Online Technology Teacher Professional Development Courselets: Design and Development

Nathaniel Ostashewski

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 2329–2334

Online teacher professional development (oTPD) is being seen as an opportunity for teachers to explore online learning while engaging with professional development activities at a distance. The context of this pilot study is an online educator’s...

MOOCs for Teachers: Understanding Learning in Networked Teacher Professional Development

Nathaniel Ostashewski

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 230–233

Abstract: This paper reports on research describing educational interactions that provide meaningful learning for teachers who take Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Laurillard (2016) states “The problem that MOOCs are actually solving, therefore,...

Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

External Professional Development Organization Supports for K-12 School Initiatives: A Leadership Study

Nathaniel Ostashewski

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 3011–3016

This paper presents initial findings of a qualitative study exploring K-12 leadership approaches that utilize external professional development (PD) support. The pilot study consisted of 19 questions asked in a semi-structured interview. Results of ...

A tale of three MOOCs: Designing for meaningful teacher presence in large-enrolment courses.

Nathaniel Ostashewski

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015 (Jun 22, 2015) pp. 1279–1284

Online activities and the platforms used have recently become the subject of much interest and debate. With the global interest in MOOCs and how they might support higher education, online activities and the experiences arising from them have become ...

Topics: Design of Distance Learning Systems, pedagogical issues, Teaching/Learning Strategies, Interaction

Building for massive scalability: the production case of an astronomy MOOC

Nathaniel Ostashewski

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 916–922

This paper describes an online production case developing a massive open online course (MOOC) with a scalable activity structure. An astronomy course, designed for delivery over four weeks, was developed and delivered in the open learning platform...

Topics: Implementation Examples & Issues, Tools & Systems, Instructional Design

Digital Storytelling on the iPad: apps, activities, and processes for successful 21st century story creations

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Doug Reid

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 1823–1827

This paper presents active research examining the integration of digital storytelling using the iPad device in K12. The creation of digital stories is understood as one way to share student voice (author, 2011) and develop 21st century skills. The...

Evolution of online teacher professional development in a social networking site: What’s been working and what’s not

Doug Reid; Nathaniel Ostashewski

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 1117–1122

Online teacher professional development (oTPD) allows teachers to participate in high quality professional development activities. This paper presents an examination of a design based research program regarding the development of an oTPD program...

iPads and Digital Storytelling: Successes and Challenges With Classroom Implementation

Doug Reid; Nathaniel Ostashewski

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1661–1666

This paper presents successes and challenges of two iPad implementation projects in K-12 schools. The focus of the implementation was on the incorporation of digital storytelling activities in classroom. The iPad devices and specific apps were the...

Networked Teacher Professional Development: Sharing and Learning using Social Networking Tools

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Doug Reid

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 2544–2548

This paper articulates the advancement of a new model of teacher professional development (TPD) that integrates social networking concepts into professional learning situations. This model is called Networked Teacher Professional Development (nTPD)...

Reflections of an Online Internship: Evaluating, Identifying, and Applying Best Practices for Online Course Moderation

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Doug Reid

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 814–819

This paper is the result of an active reflective online internship occurring as part of a doctoral level course. The primary author (or intern) had the opportunity to observe and work with a senior professor during his fall 2009 delivery of an...

MOOCifying courses: real and authentic learning in higher education

Jennifer Howell; Nathaniel Ostashewski

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015 (Jun 22, 2015) pp. 1663–1668

This paper is a report on the findings of a small-scale study conducted on an undergraduate unit within a pre-service teacher education program. MOOCs have been heralded as a new way of learning outside of formal programs of study and there has been ...

Topics: interactive learning environments

iPod, iPhone, and now iPad: The evolution of multimedia access in a mobile teaching context

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Doug Reid

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 2862–2864

The problem presented in this poster session is “How can a multimedia database be easily used as a teaching tool in the classroom?” This poster presents the iPad as a mobile handheld delivery tool for multimedia database components. Teaching...

An Instructional Design Model utilizing Social Networking Groups: Articulating the Networked Learning Framework

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Doug Reid

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 2057–2065

This paper describes an instructional design model, the Networked Learning Framework (NLF), which combines the use of social media tools found in social networking sites with guided online activities to deliver engaging learning opportunities. Key...

Designing Learning Activities in A Social Networking Environment: challenges, successes, and lessons learned.

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Doug Reid

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2012 (Jun 26, 2012) pp. 1713–1718

This paper reports on the design and delivery of a non-credit self-directed online course entitled Social Media Tools and Supporting Your Professional Learning (AUSMT). The primary impetus for the course was to provide practice in and support of...

Online Teacher Professional Development: Redesign and Delivery of a Technological Pedagogical Courselet within a Social Networking Site

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Doug Reid

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 1111–1116

Online teacher professional development (oTPD) has been identified as one way teachers can participate in high quality professional development activities. This paper presents the second stage of a design based research program that describes the...

iPads in the Classroom – New Technologies, Old Issues: Are they worth the effort?

Doug Reid; Nathaniel Ostashewski

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 1689–1694

This paper presents the results of a research project that involved introducing iPads into two elementary school classrooms to support the development of student digital storytelling skills. This was done because the school jurisdiction wanted to...

Networked Learning Framework Design: Exploring Three Implementations of Connectivist Learning

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Doug Reid

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015 (Jun 22, 2015) pp. 1563–1572

This paper explores three course implementations of the Networked Learning Framework (NLF), an instructional design model for connectivist learning delivered within a social networking site. NLF Implementations of a cMOOC, a teacher technology...

Topics: SIG: Learning Design, cooperative/collaborative learning, Learning Outcomes, Teaching/Learning Strategies, Instructional Design

Creating OER materials - Perspectives of Global Instructors

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Serena Henderson

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 644–648

This paper reports on the preliminary analysis of a replication and extension study describing the perspectives of instructors around the globe in relation to OER creation The goal of this research is to explore the perspectives of instructors on...

Topics: research, Content Development, Standards & Interoperability

The iPad as mobile teaching device: multimedia database access in a classroom context

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Doug Reid; Marcia Ostashewski

Global TIME 2011 (Feb 22, 2011) pp. 49–53

The problem presented in this action-based research paper is “How can a multimedia database be utilized as a teaching and learning technology in the classroom?” This paper describes uses of the iPad as a mobile handheld delivery device for...

Technology professional development delivered online: The TEL MOOC Instructional Approach

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Martha Cleveland-Innes; Sanjaya Mishra

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 430–434

This paper reports on the instructional approach used for the first delivery of a MOOC created to support technology professional development. The purpose of the MOOC was to provide an accessible learning opportunity for teachers, particularly those ...

Topics: Instructional Design, Content Development, Implementation Examples & Issues

Supporting peer interactions in a MOOC: Utilizing social networking tools to personalize learning

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Jon Dron; Jennifer Howell

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 29, No. 2 (2018) pp. 209–230

This paper reports on the utilization of an online community networking platform designed to deliver a MOOC. A customized Elgg social software platform, implemented as the Curtin Learning Commons, was developed with social networking tools organized ...

Blended learning and digital curation: A course activity design encouraging student engagement and developing critical analysis skills

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Andrew Brennan; Romana Martin

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014)

This paper describes a blended learning design case study incorporating digital curation as a repeating series of classroom activities delivered in a university economics course. Digital curation, in education, has been described as the collection,...

Topics: Teaching/Learning Strategies, Implementation Experiences

Introducing 3D Printing to the classroom using inquiry: A case study describing implementation, challenges and successes

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Erin Reid; Doug Reid

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 1597–1605

This paper present a case study of the implementation of 3D printer technology into a grade 3 classroom. The case described took place over a six-month period where the 3D printer was completely new to the technology-interested teacher. The purpose...

Topics: pedagogical issues, Teaching/Learning Strategies, Implementation Experiences

Scaffolds not handcuffs: Bringing Social Media into the Instructional Design Mix

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Doug Reid; Jon Dron

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 2199–2204

This paper presents an outline of 10 design principles that will be used to frame a case study examining the use and design of education experiences that incorporate social media tools. Educational designers have begun to adopt some of the newest...

Addressing the challenges of a bilingually delivered online course: design and development of the Australia China Trade (ACT) MOOC

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Michael Thorpe; David Gibson

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 1284–1289

This paper describes a design-based research program exploring a MOOC designed for delivery in two languages, English and Chinese. Learning resources, online discussions and activities, and live synchronous sessions with topic experts form the basis ...

Topics: Instructional Design, Implementation Examples & Issues, Social & Cultural Issues

Creating authentic iPad activities to increase student engagement: A learning design approach.

Romana Martin; Nathaniel Ostashewski; Sonia Dickinson-Delaporte

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 249–253

This paper describes the design approach adopted for creating authentic iPad activities for use in classroom settings with the aim of increasing student engagement. The challenge of this task was to also ensure equity for learners by designing...

Applying constructionist principles to online teacher professional development

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Doug Reid; Susan Moisey

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 12, No. 6 (Sep 22, 2011) pp. 143–156

This report explores the first iteration of a teacher professional development courselet grounded in constructionist theory and activities. This online teacher professional development (oTPD) courselet provided opportunities for teachers to engage...

Technology-enabled Learning MOOC: Designing more Interactive MOOCs using the iMOOC Model

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Martha Cleveland-Innes; Dan Wilton

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2019 (Nov 04, 2019) pp. 897–900

The Introduction to Technology-Enabled Learning (TEL) MOOC will have been offered four times by the end of 2019. A collaboration between Athabasca University and the Commonwealth of Learning, this five-week MOOC is intended to engage teachers who...

Topics: Open educational projects, partnerships, and consortia, MOOC’s, Open Teaching, and Open Educational Resources

Combining iPads and slowmation: Developing digital storytellers in an early learning environment

Doug Reid; Erin Reid; Nathaniel Ostashewski

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 1539–1543

This paper presents successes and challenges of an iPad digital storytelling project in an early learning environment. The focus of the implementation was on the incorporation of digital storytelling activities supported by iPad technology into...

Building open learning opportunities: The Participating in the Digital Age cMOOC design case.

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Jon Dron; Jennifer Howell

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 2480–2484

This paper reports on the development and utilization of an innovative learning platform developed to support the flexible delivery of a connectivist-style Massive Open Online Course or cMOOC. The social media platform, implemented as the Curtin...

Topics: distributed learning environments, interactive learning environments, Design Principles

Supporting peer interactions in a MOOC: Utilizing social networking tools to personalize learning

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Jon Dron; Jennifer Howell

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 833–845

This paper reports on the utilization of an online community networking platform designed to deliver a MOOC. A customized Elgg social software platform, implemented as the Curtin Learning Commons, was developed with social networking tools organized ...

Topics: Instructional Design, Tools & Systems, Implementation Examples & Issues

Networked Professional Development: Describing a Learning Activity Design that Utilizes Social Media and OERs

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Doug Reid; Peter Hosie

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 2194–2198

This paper reports on an outcome of a design-based research (DBR) program evaluating the design and delivery of Networked Professional Development for Teachers (NPD): a learning activity design. With the increasing use of blended and fully online...

On-Line Success Strategies: Metacognitive Vidcasts for Secondary School Students

Griff Richards; Nathaniel Ostashewski; Jean Mongrain

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3028–3031

Abstract: A series of seven digital video vignettes (“vidcasts”) were developed to promote on-line study success strategies for secondary students in minority francophone settings in Canada. The videos were shown at orientation sessions for parents, ...

Implementing iPads in a reggio classroom: Digital storytelling to document student learning on a teacher’s budget

Erin Reid; Doug Reid; Nathaniel Ostashewski

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 1703–1707

This action research project was based on implementing mobile learning technology into an elementary school classroom using the Reggio approach. This technology project was introduced to evaluate whether iPads could be incorporated into a Reggio...

Course delivery mentorship via videoconferencing in K-12 classrooms

Doug Reid; Nathaniel Ostashewski; Jocelyn Littlefair; Catherine Macklam

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 2547–2552

The Videoconferencing Regional Leads Network (VCRLN) is a venture to advance the use of videoconferencing in Alberta K-12 schools. The network has developed and evolved from its early stages and expanded its mission in ways that were not...

Using video resources to support massive business courses: Learning goals and development processes.

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Peter Hosie; Romana Martin; Michael Lwin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 910–914

This paper reports on two cases of developing online video resources for university students enrolled in massive business courses. This exploratory investigation is focused on considering the design and development of video resources for massive...

Tightening the instructional design belt: Evolution of instructional design processes for an economically feasible model of online education

doug reid; Jianfei Guan; Rus Hathaway; Nathaniel Ostashewski

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 1043–1048

This paper presents the evolution of an instructional design model developed following the merger of several online education instructional design teams at a new university. What began with one instructional designer over a decade ago resulted in a...

Topics: Instructional Design, distributed learning environments, Virtual Universities, WWW-based Course Sites & Learning Resources

Using Video Tools in MOODLE: The POODLL Case

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Agnieszka Palalas; Susan Moisey; Susan Bainbridge

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2019 (Nov 04, 2019) pp. 1310–1313

This paper presents preliminary results of a study exploring student engagement with the PoodLL video tool. The PoodLL video tool is a Moodle LMS module which allows learners as well as instructors to record and view other videos created and...

Topics: online learning environments, Collaborative and Cloud Technologies, Social Software (podcasting, wikis, blogs, etc.)

iPads in special education: Introducing mobile learning devices into skills program environments

Doug Reid; John Ewing; Sheila Fraser; Nathaniel Ostashewski

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 1795–1799

Learning challenges were identified in a special needs “Skills Program” in a K-12 school. iPads were introduced to Skills Program students to use as part of their daily educational programming needs. During the planning and implementation of this...

Topics: improving classroom teaching, Implementation Experiences

Learner analytics as a tool for guiding instruction: Identifying High Interest Discussion Topics in a MOOC.

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Dan Wilton; Martha Cleveland-Innes; Sanjaya Mishra

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018 (Oct 15, 2018) pp. 526–529

A real-time network analysis tool was used to identify learners whose general forum discussions generated significant interest with other learners. Once identified, these “high interest” forums were promoted to other learners via mass instructor...

Topics: Learner Analytics

K12 educators identify benefits and challenges in a MOOC: Designing a coding set for understanding online-delivered teacher professional development

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Gerald Ardito; Martha Cleveland-Innes; Sarah Gauvreau

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 226–229

This research reports on the preliminary stages of a project that seeks to identify what K12 teachers describe as beneficial and challenging related to the Community of Inquiry (CoI) presented as a pedagogical model in a Massive Open Online Course ...

Topics: Distance/Flexible Education, Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

Supporting OER creation as a professional development outcome: The Technology-Enabled Learning MOOC

Nathaniel Ostashewski; Martha Cleveland-Innes; Sanjaya Mishra; Dan Wilton

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1660–1662

This paper reports preliminary findings of research being conducted on a Teacher Professional Development MOOC and how educators participated in the creation of an OER repository. The Technology-Enabled Learning MOOC (TELMOOC) was designed to...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies, Social Media