Leading change: Applying change management approaches to engage students in blended learning

Diana Quinn; Yousef Amer; Anne Lonie; Kim Blackmore; Lauren Thompson; Malcolm Pettigrove; Malcolm Pettigrove

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2012)

The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of South Australia (UniSA) have embarked on Federally-funded project to collaborate in the design, development and delivery of a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in...

Editorial: Research on the Effectiveness of Technology in Schools: The Roles of Pedagogy and Content

Lynne Schrum; Anne Thompson; Cleb Maddux; Debra Sprague; Glen Bull; Lynn Bell

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 7, No. 1 (March 2007) pp. 456–460

The field of educational technology is under external pressure to provide evidence of identifiable learning outcomes that can be attributed to technology. Leaders within the educational technology research community agree about the importance of...

Topics: Research Methods, Teaching Methods, Schools, Teachers, Educational Technology

Effects of Tiered Training on General Educators' Use of Specific Praise

Michele Terry Thompson; Michelle Marchant; Darlene Anderson; Mary Anne Prater; Gordon Gibb

Education and Treatment of Children Vol. 35, No. 4 (November 2012) pp. 521–546

Research suggests a compelling correlation between teacher behavior and effective learning environments. Focusing on the evidence-based teaching skill of offering behavior-specific praise (BSP), the researchers worked with three elementary-level...

From Takeoff to Landing: Looking at the Design Process for the Development of NASA Blast at Thanksgiving Point

Stephen Ashton; Anne Foisy; Richard Marwedel; J. Popham; Keith Proctor; Daniel Randall; Isaku Tateishi; Carrie Thompson; Andrew Gibbons

International Journal of Designs for Learning Vol. 2, No. 1 (Sep 28, 2011)

In this article we discuss the process of design used to develop and design the NASA Blast exhibition at Thanksgiving Point, a museum complex in Lehi, Utah. This was a class project for the Advanced Instructional Design Class at Brigham Young...

Language: English

Design Lessons about Participatory Self-Directed Online Learning in a Graduate-Level Instructional Technology Course

Lisa C. Yamagata-Lynch; Jaewoo Do; Anne L. Skutnik; Duren J. Thompson; Adam F. Stephens; Cheryl A. Tays

Open Learning Vol. 30, No. 2 (2015) pp. 178–189

This article reports on a case of participatory self-directed online learning within the context of a graduate-level instructional technology course. The course was about online learning environments and relied on both asynchronous and synchronous...

How are Australian higher education institutions contributing to change through innovative teaching and learning in virtual worlds?

Brent Gregory; Sue Gregory; Denise Wood; Yvonne Masters; Mathew Hillier; Frederick Stokes-Thompson; Anton Bogdanovych; Des Butler; Lyn Hay; Kim Flintoff; Stefan Schutt; Robyn Alderton; Ieva Stupans; Lindy McKeown Orwin; Andrew Cram; Grant Meredith; Jenny Grenfell; Francesca Collins; Allan Ellis; Lisa Jacka; Ian Larson; Andrew Fluck; Helen Farley; Jay Jay Jegathesan; Dale Linegar; Debbie McCormick; Jason Zagami; John Campbell; Angela Thomas; Nona Muldoon; Ali Abbas; Ian Burnett; Sheila Scutter; David Ellis; Suku Sinnappan; Katrina Neville; Ashley Aitken; Simeon Simoff; Xiangyu Wang; Mandy Salomon; Kay Souter; Greg Wadley; Michael Jacobson; Anne Newstead; Gary Hayes; Scott Grant; Alyona Yusupova

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 475–490

Over the past decade, teaching and learning in virtual worlds has been at the forefront of many higher education institutions around the world. The DEHub Virtual Worlds Working Group (VWWG) consisting of Australian and New Zealand higher education...

The Genomics Education Partnership: Successful Integration of Research into Laboratory Classes at a Diverse Group of Undergraduate Institutions

Christopher D. Shaffer; Consuelo Alvarez; Cheryl Bailey; Daron Barnard; Satish Bhalla; Chitra Chandrasekaran; Vidya Chandrasekaran; Hui-Min Chung; Douglas R. Dorer; Chunguang Du; Todd T. Eckdahl; Jeff L. Poet; Donald Frohlich; Anya L. Goodman; Yuying Gosser; Charles Hauser; Laura L. M. Hoopes; Diana Johnson; Christopher J. Jones; Marian Kaehler; Nighat Kokan; Olga R. Kopp; Gary A. Kuleck; Gerard McNeil; Robert Moss; Jennifer L. Myka; Alexis Nagengast; Robert Morris; Paul J. Overvoorde; Elizabeth Shoop; Susan Parrish; Kelynne Reed; E Gloria Regisford; Dennis Revie; Anne G. Rosenwald; Ken Saville; Stephanie Schroeder; Mary Shaw; Gary Skuse; Christopher Smith; Mary Smith; Eric P. Spana; Mary Spratt; Joyce Stamm; Jeff S. Thompson; Matthew Wawersik; Barbara A. Wilson; Jim Youngblom; Wilson Leung; Jeremy Buhler; Elaine R. Mardis; David Lopatto; Sarah C. R. Elgin

CBE - Life Sciences Education Vol. 9, No. 1 (2010) pp. 55–69

Genomics is not only essential for students to understand biology but also provides unprecedented opportunities for undergraduate research. The goal of the Genomics Education Partnership (GEP), a collaboration between a growing number of colleges...