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Using Visual Concept Maps as a Insight into Constructivist Frameworks
Sara McNeil
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1795–1802
Designing and developing multimedia software is a complex and sometimes confusing process for students. Often, students use multimedia authoring programs and a collaborative instructional design process with little understanding of how the tools and ...
Topics: Collaboration, Students, Multimedia, Software, Instructional Design
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Mental Models: Using Visual Concept Maps To Understand the Multimedia Learning Process
Larry Butts; Sara McNeil
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 1496–1502
Designing and developing multimedia software is a complex and sometimes confusing process for students. Often, students use multimedia authoring programs and a collaborative instructional design process with little understanding of how the tools and ...
Topics: Instructional Design, Multimedia, Software, Students
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Students' Perceptions of Self-Change During an Online Course
Sara McNeil; Bernard Robin
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 708–713
This paper presents preliminary findings from a two-semester study on the effects of online learning on student perceptions of self-change as well as the impact of online learning environments on student attitudes concerning their learning...
Topics: Distance Education, Change, Attitudes, Students
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Students and Teachers as Historians: eXplorations and MyHistory
Sara McNeil; Steven Mintz
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3847–3853
This paper reports on two online projects – one primarily for history teachers and one primarily for history students. eXplorations is an innovative project designed to develop and support original teaching strategies for history teachers and...
Topics: Professional Development, Internet, Teachers, Students, Middle School Education
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Students Helping Teachers to Use Technology: Project TECHS
Meng-Fen Lin; Sara McNeil
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2388–2395
The focus of Project TECHS is to address the need for technology integration training for inservice teachers in four participating high schools. A mixed method approach is employed to address three research areas: 1) contextual variables that...
Topics: Attitudes, Research Methods, Students, Teachers, Computers
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Preservice Technology Integration through Collaborative Action Communities
Melissa E. Pierson; Sara McNeil
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 1, No. 1 (2000) pp. 189–199
Building on a successful field-based preservice program aimed at effective strategies for teaching diverse urban youth, the University of Houston is instituting an action research process to actively collaborate with Houston-area school districts to ...
Topics: Classrooms, Students, Teachers
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Multifaceted Approach to Designing an Online Masters Program
Sara McNeil; William Chernish; Agnes DeFranco
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 2000 (2000) pp. 384–389
Educational institutions are racing to move from conventional classrooms to online delivery of courses and learning materials. In many cases, the process of migration from the classroom to the web is simply taking the form, format and content of...
Topics: Administrators, Students, Faculty
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A School-University Partnership Model for Developing Student Technology Leaders
Sara McNeil; Bernard Robin; Melissa E. Pierson; Kathy Booth
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 1470–1471
Multimedia Masters is unique a school-university partnership of student "consultants," teacher "clients" and university "experts." The year-long project begins with a development day to collaboratively set goals for the year, and four remaining...
Topics: Teachers, Schools, Communication, Multimedia, Students