. Specifically, this study focused on differences in gender and gender role personality traits as they relate to microcomputer playfulness. Gender role personality traits are defined as the acceptance of stereotypic gender descriptors as applying to oneself according to the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ). The PAQ provides participants with ratings on the expressive (feminine) and instrumental (masculine) scales. The relationship between the scales yields the gender role personality traits expressive (high expressive, low instrumental), instrumental (low expressive, high instrumental), androgynous (...
Abstract The Presidential Timeline was designed and developed by the University of Texas at Austi... more Abstract The Presidential Timeline was designed and developed by the University of Texas at Austin Learning Technology Center in conjunction with the Presidential Libraries system of the National Archives. The site houses over 1500 digital objects from the 13 ...
This panel session explores the trends, issues, and challenges in the use of e-learning for teach... more This panel session explores the trends, issues, and challenges in the use of e-learning for teacher development in both developed and developing countries. The panel members from UNESCO, Russia, Canada, and the United States will share their views of the global context of elearning for teacher development and the major issues and challenges to be addressed in the effective use of e-learning for teacher development. The panel will discuss the global challenge of preparing 15-35 million teachers needed in the next 15 years to meet UNESCO's Education for All goals as set at the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal, in 2000. Panel members will present their views on major policy, organizational, financial, and planning issues related to effective use of e-learning for teacher development in both developed and developing countries.
... International Conference (SITE) 2010 San Diego, CA, USA March 29, 2010 ISBN 1-880094-78-9 Dav... more ... International Conference (SITE) 2010 San Diego, CA, USA March 29, 2010 ISBN 1-880094-78-9 David Gibson & Bernie Dodge AACE ... This interactive, fast moving panel session will draw participants into a lively discussion to heighten awareness of a range of equity and ...
Abstract Learners taking an online course often develop implicit expectations as to what they can... more Abstract Learners taking an online course often develop implicit expectations as to what they can expect from traditional classrooms. The purpose of this study was to determine student expectations of an online collaborative learning environment, as well as to examine how ...
Project CIRCLE, a project conducted by the University of Texas Learning Technology Center in coll... more Project CIRCLE, a project conducted by the University of Texas Learning Technology Center in collaboration with the Austin Independent School District and the Eanes Independent School District, explored the use of network-based tools to help change teacher practices toward more student-directed and constructivist approaches to learning. Through the use of groupware, the project developed collaborative knowledge-building communities within two high schools. The project demonstrated the efficacy of the tools to help foster collaboration within and between classrooms and the use of high school students as technology mentors for teachers. Topics discussed include: (1) project focus and specific goals--to establish a collaborative knowledge-building community of teachers and students in the school, to develop the CIRCLE model training program, and to develop a self-sustaining program of training and technology infusion in the schools; (2) the approach and tools for collaborative learning...
About the Authors. Preface: Digital Equity and the Future (with acknowledgements), Gwen Solomon. ... more About the Authors. Preface: Digital Equity and the Future (with acknowledgements), Gwen Solomon. Introduction: Educational Technology and Equity, Gwen Solomon and Nancy Allen. I. SETTING THE STAGE. 1. Creating Educational Access, Karin M. Wiburg and Julia F. Butler. 2. Barriers to Equity, Kathleen Fulton and Robert Sibley. 3. Factors of the Divide, Karin M. Wiburg, Rudolfo Chavez- Chavez, Jeanette Haynes Writer, Maria Mercado, Jim O'Donnell, Elissa Poel, and Paula Wolfe. II. POWER AND LITERACY 4. Empowering Individuals, Schools, and Communities, Joyce Pittman. 5. Defining Literacy for the 21st Century, Kevin Rocap. III. LEARNERS AND TECHNOLOGY. 6. Connections Across Culture, Demography and New Technologies, Henry T. Ingle. 7. Technologies and Native America: A Double-Edged Sword, Vivian Delgado. 8. Building Learning Communities, Amy Staples and Joyce Pittman. 9. Gender Issues or the Gender Divide, Lynne Schrum and Sandra Geisler. 10. Refocusing Curricula, Lynne Schrum and Bonnie...
This seminar explores the relevance and feasibility of networked communities for teacher developm... more This seminar explores the relevance and feasibility of networked communities for teacher development in developed as well as developing countries. The research was conducted in the context of a UNESCO policy and planning book addressing two challenges: preparing 15-25 million teachers needed in the next 15 years to meet UNESCO’s Education for All goal; and to address the challenge of increasing teacher competencies needed for the knowledge age. Networked communities are defined as webs of relationships that grow from computer-mediated discussions. The webs grow from conversations among people who share a common connection (e.g., teacher educators or teachers working in the same university, school, district, or discipline) and who may differ in other ways (e.g., teachers in different locations, specializing in different disciplines or pedagogies).
This paper describes a collaborative university seminar, CollabU, involving five North-American u... more This paper describes a collaborative university seminar, CollabU, involving five North-American universities in its first implementation in the Winter of 1999. In this report we emphasize the design process, the role of reflective practice, and the implications of the seminar for understanding emerging transformations in university learning, teaching, and scholarship.
When we review President Lyndon B. Johnson's densely packed, 11-page appointments diary for A... more When we review President Lyndon B. Johnson's densely packed, 11-page appointments diary for August 4, 1964, we learn of both the attack on U.S. boats in the Gulf of Tonkin and the discovery of the bodies of three slain civil rights workers in Mississippi. In a recorded telephone conversation from that same day, we can hear Johnson trying to persuade a congressional delegation to pass the Poverty Bill when the White House operator breaks in, announcing Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, who tells the president about the attack near Vietnam. We can hear FBI officials tell Johnson about the discovery of the missing men, and Johnson asking that the announcement be held off until he had notified the families. At the end of the day, we can hear Lady Bird calling her husband "just to tell [him], I love you." ********** The human experience of presidential leadership-how events are never neatly laid out in particular order, how decisions have to be made in different context...
Differences between females and males in computer use have long been a concern. Over the past twe... more Differences between females and males in computer use have long been a concern. Over the past twenty years, the accessibility gap has closed and women’s use of the technology has equaled and in some cases surpassed men’s computer use. However, differences in patterns of use still remain. This study looked at underlying factors that may be involved in maintaining differences in use. Specifically, this study focused on differences in gender and gender role personality traits as they relate to microcomputer playfulness. Gender role personality traits are defined as the acceptance of stereotypic gender descriptors as applying to oneself according to the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ). The PAQ provides participants with ratings on the expressive (feminine) and instrumental (masculine) scales. The relationship between the scales yields the gender role personality traits expressive (high expressive, low instrumental), instrumental (low expressive, high instrumental), androgynous (...
Abstract The Presidential Timeline was designed and developed by the University of Texas at Austi... more Abstract The Presidential Timeline was designed and developed by the University of Texas at Austin Learning Technology Center in conjunction with the Presidential Libraries system of the National Archives. The site houses over 1500 digital objects from the 13 ...
This panel session explores the trends, issues, and challenges in the use of e-learning for teach... more This panel session explores the trends, issues, and challenges in the use of e-learning for teacher development in both developed and developing countries. The panel members from UNESCO, Russia, Canada, and the United States will share their views of the global context of elearning for teacher development and the major issues and challenges to be addressed in the effective use of e-learning for teacher development. The panel will discuss the global challenge of preparing 15-35 million teachers needed in the next 15 years to meet UNESCO's Education for All goals as set at the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal, in 2000. Panel members will present their views on major policy, organizational, financial, and planning issues related to effective use of e-learning for teacher development in both developed and developing countries.
... International Conference (SITE) 2010 San Diego, CA, USA March 29, 2010 ISBN 1-880094-78-9 Dav... more ... International Conference (SITE) 2010 San Diego, CA, USA March 29, 2010 ISBN 1-880094-78-9 David Gibson & Bernie Dodge AACE ... This interactive, fast moving panel session will draw participants into a lively discussion to heighten awareness of a range of equity and ...
Abstract Learners taking an online course often develop implicit expectations as to what they can... more Abstract Learners taking an online course often develop implicit expectations as to what they can expect from traditional classrooms. The purpose of this study was to determine student expectations of an online collaborative learning environment, as well as to examine how ...
Project CIRCLE, a project conducted by the University of Texas Learning Technology Center in coll... more Project CIRCLE, a project conducted by the University of Texas Learning Technology Center in collaboration with the Austin Independent School District and the Eanes Independent School District, explored the use of network-based tools to help change teacher practices toward more student-directed and constructivist approaches to learning. Through the use of groupware, the project developed collaborative knowledge-building communities within two high schools. The project demonstrated the efficacy of the tools to help foster collaboration within and between classrooms and the use of high school students as technology mentors for teachers. Topics discussed include: (1) project focus and specific goals--to establish a collaborative knowledge-building community of teachers and students in the school, to develop the CIRCLE model training program, and to develop a self-sustaining program of training and technology infusion in the schools; (2) the approach and tools for collaborative learning...
About the Authors. Preface: Digital Equity and the Future (with acknowledgements), Gwen Solomon. ... more About the Authors. Preface: Digital Equity and the Future (with acknowledgements), Gwen Solomon. Introduction: Educational Technology and Equity, Gwen Solomon and Nancy Allen. I. SETTING THE STAGE. 1. Creating Educational Access, Karin M. Wiburg and Julia F. Butler. 2. Barriers to Equity, Kathleen Fulton and Robert Sibley. 3. Factors of the Divide, Karin M. Wiburg, Rudolfo Chavez- Chavez, Jeanette Haynes Writer, Maria Mercado, Jim O'Donnell, Elissa Poel, and Paula Wolfe. II. POWER AND LITERACY 4. Empowering Individuals, Schools, and Communities, Joyce Pittman. 5. Defining Literacy for the 21st Century, Kevin Rocap. III. LEARNERS AND TECHNOLOGY. 6. Connections Across Culture, Demography and New Technologies, Henry T. Ingle. 7. Technologies and Native America: A Double-Edged Sword, Vivian Delgado. 8. Building Learning Communities, Amy Staples and Joyce Pittman. 9. Gender Issues or the Gender Divide, Lynne Schrum and Sandra Geisler. 10. Refocusing Curricula, Lynne Schrum and Bonnie...
This seminar explores the relevance and feasibility of networked communities for teacher developm... more This seminar explores the relevance and feasibility of networked communities for teacher development in developed as well as developing countries. The research was conducted in the context of a UNESCO policy and planning book addressing two challenges: preparing 15-25 million teachers needed in the next 15 years to meet UNESCO’s Education for All goal; and to address the challenge of increasing teacher competencies needed for the knowledge age. Networked communities are defined as webs of relationships that grow from computer-mediated discussions. The webs grow from conversations among people who share a common connection (e.g., teacher educators or teachers working in the same university, school, district, or discipline) and who may differ in other ways (e.g., teachers in different locations, specializing in different disciplines or pedagogies).
This paper describes a collaborative university seminar, CollabU, involving five North-American u... more This paper describes a collaborative university seminar, CollabU, involving five North-American universities in its first implementation in the Winter of 1999. In this report we emphasize the design process, the role of reflective practice, and the implications of the seminar for understanding emerging transformations in university learning, teaching, and scholarship.
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