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Book Review: Online Professional Development for Teachers: Emerging Models and Methods
Debra Sprague
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 15, No. 1 (January 2007) pp. 145–149
Current models of professional development have not been successful in helping teachers change their practice. To address this issue, online teacher professional development (oTPD) programs have emerged. Online Professional Development for...
Topics: Internet, eLearning, Professional Development, Distance Education, Teachers, Educational Technology
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Editorial: Online Education: Issues and Research Questions
Cleborne Maddux; Debra Sprague; Richard Ferdig; Peter Albion
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 15, No. 2 (April 2007) pp. 157–166
This article suggests that online education is at the cusp of a period of dramatic change. That change will involve significant increases in the numbers of students and faculty who are involved in online education. Reasons for the change are...
Topics: Educational Technology, Change, Distance Education, Computers, Faculty, Internet, Information Communication Technologies, Classrooms, Research Methods
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Editorial: Publishing Data Evidence to Support Educational Technology Claims
Richard E. Ferdig; Debra Sprague; Cleborne Maddux; Peter Albion
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 15, No. 4 (October 2007) pp. 429–437
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Topics: Learning Outcomes, Research Methods, Educational Technology, Evaluation, Achievement
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Advancing the Field: Considering Acceptable Evidence in Educational Technology Research
Lynne Schrum; Ann Thompson; Debra Sprague; Cleborne Maddux; Anita McAnear; Lynn Bell; Glen Bull
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 5, No. 3 (2005) pp. 202–209
This editorial provides a follow-up report of the status of one facet of this effort, as promised in the initial call to action. The directions outlined are based on ongoing dialog among the task force of editors of the participating journals during ...
Topics: Library, Leadership, Teachers, Computers, Educational Technology
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An Invitation to Join an Early Career Mentoring Network in Technology and Teacher Education
Glen Bull; Lynn Bell; Ann Thompson; Lynne Schrum; Debra Sprague; Cleborne Maddux; Kara Dawson; Gerald Knezek
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 14, No. 4 (October 2006) pp. 817–828
The spring 2005 edition of the Journal of Research on Technology in Education (JRTE) issued a call for a proactive approach to a research agenda in educational technology. This position paper was collaboratively authored by the editors of six...
Topics: Educational Technology, Training, Teachers, Mentoring, Professional Development
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Editorial: Defining Education Research: Continuing the Conversation
Debra Sprague
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 14, No. 3 (July 2006) pp. 431–438
A debate currently occurring in the research community centers around what qualifies as "high quality" education research. This discussion was prompted by the U. S. Department of Education's challenge to consider only "scientifically based research" ...
Topics: Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Technology, Teachers, Training, Research Methods
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Timber Lane Tales: Problem-Centered Learning and Technology Integration
Priscilla Norton; Debra Sprague
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 89–94
Technology integration was probably never part of faculty learning experiences and often not part of their own elementary teaching experiences. Except in occasional and haphazard ways, technology integration was not part of preservice candidates'...
Topics: Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Faculty, Integration
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An Invitation to Join an Early Career Mentoring Network in Technology and Teacher Education
Glen Bull; Lynn Bell; Ann Thompson; Lynne Schrum; Debra Sprague; Cleborne Maddux; Kara Dawson; Gerald Knezek
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 6, No. 1 (March 2006) pp. 1–10
The spring 2005 edition of the Journal of Research on Technology in Education (JRTE) issued a call for a proactive approach to a research agenda in educational technology. This position paper was collaboratively authored by the editors of six...
Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Computers, Leadership, Schools
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Technology and Teacher Education: Are We Talking to Ourselves?
Debra Sprague
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 3, No. 4 (2004) pp. 353–361
Colleges and schools of education today are facing a challenge caused by the differing philosophies and views of their teacher education faculty and the educational technology faculty. Some believe that technology should play a role in education and ...
Topics: Mathematics, Educational Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development, Computer Sciences
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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
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EDCI 557: Integrating Technology in the Elementary Curriculum
Debra Sprague
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 3, No. 4 (2004) pp. 466–469
EDCI 557: Integrating Technology in the Elementary Curriculum is taught within the Elementary Education Program in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University (GMU). The course is designed to enable students (or "interns") to...
Topics: Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Instructional Design, Professional Development, Curriculum
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Editorial: Academic Communities and the Nature of Academic Discourse
Glen Bull; Debra Sprague; Lynn Bell
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 9, No. 4 (2001)
In 1990 Jerry and Dee Anna Willis founded the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) to provide an academic home for those working to integrate educational technology into teacher education. The Journal of Technology and...
Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers
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High Tech Mentoring: Assessing the Effectiveness of a PT3 Project
Debra Sprague; Jane Cooper; Natalie Milman
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 1777–1778
This paper presents the first year findings of a mixed-method study of the High Touch Mentoring for High Tech Integration project at a suburban state-supported university. This three-year project was funded in part by the Preparing Tomorrow's...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Integration, Preservice Teacher Education, Mentoring
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Modeling Technology Integration Through Webcasts: A PT3 Project
Debra Sprague; Jane Cooper
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3849–3854
The question currently plaguing the Educational Technology Community is not whether or not technology should be included in teacher education programs, but what is the best way to provide preservice and inservice teachers with models of technology...
Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Community, Professional Development, Preservice Teacher Education
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Studying Technology as a Cohort: Teachers’ Reflections on the Process
Debra Sprague; Priscilla Norton
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 722–727
The journey toward professional growth, school reform, and an educational response to the challenge of technology integration is often a lonely one. One solution is to design professional development experiences for practicing teachers,...
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Facilitating Effective Technology Research in the Core Content Areas
Lynne Schrum; Ann Thompson; Debra Sprague; Cleborne Maddux; M. d. Roblyer; Lynn Bell; Glen Bull
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 4364–4365
The editors of several leading educational technology journals are collectively initiating a dialog to identify productive directions for research in the core content areas. An overview will be provided of the overall goals and objectives of this...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Exploring the Effectiveness of Two Models of Technology Integration
Stephen White; Debra Sprague
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) pp. 2091–2095
This research study examined whether or not integrating technology throughout a sequence of teacher preparation courses was an effective model for ensuring that pre-service teachers graduate with the knowledge and skills needed to integrate...
Topics: Integration, Educational Technology, Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Transitions to Academia: Publishing in the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE)
Debra Sprague; Peter Albion; Richard Ferdig; Cleborne Maddux
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) p. 1060
The editors of leading educational technology journals are collaborating on ways to support the efforts of the next generation of researchers, working within National Technology Leadership Coalition (www.NTLCoalition.org). The goal is to proactively ...
Topics: Educational Technology, Leadership
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Collaboration and Integration: Technology in a Pre-Service Elementary Education Foundations Course
C. Stephen White; Debra Sprague
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1796–1799
Changes in State regulations and National Standards have resulted in Colleges of Education redesigning their teacher preparation programs. During this redesign, many programs are eliminating their "technology course" in favor of integrating...
Topics: Integration, Educational Technology, Standards, Faculty, Curriculum
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High Touch Mentoring for High Tech Integration
Debra Sprague; C. Steve White
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 2104–2108
The Graduate School of Education (GSE) at George Mason University (GMU) is committed to developing new teachers who not only have the skills they need to develop and teach lessons with technology, but who also have the knowledge needed to...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Faculty