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Elizabeth Willis
Northern Arizona University
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An Interdisciplinary, Problem-Centered Methods Model for Preservice Elementary Teacher Education
Elizabeth Willis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 66–70
After wrestling for some time with how best to tell the story of EDUC 453/454-553/554, Methods of Integrating Technology in the Elementary Social Studies/Language Arts Classroom, I have chosen to begin with the students’ personal narratives and...
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The Ethical Issues in Technology Lecture Series: Student Perspectives on a Strategy for Online Collaborative Learning in an Educational Technology Course
Elizabeth Willis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 2539–2542
Technological advances offer great promise great for both teachers and learners, but there are numerous challenges to the implementation of technology in classroom settings. An online course was designed to assist educators in developing an...
Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Students
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Growing an Online Graduate Program
Elizabeth Willis
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 787–788
The poster demonstration, "Growing an Online Graduate Program," will demonstrate the process of initiating, planning, and implementing a successful online university degree. It will include a display of the program splash page, course syllabi and...
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Using E-folios as an Assessment Tool for an Online Graduate Program
Elizabeth Willis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) p. 248
The web-based Master's of Education in Educational Technology (MEd in Ed Tech) program at the College of Education (COE) at Northern Arizona University (NAU) uses the World Wide Web (WWW) as a medium of delivery, and there is much to be learned from ...
Topics: Achievement, Evaluation, Educational Technology, Students
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Technology: Integrated into, Not Added onto, the Curriculum Experiences in Pre-Service Teacher Education
Elizabeth M. Willis
Computers in the Schools Vol. 13, No. 1 (1997) pp. 141–53
Describes teacher education courses that can serve as models for integrating technology into preservice education. Stresses the importance of learning about technology with technology, an approach that has been integrated into preservice social...
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What If We Teach Integration, Not “Computers”?
Elizabeth M. Willis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1995 (1995) pp. 331–334
CIMTE 365, Microcomputers in the Classroom, is required of students seeking teacher certification for the College of Education at the University of New Mexico. It was designed to present computer technology in a problem-solving, interdisciplinary...
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Integrating Technology in Schools: Effects of Three Conditions of Inservice Teacher Education
Elizabeth M. Willis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1996 (1996) pp. 455–458
This paper summarizes the finding of the study, Integration of Technology in Schools: The Differential Effects of Three Conditions of Inservice Teacher. The study compared three approaches to inservice teacher education in order to determine and...
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Charting Our Progress: The Evolution of a Master's Degree in Educational Technology
Elizabeth M. Willis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) p. 111
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Technology and the Changing Face of Teacher Preparation
Elizabeth M. Willis; Peggy Raine
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 1, No. 3 (2001) pp. 412–420
The federal government estimates that, with the increase in student population and the demand for smaller class sizes, the education system will require as many as 2.2 million new teachers in the next 10 years. Many of these new teachers will be...
Topics: Teachers
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Technology in Secondary Teacher Education: Integration, Implications and Ethics for the Changing Roles of Teachers
Elizabeth M. Willis; Peggy Raines
T.H.E. Journal Vol. 29, No. 2 (2001)
Discusses the need for preservice secondary school teacher education that integrates the use of technology and will in turn improve curriculum in the schools. Topics include the Integrated Secondary Teacher Education Program at Northern Arizona...
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Developing an Online Master of Education in Educational Technology in a Learning Paradigm: The Process and The Product
Elizabeth Willis; Gary Tucker; Cathy Gunn
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 11, No. 1 (2003) pp. 5–21
The political process necessary for planning and implementing a new degree program at Northern Arizona University (NAU), The Educational Technology Master of Education (M. Ed.), began in the spring of 1997. The program was finally discussed and...
Topics: Educational Technology
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Evaluating an Online Graduate Program: The Plan and the Process
Elizabeth Willis; Laura Sujo de Montes
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 351–353
The web-based Master's of Education in Educational Technology (MEd in Ed Tech) program at the Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) at Northern Arizona University (NAU) is in its second year of implementation. This graduate degree program uses...
Topics: Evaluation, Educational Technology
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Revising ETC 557 Remaining Constructivist in a Standards-based, Teach to the Test World:
Elizabeth Willis; Hong Zhan; Shadow Armfield
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 1164–1167
This paper discusses the needs, process, implementation and evaluation of the re-design and re-creation of one course in an educational technology program in order to meet NCATE/ISTE standards for national recognition and remain true to its...
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Service Learning and Technology in an Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Course: Do They Mix?
Laura Sujo de Montes; Susan Wolff; Elizabeth Willis
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 640–643
Even though service learning has caught the attention of faculty at universities in recent years, it is far from being implemented in ways that serve both the community and the student. Sometimes a service-learning component of a class focuses on...
Topics: Students
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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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Power, language, and identity: Voices from an online course
L.E.Sujo de Montes; Sally M. Oran; Elizabeth M. Willis
Computers and Composition Vol. 19, No. 3 (2002) pp. 251–271
Distance learning, especially in computer-mediated environments, is the new trend in education. Universities fear that they will be left behind or even become extinct if they do not offer online courses ( Roblyer, 1999). Very little is known...
Language: English
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Contextually Based Professional Development
J Michael Blocher; Shadow W. Armfield; Laura Sujo-Montes; Gary Tucker; Elizabeth Willis
Computers in the Schools Vol. 28, No. 2 (2011) pp. 158–169
In this article, the authors detail a study of a three-year professional development project designed to increase in-service teachers' classroom technology integration. Participants engaged in learning activities that modeled technology integration...
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Technology Infused Professional Development: A Framework for Development and Analysis
Julie Gess-Newsome; J. Michael Blocher,; Joëlle Clark; Jackie Menasco; Elizabeth M. Willis
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 3, No. 3 (April 2003) pp. 324–340
The world has changed in 30 years, and the changes that will occur in the next 30 years are sure to exceed our wildest expectations. But some issues in education are perennial, even while they take on the flavor of their social and historical...
Topics: Training, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Human Computer Interaction, Networking Technologies
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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...
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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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Shifting from Instruction to Construction: A Personal Meaningful Experience
J Michael Blocher; Jennifer Echols; Laura Sujo de Montes; Elizabeth Willis; Gary Tucker
Action in Teacher Education Vol. 24, No. 4 (2003) pp. 74–78
Presents a case study of one student's passage through an online M.ED. in Educational Technology degree program and her subsequent experience integrating her newly acquired knowledge, skills, and methods in the real world of her own teaching...
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Translating innovation: Exploring dissemination of a unique case conference
India C. King; Anna Strewler; Joyce E. Wipf; Mamta Singh; Elizabeth Painter; Rebecca Shunk; Rebecca Brienza; Rick Tivis; William G. Weppner; Michelle Davidson; Janet Willis; Timothy Gordon; C. Scott Smith
Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice Vol. 6, No. 1 (March 2017) pp. 55–60
As interprofessional education in clinical teaching settings continues to develop and workplace learning becomes more ubiquitous, early adopters will need to disseminate training innovations to diverse sites and programs. It is important for these...
Language: English