The Changing Landscape of the Global Digital Divide: Opportunities and Challenges for Teacher Education

Paul Resta

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 752–757

Although there has been significant growth worldwide in access to computers and the Internet, the digital divide continues to be a major form of social and economic exclusion for many peoples across the globe. The World Summit on the Information...

Topics: Digital Divide

An Online Peer and Self Assessment System to Support Online Collaborative Learning

Paul Resta

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 7325–7330

A challenge in online collaborative learning is assuring that all members of a virtual learning team are contributing to the work of the group. One strategy to hold individual members of a learning team accountable for their efforts is through the...

Organizing Education for Minorities: Enhancing Minority Access and Use of the New Information Technologies in Higher Education

Paul Resta

Education and Computing Vol. 8, No. 1 (1992) pp. 119–27

Discusses rapid changes in use of computers and related technologies in colleges and universities; the impact of current inequities in precollege access and use of computers experienced by African-American, Hispanic, and American Indian students;...

E-Learning and E-Litism: The Challenges and Opportunities for E-learning to Reduce the Global Digital/Educational Divide

Paul Resta

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) p. 2233

Although there has been significant growth worldwide in access to computers and the Internet, the digital divide continues to be a major form of social, economic and educational exclusion for many peoples across the globe. The World Summit on the...

Activity Theory Framework for Implementation of a Laptop Initiative in Teacher Education

Paul Resta

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2203–2209

In the fall of 2002, the University of Texas at Austin College of Education initiated a requirement for all teacher education students entering the professional development course sequence to acquire a prescribed laptop computer and software for use ...

Technology in Support of Collaborative Learning

Paul Resta; Therese Laferriere

Educational Psychology Review Vol. 19, No. 1 (March 2007) pp. 65–83

This paper reviews the research conducted in the last 20 years on the application of technology in support of collaborative learning in higher education. The review focuses primarily on studies that use Internet-based technologies and social...

Technology Leadership Academy: Inter-Institutional Collaboration for Technology Infusion in Teacher Preparation

Coral Noonan; Paul Resta

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 1994–1996

The Technology Leadership Academy is a project funded by the U. S. Department of Education's Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) Initiative. The mission of the Academy is to develop a collegial network for the infusion of...

Topics: Networking Technologies, Leadership, Teachers, Community, Educational Technology

Ethical and Legal Issues in Computer-Mediated Communications: The Educational Challenge

Paul E. Resta

Machine-Mediated Learning Vol. 4, No. 2 (1994) pp. 269–80

Discusses the ethical use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) and the lack of integration of information ethics into elementary, secondary, and higher education curricula. The development of information ethics instruction is proposed which...

IT and the Digital Divide Section

Therese Laferriere; Paul Resta

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1981–1986

To what extent does IT widen the gap between sexes, economic groups, ethnic groups and between countries? What are effective strategies and necessary conditions to help bridge the gap in access to technology tools, connectivity, and knowledge? What...

Topics: Educational Technology, Teachers, Digital Divide

Challenges and Strategies in Designing Trans-National Learning Team Projects in Virtual Worlds

Paul Resta; Mri Shonfeld

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 403–409

This presentation describes a case study of the ways that virtual worlds can facilitate trans-national and cross-cultural collaboration in higher education and the benefits, issues, and challenges in designing and implementing cross-national...

Topics: Games & Simulations, Distance/Flexible Education

A Study of Trans-National Learning Teams in a Virtual World

Paul Resta; Miri Shonfeld

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2932–2940

The case study explores the experiences of U.S. and Israeli higher education students participating in this trans-national collaborative learning activity in Second Life. The data was collected during the falls of 2009 - 2011. In the second and...

Digital Equity and Intercultural Education

Paul Resta; Thérèse Laferrière

Education and Information Technologies Vol. 20, No. 4 (2015) pp. 743–756

Digital equity and intercultural education continue to be areas of concern in the emerging knowledge-based society. The digital divide is present across the globe as the result of a complex of factors such as the inequality in: access to hardware...

Communicative Collaboration: Four CSCL Students’ Online Group Collaborative Learning Perceptions and Experiences

C.Y.Janey Wang; Paul Resta

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 2005–2006

This paper reports a study exploring four Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2000 class students' (from diverse ethnic backgrounds) perceptions of and experiences in knowledge construction and group collaboration. Communication and ...

Topics: Culture, Social Studies, Communication, Collaboration, Students

CAI: A Model for the Comparison and Selection of Integrated Learning Systems in Large School Districts

Paul E. Resta; Paul Rost

The Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public Schools conducted a three-year study of integrated computer-based learning systems, including WICAT, Dolphin, PLATO, CCC, and DEGEM. Through cooperation with the Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1...

Student Expectations of a Web-Based Collaborative Learning Environment

Jantrathip Sae-Chin; Paul Resta

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 1760–1763

The goals of this study are to determine student expectations of an online course emphasizing collaborative learning, as well as to examine how students adjust their expectations. The participants of this study include 2 American students (one male...

Topics: Planning, Students

Pilot Study: Student Expectations of a Web-Based Collaborative

Paul Resta; Jantrathip Sae-Chin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1705–1706

Learners taking an online course often develop implicit expectations as to what they can expect from traditional classrooms. The purpose of this study was to determine student expectations of an online collaborative learning environment, as well as ...

Topics: Students

Peer Assessment and Individual Accountability in Online Collaborative Learning

Paul Resta; Maria Lourdes De Hoyos

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 2355–2361

A major challenge in online collaborative learning is assuring that students will become active and contributing members of the learning team in accomplishing the group's goals. One effective means of fostering individual accountability is through...

Meaningful Interactions in Vital Collaborative Learning Teamwork Experiences

Maria Lourdes De Hoyos; Paul Resta

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 2547–2552

A Teamwork Assessment Scale (TAS) was developed by the researchers to provide feedback to team members and instructors in online collaborative learning environments. To validate the TAS, a confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis study was...

Topics: Interaction, Assessment, Social Studies, Collaboration, Students

Designing a trans-national collaborative language learning class in a virtual world

Jayoung Song; Li-Tang Yu; Paul Resta

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) p. 4161

With the rapid technological advances, researchers have recognized the advantages of using virtual worlds for teaching and learning foreign languages (Deutschmann et al, 2009; Liou et al., 2011; Wang et al., 2009; Zheng et al., 2009). Following this ...

Standing at the Intersection of Cyber Equity and Social Justice

Raymond Rose; Bonnie Bracey; Paul Resta

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 2614–2615

There’s been talk about the digital divide for a long time, but there are many more equity and social justice issues involved in the use of technology within education. This interactive, fast moving panel session will draw participants into a...

The Presidential Timeline of the 20th Century

Paul Resta; Betty Sue Flowers; Kenneth Tothero

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4935–4938

The Presidential Timeline is built upon a partnership among the National Archives' twelve Presidential Libraries and the Learning Technology Center at The University of Texas. The project brings together resources from these Libraries within a...

Technology and Tradition: The Role of Technology in Native American Schools

Nancy Allen; Paul E. Resta; Mark Christal

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 46, No. 2 (2002) pp. 50–55

Describes the Four Directions project, funded by the Department of Education for using technology to create and disseminate culturally responsive curriculum for American Indian students within the 19 participating tribal schools and throughout the...

Web-Based Virtual Museum Projects: Strategies for Revitalizing Native American Curriculum and Cultures

Paul Resta; Marty De Montano; Mark Christal

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 1968–1970

The panel will discuss the issues, challenges, strategies and benefits of collaborations between Native American schools, tribes and national and regional museums in developing web-based virtual museums as a means of "digital repatriation" of...

Topics: Culture, Collaboration, Schools, Museums

The Presidential Timeline of the 20th Century

Paul Resta; Betty S. Flowers; Ken Tothero

Social Education Vol. 71, No. 3 (April 2007) pp. 115–119

This article describes the "The Presidential Timeline of the 20th Century," a newly unveiled website jointly created by the Learning Technology Center of The University of Texas at Austin and The National Archives' 12 presidential libraries. This...

The Structure and Characteristics of #PhDChat, an Emergent Online Social Network

Kasey C. Ford; George Veletsianos; Paul Resta

Journal of Interactive Media in Education Vol. 2014, No. 1 (2014)

#PhDChat is an online network of individuals that has its roots to a group of UK doctoral students who began using Twitter in 2010 to hold discussions. Since then, the network around #PhDchat has evolved and grown. In this study, we examine this...

Topics: Social Studies

An Introduction to the Presidential Timeline and the Create Your Own Timeline Application

Ryan Crowley; Paul Resta; Ken Tothero

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 4170–4172

The Presidential Timeline was designed and developed by the University of Texas at Austin Learning Technology Center in conjunction with the Presidential Libraries system of the National Archives. The site houses over 1500 digital objects from the...

Peer and Self Assessment in On-line Collaborative Learning Teams

Paul Resta; Maria Lourdes De Hoyos

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 881–885

Several conditions are essential for face-to-face and online learning teams to be successful. These include positive interdependence, promotive interaction, teamwork, social skills, and individual accountability (Johnson and Johnson, 1998). An...

Topics: Assessment

Peer and Self Assessment Systems for Students and Instructors in On-line Collaborative Learning

Paul Resta; Marylu Menchaca; Willie Adams

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 2379–2381

Online collaborative learning presents new challenges to the instructor. Changes in collaborative learning environments have changed the role of the instructor to one of facilitator and participant. Assessment also needs to change. This presentation ...

Topics: Assessment, Change, Collaboration, Students

Self and Peer Assessment in an Online Collaborative Learning Environment

Paul Resta; Carolyn Awalt; Marylu Menchaca

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 682–689

One source of discontent for students in collaborative learning teams, is that some students carry more then their share of the work while others do not do as much work and the instructor does not know. Collaborative teams in an online environment...

Topics: Assessment, Evaluation, Change, Students, Collaboration

Developing a Learning Community for Technology Infusion in Teacher Education

Paul Resta; Nancy Allen; Coral Noonan

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3318–3321

The Technology Leadership Academy (the Academy) is a part of the Technology Leadership Institute, a PT3 Catalyst Grant. This presentation will tell the story of the Academy's struggles to build a collaborative network across six states for the...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Leadership, Networking Technologies

Design for Learning: Space Matters!

Michael Searson; Kenneth Gruskin; Paul Resta

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 2365–2366

When considering innovative teaching practices, the design and utilization of space is often little more than an afterthought. However, effective design and utilization of learning spaces are key components to true digital age learning environments. ...

Topics: K-12 Teachers and School Leaders Related

The Presidential Timeline of the 20th Century: Engaging Students in Historical Research with Primary Resources

Betty Sue Flowers; Ken Tothero; Paul Resta

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 58–61

This paper describes ways that primary historical resources may be used to help students engage in historical reasoning and research. The Presidential Timeline (www.presidentialtimeline.org) is a web site that provides a single point of access to an ...

Creating a Pervasive Computing Environment in Teacher Education: Differential Experiences and Perspectives of Preservice Teachers, Faculty, and Support Staff

Paul Resta; Candice Scott; Abdulaziz Bin-Taleb; Melissa LeBoeuf Tothero

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 1754–1759

Abstract: In recent years, institutions of higher education have begun to invest heavily in dynamic technological change by creating environments in which both faculty and students use their own laptop computers in the classroom. Among the early...

Topics: Faculty, Students

Engaging the conversation with stakeholders on an expansive definition of e-learning

Paul Resta; Mariana Patru; Alain Breuleux; Therese Laferriere; Niki Davis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 2470–2474

The panel session will introduce a new UNESCO book entitled Teacher Development in an E-Learning Age: A Policy and Planning Guide. The international group of panelists includes chapter authors. They will present the four strands that constitute the...

Who Benefits More from Online Learning? - Relationship between Online Learning Styles and Outcomes

C. Y. Janey Wang; Paul Resta; Hao Cen

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 282–284

Online learning opportunities, offered either entirely online or as a supplement to a face-to-face course, have rapidly expanded in recent years. However, little is known about how learners' learning styles relate to learning outcomes and how online ...

Topics: Collaboration, Learning Outcomes

Building a Global Community of Policy-makers, Researchers, and Teachers to Move Education Systems into the Digital Age: The EDUsmmIT 2011 Report

Joke Voogt; Gerald Knezek; Paul Resta; Michael Searson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 47–54

EDUsummIT 2011 brought together l20 distinguished researchers, policy-makers, teachers, journal editors and technology leaders from across the globe to develop strategies and recommendations to move educational systems into the Digital Age. The...

Establishing a Ubiquitous Computing Environment for Teacher Preparation Students and Faculty: The University of Texas at Austin Laptop Initiative

Paul Resta; Larry Abraham; Mary Claire Gerwels; Melissa LeBoeuf Tothero

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2570–2575

In the fall of 2002 the University of Texas at Austin's College of Education initiated a requirement for all teacher education students entering the professional development course sequence to acquire a prescribed laptop computer and software for...

Topics: Computers, Educational Technology, Software, Professional Development, Preservice Teacher Education

Preparing Mentor Teachers to Serve as Technology and Content Role Models for Preservice Teachers

Carol Lee; Jane Ries; Melissa Tothero; Paul Resta; Anthony Petrosino

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 3440–3443

Our PT3 grant, Inventing New Strategies for Integrating Technology into Teacher Education (INSITE), has focused on developing a multifaceted model of technology infusion within the UTeach program, an award winning secondary teachers' development...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Integration, Mentoring, Secondary Education

E-Learning for Teacher Development: Global Perspectives of Policy and Planning Issues

Paul Resta; Mary Lamon; Alain Breuleux; Evgueni Khvilon; Mariana Patru

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1743–1746

The panel session will focus on key topics and issues related to the use of e-Learning for teacher development. The international group of panelists are chapter authors of a new book commissioned by UNESCO entitled e-Learning for Teacher Development:...

Topics: Teachers, Planning

Revitalizing Native American Cultures through Virtual Museum Projects

Paul Resta; Loriene Roy; Mark Christal; Marty Kreipe de Montaño

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 2563–2564

Many Native Americans share a great concern about the loss of their cultures and languages. Museums with substantial American Indian collections acknowledge their responsibility to use those collections in ways that benefit Native people. The...

Topics: Culture, Museums

Developing a Learning Community for Technology Infusion in Teacher Preparation

Paul Resta; Nancy J. Allen; Coral M. Noonan

TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning Vol. 47, No. 3 (2003) pp. 30–34

Describes the Technology Leadership Academy (University of Texas at Austin) whose mission is to develop a learning community among teacher preparation programs to improve technology integration. Explains the academy's development, which was part of...

The Use of E-Learning for Teacher Development: Global Perspectives on Trends, Issues and Challenges

Paul Resta; Mariana Patru; Therese Laferriere; Niki Davis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 1816–1818

The panel session will focus on key topics and issues related to the use of e-Learning for teacher development. The international group of panelists includes chapter authors of a new book commissioned by UNESCO entitled Teacher Development in an E...

What Virtual Museum Projects With Native American Students Reveal About Culturally Responsive Teaching

Mark Christal; Marty Kreipe de Montano; Paul Resta

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 2315–2320

A dissertation study examined four cases of virtual museum projects involving Native American students who created virtual exhibits of objects related to their cultures at regional museums. They imaged the objects using QuickTime Virtual Reality and ...

Topics: Museums, Students, Culture, Community

The Presidential Timeline

Kenneth Tothero; Betty Sue Flowers; Paul Resta; Mark McFarland

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 3590–3591

The Presidential Timeline project brings together the Learning Technology Center at The University of Texas at Austin and The National Archives' twelve Presidential Libraries to create a web-based resource providing access to the growing store of...

Virtual Museums from Four Directions: An Emerging Model for School-Museum Collaboration

Mark Christal; Marty de Montano; Paul Resta; Loriene Roy

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 289–294

The Four Directions Project has been working with American Indian Schools to explore the uses of technology for culturally responsive teaching. One approach Four Directions is exploring is school-museum collaborations for student-created virtual...

Topics: Museums, Schools

Global Perspectives on Trends, Issues and Challenges in E-Learning for Teacher Development

Paul Resta; Therese Laferriere; Alain Breuleux; Niki Davis

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 2234–2240

The panel session will focus on key topics and issues related to the use of e-Learning for teacher development. The international group of panelists includes chapter authors of a new book commissioned by UNESCO entitled Teacher Development in an E...

Changes in College Students' Perceptions of Use of Web-Based Resources for Academic Tasks with Wikipedia Projects: A Preliminary Exploration

Tomoko Traphagan; John Traphagan; Linda Neavel Dickens; Paul Resta

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 22, No. 3 (2014) pp. 253–270

Motivated by the need to facilitate Net Generation students' information literacy (IL), or more specifically, to promote student understanding of legitimate, effective use of Web-based resources, this exploratory study investigated how...

Establishing a Ubiquitous Computing Environment for Teacher Preparation Students and Faculty: The University of Texas at Austin Laptop Initiative, Year Two

Paul Resta; Melissa Tothero; Mary Claire Gerwels; Ron Gerling

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3997–3999

Fall 2004 marks the fifth semester that the University of Texas at Austin (UT) College of Education faculty, supervisors and teacher education students entering the professional development sequence have all been equipped with the same computer...

Topics: Educational Technology, Internet, Communication, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development

Systemic Change of the Teaching and Learning Process

Marylu Menchaca; Paul Resta; Carlos E. Gonzalez; Monica Porres

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1511–1513

An ongoing collaboration project between The University of Texas at Austin Learning Technology Center, the University of Minnesota Cooperative Learning Center and the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) in Mexico is...

Topics: Change

International Perspectives of E-Learning for Teacher Development: Policy and Planning Issues

Mariana Patru; Paul Resta; Vladimir Tikhomirov; Therese Laferriere; Evgueni Khvilon

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2004 (2004) pp. 1740–1743

This panel session explores the trends, issues, and challenges in the use of e-learning for teacher development in both developed and developing countries. The panel members from UNESCO, Russia, Canada, and the United States will share their views...

Topics: Teachers