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Emerging Marriage: One Story of Learning Sciences and Instructional Systems as a Possible Revisioned Future
Alison A. Carr-Chellman
Educational Technology Vol. 56, No. 1 (2016) pp. 32–35
This article explores the potentials for symbiotic partnering between traditional Instructional Systems and Learning Sciences disciplines. This confluence is explored through a narrative discussion of the changes happening at Penn State University...
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Courseware Copyright: Whose Rights Are Right?
Ke Zhang; Alison A. Carr-Chellman
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 34, No. 2 (2006) pp. 173–186
This article discusses the difficult issues of balancing faculty and university rights and responsibilities regarding courseware developed either as commissioned or non-commissioned work in higher education. The article addresses the varied concerns ...
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Exploring Qualitative Methodologies in Online Learning Environments
Mary Beth Bianco; Alison A. Carr-Chellman
Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 3, No. 3 (2002) pp. 251–60
Considers the issues related to conducting qualitative inquiries in online settings for distance education and the implications for using electronic means in interviews and observation. Topics include attitudes and perceptions of online learning;...
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Undergraduate Education Students' Perspectives on Classroom Technologies: A Qualitative Analysis
Rose M. Marra; Alison A. Carr-Chellman
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 21, No. 3 (1999) pp. 283–303
Describes a study that investigated what uses of technology preservice teacher education students planned for their careers after using constructivist technology tools, specifically semantic networks and expert system generation, in their own course....
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Pennsylvania Cyber School Funding: Follow the Money
Alison A. Carr-Chellman; Rose M. Marsh
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 53, No. 4 (July 2009) pp. 49–55
Cyber charter schools are public charter schools which are entirely online and typically serve all grades from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Pennsylvania implemented widespread charter school legislation as early as 1997. This has offered a...
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Preparing Preservice Teachers To Use Technology: Survey Results
Lori Whetstone; Alison A. Carr-Chellman
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 46, No. 4 (2001) pp. 11–17
Examines preservice teachers' (PSTs) perceptions of technology and their future plans for implementation. The survey results raise general implications for teacher preparation programs. The major implication is that although computers are seen as...
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Speeding on the Information Superhighway: Strategies for Saving Time on the Web
Susan M. Colaric; Alison A. Carr-Chellman
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 44, No. 6 (2000) pp. 28–31
Outlines ways to make online searching more efficient. Highlights include starting with printed materials; online reference libraries; subject directories such as Yahoo; search engines; evaluating Web sites, including reliability; bookmarking...
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Instructional Systems Design and the Learning Sciences: A Citation Analysis
Joshua A. Kirby; Christopher M. Hoadley; Alison A. Carr-Chellman
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 53, No. 1 (2005) pp. 37–48
Learning sciences (LS) and instructional systems design (ISD) are two related fields that have shared interests in the application of technology for advancing human learning. While the two fields may have different values, boundaries, and in some...
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Games for Boys: A Qualitative Study of Experiences with Commercial off the Shelf Gaming
Jason A. Engerman; Monique MacAllan; Alison A. Carr-Chellman
Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 66, No. 2 (2018) pp. 313–339
Boys are less likely to receive praise and recognition for good schoolwork, to consider school important, and have fewer opportunities to do the things that they do best (Lopez and Calderon in How America's boys become psychological dropouts. The...
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An Early Tool To Simulate the Impact of Web-based Learning on the University
Alison A. Carr-Chellman; Ikseon Choi; Julian Hernandez-Serrano
Quarterly Review of Distance Education Vol. 2, No. 2 (2001) pp. 157–67
Shares results of the authors' attempts to build a simulation model of the potential impacts of Web-based learning on various university sub-systems such as libraries, facilities, and budgets. The authors worked to identify the major components,...
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Selecting Silicon: Why Parents Choose Cybercharter Schools
Rose M. Marsh; Alison A. Carr-Chellman; Beth R. Sockman
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 53, No. 4 (July 2009) pp. 32–36
In 2008, 41 states in the United States had created charter school laws. Charter school laws provide the guidelines for creating independent public schools by educators, parents, community leaders, or educational entrepreneurs. The basic goal of...
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Burrowing through the Network Wires: Does Distance Detract from Collaborative Authentic Learning?
Alison A. Carr-Chellman; Dean Dyer; Jeroen Breman
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 15, No. 1 (2000) pp. 39–62
Focuses on the feasibility of using authentic problem-based collaboration at a distance. Compares a traditional introductory instructional design (ID) course with a modified distance education course. Results indicate it is possible to enact...
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Round Girls in Square Computers: Feminist Perspectives on the Aesthetics of Computer Hardware
Alison A. Carr-Chellman; Rose M. Marra; Shari L. Roberts
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 46, No. 6 (2002) pp. 4–10
Considers issues related to computer hardware, aesthetics, and gender. Explores how gender has influenced the design of computer hardware and how these gender-driven aesthetics may have worked to maintain, extend, or alter gender distinctions, roles,...
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The Process of Systemic Change
Francis M. Duffy; Charles M. Reigeluth; Monica Solomon; Geoffrey Caine; Alison A. Carr-Chellman; Luis Almeida; Theodore Frick; Kenneth Thompson; Joyce Koh; Christopher D. Ryan; Shane DeMars
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 50, No. 2 (March 2006) pp. 41–51
This paper presents several brief papers about the process of systemic change. These are: (1) Step-Up-To-Excellence: A Protocol for Navigating Whole-System Change in School Districts by Francis M. Duffy; (2) The Guidance System for Transforming...