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Teachers as Designers of Collaborative Distance Learning
J. Michael Spector
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 855–861
This paper describes a theoretically based approach to the design of collaborative distance learning environments by subject experts. There is an obvious growth in the use of distributed and online learning environments. There is some evidence to...
Topics: Collaboration, Distance Education, Educational Technology
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Time Drivers for Faculty Leading Online Courses
J. Michael Spector
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 3128–3131
This presentation reports findings of the Syracuse University Mellon Foundation Cost Effective Use of Technology in Teaching (CEUTT - http://www.ceutt.org) study. The focus of the study was on the effects of e-collaboration on faculty and students....
Topics: Faculty, Collaboration, Students
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Smart Learning Environments: Concepts and Issues
J. Michael Spector
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 2728–2737
There are two new journals in our field that involve the emerging notion of smart educational technologies. Earlier this year, the Smart Learning Institute at Beijing Normal University sponsored the Smart Education Conference. Related efforts in...
Topics: social studies education
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Virtual Projects in Distributed Learning Environments
J. Michael Spector; Xuemei Wang
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 2368–2371
A growing concern among those who implement online learning environments is how to effectively support and facilitate virtual group work. This paper describes four course projects in a distributed learning environment. The purpose of these efforts...
Topics: Instructional Design, Evaluation, Virtual Environments
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WEB-LIT: Web-Based Support for Learning Theory and Instructional Design
Ken Clinkenbeard; J. Michael Spector
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) p. 1809
The primary objectives of our project include creating an open and flexible web site to host materials on learning theory and instructional design. We will find and evaluate existing web-based materials on these topics which reflect a wide variety ...
Topics: Instructional Design, Learning Objects, Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Secondary Education
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Building and Using Simulation Based Environments for Learning about Complex Domains
Marcelo Milrad; J. Michael Spector; Pal Davidsen
International Conference on Mathematics / Science Education and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 304–308
A variety of substantive issues confront education with respect to technology support for learning increasingly complex knowledge. How can learners acquire and maintain deep understanding about difficult-to-understand subjects? We argue that...
Topics: Educational Technology
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A Guided Approach to Instructional Design Advising
Michael J. Spector; Larry K. Whitehead
International Conference of the Association for the Development of Computer-Based Instructional Systems (ADCIS) 1994 (February 1994)
Researchers are developing automated instructional design systems which guide subject matter experts (SMEs) through the complexities of courseware development. Enabling SMEs to perform many of the authoring activities associated with courseware...
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Current Practice in Designing Training for Complex Skills: Implications for Design and Evaluation of ADAPTIT
Deniz Eseryel; Marian Schuver-van Blanken; J. Michael Spector
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 474–479
ADAPTIT is a European project within the Information Society Technologies programme that is providing design methods and tools to guide training designers according to the latest cognitive science and standardization principles. An extensive needs ...
Topics: Instructional Design, Training, Assessment, Information Sciences
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Designing Collaborative Distance Learning Environments for Complex Domains
Barabara Wasson; Pål I. Davidsen,; J. Michael Spector
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 1999 (1999) pp. 323–328
Our aim is to describe and illustrate a theoretically based approach to the design of collaborative distance learning environments for complex domains. There is an obvious growth in the use of distributed, online learning environments. There is...
Topics: Collaboration
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Innovation versus Replication in Research Findings:Has the Novelty of New Research Findings Worn Off?
Rhonda Christensen; J. Michael Spector; Ann Thompson; Denise Schmidt-Crawford; Glen Bull; Gerald Knezek
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 1126–1129
There is a growing recognition for a need to replicate research studies in the field of education. Replication can lend credibility as well as support for decision-making that is based on sound research. Many policy decisions regarding educational...
Topics: Research & Evaluation
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Performance Assessment of 21st Century Teaching and Learning: Insights into the Future
David Gibson; Gerald Knezek; John Mergendoller; Penny Garcia; Pamela Redmond; J. Michael Spector; Daniel Tillman
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 1839–1843
This panel will present insights concerning digital performance assessment of project-based learning that documents progress toward meeting learning goals for 21st Century knowledge and skills. Presented by Panelists from 2010 National Technology...
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Competences for Online Teaching & Training
J. Michael Spector; Radha Ganesan; Peter Goodyear; Ileana de la Teja
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 1784–1785
This paper explores issues concerning the skills and competences of online teachers. We report on an international two-day workshop with practitioners and researchers. We cover a range of ways of understanding online teaching, including...
Topics: Teachers
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Prospective Mathematics Teachers’ Initial Reactions to Model-Centered Instruction
Lingguo Bu; Elizabeth Jakubowski; Lydia Dickey; Nermin Bayazit; Orhan Curaoglu; Hyewon Kim; Recep Cakir; J. Michael Spector
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 4025–4029
New mathematics learning technologies support model-centered learning and instruction through their representational flexibility, interactivity, and dynamic interconnections.Using the next-generation graphing calculators, we conducted two five-week...
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A Revised Replication Study Typology and A Call for Participation: Replication Studies involving Technology and Teacher Education
Natalie Milman; Rhonda Christensen; J. Michael Spector; Robert Branch; Denise Schmidt-Crawford; Charles Hodges; Arlene Borthwick; Melanie Shoffner; Gerald Knezek; David Rutledge; Meghan Manfra
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1115–1119
In this session panelists will define what replication studies are, explain why they are needed, and invite researchers to conduct multi-site replication studies of technology and teacher education using common methods and measures. Additionally,...
Topics: Research & Evaluation
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The Impact of Information Technology on Instructor and Learner Competencies, Part 1
J. Michael Spector; Barbara Grabowski; Barbara Sorensen; James Klein; Ileana de la Teja; Rod Sims; Dennis Fields; Jan Visser; Tim Spannaus
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 2029–2032
Online technologies continue to impact teaching and training. Keeping up with competencies required in modern learning environments is a challenge for staff developers, online teachers and trainers and instructional designers. This symposium will...
Topics: Competencies, Standards, Professional Development, Teachers, Training
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On-line, Blended Learning and Face-to-Face Instructor Competencies: Are they the Same?
Barbara Grabowski; J. Michael Spector; James Klein; Jan Visser; Ileana de la Teja; Barbara Sorensen; Hae-Deok Song; Rahda Ganesan; Tim Spannaus; Dennis Fields
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 1591–1593
Specifying instructor competencies has become complicated in the current public, private and academic instructional and training environments made possible by the Internet. Great debates have ensued arguing the viability of a common set of...
Topics: Training, Competencies
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Technology Enhanced Quality Learning for All: The EDUsummIT 2015 Call to Action
Joke Voogt; Kwok Wing Lai; Gerald Knezek; Peter Albion; Jo Tondeur; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Miri Schönfield; Thérèse Laferrière; J. Michael Spector; Punya Mishra; Petra Fisser; Danah Henriksen; Rhonda Christensen; Paul Resta; Mike Searson; Charoula Angeli
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 797–799
EduSummIT is a global community of policy-makers, researchers, and educators working together to move education into the digital age. The fourth EDUsummIT took place September 14-15, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand, in close connection with the UNESCO...
Topics: Technology Leadership, Research & Evaluation, International Education
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Technology Enhanced Quality Learning for All: The EDUsummIT 2015 Call to Action
Joke Voogt; Kwok Wing Lai; Gerald Knezek; Peter Albion; Jo Tondeur; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Miri Schönfield; Thérèse Laferrière; J. Michael Spector; Punya Mishra; Petra Fisser; Danah Henriksen; Rhonda Christensen; Paul Resta; Mike Searson; Charoula Angeli
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1246–1248
EduSummIT is a global community of policy-makers, researchers, and educators working together to move education into the digital age. The fourth EDUsummIT took place September 14-15, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand, in close connection with the UNESCO...
Topics: Technology Leadership, Research & Evaluation, International Education