E-Learning and International Education: Fulfilling the Promise of the Virtual Classroom

Florence Sullivan

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 2753–2754

This brief paper will present the history, pedagogy and design of an innovative online course, Qualitative Research in Education, that is currently being offered through the International Education Department and the Distance Learning Project at...

Topics: Teachers, Distance Education, Evaluation, Research Methods

Constructing the On-Line Classroom: Interaction in the Synchronous Chat Room

Florence Sullivan

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 1837–1842

This paper examines chat room interactions in an on-line course given at Teachers College, Columbia University for their power to construct the traditional class frame in the on-line environment. Utilizing the framework of conversational analysis,...

Risk and Responsibility: A Self-Study of Teaching with Second Life

Florence Sullivan

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 20, No. 3 (July 2009) pp. 337–357

This article argues for the use of self-study as a research methodology for learning technology scholars to advance knowledge and improve practice in the use of emerging technologies in the classroom. It reports on a self-study conducted on the use...

Topics: Literacy, Teaching Methods, Post Secondary Education, Research Methods, Virtual Environments

Serious and Playful Inquiry: Epistemological Aspects of Collaborative Creativity

Florence R. Sullivan

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 1 (2011) pp. 55–65

This paper presents the results of a micro-genetic analysis of the development of a creative solution arrived at by students working collaboratively to solve a robotics problem in a sixth grade science classroom. Results indicate that four aspects...

Robotics and Science Literacy: Thinking Skills, Science Process Skills and Systems Understanding

Florence R. Sullivan

Journal of Research in Science Teaching Vol. 45, No. 3 (March 2008) pp. 373–394

This paper reports the results of a study of the relationship of robotics activity to the use of science literacy skills and the development of systems understanding in middle school students. Twenty-six 11-12-year-olds (22 males and 4 females)...

The ideal science student: Exploring the relationship of students’ perceptions to their problem solving activity in a robotics context

Florence Sullivan; Xiadong Lin

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 23, No. 3 (July 2012) pp. 273–308

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship of middle school students’ perceptions of the ideal science student to their problem solving activity and conceptual understanding in the applied science area of robotics. Twenty-six 11 and 12 ...

Robotic Construction Kits as Computational Manipulatives for Learning in the STEM Disciplines

Florence R. Sullivan; John Heffernan

Journal of Research on Technology in Education Vol. 48, No. 2 (2016) pp. 105–128

This article presents a systematic review of research related to the use of robotics construction kits (RCKs) in P-12 learning in the STEM disciplines for typically developing children. The purpose of this review is to configure primarily...

Towards an Idea-Centered, Principle-Based Design Approach to Support Learning as Knowledge Creation

Huang-Yao Hong; Florence R. Sullivan

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 57, No. 5 (October 2009) pp. 613–627

While the importance of viewing learning as knowledge creation is gradually recognized (Paavola et al. Computer-supported collaborative learning: foundations for a CSCL community 2002; Rev Educ Res 74:557-576 2004), an important question remains to...

Robotics and Discovery Learning: Pedagogical Beliefs, Teacher Practice, and Technology Integration

Florence R. Sullivan; Mary A. Moriarty

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 17, No. 1 (January 2009) pp. 109–142

Much educational software is designed from a specific pedagogical stance. How teachers conceive of the pedagogical stance underlying the design will affect how they utilize the technology; these conceptions may vary from teacher to teacher and from...

Topics: Teaching Methods, Professional Development, Educational Technology, Integration, Teachers

Playful Talk: Negotiating Opportunities to Learn in Collaborative Groups

Florence R. Sullivan; Nicholas C. Wilson

Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 24, No. 1 (2015) pp. 5–52

This case study examines the role of playful talk in negotiating the "how" of collaborative group work in a 6th-grade science classroom. Here we develop and test a Vygotsky-derived hypothesis that postulates playful talk as a mechanism for ...

Effects of Instructional Events in Computer-Based Instruction

Florence Martin; James Klein; Howard Sullivan

Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual Meeting 2004 (October 2005)

Forty years ago, Robert Gagne published the first edition of his book The Conditions of Learning (1965) in which he proposed nine events of instruction that provide a sequence for organizing a lesson. These events remain the foundation of current...

Using Teacher Moments During the COVID-19 Pivot

Florence Sullivan; Garron Hillaire; Laura Larke; Justin Reich

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 28, No. 2 (2020) pp. 303–313

Teacher Moments is an open source resource for teacher educators to create and use practice-based simulations in teacher training. We report brief implementation results from a trauma-based simulation created and piloted by a teacher educator using...

Exploring the Role of "Gendered" Discourse Styles in Online Science Discussions

Florence R. Sullivan; Manu Kapur; Sandra Madden; Stefanie Shipe

International Journal of Science Education Vol. 37, No. 3 (2015) pp. 484–504

In this study, we examined whether gendered discourse styles were evidenced in online, synchronous, physics collaborative learning group discussions, and the extent to which such discourse patterns were related to the uptake of ideas within the...

Representational Guidance and Student Engagement: Examining Designs for Collaboration in Online Synchronous Environments

Florence R. Sullivan; Claire E. Hamilton; Danielle A. Allessio; Rachel J. Boit; Alexandra D. Deschamps; Tony Sindelar; German E. Vargas Ramos; Anthony Randall; Nicholas Wilson; Yan Zhu

Educational Technology Research and Development Vol. 59, No. 5 (October 2011) pp. 619–644

In this paper we report the results of a study which investigated the affordances of multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) for collaborative learning from a design perspective. Utilizing a mixed methods approach, we conducted a comparative study...