The Effects of the Use of Interactive Whiteboards on Student Achievement

Karen Swan; Jason Schenker; Annette Kratcoski

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 3290–3297

The purpose of the research reported in this paper was to investigate whether the use of interactive whiteboards in English language arts and/or mathematics lessons improved student learning in those areas as measured by student scores on state...

Topics: Achievement, Mathematics, Elementary Education, Educational Technology, English Language Arts

Course Design Factors Influencing the Success of Online Learning

Karen Swan; Peter Shea; Eric Fredericksen; Alexandra Pickett; Greg Maher

WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 2000 (2000) pp. 513–518

This paper looks at factors affecting the success of asynchronous online learning through an investigation of relationships between student perceptions and course design factors in one of the largest asynchronous learning networks in the country....

The Impact of Asynchronous Audio Feedback on Teaching and Social Presence: A Survey of Current Research

Phil Ice; Karen Swan; Lori Kupczynski; Jennifer Richardson

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 5646–5649

A nested mixed methods design was utilized to assess the impact of asynchronous audio feedback in an online course. Data analysis revealed that 1. students perceived audio feedback to be more effective than text-based feedback for conveying nuance,...

Topics: Audio, Students

Researching Online Communities of Inquiry: New CoI Survey Instrument

Karen Swan; Jennifer Richardson; Philip Ice; Peter Shea; Martha Cleveland-Innes; Sebastian Diaz; Randy Garrison

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 5812–5820

The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework developed by Garrison, Anderson and Archer (2000) provides a theoretical model of online learning processes that has been used by many scholars in the field of online education. However, research utilizing...

Topics: Educational Technology, Distance Education, Community, Instructional Design, Networking Technologies

Scaffolding Learning through Multimedia Development

Yi-Mei Lin; Karen Swan; Annette Kratcoski

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 17, No. 3 (July 2008) pp. 363–385

This paper reports on a third grade class's use of technology during a science unit on forces and motion. The investigation documents the unique ways in which children can construct knowledge and create multimedia representations of their learning...

Topics: Computers, Instructional Design, Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Multimedia, Children, Collaboration, Creativity, Human Computer Interaction, Students

Situated Professional Development and Technology Integration: The Capital Area Technology and Inquiry in Education (CATIE) Mentoring Program

Aliya Holmes; Juan D. Vargas; Karen Swan; Sybillyn Jennings; Ellen Meier; Lester Rubenfeld

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 10, No. 2 (2002) pp. 169–190

This article explores the theoretical basis for a mentoring model of professional development concerned with the integration of computing technologies into classroom teaching and learning. It describes seven factors that affect professional...

Topics: Integration, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Mentoring, Classrooms

BUILDING AFFECTIVE LEARNING COMMUNITY: SOCIAL PRESENCE & LEARNING ENGAGEMENT

Linda Polhemus; Li-Fang Shih; Karen Swan; Jennifer Richardson

WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 2000 (2000) pp. 800–802

The purpose of this study is to develop and implement a coding scheme for analyzing an online discussion for social presence indicators and levels of learning engagement involved in the discussion. Specifically, the coding scheme for affective...

Topics: Social Studies, Languages

Technology and Literacy Learning: A National Survey

Robert Bangert-Drowns; Joseph Baltrus; Annie Moore-Cox; Ron Dugan; Karen Swan

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1921–1923

This presentation will report on the Technology Integration Project's work to date documenting the use of technology in middle school English language arts classrooms. The purpose of this ongoing national study is to explore the ways in ...

Topics: Integration, Languages, Middle School Education, English Language Arts, Classrooms

The Effectiveness of Online Learning: A Review of the Literature

Karen Swan

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 2225–2232

This paper reviews the literature on the learning effectiveness of asynchronous online environments. It attempts to look beyond the commonly accepted findings of no significant differences in learning outcomes between online and traditional courses ...

Topics: Interaction, Educational Technology, Learning Outcomes, Virtual Environments

Technology Support for Whole Class Engagement in Learning

Karen Swan; Annette Kratcoski; Jason Schenker; Deborah Miller; Mark van 't Hooft

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 3310–3319

This research explores how the use of student response systems (SRS) effects elementary and middle school students' engagement in and learning from classroom lessons. A pilot study, which compared third graders' engagement in lessons involving the...

Topics: Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Schools, Students, Middle School Education

The Changing Nature of Teaching and Learning in a Ubiquitous Computing Classroom

Karen Swan; Annette Kratcoski; Mark van 't Hooft; Jason Schenker; Yi Mei Lin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 3336–3343

This paper reports on preliminary findings from an ongoing study of teaching and learning in a ubiquitous computing classroom which employs multiple measures and mixed methods to document changes in teaching and learning therein. It particularly...

Topics: Classrooms, Teaching Methods, Change, Educational Technology

Shaping Online Discussion: Assessment Matters

Karen Swan; Jason Schenker; Stephen Arnold; Chia-Ling Kuo

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 2649–2656

The purpose of this study was to empirically test the common-sense notion that the quality of online course discussions can be shaped by how discussion is assessed. A quasi-experimental design was used to compare discussion activity among 8 sections ...

Topics: Educational Technology

Situated Collaborative Learning in Ubiquitous Computing Environments: A Case Study

Yimei Lin; Karen Swan; Annette Kratcoski

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 1474–1479

This paper describes a case study that examined how technology was integrated to a situated collaborative learning activity in a ubiquitous computing classroom. The students' task was to produce an animated movie to demonstrate Newton's Laws of...

Topics: Students, Educational Technology, Integration

The Development of Perceptions of Social Presence in Online Course Discussions

Karen Swan; Li Fang Shih

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 836–843

This mixed methods study explores how social presence is developed in online course discussions. The study combines quantitative analyses of survey results from students enrolled in four online graduate courses, and qualitative comparisons of...

Topics: Educational Technology, Social Studies, Students

Virtual Teacher Education: Affordances and Constraints of Teaching Teachers Online

Joseph E. Bowman, Jr.; Aliya Holmes; Karen Swan

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 278–283

This paper draws from both an examination of the formal characteristics of online environments and the authors' experiences offering educational technology courses within such environments to discuss the potential of asynchronous distance education...

Topics: Professional Development, Educational Technology, Distance Education

Teacher Technology Mentors

Karen Swan; Patricia Mazzer; Annette Kratcoski

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 379–384

This paper reports on a situative professional development project that utilizes classroom teachers as technology mentors to their building peers. Case study findings of participating teacher teams will be shared to demonstrate project effectiveness ...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Professional Development

Student Roles in Online Learning Communities: Navigating Threaded Discussions

Karen Swan; Linda Polhemus

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 2039–2042

This paper discusses navigation strategies affecting the interactivity of a graduate level course's asynchronous online discussion with a focus on the development of a learning community and knowledge building. This qualitative analysis reports on...

Topics: Interaction, Students

The Role of Social Presence in Online Courses: How Does it Relate to Students’ Perceived Learning and Satisfaction?

Jennifer Richardson; Karen Swan

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 1545–1546

Research has demonstrated that social presence not only affects outcomes but also student, and possibly instructor, satisfaction with a course (Moore, Masterson, Christophel, and Shea, 1996). Teacher immediacy behaviors and the presence of others...

Topics: Social Studies, Learning Outcomes, Students

Professional Development Situated in a Ubiquitous Computing Classroom

Karen Swan; Pat Mazzer; Annette Kratcoski; Jason Schenker; Yi Mei Lin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 2712–2719

This paper describes an ongoing situated professional development program in which teachers bring their intact classes for an extended stay in a ubiquitous computing environment equipped with a variety of state-of-the-art computing devices. The...

Topics: Teachers, Integration, Professional Development, Educational Technology

Diffusion, Technology Planning, Professional Development, for In-Service K-12 School Teachers

Joseph Bowman, Jr.; Karen Swan; Marc Callender; S. Neal Currie; Aliya Holmes; Jennifer Richardson

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 617–622

Diffusion and adoption of educational technology into schools around the country remains a critical issue. If technology is to be for instruction, in-service training and curriculum activities must be developed for teachers. This study uses the...

Topics: Training, Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Schools

Situated Professional Development: The CATIE Model

Karen Swan; Sybillyn Jennings Jennings; Lester Rubenfeld

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1915–1920

This presentation will describe a qualitative study investigating the CATIE model of situated professional development for technology integration in schools. We call the CATIE model "situated" because it places educational technology experts in...

Topics: Teachers, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods, Professional Development

Learning through online discussion: Where's the beef?

Karen Swan

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1910–1914

This panel will explore issues of learning through online discussion. It will ask the questions "Can students learn from online discussions, and if so under what conditions?" and "What might count as evidence of learning through online discussion?

Technology Integration and Professional Development: A Mentoring Model

Karen Swan; Aliya Holmes; Juan Vargas; Sybillyn Jennings

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1107–1111

This paper describes the development and exploration of a model for professional development concerned with the integration of computing technologies into classroom teaching and learning. Grounded in situative theories of knowledge and learning, the ...

Topics: Teachers, Professional Development

How to Make the Most of Online Interaction

Jennifer Richardson; Karen Swan

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1488–1489

The educational community is finding itself on the edge of a new era, online learning. Online learning has been shown to be more cost-effective and convenient than traditional educational environments as well as providing opportunity for more...

Topics: Interaction, Communication, Classrooms

Electronic Literacy Standards for the 21 st Century

Karen Swan

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1112–1117

This paper explores the notion that the desired outcome of current technology initiatives is technology integration across the curriculum. It argues that technology integration across the curriculum can best be understood in terms of an expanded...

Topics: Integration, Literacy, Curriculum

Online Learning Forum: An RPInteractive Professional Development Model

Linda Polhemus; Karen Swan; Michael Danchak; Lester Rubenfeld

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 2035–2038

This paper will describe the Online Learning Forum (OLF), a k-12 professional development program. This RPInteractive professional development model provides teachers with the opportunity to learn new technologies, work collaboratively, communicate...

Topics: Educational Technology, Professional Development

Linking online course design and implementation to learning outcomes: A design experiment

Karen Swan; Daniel Matthews; Leonard Bogle; Emily Boles; Scott Day

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 15, No. 2 (March 2012) pp. 81–88

This paper reports on preliminary findings from ongoing design-based research being conducted in the fully online Master of Arts in Teacher Leadership (MTL) program at a small, Midwest public university. Researchers are using the Quality Matters (QM)...

Language: English

Palm Education Pioneers: Examining the Potential of the Handheld Computer

susan andrews; Karen Swan

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 716–717

Palm Education Pioneers: Examining the Potential of the Handheld Computer is a CD-ROM produced by the Research Center for Educational Technology at Kent State University in Ohio. Discover the value of this tool that highlights three veteran...

Topics: Educational Technology

Evaluating Software for the New Millenium: An Example from Project Links

Jennifer Richardson; Karen Swan; Dianna Newman

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1486–1487

This paper reviews the design, implementation, and testing of Project Links' WWW- based modules developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to support the integration of mathematics, science and engineering concepts in undergraduate...

Examining the extent and nature of online learning in American K-12 Education: The research initiatives of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Anthony G. Picciano; Jeff Seaman; Peter Shea; Karen Swan

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 15, No. 2 (March 2012) pp. 127–135

In 1992, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation began its

Language: English

Assessing MOOC Pedagogies

Karen Swan; Leonard Bogle; Scott Day; Traci van Prooyen; Jennifer Richardson

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 1018–1026

The purpose of this paper is to report on ongoing research to design and validate an instrument that characterizes the pedagogical approaches taken in MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses), and to use that instrument to characterize and distinguish...

Topics: pedagogical issues, Design of Distance Learning Systems, Design Principles

Evaluating online conversation in an asynchronous learning environment: An application of Grice's cooperative principle

Chia-Huan Ho; Karen Swan

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 10, No. 1 (2007) pp. 3–14

This study goes beyond student perceptions of online learning experiences, satisfaction, and attitudes, to examine the actual participation and dynamics that occur in online discussions and their relationship to student learning outcomes. A content...

Language: English

Student ratings of the importance of survey items, multiplicative factor analysis, and the validity of the community of inquiry survey

Sebastián R. Díaz; Karen Swan; Philip Ice; Lori Kupczynski

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 13, No. 1 (January 2010) pp. 22–30

This research builds upon prior validation studies of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) survey by utilizing multiple rating measures to validate the survey's tripartite structure (teaching presence, social presence, and cognitive presence). In prior...

Language: English

An Analysis of Students' Perceptions of the Value and Efficacy of Instructors' Auditory and Text-Based Feedback Modalities across Multiple Conceptual Levels

Phil Ice; Karen Swan; Sebastian Diaz; Lori Kupczynski; Allison Swan-Dagen

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 43, No. 1 (2010) pp. 113–134

This article used work from the writing assessment literature to develop a framework for assessing the impact and perceived value of written, audio, and combined written and audio feedback strategies across four global and 22 discrete dimensions of...

An Exploration of the Relationship between Indicators of the Community of Inquiry Framework and Retention in Online Programs

Wally Boston; Sebastian R. Diaz; Angela M. Gibson; Phil Ice; Jennifer Richardson; Karen Swan

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 14, No. 1 (March 2010) pp. 3–19

As the growth of online programs continues to rapidly accelerate, concern over retention is increasing. Models for understanding student persistence in the face-to-face environment are well established, however, the many of the variables in these...

Virtual Interaction: Design Factors Affecting Student Satisfaction and Perceived Learning in Asynchronous Online Courses

Karen Swan

Distance Education Vol. 22, No. 2 (2001) pp. 306–31

Reports an empirical investigation that explored relationships between student perceptions and course design factors in 73 SUNY Learning Network courses in the Spring 1999 semester. Findings indicated that clarity of design, interaction with...

The PAR Framework Proof of Concept: Initial Findings from a Multi-Institutional Analysis of Federated Postsecondary Data

Phil Ice; Sebastian Diaz; Karen Swan; Melissa Burgess; Mike Sharkey; Jonathan Sherrill; Dan Huston; Hae Okimoto

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 16, No. 3 (June 2012) pp. 63–86

Despite high enrollment numbers, postsecondary completion rates have generally remained unchanged for the past 30 years and half of these students do not attain a degree within six years of initial enrollment. Although online learning has provided...

Examining the Potential of Handheld Computers: Findings from the Ohio PEP Project

Mark van 't Hooft; Sebastian Diaz; Karen Swan

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 30, No. 4 (Apr 01, 2004) pp. 295–311

Handheld devices have the potential to make a large impact on K-12 educational settings, due to their relative low cost, high mobility, and interactive learning capabilities. This article, the outcome of a large-scale project examining the use of...

A Response to the Review of the Community of Inquiry Framework

Zehra Akyol; J Ben Arbaugh; Marti Cleveland-Innes; D Randy Garrison; Phil Ice; Jennifer C. Richardson; Karen Swan

The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 23, No. 2 (2009) pp. 123–135

The Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework has become a prominent model of teaching and learning in online and blended learning environments. Considerable research has been conducted which employs the framework with promising results, resulting in...

An Exploration of the Relationship between Indicators of the Community of Inquiry Framework and Retention in Online Programs

Wally Boston; Sebastian R. Diaz; Angela M. Gibson; Phil Ice; Jennifer Richardson; Karen Swan

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 13, No. 3 (October 2009) pp. 67–83

As the growth of online programs continues to rapidly accelerate, concern over retention is increasing. Models for understanding student persistence in the face-to-face environment are well established, however, the many of the variables in these...

Bringing Mohamed to the Mountain: Situated Professional Development in a Ubiquitous Computing Classroom

Karen Swan; Annette Kratcoski; Pat Mazzer; Jason Schenker

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 32, No. 4 (2005) pp. 353–365

This article describes an ongoing situated professional development program in which teachers bring their intact classes for an extended stay in a ubiquitous computing environment equipped with a variety of state-of-the-art computing devices. The...

Building Knowledge Building Communities: Consistency, Contact and Communication in the Virtual Classroom

Karen Swan; Peter Shea; Eric Fredericksen; Alexandra Pickett; William Pelz; Greg Maher

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 23, No. 4 (2000) pp. 359–83

Examines factors affecting the success of asynchronous online learning both through a review of the research and through an empirical investigation of student perceptions and course design factors in one of the largest asynchronous learning networks ...

Community of Inquiry Framework: Validation and instrument development

Ben Arbaugh; Marti Cleveland-Innes; Sebastian Diaz; Randy Garrison; Phil Ice; Jennifer Richardson; Peter Shea; Karen Swan

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 9, No. 2 (Jun 30, 2008)

Ubiquitous Computing and Changing Pedagogical Possibilities: Representations, Conceptualizations and Uses of Knowledge

Karen Swan; Mark Van 'T Hooft; Annette Kratcoski; Jason Schenker

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 36, No. 4 (2007) pp. 481–515

This article reports on preliminary findings from an ongoing study of teaching and learning in a ubiquitous computing classroom. The research employed mixed methods and multiple measures to document changes in teaching and learning that result when...

Uses and Effects of Mobile Computing Devices in K-8 Classrooms

Karen Swan; Mark van't Hooft; Annette Kratcoski; Darlene Unger

Journal of Research on Technology in Education Vol. 38, No. 1 (2005) pp. 99–112

This preliminary study employed mixed methodologies to explore students' use of mobile computing devices and its effects on their motivation to learn, engagement in learning activities, and support for learning processes. Data collected from...

An Investigation into the Efficacy of the Studio Model at the High School Level

Salvatore Faro; Karen Swan

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 35, No. 1 (2006) pp. 45–59

The Studio Model was developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to improve teaching and learning in introductory science classes. The study reported in this article explored the efficacy of the Studio Model at the high school level. The...

Placing Computer Learning in Context

Marco Mitrani; Karen Swan

The context of learning with computers is different from that of more traditional educational media because the computer is a new medium whose interactivity supports dynamic, evident, and malleable representations of abstract ideas. The model...

Logo Programming, Problem Solving, and Knowledge-Based Instruction

Karen Swan; John B. Black

The research reported in this paper was designed to investigate the hypothesis that computer programming may support the teaching and learning of problem solving, but that to do so, problem solving must be explicitly taught. Three studies involved...

Roles for Multimedia in the Response-Based Literature Classroom

Carla Meskill; Karen Swan

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 15, No. 3 (1996) pp. 217–39

Discusses multimedia products for literature in elementary and secondary school response-based classrooms and describes results of a study that developed criteria with which to examine these products. Findings indicate that their pedagogical...

Response-Based Multimedia and the Culture of the Classroom: A Pilot Study of "Kid's Space" in Four Elementary Classrooms

Carla Meskill; Karen Swan

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 18, No. 4 (1998) pp. 339–67

Examines how software designed to complement resource-based approaches to reading and writing ("Kid's Space") fared in four elementary classrooms. Results of the pilot study indicate that given the right conditions, children write creatively in...